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In-hand images - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Posted by Va'al Jul 4, 2016 at 4:02pm CDT 34,038 views

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Fellow Seibertronian Doc Bot was able to acquire a Hasbro/Xiaomi MiPad Soundwave figure off the secondary market, and has shared a number of in-hand images along with some thoughts for the rest of the collecting Transformers community - check them both out below! Images include the figure in robot mode, tablet mode, the Laserbeak section, comparisons with real tablets and other Soundwave figures, plenty to feast your optics on.

Doc bot wrote:Here are a few rough pics I took while unboxing the MiPad2 Soundwave I just got in from China. Pretty impressive engineering since he's so thin. Packaged just like an electronic gadget rather than a toy which is pretty cool. I imagine this might even be the same packaging as the real tablet. Since his back is bare, it comes in a gold colored sleeve that initially makes him look more like the real thing. The instructions are in a cool Decepticon shaped book with 30 steps (he needs them all).

I can take some better photos later along with the lazerbeak part and guns. I just took these quickly for unboxing fun. Articulation is awfully limited by his unusual transformation.

Lazerbeak needs a bit of imagination to interpret. He attaches to Soundwave's back as wings.

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

Pictorial Review - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi

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Re: In-hand images - Mi Pad Soundwave from Hasbro and Xiaomi (view post)

Comment by Gauntlet101010 Jul 4, 2016

I do want this and I'll get it, but ...

Dammit, why doesn't it come in blue?

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Comment by Sabrblade Jul 4, 2016

Gauntlet101010 wrote:I do want this and I'll get it, but ...

Dammit, why doesn't it come in blue?

It might be meant to be Movieverse Soundwave, who was mostly silver.

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Comment by dragons Jul 4, 2016

Movie sound wave looks more like sound wave in head and face this one does not plus I never saw blue iPad apple products mostly remain same color silver, black, white sometimes gold never blue

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Comment by william-james88 Jul 4, 2016

If you watch the video in the first post they state that the name was given to this product after it was designed. They chose to call it soundwave because it was a communication device. Nothing more.

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Comment by Noideaforaname Jul 4, 2016

I don't think he's "meant" to be anyone other than a loose interpretation of the 'Transformer communications officer' archetype.

I wonder what are the chances of Hasbro importing this over here (or at least it popping up somewhere)? I'm guessing the Mi Pad license puts a hole in that idea, but boy if this isn't one of the more interesting TF products in recent years thanks to not being a slavish homage.

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Comment by Sabrblade Jul 4, 2016

william-james88 wrote:If you watch the video in the first post they state that the name was given to this product after it was designed. They chose to call it soundwave because it was a communication device. Nothing more.

The head design still looks enough like Soundwave, and most like the Movieverse version than other versions.

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Comment by Gauntlet101010 Jul 4, 2016

william-james88 wrote:If you watch the video in the first post they state that the name was given to this product after it was designed. They chose to call it soundwave because it was a communication device. Nothing more.

Well, they said "Soundwave would be the most suitable name for this product" which doesn't necessarily mean that name came after it was designed.

It's head is Soundwavy, albeit in a Prime-esque, abstract sort of way. It's chest also invokes Soundwave.

And it comes with a little Ratbat guy integrated in it's design.

So it has to have been modeled after Soundwave. At least a little bit.

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Comment by Cobotron Jul 4, 2016

The Microman fan in me is starting to git da WANTZ!

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Comment by Doc bot Jul 4, 2016

I think one of the neatest parts of his transformation is his head. It's made of 3 slices that cobble together so that he can remain thin in tablet mode. He looses all articulation, but it's pretty cool.

Overall articulation isn't great, but he does have ratcheting hips and knees along with ankle swivels so can stand solidly.

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Comment by william-james88 Jul 4, 2016

Gauntlet101010 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:If you watch the video in the first post they state that the name was given to this product after it was designed. They chose to call it soundwave because it was a communication device. Nothing more.

Well, they said "Soundwave would be the most suitable name for this product" which doesn't necessarily mean that name came after it was designed.

That means there were options and that was the best one. It most definitely means that the name was secondary to the product.

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Comment by Gauntlet101010 Jul 4, 2016

william-james88 wrote:
Gauntlet101010 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:If you watch the video in the first post they state that the name was given to this product after it was designed. They chose to call it soundwave because it was a communication device. Nothing more.

Well, they said "Soundwave would be the most suitable name for this product" which doesn't necessarily mean that name came after it was designed.

That means there were options and that was the best one. It most definitely means that the name was secondary to the product.

