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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:41 am

Thanks to 78dm.net we have an extensive set of high quality MP-13 Soundwave and Laserbeak images. Pretty much everything gets covered here: packaging, instructions, accessories, both figures in all modes, comparisons, and even the special collectors coin. Enjoy the images mirrored below.

by **Bumbleblogn** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 1:16 pm

At first the legs on this guy really bothered me, but after I saw you could at least pose them in a running/standing/action foreign pose, it became alright. Sadly tho, the shinning point of this set Is laserbeak, and I'm not saying this sarcastically. The way takara re-imaged this toy is simply stunning. Going from a toy that was basicly a parts former, to a toy that has 3X the articulation and NO CIBBLE! It's a shame you can't just buy laserbeak lol

by **jindrak** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 1:20 pm

I don't want to see any more pictures of this, I want to OWN it!!!

News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:17 pm

Wow that's a lot of pictures!
so does the clear energon cube comes with all Soundwave releases or just the Amazon exclusive one? All the pictures and reviews I've seen of him has it but neither say if they have the Amazon exclusive version

by **Arie** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:19 pm

mooncake623 wrote:Wow that's a lot of pictures!
so does the clear energon cube comes with all Soundwave releases or just the Amazon exclusive one? All the pictures and reviews I've seen of him has it but neither say if they have the Amazon exclusive version

The Amazon release simply comes with an extra energon cube.

News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:25 pm

Oh that's great news thanks!

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 4:26 pm

Holy extensive gallery, Batman! So nice. I love the little speakers in the arm compartments, very nice touch.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 4:40 pm

kirbenvost wrote:I love the little speakers in the arm compartments, very nice touch.

Speakers in the arm compartment? What the....?

by **Nemesis Maximo** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 5:26 pm

This is officially my entire Christmas List. "Dear Santa..."

News Credits: 409 · by **Stormrider** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:52 pm

Ravage XK wrote:I hope the quality control is sorted on this figure, after the issues with Sideswipe this could kill the MP line for me if its messed up.

As much as I love Soundwave I think Laserbeak could be the star of this release.

What was the issue with your Sideswipe? I didn't have any.

Regarding the scale. I don't have any problem with height of Sideswipe, Soundwave, MP10, and Rodimus Prime, Seekers, and Grimlock.

by **YoungPrime** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:54 pm

All I want is the bird.

Bird, bird, bird...bird is the word!

News Credits: 409 · by **Stormrider** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:01 pm

Great detailed pics. Love the speakers in the arm. And the articulation with the shoulder.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:01 pm

YoungPrime wrote:All I want is the bird.

Bird, bird, bird...bird is the word!

News Credits: 1 · by **SKYWARPED_128** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:43 pm

So you have to cut out the two illustrations on the user manual and sandwich it between SW's chest and the transparent grid plate for the schematics gimmick?

I'd rather scan the two illustrations and print them out...or make some original ones.

I hate that, like MP-10, there's a space/gap between his fingers and the bottom of the gun, caused by the blocky forearm:

It could have been remedied by redesigning the gun so that the trigger parts could be lowered a little when deployed, like the GU-11 gunpods for Yamato's 1/60 VF-1 toys:

Overall, though, this is a kickass toy; can't wait for it to arrive at my hobby store.

by **feeiq90** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:55 pm

im guessing his thigh uses the joint like hasbro iron man figure..if u rotate the upper part,u can get a good range of motion for his leg...any confirmation on this?

by **Nemesis Maximo** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:59 pm

feeiq90 wrote:im guessing his thigh uses the joint like hasbro iron man figure..if u rotate the upper part,u can get a good range of motion for his leg...any confirmation on this?

I was getting the same impression. Not sure how it works with his buttons/cod-piece though.

News Credits: 4 · by **wewyllenium** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:18 pm

It's not a perfect box as I thought it would be.
It's not made in Vietnam.

