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Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:47 am

they made him into an mp3 player and that is awsome! and got rumble and frenzy headphones ill also be getting animated sw just for lazerbeak guitar but they could make him into tiny little sd card i was also toying with the idea of kitbashing some speakers into squalktalk and beastbox and squalkbox

other alt modes?:
computer with acsessorys,
mobilphone/ blackberry?

AWACS plane would be better than scion b

but realy he could be anything on cybertron he was a friggin lamp post

News Credits: 1 · Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:59 am

Meh, that looks fugly, glad they didn't make it.

I agree with others that Soundwave needs to be updated to something, and I think a communications vehicle is the way forward.

Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:03 am

Nice vehicle mode but the robot mode is ugly.

News Credits: 12 · Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:13 am

I'm glad they didn't use that design. That would have been a pretty boring Soundwave. What even makes that design resemble "Soundwave", other than speakers in the trunk?

News Credits: 15 · Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:15 am

Looks nifty but these drawings always look better than the finished item. Mind you, Soundwave IS cool and I would buy it.

News Credits: 409 · Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:15 am

Thanks guys for the past info. I've updated the story. A special thanks to Dead Metal and Chronic.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:28 am

Stockade anyone ? There's a cool repaint for you.

News Credits: 38 · Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:40 am

it's rather meh to me. But, that's because I am not too hot on cars anyway. otherwise, interesting design.

Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:46 am

I see it now. The alt mode reminds me of Movie Stockade's alt mode. The redesign looks workable and practical.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:57 am

I would peg this more for Alternators than Classics.
It's a nice design if you wanted to make Soundwave into a car.

News Credits: 9 · Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:01 am

rhinox555 wrote:How is this news? we saw this on unicron.com ages ago.

Old news is still news. And it's new to me!

News Credits: 767 · Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:06 am

spiritofcat wrote:I would peg this more for Alternators than Classics.
It's a nice design if you wanted to make Soundwave into a car.

I don't think it's Alternators, Alternators was all about real licensed cars, and that SUV looks like it's made up.

Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:12 am

Just in case... the colored rendition is at this forum:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=33926&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=375

he he, I posted the pic on May 6th :grin:

News Credits: 1 · Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:49 am

Jaw Crusher wrote:Well, he's lacking a radar dish that turns into Buzzsaw/Laserbeak, but other than that, me likes. B'sides, the tape deck alt mode is just too damn old to be justifiable anymore, IMO (which could also be said for the Dinobots, but fortunately robot dinosaurs still have infinitely more coolness these days than tape decks do) .

Actually if you look hard enough you'll find that they still do make cassette players. Granted, most of them play disks and only play cassettes as a secondary feature but nevertheless they still have the tape deck door that most of us find crucial to the Soundwave design.

Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:24 am

The Chaos Bringer wrote:
Jaw Crusher wrote:Well, he's lacking a radar dish that turns into Buzzsaw/Laserbeak, but other than that, me likes. B'sides, the tape deck alt mode is just too damn old to be justifiable anymore, IMO (which could also be said for the Dinobots, but fortunately robot dinosaurs still have infinitely more coolness these days than tape decks do) .

Actually if you look hard enough you'll find that they still do make cassette players. Granted, most of them play disks and only play cassettes as a secondary feature but nevertheless they still have the tape deck door that most of us find crucial to the Soundwave design.

Bold, italicized and enlarged to underscore my point: they're not commonplace anymore. Used to be just about anyplace you go someone's got a double-deck boom box; nowadays you have better access to a museum with dinosaur skeletons in it than you do a working tape deck. In fact, I haven't been to a single music store lately that has an abundance of cassettes; they're all going electronic now.

As for the whole 'big door on the chest' angle...well, duh. Why do you suppose the van alt-mode was probably brought up to begin with?