First Look at ROTF Bumblebee and Soundwave In-Package

Bumblebees face still scares me. That thing just ain't right.

Soundwave looks sweet though. And he is a triplechanger now apparently, Yay!

Something just doesn't feel right to me about Soundwave... if he was going to stay a satellite in the movie, why would they release his toy (a small one at that) as part of the preview wave? The preview toys last time around were not designs seen in the movie... so maybe this satellite design for Soundwave is a toy-only thing...

I hope that's not the case, this design kicks ass - and I don't want the on-screen Soundwave to be that ugly black pickup concept we saw before.

Don't like the gun arm on Bumblebee. I don't think Hasbro like giving robots TWO hands.

Nice and simple packaging, I love it.

Yup, that Bumblebee seems to have a problem.

Skowl wrote:Something just doesn't feel right to me about Soundwave... if he was going to stay a satellite in the movie, why would they release his toy (a small one at that) as part of the preview wave? The preview toys last time around were not designs seen in the movie... so maybe this satellite design for Soundwave is a toy-only thing...

I hope that's not the case, this design kicks ass - and I don't want the on-screen Soundwave to be that ugly black pickup concept we saw before.

The preview figures might just be the regular figures this time around. I dunno.

Can't wait for the "Premium" versions. Ya know Bumblebee at least is gonna get the treatment. I already have Soundwave and I want this BB too, I like it a lot better except the hand. That is one thing I'd change as well, and surely will with a first version right arm.

And maybe it's just me, but doesn't Soundwave's "missile" look a little too...technical to be a simple blast? It looks sort of mechanical in the other pictures, so could that be Ravage/Pretender that he launches?

Skowl wrote:Something just doesn't feel right to me about Soundwave... if he was going to stay a satellite in the movie, why would they release his toy (a small one at that) as part of the preview wave? The preview toys last time around were not designs seen in the movie... so maybe this satellite design for Soundwave is a toy-only thing...

I hope that's not the case, this design kicks ass - and I don't want the on-screen Soundwave to be that ugly black pickup concept we saw before.

i agree, the way i would like it to play out is that he is the satalite/jet/bot and personally at the end of the movie he leaves earth (not flees) and promises to return in a pshcotic sounding way HE SIMPLY CANNOT DIE AS BLACKOUT DID

If you read the ToyFair article, it notes a new piece of information:

The 2009 Transformers Movie Line includes:
TRANSFORMERS MOVIE FIGURES
They are back on the big screen and the actions promises to be bigger and better than ever before! The new range of TRANSFORMERS movie action figures - featuring the new film’s most popular characters - will be available in three scales: DELUXE (the entry level line with the simplest conversion process), VOYAGER (larger scale), and LEADER (largest scale and includes lights and authentic sounds). DELUXE includes a total of 24 characters.

Here's what we know right know, figure wise:
Leader Class
- Optimus Prime

Voyager Class
- Optimus Prime
- Ironhide
- Starscream

Deluxe Class
- Preview Soundwave
- Bumblebee
- Sideswipe
- Unnamed Audi R8 (Possibly Barricade)

We can safely assume that Ratchet will be a Voyager Class toy again.

Characters confirmed, but without size information (my predictions in parentheses)
- Megatron (Tank Mode) (Voyager and/or Leader)
- Jetfire (Leader)
- Skids (Twin #1) (Deluxe)
- Mudflap (Twin #2) (Deluxe)
- Soundwave (Voyager)
- The Fallen (Leader)
- Devastator & Component Bots (Supreme, with 2 Voyagers and 5 Deluxes)

So, who are the other Bots?

SolCross wrote:And maybe it's just me, but doesn't Soundwave's "missile" look a little too...technical to be a simple blast? It looks sort of mechanical in the other pictures, so could that be Ravage/Pretender that he launches?

And you are exactly right It's very detailed as to where you see how it'll unfold into Bay's version of Ravage. Very techno-organic.

What's with the melon head and eyes on Bumblebee, reminds me of this dog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUbsc_a-e3g

Sorry for the bad attempt, but that clip cracks me up for some reason.

MonkeyBusinessIU wrote:If you read the ToyFair article, it notes a new piece of information:

The 2009 Transformers Movie Line includes:
TRANSFORMERS MOVIE FIGURES
They are back on the big screen and the actions promises to be bigger and better than ever before! The new range of TRANSFORMERS movie action figures - featuring the new film’s most popular characters - will be available in three scales: DELUXE (the entry level line with the simplest conversion process), VOYAGER (larger scale), and LEADER (largest scale and includes lights and authentic sounds). DELUXE includes a total of 24 characters.

Here's what we know right know, figure wise:
Leader Class
- Optimus Prime

Voyager Class
- Optimus Prime
- Ironhide
- Starscream

Deluxe Class
- Preview Soundwave
- Bumblebee
- Sideswipe
- Unnamed Audi R8 (Possibly Barricade)

We can safely assume that Ratchet will be a Voyager Class toy again.

Characters confirmed, but without size information (my predictions in parentheses)
- Megatron (Tank Mode) (Voyager and/or Leader)
- Jetfire (Leader)
- Skids (Twin #1) (Deluxe)
- Mudflap (Twin #2) (Deluxe)
- Soundwave (Voyager)
- The Fallen (Leader)
- Devastator & Component Bots (Supreme, with 2 Voyagers and 5 Deluxes)

So, who are the other Bots?

Around forty of them. It's going to be good as far as all information available, lots of new takes on older characters in many lines. I think we'll all be surprised at just who is going to make appearances.

mmm they're in robot mode now I like that. Bumbles look decent and soundwave looks ok I'll prolly get both.

Bumblebee looks retarded. Seriously! He looks like he's where an old football helmet.

I think it's smart that they're packaging the figures in robot mode. Especially in Soundwave's case,'cause that's a cool looking bot mode. But I'm sure when some people open him up and try to transform him they're gonna be like, "WTF?! What's this thing supposed to turn into?"

UltraPrimal wrote:Bumblebee looks retarded. Seriously! He looks like he's where an old football helmet.

I think it's smart that they're packaging the figures in robot mode. Especially in Soundwave's case,'cause that's a cool looking bot mode. But I'm sure when some people open him up and try to transform him they're gonna be like, "WTF?! What's this thing supposed to turn into?"

Soundwave does look awesome, if I get him I'll probably keep him in robot mode.

I'm quoting you because you reminded me of the time when I first got Energon Sixshot. I sat there staring at him going "Well, he has an awesome robot mode, what's his alt?" then I found instructions online and it just didn't look like anything.

Hmm... Soundwave looks cool. Bumblebee is a pass. I'm going for the Human Alliance one.

MonkeyBusinessIU wrote:If you read the ToyFair article, it notes a new piece of information:

The 2009 Transformers Movie Line includes:
TRANSFORMERS MOVIE FIGURES
They are back on the big screen and the actions promises to be bigger and better than ever before! The new range of TRANSFORMERS movie action figures - featuring the new film’s most popular characters - will be available in three scales: DELUXE (the entry level line with the simplest conversion process), VOYAGER (larger scale), and LEADER (largest scale and includes lights and authentic sounds). DELUXE includes a total of 24 characters.

Here's what we know right know, figure wise:
Leader Class
- Optimus Prime

Voyager Class
- Optimus Prime
- Ironhide
- Starscream

Deluxe Class
- Preview Soundwave
- Bumblebee
- Sideswipe
- Unnamed Audi R8 (Possibly Barricade)

We can safely assume that Ratchet will be a Voyager Class toy again.

Characters confirmed, but without size information (my predictions in parentheses)
- Megatron (Tank Mode) (Voyager and/or Leader)
- Jetfire (Leader)
- Skids (Twin #1) (Deluxe)
- Mudflap (Twin #2) (Deluxe)
- Soundwave (Voyager)
- The Fallen (Leader)
- Devastator & Component Bots (Supreme, with 2 Voyagers and 5 Deluxes)

So, who are the other Bots?

I've just been thinking about this, too. I think we all need to work together to get a list as big as possible. Judging by the information I can gather, you may have missed some. I have added them in bold:

Here's what we know right know, figure wise:
Leader Class
- Optimus Prime

Voyager Class
- Optimus Prime
- Ironhide
- Starscream
- Human Alliance Bumblebee & Sam

Deluxe Class
- Preview Soundwave
- Bumblebee
- Sideswipe
- Unnamed Audi R8 (Possibly Barricade)

We can safely assume that Ratchet will be a Voyager Class toy again.

Characters confirmed, but without size information (my predictions in parentheses)
- Megatron (Tank Mode) (Voyager and/or Leader)
- Jetfire (Leader)
- Skids (Twin #1) (Deluxe)
- Mudflap (Twin #2) (Deluxe)
- Soundwave (Voyager)
- The Fallen (Leader)
- Devastator & Component Bots (Supreme, with 2 Voyagers and 5 Deluxes) (Could it possibly be 6 Deluxes, 1 Voyager, making it Leader? It's a possibility)
- Wheelie (according to the ToyFair, he is in it as the RC car. He would be best as Scout but I'm guessing he is Deluxe)
- Prowl (No actual confirmation but if you think back to when we first started getting information, there was a Police car in the movie's Chinatown location)
- Skids & Mudflap (We have pretty much had it confirmed that whilst these two are the Chevy Trax and Chevy Beat, they are the twins and apparently are also the Ice-cream truck. My guess if they're either two Scout-sized robots who form an ice-cream truck making it a Deluxe or two Deluxe-sized robots, making it a Voyager. I'm going to guess the former).
- Pretender Alice ((could be Ravage in disguise. Oh man... They're making a realistic pretender... They could have at least done a guy... Now all the perverted Transformers fans will have their wishes fulfilled)

Hope my additions help somewhat.

Soundwave is awesome, almost too awesome.

Bumblebee scares the crap outta me.

I like 'em. They seem better put together than most of the first movie line. Hope the rest are up to this standard.

Bumblebee scares me he wants to eat my soul.

Soundwave is awesome has any one noticed the 2Tripplechanger" sticker on Soundwave?

Why doesn't Bumblebee have a mouth? Is he going to be mute again?

Must have Soundwave. No way in Hades i'm paying 13 bucks for the pugformer Bumblebee.

oh man... i SO want to see soundwave's card back

These look really good. Finally we get a decent BB, and that Soundwave rocks. Also, I don't know what it is, I guess it's the triple-changer sticker, but the packaging design just screams "Beast Wars" to me. Which is awesome. Beast Wars rocked.

Love the packaging. Soundwave's box art is awesome.

Now with this new price, I'll be spending even more.

There are 24 deluxe figures alone, it's going to break me for sure.

I think it's a good idea to package the Deluxes like that, in bot mode instead of alt mode. I think it makes it look more attractive, and it's probably more space-efficient too, so they can fit more in a case and on the shelves/racks.

GuyIncognito wrote:I think it's a good idea to package the Deluxes like that, in bot mode instead of alt mode. I think it makes it look more attractive, and it's probably more space-efficient too, so they can fit more in a case and on the shelves/racks.

I agree that bot mode does look better.

But are we sure that the new line will all be packaged this way? The last 2 preview figures for the last movie were packaged in bot mode as well.

Triple Changer? Nice. Ill be getting Soundwave but not Bumblebee. Not enough mold changes and the ones he did get suck.

Skowl wrote:Something just doesn't feel right to me about Soundwave... if he was going to stay a satellite in the movie, why would they release his toy (a small one at that) as part of the preview wave? The preview toys last time around were not designs seen in the movie... so maybe this satellite design for Soundwave is a toy-only thing...

I hope that's not the case, this design kicks ass - and I don't want the on-screen Soundwave to be that ugly black pickup concept we saw before.

Considering BB is in the mode he'll stay in in the movie, I'm betting that's soundwave's permanent mode. He's probably just terribly out of class, like bonecrusher was. To be safe, I might wait to see if anyone gets a leader treatment, like Brawl did.

Soundwave is a triple-changer???We've seen a lot of photos & videos of this toy around the net but the only known modes are the robot mode & the "satelite" mode....Is there anyone owning this toy(there were a few of them for sale @ ebay a few months ago)who could give some info about the third mode??I can't even imagine what could it be....

I'll definitely be buying that, but I hope Hasbro make a premium version of these toys or Takara, metallic blue will definitely suit him. I just hope they keep his synthesized voice in the movie, cause Soundwave is not Soundwave without his voice.

I wonder if there's going to be a Megan Fox figure

Soundwave reminds me of BW Tigerhawk.

And BB looks like someone knocked him into that card and sealed him up.

typh0id wrote:I wonder if there's going to be a Megan Fox figure

Yeah!A natural size figure of M.Fox would be great!

The preview figures last time actually said "preview":

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... /1107/1/0/

My bet is Soundwave is a jet and satellite. He flies from Cybertron to earth as a jet, and then sets up in orbit as a satellite to scan the earth for Megatron (or perhaps for Jetfire), sending down Ravage to aid in this task.

I'm hoping if they make an earth-mode Soundwave, that Ravage is not just an add-on like Frenzy, but that he also gets his own deluxe a la Scorponok.

If that is the case, I'll probably get this Soundwave and deluxe Ravage, unless the earth-mode Soundwave blows me away (I'd rather have a wierd jet/satellite to mix into the collection than another car or truck that will get lost in the shuffle).

Soundwave = Transtech Soundwave for my collection.

Bumblebee's a pass. Never liked that mold, and the "help, I'm being raped!" expression doesn't help. Soundwave... maybe. I find myself regretting not getting Protoform Prime now, so I'll try and learn from that. But it is ugly, so maybe I'll wait to see his Earth mode.

i dont get the hate for bumblebee's face.....it actually looks like the movie now. whether you hate his movie appearance or not, how is it bad that its movie acurate?

as for soundwave, is there any news or rumors regarding his voice? would they have been nice enough to give frank welker the job since they screwed him over for megatron?

Hugo Weaving was awesome as Megatron...

i think they made Bumblebee's head a bit too big for his body.


as for Soundwave.....where should i start.....SLAGGIN' AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 not passing on that one, slag no. im going to get this guy the minute i see him.

I'm surprised...

Soundwave, satellite mode: Wings point out in "triangular" pattern.

Soundwave, "jet" mode: Wings curl up and face forward, like Vector Prime.

For a bot that's supposedly so full of win, that has to go down in history as the lamest triple-change I can ever remember seeing.

Though, I'll admit, the rest of him (for a movie bot) is still awesome...

Delta Supreme wrote:I'm surprised...

Soundwave, satellite mode: Wings point out in "triangular" pattern.

Soundwave, "jet" mode: Wings curl up and face forward, like Vector Prime.

For a bot that's supposedly so full of win, that has to go down in history as the lamest triple-change I can ever remember seeing.

Though, I'll admit, the rest of him (for a movie bot) is still awesome...

No Cryo Scourge is the lamest tripplechange ever.

Dude, if Soundwave is that truk..... JIBLEE JIBLEE JIBLEE !
Soundwaves Missal, RAVAGE! Also, he need a new head. Not Soundy, Wavige Ravige. http//www.phionuskingdom.weebly.com/

Soundwave is a definate, BB I will also pass on. The Human Alliance version looks promising though.

Magnus Minor wrote:Dude, if Soundwave is that truk..... JIBLEE JIBLEE JIBLEE !
Soundwaves Missal, RAVAGE! Also, he need a new head. Not Soundy, Wavige Ravige. http//www.phionuskingdom.weebly.com/

I can't decide if this is a spambot, or just someone who has trouble expressing themselves.

Sledge wrote:

Magnus Minor wrote:Dude, if Soundwave is that truk..... JIBLEE JIBLEE JIBLEE !
Soundwaves Missal, RAVAGE! Also, he need a new head. Not Soundy, Wavige Ravige. http//www.phionuskingdom.weebly.com/

I can't decide if this is a spambot, or just someone who has trouble expressing themselves.

I can't tell what it is, period.

Does that BB have a different transformation than the previous movie deluxe? It seems like a big waste of money to buy this one, since there's already a CC BB, a premium BB, a Cliffjumper. Also, the head mold does look pretty stupid. He literally looks like he is not smart.

They both look retarded. Michael Bay sucks.

Hoppercool wrote:They both look retarded. Michael Bay sucks.

here we go again lol

hmmm soundwave looks interesting.. i had wondered about bumblebee's head tho.... it looks like it cam eoutta the mold soft and someone sneezed lol

anyways... looks like im payin a visit to a toy store to get a closer look at Soundwave and figure out this supposed third form

hmm.. must admit.. hey... was there any snuk out fotos of movie soundwave? cos its pretty interesting how they have drawn him a likeness.... it looks like a souondwave should but... hmmm.. hope they do give welker the job of it cos i dunno how they could pull it off otherwise....

hmmm.....