Gotta disagree there. It doesn't give any sense about when the name was chosen. Just that they had "this product" in mind - a transforming mi pad.

And it comes with a very Ratbatish minion. And the head too. Those things didn't have to be designed that way.

Seems to me that they chose a name, possibly with a preliminary design, and went from there. There didn't need to be a Ratbat. I'd probably agree with your interpretation if it wasn't for the presence of a minion. There's no reason to include that other than to tie it in with Soundwave. And it's a part of it's overall design - not an accessory that could be tossed in.

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Comment by Starsaber468 Jul 4, 2016

Love the fact that hasbro is going to sell the guy for 20$ cause suprisingly thats a more appropriate price

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Comment by Noideaforaname Jul 5, 2016

Doc bot wrote:I think one of the neatest parts of his transformation is his head. It's made of 3 slices that cobble together so that he can remain thin in tablet mode. He looses all articulation, but it's pretty cool.

Freaky. Don't get too many transformations that, by all rights, should actually kill the Bot in question.

(morbidly curious if there are any mechanical details inside the head slices, like brain modules or the backs of the eyeballs; doesn't look like it though)

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Comment by Doc bot Jul 5, 2016

(morbidly curious if there are any mechanical details inside the head slices, like brain modules or the backs of the eyeballs; doesn't look like it though)

No brain bits that I can see. That's a missed opportunity.

Noticed that Lazerbeak/Ratbat's "face" is the USB charge port. It would have been super cool if a real cable could be plugged in.

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Comment by william-james88 Jul 5, 2016

Starsaber468 wrote:Love the fact that hasbro is going to sell the guy for 20$ cause suprisingly thats a more appropriate price

Hasbro isnt selling it, Xiomi is, its their product, they are the owners. And they are only selling it in China.

http://home.mi.com/shop/detail?gid=159

If you want to buy it, you have to get it from an importer or secondary seller like below:

http://nis-store.com/life-style/xiaomi- ... ormer-toy/

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Comment by Hellscream9999 Jul 5, 2016

william-james88 wrote:
Starsaber468 wrote:Love the fact that hasbro is going to sell the guy for 20$ cause suprisingly thats a more appropriate price

Hasbro isnt selling it, Xiomi is, its their product, they are the owners. And they are only selling it in China.

http://home.mi.com/shop/detail?gid=159

If you want to buy it, you have to get it from an importer or secondary seller like below:

http://nis-store.com/life-style/xiaomi- ... ormer-toy/

Here's a good pre-order: http://tfsource.com/asia-exclusive/xiaomi-soundwave-gold/

Not the perfect price, but being able to go through tfsource is something at least...

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Comment by Gauntlet101010 Jul 5, 2016

Asia Exclusive Gold Color Edition

The title for the preorder is interesting. If this is the "gold colour edition" then maybe there's a "blue color edition"? Worth waiting to see if there's exactly the kind of product I want on it's way. :-?

:-?

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Comment by Ultra Markus Jul 5, 2016

looks too fragile

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Comment by Doc bot Jul 5, 2016

Ultra Markus wrote:looks too fragile

Despite how he looks, he's remarkably sturdy. He's engineered like a typical Hasbro TF that can be abused and dropped unlike some of the higher end Takara TFs which I've had many break way too easily over the years.

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Comment by Hellscream9999 Jul 14, 2016

Fellow Seibertronians, following on from the in-hand images of the Mi Pad Soundwave, we now know that Hasbro will be offering the Mi Pad Soundwave Transformers exclusive at San Diego Comic-Con 2016. The tablet will be available at SDCC (July 21-24) and Fan Expo Canada (Sept. 1-4), with a limited number for sale on HasbroToyShop.com following the Con. Check out the images and let us know what you think of it. Will you be getting him at SDCC or are you going to hold out to try and nab him on HTS? Let us know in the comments below.

TRANSFORMERS SOUNDWAVE Tablet
(Ages 8 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $39.99/Available at Booth #3329 at Comic-Con International in San Diego)
TRANSFORMERS continue to push the boundaries in MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE with the introduction of the SOUNDWAVE Tablet, available at 2016 San Diego Comic Con. One of TRANSFORMERS most iconic Decepticons, SOUNDWAVE, comes to life from what appears to be an ordinary mobile tablet. With a few clicks and twists, this seemingly ordinary tablet converts into the extraordinary Decepticon SOUNDWAVE, capable of detecting and jamming Autobot transmissions across the entire energy spectrum. The TRANSFORMERS SOUNDWAVE Tablet will be for sale at San Diego Comic-Con 2016. Following the convention, a limited number will be available on HasbroToyShop.com.

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