New Video Review of Netflix Transformers Earthrise Optimus Prime

This is going to be perfect for me. I passed on the previous version because I didn't want a trailer, and I like the paint apps better on this one as well, except for the windshield. The battle masters I can take or leave, but I believe I already made a deal with someone for them.

Rodimus Prime wrote:This is going to be perfect for me. I passed on the previous version because I didn't want a trailer, and I like the paint apps better on this one as well, except for the windshield. The battle masters I can take or leave, but I believe I already made a deal with someone for them.

My thoughts almost exactly. I don't mind the color of the windshield, I just wish the back of the lower legs were blue.
Now, I don't know that I'll get this version, but I'd probably go for it if it were on a sale for $35-ish.

Rodimus Prime wrote:This is going to be perfect for me. I passed on the previous version because I didn't want a trailer, and I like the paint apps better on this one as well, except for the windshield. The battle masters I can take or leave, but I believe I already made a deal with someone for them.

. Seeing as they are starting to show up I. Asia, hopefully it won't be too long before they show up in North America.

o.supreme wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:This is going to be perfect for me. I passed on the previous version because I didn't want a trailer, and I like the paint apps better on this one as well, except for the windshield. The battle masters I can take or leave, but I believe I already made a deal with someone for them.

. Seeing as they are starting to show up I. Asia, hopefully it won't be too long before they show up in North America.

Once they clear Megatron and Hotlink that is

Trailer or Battle Masters. What a choice...

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
Trailer or Battle Masters. What a choice...

Well, the vanilla trailer is garbage. Plain, odd looking, and missing key components. However, once upgraded with Repros and Shapeways its awesome. But of course the added costs are ludicrous.

So the Battlemasters may be the cheapest and simplest option overall.

Damnation this OP looks even better with those paint apps....well gotta get that one to switch out with Earthrise Prime.

Overcracker wrote:Really really liking this Magnus. Had not picked up the regular Siege version, but for $20 bucks less than the Siege version, its an awesome toy with the extra accessories.

Love the G2 style head with the bright blue mouth plate and red eyes.

Definitely much better than I was expecting.

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That's why I really dig the United version. It's just too bad they didn't make his eyes a different color but it's still pretty cool...'nuff said!

Toy accurate Prime looks real good.




...But wasn't a review for this newsed a while ago?

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
Trailer or Battle Masters. What a choice...

I choose both. To obtain only the Battle Masters if said partner gets them first, or to sell off my extra Optimus likewise if I happen to find it first.

Soundwave 3 pack images courtesy of Weibo user ShentuToybox

Yes, that will be a definite purchase. Looks very good.

What are the two smaller Soundwaves and Laserbeaks? They're not the G1, Titanium, or Music Label molds.

Sabrblade wrote:What are the two smaller Soundwaves and Laserbeaks? They're not the G1, Titanium, or Music Label molds.

I'm guessing newage or or mech planet hotsoldiers on the smaller soundwaves.



I'm guessing with the arm kibble, Netflix soundwave can turn into some kind of lump like the Siege version

After watching some earlier reviews on Netflix Soundwave, I can guess at why they kept the kibble under the forearms from the Siege version of the mold. In tape deck mode, those pieces snap the robot arms securely together in the back and fill in a gap in the back that would otherwise be open and more obvious without the kibble there. In other words, it increases stability of the alt mode AND fills in some negative space as well. They could have gone to the trouble of resculpting the pieces to look less obviously like the leftover landing skids from the "space barge" of the Siege mold, but why bother when they're mostly out of the way in both modes.

Greetings Seibertronians! Fellow Seibertron users, First Gen and Dominus Prime, have let us know that a user by the name of Shentu Toybox, over on the Chinese social media site Weibo, has photos of the forthcoming Netflix Transformers War for Cybertron Trilogy Voyager Class Soundwave with Ravage and Lazerbeak!

Here is a selection of the photos offered, follow the link to see more!















This Voyager Class Soundwave is a retool of Siege Voyager Class Soundwave, allowing him to resume his Tape Deck alt mode from the Generation 1 toyline/cartoon series. It's been pointed out by fellow Seibertron user, Wolfman Jake that the vestigal landing gear from the Siege alt mode on the arms now serve a new purpose by filling out the back of the new alt mode and allow the arms to snap in securely.

Ravage and Lazerbeak have also been slightly retooled and redeco'ed to better resemble their earth mode (most evident is Lazerbeaks head).

What do you think of these images? Will you be picking up this version of the iconic Decepticon? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

I can only hope to find this and Bumblebee if things go smoothly in terms of finding them in-person. I don't want to face the same fate that happened with Beewun Prime and Siege Skywarp.

On secon thought, that's a Soundwave I can live without. Especially with the horrible back in tapedeck mode. Having the G1, the MP, and the Siege, that Netflix ER don't bring anything new.

