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Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:57 am
by BlackMagnus
I found this while checking to see if TFW2005 was up and running and it is!
http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-new ... rt-165030/Damn shame it never got used, here's to hoping though!
Re: Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:13 am
by olokin
Too bad TFW2005 is still down.
Re: Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:16 am
by BlackMagnus
olokin wrote:Too bad TFW2005 is still down.
I was just there at the time of my 1st post

strange...
Re: Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:32 am
by olokin
I tried it again and it is still down.
Re: Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:31 am
by horus
Re: Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:49 am
by Pyrostrata
Oh YAY! That is frikkin loverly! I would SO buy that!!!!

Re: Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:02 am
by Stormrider
horus wrote:http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Soundwave_%28G1%29
Last image on the page

Front paged. Thanks Horus and Blackmagnus for your keen eyes.
Re: Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:05 am
by Archanubis
I may be in the minority on this, but I'm glad that didn't make it to the prototype stage. Thats... not a very good design for old Sounders. But that's just my opinion.
Re: Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:13 am
by DevastaTTor
Yet another example of a figure I would have rather seen than Silverbolt for the upcoming Universe/Classics.
Re: Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:18 am
by Tekka
Interesting, his head comes out of his upside down butt. 8D
But I can see why they did that, so the minions can pop out of the trunk.
I prefer the nostalgic design of ML Soundwave however... I really do need to get him.
Re: Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:19 am
by Ultra Markus
they should just make him a cassette player like he used to be
so what if its out dated i would buy it over anything else they made him into
and why don't they do a classics reflector ?
Re: Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:22 am
by Tekka
Ultra Markus wrote:they should just make him a cassette player like he used to be
so what if its out dated i would buy it over anything else they made him into
and why don't they do a classics reflector ?
Soundwave is in dire need of a permanent alt mode upgrade. We can't keep hanging on to a casette player forever. In a few generations very few people will even remember casettes at all. I very much like the pictures of Soundwave I have seen as a military communications vehicle and would love for that be the inspiration for his future.
Re: Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:30 am
by rhinox555
How is this news? we saw this on unicron.com ages ago.
Re: Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:33 am
by miryclay
Funny... I was just thinking the other day that with a new head and a paint job the upcoming Classics Ironhide could make a descent updated Soundwave. I'm not sure what came first, but that drawing looks a lot like the Ironhide pictures they've shown us.
Re: Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:39 am
by The Chronic
imatron posted this in clasics 2.0 thread (page 26) about a month ago and it was in colour aswell
Re: Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:54 am
by UnitedJazz
This concept art of Don Figueroa is great as always. I just hope that Hasbro will release Soundwave even he will not look like in this concept art.

Re: Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:56 am
by Sledge
Eeew. Glad that didn't happen. I still prefer my idea of him being an AWACS plane with the cassettes becoming UAVs. I don't think AWACS planes normally launch UAVs, but let's allow a little artistic license.
Re: Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:10 am
by Covenant
Thunderscream wrote:I may be in the minority on this, but I'm glad that didn't make it to the prototype stage. Thats... not a very good design for old Sounders. But that's just my opinion.
Agreed.
Re: Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:16 am
by Jaw Crusher
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) .
Re: Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:20 am
by Liege Evilmus
It's fine that they didn't make that. I've been unimpressed with most modern SoundWaves.
Re: Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:21 am
by woosh
This is insane. Awesome. Epic. I'd SO BUY IT.
Re: Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:24 am
by DevastaTTor
Tekka wrote:Ultra Markus wrote:they should just make him a cassette player like he used to be
so what if its out dated i would buy it over anything else they made him into
and why don't they do a classics reflector ?
Soundwave is in dire need of a permanent alt mode upgrade. We can't keep hanging on to a casette player forever. In a few generations very few people will even remember casettes at all. I very much like the pictures of Soundwave I have seen as a military communications vehicle and would love for that be the inspiration for his future.
You hit the nail right on the head. Soundwave needs a new, long term alt mode. Casettes are really, really old school and are all but forgotten and the boom box designs just aren't relavent any more.
I grew up with and love the old design but we've got to get past the whole retro thing. Let's save the casette player for the Encore releases and get on with it.
We've seen him as a jet which was just OK to me, and now as a Scion-esque car in TFA which IMO is pretty nice. If people aren't feeling these alt. modes, what's next? Maybe the Movie will get it right and give us a proper alt mode for his future uses.
Re: Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:30 am
by Dead Metal
Some one has posted this pic before, the one he posted was colored by someone on DA, I though it was cool so I used it for my first teletraan article:
http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Unreleased_toysOK they did have to clean it up for me, but I started it, well the pic got erased cos it was now fanart, I then found it on unicron.com
http://www.unicron.com/news_item/1132/ (have a look at Don's Vector Prime!)
Then it got erased again, cos Classics_Soundwave is better then Doncept_Swave, so I upped it again and wow it's still there!

Re: Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:34 am
by Sledge
Looking at that design, anyone else think it inspired Classics Ironhide?
Re: Unused concepts for Classics Soundwave!

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Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:41 am
by Dead Metal
Sledge wrote:Looking at that design, anyone else think it inspired Classics Ironhide?
I do, but each time I put that on Teletraan they erase it, now they even complained cos if it.