SDCC 2009 Soundwave...(with Ratbat)

That's pretty F'n cool right there...

Nice, but I'll pass. No big loss, I have the TRU Soundwave and those cassettes, and have Ratbat coming from the Encore multi-pack. I wouldn't mind seeing some other, previously unreissued G1 molds come out as store exclusives.

Wierd that SW is coming out again when he was reissued in the states not too long ago.

Aside from the inclusion of Ratbat, that's pretty lame for a convention exclusive. It's not really an exclusive figure; just a reissue. They could have at least given him a new paint job or something.

I like.

Gives me an excuse to kitbash my other one, more joints!

GuyIncognito wrote:Aside from the inclusion of Ratbat, that's pretty lame for a convention exclusive. It's not really an exclusive figure; just a reissue. They could have at least given him a new paint job or something.

No no no, you're missing the point.

Take a nostalgia fueled event, like a comic convention...provide an iconic character in an iconic toy...give him lots of stuff (tapes)...and people will LOVE IT.

Collectors don't have to groan about it, because they likely have it already in one form or another, but for everyone else...it's a hook back into the hobby.

Or at least it's a snack that makes people say...'Wow, I miss having Transformers...I wonder what's on the shelves now.'

I understand your logic there CP, but I have to say.

Couldn't that have been accomplished, while still giving the collector something he wants by using Soundblaster instead of Soundwave?

I'd be all over this if it were Soundblaster, but with just buying the TRU exclusive reissue from the Classics line only a couple years ago, I'm not all that interested in owning another one.

Thats a pretty nice exclusive. And the price isn't that bad either.

If I wasn't collecting the Encore cassettes I would be all over this.

Very cool...

Fender Bender wrote:I understand your logic there CP, but I have to say.

Couldn't that have been accomplished, while still giving the collector something he wants by using Soundblaster instead of Soundwave?

No way.

Only hardcore TF fans know who Soundblaster is.

The general population likes and wants to see Soundwave.

Wow, with 4 tapes, that's a great price! Availability will be the problem, I'll bet. Might they sell them on HTS after the Con, as they did w/ Alternators Rodimus?

I have the TRU version, so I don't need this, but it's perversely tempting. Soundwave is just that cool.

sorry if this has been mentioned in the past but....what's with soundwave's tape compartment sticking out so much? i've noticed all the re-issues have this. i have the original toy and when closed, the tape door was flush with his chest but these days it sticks out what seems to be the width of the cassettes themselves.

have they made his body thinner in these re-issues so this was the only way to make the cassettes fit or is it another reason?

Bouncy X,


In Japanese G1 (post American G1), Soundwave and Broadcast (Blaster) killed each other and were rebuilt as Soundblaster and Twincast.

When Takara released the figures, they remolded the tape compartment on Soundblaster to fit more than one tape.

The TRU exclusive Soundwave and Comic-Con Soundwave just use the Soundblaster mold.

Other experts can go in deeper detail, but that's the barebones of it.

^I rest my case.^

God damn it that sucks. I want it but theres no way in hell ill ever be able to get one.

Megatron_Wolf wrote:God damn it that sucks. I want it but theres no way in hell ill ever be able to get one.

Hasbrotoyshop lists the SDCC exclusives on their website after the convention ends. Buy it online like Nemesis Prime last year.

I already laid out a lot of money on a set I got off Ebay that came with all his cassettes and himself from the 80s. I wouldn't mind getting this one just so I can have extras of some and possibly have the Ratbat with the painted cassette apps instead of the sticker one I own.

I really wish they would have used Rumble and Frenzy this time, instead of Lazerbeak and Ravage. The later two were used in the TRU reissue, and Hound came with a new mold for Ravage.

Still a release worth picking up when the page for it is up on HTS. I think I might even get it (though I bought the TRU release as well), and keep this one MISB like I did for Overload.

Yeah, I understand the logic about the TRU exclusive only being released a few years back but come on, $50 for FIVE FIGURES?

I have the TRU reissue and still might snag one of these if for no other reason than just the sheer nostalgia of 4 minions being commanded by Soundwave at once!

Cool news! I managed to pick up the last Reissue and don't care about the other tapes too much, so I'll pass, but this is great for those who are lucky enough to get one.

Fender Bender wrote:Bouncy X,


In Japanese G1 (post American G1), Soundwave and Broadcast (Blaster) killed each other and were rebuilt as Soundblaster and Twincast.

When Takara released the figures, they remolded the tape compartment on Soundblaster to fit more than one tape.

The TRU exclusive Soundwave and Comic-Con Soundwave just use the Soundblaster mold.

Other experts can go in deeper detail, but that's the barebones of it.

Alrighty, now i know...thanks.

Not bad for a Con exclusive! While I want to have those casettes from the Encore sets, this set sounds very cool!

For those of us without easy access to a TRU and missed the reissue, this is a godsend. I still need a Soundwave to stand opposite of Blaster.

To -really- make people take notice, they should use gold version of the cassette weapons...

Will buy. Will have. Will own. Will love

Uhm...anybody here possibly able to pick some up for members UNABLE to go to SDCC?

NuclearConvoy wrote:Uhm...anybody here possibly able to pick some up for members UNABLE to go to SDCC?

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Hasbro Toy Shop will have some up most likely after the show, as they usually do.

NOOOOOOOOO! I lost. soundwave.... FORGIVE ME


Curse convention excucives.

Folks, please take note of the way this is being described. Last year's exclusives - Universe Nemesis Prime and Titanium Skywarp - were described as HasbroToyShop.com exclusives that premiered at SDCC. This is being described very explicitly as an SDCC exclusive. They may or may not be available on the web site afterwards...