-Kanrabat- wrote:On secon thought, that's a Soundwave I can live without. Especially with the horrible back in tapedeck mode. Having the G1, the MP, and the Siege, that Netflix ER don't bring anything new.

I also have the G1, MP and Siege, and I will be getting this and selling the Siege version. The back of this one in tape deck mode doesn't bother me, as he'll always be facing forward on the shelf no matter which mode he's in. I was never really over for the Siege version, but it was better than nothing. And this one is better than the Siege one so it'll be picked up if I see it in store.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:On secon thought, that's a Soundwave I can live without. Especially with the horrible back in tapedeck mode. Having the G1, the MP, and the Siege, that Netflix ER don't bring anything new.

I also have the G1, MP and Siege, and I will be getting this and selling the Siege version. The back of this one in tape deck mode doesn't bother me, as he'll always be facing forward on the shelf no matter which mode he's in. I was never really over for the Siege version, but it was better than nothing. And this one is better than the Siege one so it'll be picked up if I see it in store.

"Better" in the sense that if you want the most "G1" Generations Soundwave ever. On that perspective, it is the best, no doubt.


But for me, the Siege is "better" because he have his G1 bot mode while having a very original spaceship mode. That make him stand out. And if I want a tapedeck mode, I can always buy that upgrade kit. It's unfortunately quite expensive though.

I will not buy online with shipping and extra fees. But if I find that Netflix Soundwave live in store, it will be very hard to not impulse buy him.

The landing gear on the forearms still bugs me, especially when that plastic could've been used for panels to avoid hollow forearms.
I think the figure overall looks incredibly good...
I don't think this is the best we'll get for a G1 styled figure, but then I keep questioning, how long will it be before we get a non-gimmick, G1 Soundwave that's better than this?
And I'm so happy with my MP version, I don't know if I'm going to wait around much more for the "next better version". As I've said before, it's getting to that point for some of these other characters as well.

If you're willing, humor me and share your opinions on how soon we'll get better versions of some of these G1 characters. Oh, and I mean versions that are gimmick-free with the goal of G1, cartoon accurate appearances.

Don't know if I can sell him but I would absolutely sell the Siege version and get this while keeping Siege Soundblaster since those two being distinct from each other in ways besides paint will be nice especially since Soundblaster has been becoming more of his own character recently instead of an upgraded Soundwave.

While it's on my mind the "spaceship" mode that the Siege mold has becomes more cool to me when I imagine it more as a hovercraft that floats/hovers using "soundwaves" for transportation and I like Soundwave more as a ground vehicle anyways, I do the same thing with the Siege Reflector ship mode but with "lightrays" instead of sound.

ER Soundwave looks great but I already have the Siege version. Saving my money for Kingdom and 86 Studio Series

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:On secon thought, that's a Soundwave I can live without. Especially with the horrible back in tapedeck mode. Having the G1, the MP, and the Siege, that Netflix ER don't bring anything new.

I also have the G1, MP and Siege, and I will be getting this and selling the Siege version. The back of this one in tape deck mode doesn't bother me, as he'll always be facing forward on the shelf no matter which mode he's in. I was never really over for the Siege version, but it was better than nothing. And this one is better than the Siege one so it'll be picked up if I see it in store.

"Better" in the sense that if you want the most "G1" Generations Soundwave ever. On that perspective, it is the best, no doubt.

And that's what I want.

But for me, the Siege is "better" because he have his G1 bot mode while having a very original spaceship mode. That make him stand out. And if I want a tapedeck mode, I can always buy that upgrade kit. It's unfortunately quite expensive though.

But it's not really his G1 bot mode, because there's no tape deck parts showing due to his alt mode being something other than a tape deck.

Rodimus Prime wrote:But it's not really his G1 bot mode, because there's no tape deck parts showing due to his alt mode being something other than a tape deck.

Oh yeah. This give more points to the Siege for his Cybertronian mode. He could also work as Bee Movie Soundwave I think. But if they ever make a SS BM Soundwave, I wonder what he'll look like. Especially in altmode.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:But it's not really his G1 bot mode, because there's no tape deck parts showing due to his alt mode being something other than a tape deck.

Oh yeah. This give more points to the Siege for his Cybertronian mode. He could also work as Bee Movie Soundwave I think. But if they ever make a SS BM Soundwave, I wonder what he'll look like. Especially in altmode.

SS Bee Soundwave would just be another Boom-Box.

Deadput wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:But it's not really his G1 bot mode, because there's no tape deck parts showing due to his alt mode being something other than a tape deck.

Oh yeah. This give more points to the Siege for his Cybertronian mode. He could also work as Bee Movie Soundwave I think. But if they ever make a SS BM Soundwave, I wonder what he'll look like. Especially in altmode.

SS Bee Soundwave would just be another Boom-Box.

