Video Review for Transformers Shattered Glass Soundwave

Nemesis Destron wrote:Interesting, anyone else care to comment?

When the original Shattered Glass continuity started up by Fun Publications, it began properly with the BotCon 2008 comic story, in which the G1 Cliffjumper of the Classics universe accidentally arrived in the world of Shattered Glass. He first met the SG Autobots and was both confused and outraged by their sheer cruelty. Then he met the SG Decepticons, whom he couldn't believe were as good-natured as they appeared to be. Only after conversing with SG Sideswipe, who had defected to the SG Decepticons, and after witnessing SG Megatron take a bullet for him, was Cliffjumper finally convinced that this truly was a backwards world of heroic Decepticons and evil Autobots.

Following that story, Cliffjumper continued to work with the SG Decepticons throughout the proceeding prose stories that eventually led them all to have some adventures on SG Earth, where everything was just as backwards as on SG Cybertron.

Fast forward a few years to the BotCon 2012 comic story "Invasion", wherein SG Ultra Magnus led an invasion on Cliffjumper's home dimension, the Classicsverse. G1 Autobots and SG Decepticons united to oppose the SG Autobots, who were initially backed up by the G1 Decepticons until they too were convinced of the threat SG Ultra Magnus posed and had to turn on him and side with the good guys to stop him. They failed.

SG Ultra Magnus used the power of an ancient relic known as the Terminus Blade to destroy the entire Classicsverse, leaving only Classics Earth intact and shifted into the SG universe. The only survivors of this cataclysmic disaster were those who were still on Classics Earth at the time. Everyone on Classics Cybertron or anywhere else in that universe met a tragic and untimely end. Once in the SG universe, the G1 Autobots worked with the SG Decepticons in order to adjust this new world that was now their new home.

A small number of SG Autobots were also eventually reformatted by SG Unicron into the heroic Knights of Unicron, who also worked with the G1 Autobots and SG Decepticons. The remaining G1 Decepticons and SG Autobots, however, continued to work independently to scheme and plot their own nefarious plans, ones that the united G1 Autobots/SG Decepticons/SG Knights of Unicron would forever continue to work together to stop.

Basically, / / are united as one (I'm using the Wreckers symbol as a stand-in for the SG Knights of Unicron since it's blue, their symbol is just a blue Autobrand), while the and do whatever they want.

There's also some bits of SG Alpha Trion having his own band of loyalists comprising of other SG Autobots and some Beast Wars: Uprising Maximals and Predacons that he recruited in the TransTech universe when he was banished there, as well as some GoBot Guardians and Renegades who crossed over into the Classicsverse, wound up in the SG world during the crisis of "Invasion", and then teamed up with the G1 Autobots and SG Decepticons, but a lot of that is too confusing to go into any further.

Nemesis Destron wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:Okay stupid question, being someone who doesn't read the books (comics) have the crossed paths with and if yes have all factions teamed up.... / ...?

The original FunPub story had Cliffjumper meeting the evil Autobots. This version of SG hasn't so far crossed over into "G1".

So does anyone pair up their or figures....would that be craziness?

I absolutely do this, especially since 3/5 of this years' SG releases are pretty obviously intended to be repurposed (Slicer, Flamewar, Delta Magnus/Magna Convoy). I just use those as their intended reuses and have come up with alternate names (or taken names from other minor/non-updated TF characters) for everyone else so they can coexist with their positive-universe counterparts.
-SG Optimus is Nova Prime
-SG Ratchet is Transplant
-SG Blurr is Speedtrap
-SG Goldbug is Goldfire
-SG Megs is Landquake
-SG Screamer is Contrail
-SG Soundwave is Mixtape
-The Deseeus Drone that I use as an SG Ironhide is Stockade

Interesting, anyone else care to comment?

Well, in my fanfiction/headcanon, Sunbow G1 season 4(no Rebirth) continuation stories, Galvatron goes into the ice(like in TF: Headmasters). Later Starscream, who has a change of heart seeing the Decepticons in shambles, again, among other things, pulls him out of the ice with the help of Tarn and Flamewar(SG figure as G1 character use #1). Shockwave and Knock-Out then rebuild Galvatron into Selects Ultra Megatron. Then later, Selects Galvatron 2 and TFCC Universe Ramjet are from a dimension where they and Unicron won(like in Marvel Uk), then Jhiaxus, working in secret with Unicron's head, now out of Cybertrons sight/orbit, pulls them to G1 Sunbow dimension. At that point they start to kick everyone's afts, defeat and nearly kill Blaster( w/Eject inside) and Ultra Magnus. They take them back to Unicron and he reformats them to the SG versions in service to Unicron. Knowing that they are a couple of heart and soul of the team kinda types, fighting them will demoralize the Autobots.

