Pictorial Review of Transformers: Robots in Disguise Combiner Force Activator Soundwave

You know, those speakers on his shoulders remind me of his Animated incarnation

Ig89ninja wrote:You know, those speakers on his shoulders remind me of his Animated incarnation

They're not cannons?

Is the box any different? Any paint apps? I've already got the base model but
I'm interested to know if his is the only detail.

Sabrblade wrote:

Ig89ninja wrote:You know, those speakers on his shoulders remind me of his Animated incarnation

They're not cannons?

You and your canon fetish.

Sabrblade wrote:

Ig89ninja wrote:You know, those speakers on his shoulders remind me of his Animated incarnation

They're not cannons?

They might, but they look more like speakers to me

Ig89ninja wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Ig89ninja wrote:You know, those speakers on his shoulders remind me of his Animated incarnation

They're not cannons?

They might, but they look more like speakers to me

Speakannons? Blasting you with sweet tunes and deadly missiles.

Meh! i think i'll stick with my Warrior Class CF Soundwave

Looks okay, but I wish there was a way to attach Laserbeak to Soundwave's chest. A way to use the Activator gimmick in robot mode, or at least fold away the guns, would be nice too.

Va'al wrote:a different pattern on the scanning sticker. Check it out for yourselves in the images below!

They are all different - I don't know how different but I've had to look through a lot over the months and I've hardly ever seen 2 the same.

For example I looked through 7 Warrior Windblades to find the one with a straight logo and each logo was unique.

Or Compare this Soundwave to the others shown :

RAR wrote:

Va'al wrote:a different pattern on the scanning sticker. Check it out for yourselves in the images below!

They are all different - I don't know how different but I've had to look through a lot over the months and I've hardly ever seen 2 the same.

For example I looked through 7 Warrior Windblades to find the one with a straight logo and each logo was unique.

Or Compare this Soundwave to the others shown :

Cool.

Va'al wrote:Notified by fellow Seibertronian Sabrblade, we checked in with AllSpark user SwiftEagle who reports a Transformers: Robots in Disguise Warrior class Soundwave variant found. The new version has some added plastic to the otherwise entirely lightpiped facesculpt, adding the traditional faceplate, and a different pattern on the scanning sticker.

Is it new sculpting? I was under the impression that the mask was always there, they just didn't paint over it so it would match his Prime look (the added paint matches the package art).


Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Va'al wrote:Notified by fellow Seibertronian Sabrblade, we checked in with AllSpark user SwiftEagle who reports a Transformers: Robots in Disguise Warrior class Soundwave variant found. The new version has some added plastic to the otherwise entirely lightpiped facesculpt, adding the traditional faceplate, and a different pattern on the scanning sticker.

Is it new sculpting? I was under the impression that the mask was always there, they just didn't paint over it so it would match his Prime look (the added paint matches the package art).

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Emerje

I thought about that too when writing the story, but the person who found it said it was a new piece of plastic - so I don't know, is the answer here.

Va'al wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Va'al wrote:Notified by fellow Seibertronian Sabrblade, we checked in with AllSpark user SwiftEagle who reports a Transformers: Robots in Disguise Warrior class Soundwave variant found. The new version has some added plastic to the otherwise entirely lightpiped facesculpt, adding the traditional faceplate, and a different pattern on the scanning sticker.

Is it new sculpting? I was under the impression that the mask was always there, they just didn't paint over it so it would match his Prime look (the added paint matches the package art).

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Emerje

I thought about that too when writing the story, but the person who found it said it was a new piece of plastic - so I don't know, is the answer here.

And I never checked that Soundwave I saw at TRU, stupid stupid!

he does look ten times better with a face plate but the alt mode is still horrible. Looks terrible in general and just doesnt fit the character at all. But from the looks of the picture its a retool, the faceplate looks to be attached to the head and not just painted on. Plus if it was paint why would they use blue and not the grey thats on the arms and legs?

Tell me, what the hell is the logic behind that mask? Does Soundwave's face-protecting visor not conceal his face enough?

PrymeStriker wrote:Tell me, what the hell is the logic behind that mask? Does Soundwave's face-protecting visor not conceal his face enough?

It just wasn't enough protection against rabid G1 fanboys, I'm afraid

Faceplate looks nice, and does get the toy about 1% closer to actually looking like Prime Soundwave.

ScottyP wrote:Faceplate looks nice, and does get the toy about 1% closer to actually looking like Prime Soundwave.

Wouldn't that be 1% away from looking like Prime Soundwave? Prime Soundwave had a full visored face with no faceplate.

Kurona wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:Tell me, what the hell is the logic behind that mask? Does Soundwave's face-protecting visor not conceal his face enough?

It just wasn't enough protection against rabid G1 fanboys, I'm afraid

He's still better protected from them than Drag Strip is.

The Robots in Disguise line is continuing strong in all its classes, including the one steps. Believe it or not, Hasbro is going to release a third mold for Strongarm in the one step class, meaning a completely new transformation. That means Strongarm has had a new one step mold for each year and subline. You can see the previous molds following the new one whos only image we have is in it's package. The 5 mm port on the top is interesting and hints at a possible interactivity with the new mini-cons coming out.

This new toy was found on Red Mercury, a Japanese import site (since several Japanese Transformers fans feel the need to import Hasbro products and these will cost them $22 each) and it also had a listing an image for another new one step, Heatseeker. This character is getting a lot of attention in the toyline with also getting a legion class toy. None of the other stunticons are getting this much attention.

Enjoy these two new in package images. You can see the robot mode as a render on the side.





Here are the previous Strongarm One Step molds


Transformers: Robots In Disguise Strongarm Gallery


Transformers: Robots In Disguise Strongarm Gallery