On CYBERTRON?
That would make absolutely no sense.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Deadput wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:But it's not really his G1 bot mode, because there's no tape deck parts showing due to his alt mode being something other than a tape deck.

Oh yeah. This give more points to the Siege for his Cybertronian mode. He could also work as Bee Movie Soundwave I think. But if they ever make a SS BM Soundwave, I wonder what he'll look like. Especially in altmode.

SS Bee Soundwave would just be another Boom-Box.

On CYBERTRON?
That would make absolutely no sense.

I think that if they ever did a Cybertronian mode Soundwave from the Bumblebee movie, his alt mode would be similar to the War for Cybertron/Fall of Cybertron version.

ZeroWolf wrote:I think that if they ever did a Cybertronian mode Soundwave from the Bumblebee movie, his alt mode would be similar to the War for Cybertron/Fall of Cybertron version.

That would be the most logical choice.plus the wheels can easily hide in the bot mode with the right transformation scheme.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:I think that if they ever did a Cybertronian mode Soundwave from the Bumblebee movie, his alt mode would be similar to the War for Cybertron/Fall of Cybertron version.

That would be the most logical choice, plus the wheels can easily hide in the bot mode with the right transformation scheme.

Exactly, plus no doubt fans could put together a fan mode for his tape deck alt that he never took in the movie

ZeroWolf wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:I think that if they ever did a Cybertronian mode Soundwave from the Bumblebee movie, his alt mode would be similar to the War for Cybertron/Fall of Cybertron version.

That would be the most logical choice, plus the wheels can easily hide in the bot mode with the right transformation scheme.

Exactly, plus no doubt fans could put together a fan mode for his tape deck alt that he never took in the movie

Exactly as they did for the original deluxe WFC toy. It was so good that the fan mode was officialised in the sequel, FoC.

Here is the thing for me with Soundwave and any potential Blaster retool. I really don't need a tape deck alt mode anymore.

This feeling really started for me in Titans Return, where I would put the whole line out on my pool table for a battle. Then convert them all to alt modes so they could charge each other. Then realize that a boom box can't do crap in this scene, so I had to load Blaster onto Fort Max and Soundwave onto Trypticon. Then it hit me, a tape deck is a really dumb alt mode for the year 2020.

So as meh as Siege Soundwave's space barge might be, it is still more fun for me personally that a tape deck.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Deadput wrote:SS Bee Soundwave would just be another Boom-Box.

On CYBERTRON?
That would make absolutely no sense.

Even Cybertronains dig good tunes.

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Deadput wrote:SS Bee Soundwave would just be another Boom-Box.

On CYBERTRON?
That would make absolutely no sense.

Even Cybertronains dig good tunes.

That was the bonus mode.

I would really dig a TRIPLE CHANGER Soundwave. Bot, cyber vehicle, kinda-boom-box.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Deadput wrote:SS Bee Soundwave would just be another Boom-Box.

On CYBERTRON?
That would make absolutely no sense.

Even Cybertronains dig good tunes.

That was the bonus mode.

At least it made it into the game's Soundwave boss fight (at 0:23):

WFC is the best Transformers game ever.
Too bad after FoC, it was over.

-Kanrabat- wrote:WFC is the best Transformers game ever.
Too bad after FoC, it was over.

Nah, lots better transformer games out there -a few of the Baynus games were better, Devestation and Saints Row 4.

Plus none of them had Earth mode dinobots on Cybertron before they got to Earth.

Would have thought the new game might have had Netflix WFC skins as a dlc but maybe that will happen at some point if the GI Joe game might be getting extra content.

New game...you mean the Transformers Cyberverse game?

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Here is the thing for me with Soundwave and any potential Blaster retool. I really don't need a tape deck alt mode anymore.

This feeling really started for me in Titans Return, where I would put the whole line out on my pool table for a battle. Then convert them all to alt modes so they could charge each other. Then realize that a boom box can't do crap in this scene, so I had to load Blaster onto Fort Max and Soundwave onto Trypticon. Then it hit me, a tape deck is a really dumb alt mode for the year 2020.

So as meh as Siege Soundwave's space barge might be, it is still more fun for me personally that a tape deck.

When it comes to alt modes, you have to take into consideration the function of the character in the fiction. Why was Soundwave a tape deck to begin with? It had to do with his function as the Cons' communications specialist. Sure, a tape deck itself might be outdated, but Soundwave shouldn't be turning into just some random vehicle in a fight. As the one responsible for short and long range communications, he shouldn't be fighting anyway, unless it's absolutely necessary. Ironically Soundwave was 1 of the best Con fighters in G1 when he wasn't sending messages.

Tl;Dr Soundwave needs a special alt mode that separates him from the others. Hence tape deck in G1, the satellite in Bayverse and the drone in Prime. But what else could he be?

Rodimus Prime wrote:...