I do take offense at their description of this as the "original 1984 version of the toy"... since this is clearly the later, Soundblaster version, colored in original Soundwave colors.

emeraldbeacon wrote:Folks, please take note of the way this is being described. Last year's exclusives - Universe Nemesis Prime and Titanium Skywarp - were described as HasbroToyShop.com exclusives that premiered at SDCC. This is being described very explicitly as an SDCC exclusive. They may or may not be available on the web site afterwards...

Last year I believe it was more like they were SDCC Exclusives, and if there were any extra they MIGHT have them at HasbroToyShop.com, I'm 99% sure that's how they were billed.

I would be shocked if there weren't some left. Maybe not as many as there were this past year, though.

Counterpunch wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:Aside from the inclusion of Ratbat, that's pretty lame for a convention exclusive. It's not really an exclusive figure; just a reissue. They could have at least given him a new paint job or something.

No no no, you're missing the point.

Take a nostalgia fueled event, like a comic convention...provide an iconic character in an iconic toy...give him lots of stuff (tapes)...and people will LOVE IT.

Collectors don't have to groan about it, because they likely have it already in one form or another, but for everyone else...it's a hook back into the hobby.

Or at least it's a snack that makes people say...'Wow, I miss having Transformers...I wonder what's on the shelves now.'

To build on that, remember that Soundwave and Ravage will be hitting the shelves soon as a ROTF preview figure. If this exclusive reminds the non Transformers fan who he is then they will snap up the preview figure when it is released and excite them about the upcomming movie. It is a good marketing ploy by Hasbro. Part of me does wish they substituted Ravage and Laserbeak for Rumble and Frenzy but what you gonna do.

Zeds wrote:Will buy. Will have. Will own. Will love

What, you don't have one already?

i like it, but im aliitle upset that hasbro is going to release ANOTHER reissue of soundwave. Aren't they the ones who said its hard to market soundwave with his cassette player alt mode??? Then why release a reissue???
I would like a soundwave that can stand and blend in with the rest of my classic/ henkai/ universe/ figures. hell they released a new ravage,why cant they make a new classics mold for soundwave???
that would have been an awesome sdcc exclusive.

ieke_zen wrote:i like it, but im aliitle upset that hasbro is going to release ANOTHER reissue of soundwave. Aren't they the ones who said its hard to market soundwave with his cassette player alt mode??? Then why release a reissue???
I would like a soundwave that can stand and blend in with the rest of my classic/ henkai/ universe/ figures. hell they released a new ravage,why cant they make a new classics mold for soundwave???
that would have been an awesome sdcc exclusive.

The reason they can't/wouldn't do something like that is because these "exclusives" are pretty much exclusively repaints of existing figures. Once in a while they will toss us a bone and give us a new bodypart such as a head. There are 2 reasons it is done this way. The first reason is simply cost, for the amount of figures they would make for an exclusive (which would be much smaller than a regular run) they'd lose their shirt making the mold. The second reason is that if you make a cool enough exclusive, especially of a figure we've been waiting for and it sells out, there will be collectors all over complaining "Why didn't Hasbro make that figure available for everyone for $9.99"

I hope that helps.

Delicon wrote:

emeraldbeacon wrote:Folks, please take note of the way this is being described. Last year's exclusives - Universe Nemesis Prime and Titanium Skywarp - were described as HasbroToyShop.com exclusives that premiered at SDCC. This is being described very explicitly as an SDCC exclusive. They may or may not be available on the web site afterwards...

Last year I believe it was more like they were SDCC Exclusives, and if there were any extra they MIGHT have them at HasbroToyShop.com, I'm 99% sure that's how they were billed.

I would be shocked if there weren't some left. Maybe not as many as there were this past year, though.

At last year's SDCC, they HasbroToyShop.com booth had images of everything they were selling around the booth. Many of them (like the Cobra Commander figs) had "SDCC Exclusive!" by the items. The Transformers, notably, DID NOT.

On a side note, I am pleased to note that the Transformers Collector's Club has confirmed that this will be the SINGLE-CASSETTE version of Soundwave, and NOT the double-door Soundblaster version. Intriguing...

Delicon wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:Uhm...anybody here possibly able to pick some up for members UNABLE to go to SDCC?

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Hasbro Toy Shop will have some up most likely after the show, as they usually do.

Hasbro Toy Shop is absolutely useless for me.
They don't ship to Canada.

NuclearConvoy wrote:

Delicon wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:Uhm...anybody here possibly able to pick some up for members UNABLE to go to SDCC?

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Hasbro Toy Shop will have some up most likely after the show, as they usually do.

Hasbro Toy Shop is absolutely useless for me.
They don't ship to Canada.

As painful as it may be, make friends with some of us americans, we can be helpful at times.

emeraldbeacon wrote:

Delicon wrote:

emeraldbeacon wrote:Folks, please take note of the way this is being described. Last year's exclusives - Universe Nemesis Prime and Titanium Skywarp - were described as HasbroToyShop.com exclusives that premiered at SDCC. This is being described very explicitly as an SDCC exclusive. They may or may not be available on the web site afterwards...

Last year I believe it was more like they were SDCC Exclusives, and if there were any extra they MIGHT have them at HasbroToyShop.com, I'm 99% sure that's how they were billed.

I would be shocked if there weren't some left. Maybe not as many as there were this past year, though.

At last year's SDCC, they HasbroToyShop.com booth had images of everything they were selling around the booth. Many of them (like the Cobra Commander figs) had "SDCC Exclusive!" by the items. The Transformers, notably, DID NOT.

On a side note, I am pleased to note that the Transformers Collector's Club has confirmed that this will be the SINGLE-CASSETTE version of Soundwave, and NOT the double-door Soundblaster version. Intriguing...

Thats good! I already got Soundblaster.... COME ON SOUNDWAVE!!!