Anyways. I'm still waiting for mine. I want to play with it.

by **User897** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:38 pm

I gotta say that Soundwave looks great overall. Too bad he's TOO GODDAMN EXPENSIVE and even though it's Soundwave, just not worth the expense that is expected to import it. Hasblo would be fools not to release this in the States, which means they won't. I'm so tired of being priced out of these damn things!

by **morphobots** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 12:45 am

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:So you have to cut out the two illustrations on the user manual and sandwich it between SW's chest and the transparent grid plate for the schematics gimmick?

And that is probably my only gripe with this release. Although I agree it will be simple just to scan the manual or print out your own, you would think for the price of this thing Takara could have printed two little inserts.

And I believe it has the MP-10 hand issue because it uses the same hands. That was posted under the video review.

News Credits: 1 · by **SKYWARPED_128** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 4:26 am

morphobots wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:So you have to cut out the two illustrations on the user manual and sandwich it between SW's chest and the transparent grid plate for the schematics gimmick?

And that is probably my only gripe with this release. Although I agree it will be simple just to scan the manual or print out your own, you would think for the price of this thing Takara could have printed two little inserts.

And I believe it has the MP-10 hand issue because it uses the same hands. That was posted under the video review.

Yeah, at the price this is going for, a couple of translucent inserts are well within reason.

As for the hands, there's no getting around it unless Takara went back to using the old designs with articulated thumbs. But as I mentioned earlier, allowing the trigger mechanism to lower down to the fingers when deployed will solve the issue. It shouldn't be that much of a problem as Soundwave's gun has a similar conversion as the GU-11 gun pods for the Yamato 1/60 VF-1's.

by **President-prime** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 4:48 am

Not very impressed with this soundwave. I think it's too simplistic in robot form. Its just a bigger version of the originaln or reissue soundwave. Not enough "ahhhh"'to render 200 bucks for it. Laser dam is nice. But looking at te pictures, the original tapes look awesome. New masterpiece tapes too expensive to replace old ones. Ill keep my old ones. Ill wait for Hasbro's on all these masterpieces

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:36 am

Does that gun arm thing exist in fiction? I don't remember it.

by **Sinnertwin** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:44 am

Mykltron wrote:Does that gun arm thing exist in fiction? I don't remember it.

It did for all of 1/2 a second in the G1 cartoon. I'm struggling to remember the episode myself. Anybody?

by **AutoBorst** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:07 am

President-prime wrote:Not very impressed with this soundwave. I think it's too simplistic in robot form. Its just a bigger version of the originaln or reissue soundwave. Not enough "ahhhh"'to render 200 bucks for it. Laser dam is nice. But looking at te pictures, the original tapes look awesome. New masterpiece tapes too expensive to replace old ones. Ill keep my old ones. Ill wait for Hasbro's on all these masterpieces

Not sure what else you would expect from this toy. Of course it's a larger version of the original, that's what all the other MP's have been before him. The transformation is slightly more involved but not too complicated that you risk breaking parts off.

I think the combination of having him store 3 cassettes, weapon storage, generous articulation, Megatron's alt-mode and a clip-on weapon, an energon cube AND Laserbeak is more than enough "Ahhh" to make me more than happy.

I think you're expectations are too high, just like the price tag. And speaking of, what price is this figure going for in Japan? Probably the same as the otherMP releases - around $100-$130.00. The $200.00 price tag everyone is complaining about is part import price and part retailer mark-up. Anytime you import an item from overseas you're going to pay higher prices. They charge that kind of price because fanatical collectors will pay it. :HEADHURTS:

by **morphobots** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:19 am

Sinnertwin wrote:
Mykltron wrote:Does that gun arm thing exist in fiction? I don't remember it.

It did for all of 1/2 a second in the G1 cartoon. I'm struggling to remember the episode myself. Anybody?

For the fifth time since we first saw pics many moons ago, the epsiode was "Fire on the Mountain." It's a scanner Soundwave used to find the geothermal vent under the pyramid.