Tl;Dr Soundwave needs a special alt mode that separates him from the others. Hence tape deck in G1, the satellite in Bayverse and the drone in Prime. But what else could he be?

Ahem...

Rodimus Prime wrote:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Here is the thing for me with Soundwave and any potential Blaster retool. I really don't need a tape deck alt mode anymore.

This feeling really started for me in Titans Return, where I would put the whole line out on my pool table for a battle. Then convert them all to alt modes so they could charge each other. Then realize that a boom box can't do crap in this scene, so I had to load Blaster onto Fort Max and Soundwave onto Trypticon. Then it hit me, a tape deck is a really dumb alt mode for the year 2020.

So as meh as Siege Soundwave's space barge might be, it is still more fun for me personally that a tape deck.

When it comes to alt modes, you have to take into consideration the function of the character in the fiction. Why was Soundwave a tape deck to begin with? It had to do with his function as the Cons' communications specialist. Sure, a tape deck itself might be outdated, but Soundwave shouldn't be turning into just some random vehicle in a fight. As the one responsible for short and long range communications, he shouldn't be fighting anyway, unless it's absolutely necessary. Ironically Soundwave was 1 of the best Con fighters in G1 when he wasn't sending messages.

Tl;Dr Soundwave needs a special alt mode that separates him from the others. Hence tape deck in G1, the satellite in Bayverse and the drone in Prime. But what else could he be?

Back when Classics/Universe/Generations was more about "updating" classic G1 characters for the 21st century, I had always envisioned Soundwave's new alt mode being as surveillance truck of some sort. Similarly, I envisioned Blaster as one of those SUVs that's been outfitted with a state of the art sound system, like the kind you see in competitions for the loudest bass in an automobile.

I think surveillance truck is a great idea, because it matches his function as mentioned above. The drone alt mode was also pretty cool. As far as the machine wars and cybertron soundwave alt modes go, they were cool but didn't quite fit. I don't mind the boombox alt mode because its unique, he can still fly in robot mode, and thats the whole point with the cassette minions. I'm loving netflix soundwave because I have yet to get MP Soundwave and never got siege version either. But updated alt modes in the future like a surveillance truck, drone, or satellite with a bot mode that still looks like the original soundwave would be great

There was such a design suggested for Movie Soundwave many years ago.
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Overcracker wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:...

Tl;Dr Soundwave needs a special alt mode that separates him from the others. Hence tape deck in G1, the satellite in Bayverse and the drone in Prime. But what else could he be?

Ahem...

Oh right, Cybertron... I don't know the top figure.

Regardless, my point was that whatever he turns into, his alt mode should maximize his abilities relating to his function as a communications specialist. He shouldn't be just another soldier.

Rodimus Prime wrote:I don't know the top figure.

Machine Wars.

-Kanrabat- wrote:I would really dig a TRIPLE CHANGER Soundwave. Bot, cyber vehicle, kinda-boom-box.

Technically Siege Soundwave could be seen a quadruple changer with the radio fan mode. Remember this, it's official?





Emerje

I prefer Soundwaves who aren't just trucks or jets (with or without "sound" tech like speakers, etc) but rather stuff that most Transformers don't turn into like his boombox, satellite or Prime drone plane modes.

Soundwave is cooler when he stands out amongst the cast (besides his voice) and not just another truck or jet since it just homogenizes the cast, which is also why I prefer Megatron's who are tanks or some other ground vehicle, etc instead of a jet because when every Decepticon can fly it's pretty boring, plus making Megatron a ground vehicle both balances his "power level" and gives a reason for why he may keep Starscream around.

Similar would go to Blaster but he hasn't been officially depicted with a diverse set of alternate modes like Soundwave, he tends to be a truck if he isn't a boom-box. (Which reminds me, no remold of Siege/ER Soundwave as a Blaster so far has been really disappointing to me personally since he's a fave of mine.)

Emerje wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I would really dig a TRIPLE CHANGER Soundwave. Bot, cyber vehicle, kinda-boom-box.

Technically Siege Soundwave could be seen a quadruple changer with the radio fan mode. Remember this, it's official?





Emerje

Can the retool still pull off this mode?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Can the retool still pull off this mode?

No, not completely. The parts that form his Backpack on the Siege version are left out of the Netflix version. So you can get close bot not completely there as the top would be missing for the lamp post.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Can the retool still pull off this mode?

No, not completely. The parts that form his Backpack on the Siege version are left out of the Netflix version. So you can get close bot not completely there as the top would be missing for the lamp post.

Did the animation lamp post have those extra parts?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Can the retool still pull off this mode?

Did the animation lamp post have those extra parts?

If you're talking about the animation lamp post in the siege netflix series, I believe it did. But if you mean the animation lamp post from the G1 cartoon, then no if I remember correctly soundwaves chest served as the lamplight and he just kind of hunched over with his arms out