EDIT: Also I forgot; SG Blurr is my regular Blurr after being captured and interrogated by Scorponok and the Hive Council. Yeah theys pulled one of his eyes out, killed Haywire and Blurr is a bit slower now. I discount Rebirth and have my own Nebulans(Mandalorian Lego mini-figures. Zarak is all white coloured Lego Marvel Vision[in a Nebulan steel mechanical body])also about Headmasters; Autobots use Japan G1 transtector(made from dead Fortress Maximus) rules and Decepticons Rebirth, ie. Decepticons are all animal bots with titanmaster heads.

If anyone is interested and since u asked

Review it all you want. I'm not paying Almost $70 for a voyager. They have him listed at the same price as Delta Magnus. I don't care if he comes with 2 cassettes, that's a BS price!

And unfortunately, Soundwave was the one I wanted the most. F HASBRO!!!

Nemesis Reformatted wrote:Review it all you want. I'm not paying Almost $70 for a voyager. They have him listed at the same price as Delta Magnus. I don't care if he comes with 2 cassettes, that's a BS price!

And unfortunately, Soundwave was the one I wanted the most. F HASBRO!!!

Add 30$US for shipping to Canada....

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Nemesis Reformatted wrote:Review it all you want. I'm not paying Almost $70 for a voyager. They have him listed at the same price as Delta Magnus. I don't care if he comes with 2 cassettes, that's a BS price!

And unfortunately, Soundwave was the one I wanted the most. F HASBRO!!!

Add 30$US for shipping to Canada....

I have a feeling all these will be around for the inevitable 40% off sale at some point in 2023...

sol magnus wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Nemesis Reformatted wrote:Review it all you want. I'm not paying Almost $70 for a voyager. They have him listed at the same price as Delta Magnus. I don't care if he comes with 2 cassettes, that's a BS price!

And unfortunately, Soundwave was the one I wanted the most. F HASBRO!!!

Add 30$US for shipping to Canada....

I have a feeling all these will be around for the inevitable 40% off sale at some point in 2023...

I dunno. A number of these Hasbro Pulse SG releases have sold out within not-too-long of time.

Sabrblade wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Nemesis Reformatted wrote:Review it all you want. I'm not paying Almost $70 for a voyager. They have him listed at the same price as Delta Magnus. I don't care if he comes with 2 cassettes, that's a BS price!

And unfortunately, Soundwave was the one I wanted the most. F HASBRO!!!

Add 30$US for shipping to Canada....

I have a feeling all these will be around for the inevitable 40% off sale at some point in 2023...

I dunno. A number of these Hasbro Pulse SG releases have sold out within not-too-long of time.

Yeah. There's a cloud over things for sure. SG is kind of topsy turvy that way. As long as Flamewar and Slicer last until after Christmas, I'll be fine on a personal level. But, we'll see at some point.

Interesting stuff Hero Alpha....thanks Sabrblade!

Shattered Glass Wave 2. A pretty decent wave, and I honestly think it was stronger than Wave 1.

I'd rank Slicer as my favorite, that mold owns those colors, and the exo-suit was a great addition. He is a lot of fun, lots of options, and lots of fun.

Magnus is a closer 2nd. I am surprised at how much i like this mold as him, considering I didn't think it would work. It's ironic too, since i am not a fan of the Laser Prime mold I wanted him to use anyways. I love the sword, that added that extra bit with the color scheme to really push him up.

I'd rank soundwave 3rd, the colors on him are really sharp, and the headband headsculpt is really cool. It's a nice package, even if the price is stupid for him.

Flamewar comes in 4th, she is a good mold, and the paint work is awesome, but that just doesn't push her past the other 3 cause they were so much fun.

Blaster is last, mostly because he just doesn't have much going for him compared to the others. He's good, but the others just outshine him

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Shattered Glass Wave 2. A pretty decent wave, and I honestly think it was stronger than Wave 1.

I'd rank Slicer as my favorite, that mold owns those colors, and the exo-suit was a great addition. He is a lot of fun, lots of options, and lots of fun.

Magnus is a closer 2nd. I am surprised at how much i like this mold as him, considering I didn't think it would work. It's ironic too, since i am not a fan of the Laser Prime mold I wanted him to use anyways. I love the sword, that added that extra bit with the color scheme to really push him up.

I'd rank soundwave 3rd, the colors on him are really sharp, and the headband headsculpt is really cool. It's a nice package, even if the price is stupid for him.

Flamewar comes in 4th, she is a good mold, and the paint work is awesome, but that just doesn't push her past the other 3 cause they were so much fun.

Blaster is last, mostly because he just doesn't have much going for him compared to the others. He's good, but the others just outshine him

I'd probably switch Magnus and Slicer, but I'm right there with you on the rest.

sol magnus wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Shattered Glass Wave 2. A pretty decent wave, and I honestly think it was stronger than Wave 1.

