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RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:That transformation of Soundwave... is that an official one, or something you came up with? because either way, awesome.

It's technically "unofficial". It was inspired from the GameStop commercial that featured Shockwave being in charge and Soundwave transforming to a Cybertronian boombox mode to play Stan Bush's "You've got the Touch". I used several YouTube videos to figure out how to transform it that way based on what other fans were doing.





It's not perfect, but it's close enough to make me happy. It sure as heck is better than his vehicle mode in my opinion.

Oh, yeah. You did a great job with it. And that commercial's thirty kinds of awesome, to boot. I've got him ordered from bbts and will hopefully be on the way soon.

Seibertron wrote:It's not perfect, but it's close enough to make me happy. It sure as heck is better than his vehicle mode in my opinion.

I don't think his vehicle mode is THAT bad (I mean, if I were Soundwave I'd sure be happy to have wheels) but seeing such a convincing 3rd 'communications deck' mode for him definitely bumped him up on my shopping list.

All that inhibits me really is that my Cybertron Soundwave works so well with my Classics collection. He's got Laserbeak, who fits in his chest, and scales appropriately with Universe Ravage. His legs are cruddy, but it turns out his back is made like a picture frame, and he can be hung very securely on a wall, providing the illusion of flight.

Seibertron wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:That transformation of Soundwave... is that an official one, or something you came up with? because either way, awesome.

It's technically "unofficial". It was inspired from the GameStop commercial that featured Shockwave being in charge and Soundwave transforming to a Cybertronian boombox mode to play Stan Bush's "You've got the Touch".

I might be stating the obvious here, but you know he also uses the boom-box mode in the game, right?

Caelus wrote:I might be stating the obvious here, but you know he also uses the boom-box mode in the game, right?

I actually didn't know that. I haven't played the game since the week before it came out. Didn't get very far in it. Unfortunately, due to Seibertron.com I rarely get to play video games.

Caelus wrote:I might be stating the obvious here, but you know he also uses the boom-box mode in the game, right?

Seibertron wrote:I actually didn't know that. I haven't played the game since the week before it came out. Didn't get very far in it. Unfortunately, due to Seibertron.com I rarely get to play video games.

In the second Autobot mission, when Optimus, Bumblebee and Sideswipe try to rescue Zeta Prime, they reach him, only to find Soundwave in boombox form before he transforms and fights them.

Mr Seibertron has taken two already awesome figures and made them exponentially better. Pure genius! Blurr looks like a completely different figure than Drift now, and Soundwave is in the most appropriate configuration he could ever possibly be in besides the good ol' micro recorder of old. This is exactly how mine shall be displayed when I finally get them.

With these and other upcoming offerings we've seen, I begin to have a fragile hope that it will in fact be possible to eventually have a complete Neo-G1 collection. At the rate they're cranking them out, who knows? Anything is possible.

Seibertron wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:That transformation of Soundwave... is that an official one, or something you came up with? because either way, awesome.

It's technically "unofficial". It was inspired from the GameStop commercial that featured Shockwave being in charge and Soundwave transforming to a Cybertronian boombox mode to play Stan Bush's "You've got the Touch". I used several YouTube videos to figure out how to transform it that way based on what other fans were doing.





It's not perfect, but it's close enough to make me happy. It sure as heck is better than his vehicle mode in my opinion.

HECK YEAH!!!

Great galleries, but im on the fence about stretching Blurr's legs though, but i do like the elongated shoulders the best.
Soundwave is great awesome as well, but im waiting for Takara's version and Red Alert is ok, but the Henkei version is much much better. Dirge is awesome and just need TC for my seekers.

0ptimus Prime wrote:I really like the alternate transformation for Blurr. It really does makes him look a lot sleeker and faster while making his extra long sniper rifle seem slightly more to the correct scale for him. At the same time it also helps to make him not look like just a repaint of Drift.

Me, too. And somehow it also makes his head look smaller than what original is. Great job, Ryan.

Interesting way of transforming Blurr, Seibs! When I got Drift I toyed with some similar ideas myself, I'm also thinking of swiveling the doors up towards his back. I'll probably keep the legs in standard configuration, as I don't really care for the large gap in front. It really does help differentiate between the two though.

Glad you included the boombox mode for Soundwave too, I was wondering what it looked like!