Official Images and Preorder for Pulse Exclusive Shattered Glass Soundwave

Just to note that this mold's new deco and headsculpt are likely what allowed its use outside of the Netflix line, as a use of this mold in Legacy instead of the Siege mold would have been no different from the original Netflix deco, which is why Walmart prevented it from being rereleased unaltered at mass retail. The completely different deco and head are what enabled this mold to see use again.

So was that the reason we got a VW Goldbug in Buzzworthy? Because he had a new head?

If that's the case, I'd love to see a Marvel G1 accurate purple Soundwave with a mouth. New head, new deco.

Rodimus Prime wrote:So was that the reason we got a VW Goldbug in Buzzworthy? Because he had a new head?

If that's the case, I'd love to see a Marvel G1 accurate purple Soundwave with a mouth. New head, new deco.

New head and different deco, yeah. The fact that it's the only one which didn't come with an extra head is very telling.

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:So was that the reason we got a VW Goldbug in Buzzworthy? Because he had a new head?

If that's the case, I'd love to see a Marvel G1 accurate purple Soundwave with a mouth. New head, new deco.

New head and different deco, yeah. The fact that it's the only one which didn't come with an extra head is very telling.

Of what exactly? I know that often an Exclusive that was previously offered elsewhere has to have a slight change in order to be considered different from the previous release, yet I don't see why it could have also included an extra head after all it was also a different deco.

It's apparent they're only able to utilize the VW model in a unique instance with one of those actually being G1 Bee for Walmart while the other is a separate bot at Target so it's certainly not retail specific on when they can use the VW License. It was likely too soon for them to reuse the VW mold for SS86 but that's where I would have loved to see VW BB again, my only hope is that version get another shot somewhere because it current hovers between $80-100. I suspect the Target Goldbug basically just set this back from happening even further.

Soo,

I don't want to be one of those people who grosses about the price, because I remember Botcon Exclusives and this isn't that different,

But comparatively, the same price for Soundwave vs the Trion/Orion sets this feels like less. And he is only one more tape than the Blaster that's in this set for an extra $20.aybe there is some extra heft in the molding that makes the difference but it gave me pause. I bought both tape players but I think I may regret it. Got spoiled by Pulse staying close to MSRP all this time

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Flashwave wrote:And he is only one more tape than the Blaster that's in this set for an extra $20.aybe there is some extra heft in the molding that makes the difference but it gave me pause. I bought both tape players but I think I may regret it. Got spoiled by Pulse staying close to MSRP all this time

While I also agree that SW (and Flamewar for that matter) are asking more than they should, this comparison to Blaster is a false equivalency, since Blaster's single cassette is part of Blaster's mold and thereby gets made and is already paid for every time that Blaster mold is used. SW's compatriots are entirely separate molds, so this is effectively one figure (Blaster & Rewind) versus a multipack (SW + Ravage & Laserbeak).

Plus there's the exclusive comic.

What if the comic turns out to be double-length? Like, what if the story was too big to finish off in one final issue, that they needed to increase the length to finish it up properly? That'd make the comic more expensive.

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Flashwave wrote:And he is only one more tape than the Blaster that's in this set for an extra $20.aybe there is some extra heft in the molding that makes the difference but it gave me pause. I bought both tape players but I think I may regret it. Got spoiled by Pulse staying close to MSRP all this time

While I also agree that SW (and Flamewar for that matter) are asking more than they should, this comparison to Blaster is a false equivalency, since Blaster's single cassette is part of Blaster's mold and thereby gets made and is already paid for every time that Blaster mold is used. SW's compatriots are entirely separate molds, so this is effectively one figure (Blaster & Rewind) versus a multipack (SW + Ravage & Laserbeak).

Plus there's the exclusive comic.

The previous comics averaged around a $7 or $8 upcost, this one is double that. I'm thinking some of the extra cost came from the new head sculpt since it isn't part of the original mold. Some of the cost of UM probably came from that as well. SG Blurr's head was part of the mold already like Goldbug's so the price didn't get affected by that.

Emerje

Someone on facebook mentioned Pulse told them that hasbro has to charge more to make up the higher price of paying Walmart for the right to use their exclusive mold. The part that has me as a big skeptic of that is that no customer service has ever been that well informed about such a thing.

Speaking of being well informed, it was interesting for Hasbro to directly address the legal implications of using the word "convert" over "transform" in friday's stream.

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:What if the comic turns out to be double-length? Like, what if the story was too big to finish off in one final issue, that they needed to increase the length to finish it up properly? That'd make the comic more expensive.

Sounds like something they should/would have mentioned in the listing

Emerje

What if they wanted it to be a surprise?

No surprise to be had, we have all the info on the comics on Previews, none are double. Plus, even if it was, the "exclusivity" tax has no linear correlation with the amount of pages.

https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/S ... D-GLASS-II

Sabrblade wrote:Broken pic.

it was a link, hence why it didnt work. fixed now