Review for Transformers Earthspark One Step Flip Changer Swindle and Soundwave

Sharing this over here too for those that only visit this thread, to showcase the deluxe Bumblebee, here he is with the Kid Appeal crew

Just an update, my flip change Bumblebee, the only one NOT canceled by Amazon when I POd them has been pushed back to later in April, also no sign of Warrior Megatron although to be fair it was available briefly when the toys first dropped. I haven't seen any of the flip changers of finger bangers in stores by me and the finger bangers haven't shown up on Amazon yet. Very interesting.

Anyone who is in Laval, Quebec, Canada, can come to the local Toys R Us to finger some transformers.
No idea of the price tho.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I've now seen the finger-bangers at all of my local walmarts and targets, though at target they are on a shelf by themselves by the Jurassic toys for some reason

I noticed that too the other day. They were on the weird half shelf that juts out of the toy aisle for featured figures (as opposed to the full size endcap) with the JP stuff.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I've now seen the finger-bangers at all of my local walmarts and targets, though at target they are on a shelf by themselves by the Jurassic toys for some reason

I noticed that too the other day. They were on the weird half shelf that juts out of the toy aisle for featured figures (as opposed to the full size endcap) with the JP stuff.

Emerje

That is known as a "focal"

So i found the one step Soundwave and Swindle in a Walmart this week, and what joys they are. I am giddy with excitement messing with them.

I only got Wheeljack from wave 1, but I think Swindle shares a transformation sequence with Optimus, and I like it. I love pulling the roof back to transform him, and i adore how he does a hop to transform back to truck mode once you push him over. And his truck mode is nice, and I like his robot mode too. He is an adorable little guy.

Soundwave is all new, and is super sleek. He feels like one of those things that you put on your fingers with 4 spots and if you moved your fingers around you could see different displays on the inside with the way he transforms. You swish the wings back for robot mode, and then he seamlessly slides into jet mode, it is nice. He is the sleekest of the 3 I own.

So in terms of the 3 I own, Swindle does the cute hop, Wheeljack is the fun one to flick, and Soundwave is the one that just glides between modes. all 3 are great, now i need to get my Cybertron Hardtop set up beside Swindle for a pic

It's been quiet on the Earthrise front ever since the line was launched all at once. Well, we are now in the year's second quarter and wave 2 is rolling out. Thanks to TF fans Nicholas, we now know that the wave 2 deluxes are out in the US. Optimus Prime and Shockwave were fund at a Walmart in the East Coast, the sighting was posted on the Botposing Facebook page along with an in hand image from Darren. Unlike wave 1, these are not fully new molds. Optimus Prime is a partial of Cyberverse Optimus while Shockwave is a straight redeco. Luckily though, Shockwave is not essential for the build a figure since he comes with an alternate robot arm.

Stormshot_Prime wrote:A shame we’re not getting a screen accurate Shockwave, his design in the show is so sleek and fits his character perfectly.

I'm hoping for a Warrior class figure to make up for this.

Emerje

Available to order now on Amazon, still using a placeholder name. Credit to TFWiki for posting the link.

Transformers TRA Terran Warrior Steve https://a.co/d/dsTPONz

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Just ordered deluxe Prime thanks to Pulse, and I am ordering that Thrash now, thanks for the link

I knew those toys were garbage.

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I'll be going now.