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News Credits: 1 · by **Skywarp64** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 11:25 am

The only difference between the two is the color and the head sculpt.

News Credits: 457 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 12:31 pm

Soundwave came first.

And there are some significant differences between the two other than their heads.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:19 pm

Soundwave came first, in all manners of speaking.

In the cartoon, he was in episode 1, Blaster came around in "Blaster Blues."
In the comics, he was there when the Ark crashed. Blaster was shown on Cybertron later. (Sidenote: Soundwave is the only character to survive from the beginning of the G1 comics to the end of the G2 comics without dying, going offline for any amount of time, or just being forgotten.)
Also, the toy Soundwave came first.
I think the only manner in which Blaster has him beat is their alt modes. The big ghetto blaster (no pun) was around before the cassette player came out.

by **JetOptimus23** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 3:19 pm

Soundwave. Blaster Cassete minions were even released later than Blaster.

by **DJLazer** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:50 pm

soundwave came first than blaster.he was in the first episode.

by **PartyUpLive** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:57 pm

Soundwave came out in 1984 I believe with Buzzsaw included.

Blaster came out in 1985.

News Credits: 1 · by **sto_vo_kor_2000** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:31 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:Soundwave came first, in all manners of speaking.

In the cartoon, he was in episode 1, Blaster came around in "Blaster Blues."

Actually, Blasters first appearance in the cartoon was in "Dinobot Island, Part 1".

by **berbatov** » Wed Feb 09, 2011 6:15 am

by **Dagon** » Wed Feb 09, 2011 7:22 pm

Yeah, Soundwave was first, but the comics ('specially IDWs' Spotlights) seem to try shoehorning them both into a side by side existance. SW is the baddie in Blasters' Spotlight, so like as a retcon they exist simultaneously I guess.

But in all other measureable forms, Soundwave came first.