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Website · by **Fires_Of_Inferno** » Mon May 19, 2014 11:43 pm

Christ, just give us a proper Dino figure already!

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Tue May 20, 2014 12:23 am

I like that Soundwave. Kinda cool he gets a second chance in the stores.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue May 20, 2014 12:28 am

Soundwave look pretty meh...

But that Dino:

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Tue May 20, 2014 3:38 am

Dead End put me off that design altogether, pathetic legs and a broken wing. Soundwave looks great though.

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Tue May 20, 2014 5:08 am

Ah man, I got excited about a Dino toy... :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue May 20, 2014 5:12 am

Mykltron wrote:Ah man, I got excited about a Dino toy...

by **Siger** » Tue May 20, 2014 9:02 am

Dino looks like scrap, Soundwave is pretty good.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue May 20, 2014 10:38 am

Mykltron wrote:Ah man, I got excited about a Dino toy...

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Christ, just give us a proper Dino figure already!

Hate to say it, but that's the best that we're gonna get with Dino/Mirage, for several reasons:

1) We already have a Cyberverse Mirage based on Legends Sideways
2) An all new Dino mold is out of the question, since he's not in the cast
3) And perhaps most importantly, Mattel has an exclusive license for making toys based on Ferraris, which Dino/Mirage is. So grab your torches and pitchforks, you know where to go.

Website · by **STngAR** » Tue May 20, 2014 10:42 am

Not a big fan of movie toys to begin with but that Soundwave looks pretty good.

:MAXIMAL:

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue May 20, 2014 10:55 am

TakaraTomy has also updated the Movie Advanced Series list with the two. But no sign of AD18 and AD19 yet. I'm still calling Wheeljack for one of those slot, the other... Leadfoot again?

http://www.youtube.com/user/KirbyForce1 · by **KirbyForce1** » Tue May 20, 2014 1:03 pm

Picture of Mirage was stretched, so I went and fixed it:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1.0-9/q71/s720x720/10356339_778067728893560_1267669186704335959_n.jpg

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Tue May 20, 2014 1:38 pm

is Soundwave disguised as a waiter? He has plates on his arms.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue May 20, 2014 1:39 pm

craggy wrote:is Soundwave disguised as a waiter? He has plates on his arms.

Stereo speakers.

by **Siger** » Tue May 20, 2014 2:15 pm

KirbyForce1 wrote:Picture of Mirage was stretched, so I went and fixed it:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1.0-9/q71/s720x720/10356339_778067728893560_1267669186704335959_n.jpg

Thanks, didn't notice the stretched pic. Just the ugly ass mold. Dino head and blades on this thing is still :SICK:

by **Database29** » Tue May 20, 2014 3:19 pm

RhA wrote:I like that Soundwave. Kinda cool he gets a second chance in the stores.

I don't know where you guys are from but I'm from Louisiana, where this version and the HA figure never hit the stores

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue May 20, 2014 3:23 pm

Database29 wrote:
RhA wrote:I like that Soundwave. Kinda cool he gets a second chance in the stores.

I don't know where you guys are from but I'm from Louisiana, where this version and the HA figure never hit the stores

Hence it being a "second chance" since it missed out on its first chance.

by **Database29** » Tue May 20, 2014 3:37 pm

Hence, how in the world can you have a 2nd chance, when you never got the 1st chance? He's not getting a 2nd chance in stores, because he never got a 1st chance in stores. I'm sorry maybe it's me....

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue May 20, 2014 3:45 pm

Database29 wrote:Hence, how in the world can you have a 2nd chance, when you never got the 1st chance? He's not getting a 2nd chance in stores, because he never got a 1st chance in stores. I'm sorry maybe it's me....

He got released before in non-U.S. countries. Japan and East Asia, at least, did see DOTM Soundwave and Wheeljack in their stores.

So this toy is the second release of the mold.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue May 20, 2014 3:46 pm

Database29 wrote:Hence, how in the world can you have a 2nd chance, when you never got the 1st chance? He's not getting a 2nd chance in stores, because he never got a 1st chance in stores. I'm sorry maybe it's me....

He got chances of being released in stores, and only once or twice did it come true. Here's the list, with the ones in italics canceled:

1a) Deluxe Soundwave (US release)
1b) DD-13 Soundwave (TakaraTomy)
2) Deluxe Soundwave (Hasbro Asia release)

3) Movie Trilogy Soundwave
4) AD17 Darkside Soundwave

by **Database29** » Tue May 20, 2014 3:58 pm

I'm very aware of the said U.S. release, which is where I'm from.... Soundwave, never hit any store I went to. He might be getting a 2nd chance in Asia as usual and probably every other continent, but he never got a 1st chance in the U.S...... just like HA Mudflap (I think that's the red one) and many more that say they were getting good a U.S. release. Has anyone in the U.S. bought a DOTM Soundwave, figure in a U.S. store?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue May 20, 2014 4:03 pm

If you're only referring to U.S. retail for this, then this new Soundwave toy shouldn't matter to you at all since it's a Japanese exclusive being released by Japan for Japan, and nowhere else domestically.

by **Database29** » Tue May 20, 2014 4:23 pm

That was what I was referring to, where I live.... that's why in my very 1st comment I said, I don't know where you guys are from but I live in Louisiana where we never saw the figure. Your last statement alone would have explained why we never saw that one and won't see this one. Thanks for the conversation though.....

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue May 20, 2014 4:51 pm

Just because a toy isn't released in the U.S. doesn't mean it can't still be bought. Online retailers are a thing.

Plus, the "second chance" that RhA was referring to was for that toy, not for those who want that toy. The toy is the one being given the second chance at being released since it missed out on its first chance release in the "Movie Trilogy Series".

Us fans are being given a fourth chance at this mold since the first chance never came to the U.S., the second chance was Japanese-only, and the third chance got canceled altogether.

News Credits: 217 · by **Diem** » Tue May 20, 2014 4:59 pm

Alright, let's not get into a fight about semantics and releases limited to outside of Freedomland. Can't we just agree that that Soundwave is seriously sexy and that it's awesome that it's getting re-released anywhere?

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue May 20, 2014 5:01 pm

I left out the original deluxe DOTM SOundwave because it was stupidly expensive. The far superior Human Alliance one was half it's price! So, las year I guess, I bought HA DotM Soundwave for around 60$ shipped. Not too shabby and it's a great toy.

Now, only two sellers offr it on Ebay and it's around 150/200$ shipped! :shock: