Generations Voyager Soundwave and Soundblaster Official Pics

god this is gonna be the best soundwave we have gotten in a long time. I'm getting both but why does he have what looks like an primes gun?

(Insert Hibiki reference here)
looks like a bloated up deluxe toy, so no go on Soundwave. I need a Soundblaster though, and Buzzsaw needs some love so I may pick up that one, but still unimpressive all things considered.

And yeah, what's up with the Convoy Rifle?

I think that is just a gun from some random Prime figure. I can't remember if they showed him with a gun at BotCon.

AutobotMR2 wrote:I think that is just a gun from some random Prime figure. I can't remember if they showed him with a gun at BotCon.

Oh they did.

I would have rather preferred the "cassette" like shape... Like the thuggers that fakebusker83 (from tfw2005) designed...





http://www.shapeways.com/search?q=thuggers

Well for me I am excited. I dont give a crap the fact that he looks just like an upsized version of the deluxe since I dont have it. But I am troubled...While I like Soundblaster's colour...My collection is lacking a Soundwave(Seriously I have no Soundwave figure)...Meh we'll see.

Love Soundblaster. I might skin Soundwave in favor of Soundblaster being I have the WFC Deluxe.

These two are a must if you are a Soundwave fan! Soundwave was not displayed with a laser rifle at Botcon and yes this is some random prime rifle more than likely FOC Prime. I think they are the best rendetion of Soundwave to date..........until Acustic Wave is released then after that Takara MP Soundwave...but in the meantime this would hold me over until a true MP version. You can fit these two dudes in anywhere!!!!!!!!!!!

Where is the awesome with these? All I am seeing is an upscaled and slightly remolded knock off. I do like Laserbeak and Buzzsaw though.

Wow, they actually gave him an eject button, instead of just opening manually like the deluxe version did. That's a nice little touch. I still probably won't get one, though. If I do, it'll be Soundblaster.

Yeah, I don't find these too great. Soundblaster looks nice, and I am intrigued by new minions, but all around, this doesn't excite me. Maybe had the deluxe not been released before....I'm not a big fan of that one either.

They both look great but I'm still gonna wait and see what Takara has to offer...'nuff said!

I am probaly the only one who thinks this, but These figures looked liked they used the Universe Onslaught and the Generations Soundwave mold and made them into one figure...

starscream1974 wrote::CON: These two are a must if you are a Soundwave fan! Soundwave was not displayed with a laser rifle at Botcon and yes this is some random prime rifle more than likely FOC Prime. I think they are the best rendetion of Soundwave to date..........until Acustic Wave is released then after that Takara MP Soundwave...but in the meantime this would hold me over until a true MP version. You can fit these two dudes in anywhere!!!!!!!!!!!

Left hand.

Oooo, can't decide whether or want Soundwave, Soundblaster, or both! lol Either way, I want this guy!

But, um... why he he holding Optimus Prime's Ion Blaster/Laser Rifle?

Shadowstream wrote:(Insert Hibiki reference here)

Don't forget to pop in a Hurricanger one as well.
I like them, I have the deluxe but I will buy both of these & any subsequent disc animals, I mean data-bots that they put out.

prmlove1 wrote:I am probaly the only one who thinks this, but These figures looked liked they used the Universe Onslaught and the Generations Soundwave mold and made them into one figure...

I wasn't thinking it, but since you said it I can see where you're coming from.

... and a big, fat, MEH

I don't don't need the SW since I agree the deluxe is great but the colors on Soundblaster are just about making me drool ~

After taking a good look at this figure I can tell that Generations Soundwave inspired the overal look of the figure, Universe Onslaught inspired the arms, and Armada Red Alert inspired the legs... Doesn't matte though because I will have a Soundblaster.

His monkey arms are too spindly and I think the deluxe looks better which I didn't like enough to purchase. Buzzaw couldn't possibly fly as his wings would act more like windbreaks.

Mykltron wrote:His monkey arms are too spindly and I think the deluxe looks better which I didn't like enough to purchase. Buzzaw couldn't possibly fly as his wings would act more like windbreaks.

not to mention the realism inherent to the transformers world.

juat gimme ill buy his as well.

camzilla51 wrote:WHY?

Because Hasbro.

I'm just trilled we're getting these figures at all. My FoC Soundwave is getting WFC Soundwave's gun.

so its actually called soundblaster this time and we're actually getting it, these better not overpriced

Yeah, as many others have said, the first thing I noticed was Optimus' gun. xD It's gotta be a placeholder, I don't think they'd randomly give him G1 Prime's gun, lol.

And as for SW/SB themselves...I'm seriously torn! I want a G1 Soundwave, but...black repaint! Amazing black repaint!!

Megatron Wolf wrote:so its actually called soundblaster this time and we're actually getting it, these better not overpriced

these are voyagers right? so what $20-$25 bucks depending on the store.

njb902 wrote:

Megatron Wolf wrote:so its actually called soundblaster this time and we're actually getting it, these better not overpriced

these are voyagers right? so what $20-$25 bucks depending on the store.

Provided they don't bump the price like the Generations deluxes, right.

RAcast wrote:

njb902 wrote:

Megatron Wolf wrote:so its actually called soundblaster this time and we're actually getting it, these better not overpriced

these are voyagers right? so what $20-$25 bucks depending on the store.

Provided they don't bump the price like the Generations deluxes, right.

they were? at my target they were $12 the same as dotm.

I want... Both...!

njb902 wrote:

RAcast wrote:

njb902 wrote:

Megatron Wolf wrote:so its actually called soundblaster this time and we're actually getting it, these better not overpriced

these are voyagers right? so what $20-$25 bucks depending on the store.

Provided they don't bump the price like the Generations deluxes, right.

they were? at my target they were $12 the same as dotm.

Advertised prices on the tags at Botcon said $15 for deluxes.

Trikeboy wrote:Where is the awesome with these? All I am seeing is an upscaled and slightly remolded knock off. I do like Laserbeak and Buzzsaw though.

You sir clearly havent seen a real knock-off. A real knock-off looks 100 times worse than this guy looks. Trust me...In Asian region there's ALOT of knock-offs. And no I am not talking about 90% replica of a transformers kind of knock off. I am talking about knock-offs that looks 10-20% of a transformers kind. Trust me it looks horrible. Even if you have a billion dollars, you wouldnt even think of buying them. That's how horrible a REAL knock-off looks.

So yeah...Hate to offend a senior forumer but please dont use the word "Knock-off" lightly. I absolutely despise people who compare HasTak's product to those of knock-offs.

SOUNDWAVE SUPERIOR. SOUNDBLASTER MORE SUPERIOR!

Wow this soundwave looks like such a knockoff, its just got those knock off colours, you know? and man, what crappy little knock off looking laserbeaks, those aren't casettes! WHAT ARE THEY?! THEY'RE NOT CASETTES must be knock offs. Well, atleast we have the blue colour original version, and not the knockoff black colour looking one,.

What happened to "He can store up to three minions"?

I'm definitely getting it, but now that I see how his minions are stored, I'm a little disappointed.

Why in the Black & Blue hell do they have G1 Primes gun? Also, that disk gimmick looks pretty lame, but I do like how it's spring loaded for the disks to pop out and transform.

I'm wondering if Soundblaster will be a store exclusive?

I'm eff'n dying to see who else is going to be in the Generations Voyager Class!

Down_Shift wrote:Why in the Black & Blue hell do they have G1 Primes gun? Also, that disk gimmick looks pretty lame, but I do like how it's spring loaded for the disks to pop out and transform.

I'm wondering if Soundblaster will be a store exclusive?

I'm eff'n dying to see who else is going to be in the Generations Voyager Class!

I remember a few years back (at least 2010-2011), there was some Q&A and one of the questions was were there going to be any Generations (or maybe that was Universe?) Voyagers, and the answer was that Hasbro's been talking about bringing in a Voyager Soundwave.... and a Voyager BW Rhinox. We got the Soundwave, does that mean the premonition of a Rhinox is about to come to fruition?

Mindmaster wrote:What happened to "He can store up to three minions"?

I'm definitely getting it, but now that I see how his minions are stored, I'm a little disappointed.

He can, those mini-discs are thinner than they look and will fit well into his chest.

Mkall wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:What happened to "He can store up to three minions"?

I'm definitely getting it, but now that I see how his minions are stored, I'm a little disappointed.

He can, those mini-discs are thinner than they look and will fit well into his chest.

I would also assume that it slides back, and probably be spring-loaded.

RAcast wrote:

Mkall wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:What happened to "He can store up to three minions"?

I'm definitely getting it, but now that I see how his minions are stored, I'm a little disappointed.

He can, those mini-discs are thinner than they look and will fit well into his chest.

I would also assume that it slides back, and probably be spring-loaded.

And the Award goes to yours truly!

That raises my hope on Soundwave. As long as he can store at least three, I'll be fine.

RAcast wrote:

Mkall wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:What happened to "He can store up to three minions"?

I'm definitely getting it, but now that I see how his minions are stored, I'm a little disappointed.

He can, those mini-discs are thinner than they look and will fit well into his chest.

I would also assume that it slides back, and probably be spring-loaded.

I'm picturing it working basically like:

-You press the button(or get your Soundwave/blaster to)
-Chest opens, one disk pops out
-The button mechanism is spring-loaded, so it snaps back after one disk launches
-Other disks are prevented from launching, though the door manually closes

While I have no interest in a Voyager-sized Soundwave (got the Deluxe, other FoC Cons are going to be that size), I'm really liking the characterful toy gimmick he's got. Hope we'll see more stuff like that and less of stuff like MechTech.
...maybe I'll pick up the Soundblaster deco.

Don't suppose the "buttons/fangs" can point outwards? Or that the discs can store in the Deluxe?

If they can make Soundwave's minions into random disks, why couldn't they just keep them as cassette shaped things. It's not like their alternate mode means anything here.

Nice! I already have the deluxe but I like this one too for the gimmick and minions. Transparent wheels too! Now that's cool, and I hope it carries over into the final product. Makes sense to use it in this instance. Weird that he has Prime's gun, but whatever...

Voyager soundwave:INFERIOR!!!
Soundblaster:SUPERIOR!!!!

So I take it there is still no word on FoC dinobots?

MasterSoundBlaster wrote:So I take it there is still no word on FoC dinobots?

Not yet.

i was going to try to hold off on some of these FoC toys but looks like i am getting brought back into grabbing these
very interesting aesthetic combination with the cassettes

RiddlerJ wrote:If they can make Soundwave's minions into random disks, why couldn't they just keep them as cassette shaped things. It's not like their alternate mode means anything here.

I think the minions have a spring-loaded self transforming thing that triggers when you eject them from his chest. I assume its easier to make that work with disks than cassettes.

This would almost qualify as an apology for the upcoming release of...well, a lot of figures actually. I plan on getting both even though I could care less about Soundblaster but if that's the only way to get Buzzsaw then I'll gladly do it. My youngest son has the deluxe WfC version and I've been kicking myself for not having snagged one. Looks like now I can rectify that and considering how much Hasbro is screwing us over with the downsizing of the figures and the up-sizing of the price tags I'll be able to get a pair of sweet looking "original Deluxe" size figures and it will only cost me $50.00

RiddlerJ wrote:If they can make Soundwave's minions into random disks, why couldn't they just keep them as cassette shaped things. It's not like their alternate mode means anything here.

ah, you must be new. Welcome to the 21st Century. Here, we store our digital media on CDs and DVDs...

Now, what I want to know is why they couldn't design the little giuys to turn into SD cards... Funny how we get an updated Soundwave and his minions are still a decade out of modern technology.

I'm glad to see Soundblaster. I seem to be the only whack here who like Prime Soundwave. The idea of an intellegence officer and spy turning into a spy plane with conspiracy theories tied to it is just too perfect for me. Add in Generations R&F as tanks, who are nowadays usually guided by intell from Predator spy planes, and Soundwave is in a wonderful position. I may get Soundblaster though, and I like the minioncons, though whether they trump Galaxy Force Blaster (also a plane) I haven;t decided...

Volrathicus Baenimus wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:If they can make Soundwave's minions into random disks, why couldn't they just keep them as cassette shaped things. It's not like their alternate mode means anything here.

I think the minions have a spring-loaded self transforming thing that triggers when you eject them from his chest. I assume its easier to make that work with disks than cassettes.

You have to take into account the younger fans who have never seen an audio cassette before whereas everyone knows what a CD/DVD/Game disc is. Also the minions strongly resemble thicker versions of the Data Disks that were on Cybertron as mentioned in the Beast Wars series so that may also be one connection that the designers were trying to utilize.