I'd rank Slicer as my favorite, that mold owns those colors, and the exo-suit was a great addition. He is a lot of fun, lots of options, and lots of fun.

Magnus is a closer 2nd. I am surprised at how much i like this mold as him, considering I didn't think it would work. It's ironic too, since i am not a fan of the Laser Prime mold I wanted him to use anyways. I love the sword, that added that extra bit with the color scheme to really push him up.

I'd rank soundwave 3rd, the colors on him are really sharp, and the headband headsculpt is really cool. It's a nice package, even if the price is stupid for him.

Flamewar comes in 4th, she is a good mold, and the paint work is awesome, but that just doesn't push her past the other 3 cause they were so much fun.

Blaster is last, mostly because he just doesn't have much going for him compared to the others. He's good, but the others just outshine him

I'd probably switch Magnus and Slicer, but I'm right there with you on the rest.

Magnus and Slicer are really close. They're truly neck and neck as my favorites

A full line picture from the SG collection. Prime and Ratchet are in moving totes and count as Selects, so that's my excuse for them to be absent. The collection ended up pretty good, and ironically, the Autobots are the ones that mostly ended up being the boring releases. Blaster and Goldbug are definitely the least interesting releases, and Blurr suffered the most from loose joints. But Magnus ended up being a favorite, and Slicer too. The Decepticons look nice as a team too.



Also, I find it really funny that I never got the original Blaster or soundwave releases, but I got the repaints, and greatly enjoyed all 3 of them

I really like Megatron, probable my favourite release of the ones I have

william-james88 wrote:I really like Megatron, probable my favourite release of the ones I have

My only complaint on that Megs is that the "shield/nosecone" accessory should have been a bit thicker with 5mm holes added. This way, we could have plugged in the wings on it to create some flying drone to accompany the tank mode instead of being just loose parts.

william-james88 wrote:I really like Megatron, probable my favourite release of the ones I have

While he's talking about Series 2, Megatron is pretty good. I would probably agree he's the best...mmm except there's Jetfire. LOL. He's the best.

sol magnus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:I really like Megatron, probable my favourite release of the ones I have

While he's talking about Series 2, Megatron is pretty good. I would probably agree he's the best...mmm except there's Jetfire. LOL. He's the best.

It's all a matter of opinions, but IMO, a straight repaint can't ever be a "best". To earn that title, some remolding and/or extra parts are a necessity. Like for Megatron, Blurr, Ultra Magnus, Starscream, and that's it I think.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:I really like Megatron, probable my favourite release of the ones I have

While he's talking about Series 2, Megatron is pretty good. I would probably agree he's the best...mmm except there's Jetfire. LOL. He's the best.

It's all a matter of opinions, but IMO, a straight repaint can't ever be a "best". To earn that title, some remolding and/or extra parts are a necessity. Like for Megatron, Blurr, Ultra Magnus, Starscream, and that's it I think.

I agree with that in general, but what in Shattered Glass would not be that?

sol magnus wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:I really like Megatron, probable my favourite release of the ones I have

While he's talking about Series 2, Megatron is pretty good. I would probably agree he's the best...mmm except there's Jetfire. LOL. He's the best.

It's all a matter of opinions, but IMO, a straight repaint can't ever be a "best". To earn that title, some remolding and/or extra parts are a necessity. Like for Megatron, Blurr, Ultra Magnus, Starscream, and that's it I think.

I agree with that in general, but what in Shattered Glass would not be that?

Well, Jetfire is a straight repaint, as well as Goldbug... Unless that new head appeared for the first time there. Also, Soundwave and Blaster are straight repaints.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:I really like Megatron, probable my favourite release of the ones I have

While he's talking about Series 2, Megatron is pretty good. I would probably agree he's the best...mmm except there's Jetfire. LOL. He's the best.

It's all a matter of opinions, but IMO, a straight repaint can't ever be a "best". To earn that title, some remolding and/or extra parts are a necessity. Like for Megatron, Blurr, Ultra Magnus, Starscream, and that's it I think.

I agree with that in general, but what in Shattered Glass would not be that?

Well, Jetfire is a straight repaint, as well as Goldbug... Unless that new head appeared for the first time there. Also, Soundwave and Blaster are straight repaints.

Other than heads, they're all straight repaints. Soundwave has a new head. When talking about an all repaint line (with maybe a new head...like Goldbug and Blurr) in SG 1 I think we're all talking about overall aesthetic. In my case with Jetfire, of SG 1 I subjectively like him a tad better than Megatron. Starscream is also pretty awesome although I still fear he'll yellow.

We're all acknowledging they're repaints and saying the best of those. I'm (we're) not comparing them to non-SG counterparts. Unless we are. LOL

Speaking of that Starscream, some yellowing has already been reported.