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Keytar for the win.

I can't wait for these guys.

i lurve them both

Awesome repaints of awesome toys.

I love the molds and these repaints look wonderful on them! Good stuff.

im really diggin' that jazz! very cool

I love the new look for soundwave but i hate how Ratbat looks. But its soundwave and i dont have a single Ratbat figure so i will be getting it. Why a Keytar?

Megatron Wolf wrote:Why a Keytar?

Why not? I think the image of Soundwave going nuts on a Ratbat keytar is hilarious. With Soundwave's modulated voice, it's all about synth music.

I love the new soundwave simply bc it's visors looks like they're not painted on but using clear red plastics.

Cant bloody wait for that Soundwave (soundblaster) jazz im not too big a fan of but i gotta admit he does look damn good.

Animated Soundblaster FTW!!!!

The Soundwave was a must buy a while ago when I first saw pics.
I have also become a believer in that Jazz repaint, though. The colors make him look sleeker somehow. A new weapon would have been nice, but I'll get him anyway.

shonenfan4 wrote:I love the new soundwave simply bc it's visors looks like they're not painted on but using clear red plastics.

I hope it gets further head sculpt retooling to make implement light piping for the visors!

Convotron wrote:

shonenfan4 wrote:I love the new soundwave simply bc it's visors looks like they're not painted on but using clear red plastics.

I hope it gets further head sculpt retooling to make implement light piping for the visors!

Knowing Hasbro, the light piping prob would be colored in to make it not work. Would've hoped for something like Universe Cyclonus' light piping. But I wouldn't hold my breath.

Awesome, Ratbat will be mine. Would have loved if they had made his head rotate though to disguise him a little more in keytar mode, but I'm guessing there wasn't much budget for Soundwave's accessory.

Yay for more animated!

shonenfan4 wrote:

Convotron wrote:

shonenfan4 wrote:I love the new soundwave simply bc it's visors looks like they're not painted on but using clear red plastics.

I hope it gets further head sculpt retooling to make implement light piping for the visors!

Knowing Hasbro, the light piping prob would be colored in to make it not work. Would've hoped for something like Universe Cyclonus' light piping. But I wouldn't hold my breath.

Yeah! What's up with that? Sentinel Prime has light piping, I think but his eyes are coloured over with Allspark blue paint!

Universe Cyclonus' light piping is awesome. So is Cybertron Unicron's. They both have similar horn headed head sculpts too. Also, I found it funny that some recent comic artwork for Cyclonus closely resembles Cybertron Unicron's head sculpt, especially the skeletal face.

Convotron wrote:

shonenfan4 wrote:

Convotron wrote:

shonenfan4 wrote:I love the new soundwave simply bc it's visors looks like they're not painted on but using clear red plastics.

I hope it gets further head sculpt retooling to make implement light piping for the visors!

Knowing Hasbro, the light piping prob would be colored in to make it not work. Would've hoped for something like Universe Cyclonus' light piping. But I wouldn't hold my breath.

Yeah! What's up with that? Sentinel Prime has light piping, I think but his eyes are coloured over with Allspark blue paint!

Universe Cyclonus' light piping is awesome. So is Cybertron Unicron's. They both have similar horn headed head sculpts too. Also, I found it funny that some recent comic artwork for Cyclonus closely resembles Cybertron Unicron's head sculpt, especially the skeletal face.

I think the original light piping couldn't be blue so they colored its eyes blue to make it more "Autobot-like".

shonenfan4 wrote:I think the original light piping couldn't be blue so they colored its eyes blue to make it more "Autobot-like".

Really? Weird! He's nearly all blue anyways. Poor negated light piping.

Convotron wrote:

shonenfan4 wrote:I think the original light piping couldn't be blue so they colored its eyes blue to make it more "Autobot-like".

Really? Weird! He's nearly all blue anyways. Poor negated light piping.

Well, they kinda established Blue = Autobot and Red = Decepticons, yet they can't design light pipings that work. Either paint or kibble blocking it.

I actually wished they used more paint and got rid of light piping on figures where it doesn't work.

I mean, it looks great on figures when it works really well, but some of them (I'm looking at you Universe Ironhide/Ratchet) don't let any light in and then their eyes look kinda dead. In those cases I'd prefer the lightpiping replaced with the normal coloured plastic and paint apps for the eyes.

Oilspill wrote:I actually wished they used more paint and got rid of light piping on figures where it doesn't work.

I mean, it looks great on figures when it works really well, but some of them (I'm looking at you Universe Ironhide/Ratchet) don't let any light in and then their eyes look kinda dead. In those cases I'd prefer the lightpiping replaced with the normal coloured plastic and paint apps for the eyes.

I agree on the figures whose light pipings are blocked by kibble, but there's potentially some great light piping that would've worked if Hasbro didn't paint them over.

Not so into Freeway Jazz, but I can't wait for Soundwave (mainly just for ratbat!)