Unofficial MP Style G1 Soundwave & Blaster in Development

Suddenly, Soundwave.


Seriously, what's with all of the great toys coming out of no where all of a sudden!?

Looks interesting...

Well, this came out of nowhere.

Nooooooooooooooooo! It looks beautiful! And I know I likely wouldn't be able to afford it. This is exactly what I've been wanting from HasTak for a long time! Him or Galvatron anyway...

I also feel like the 3rd Party market is getting way too saturated. We need to put them all in a ring and thin them out, Gladiator-style. Although, I suppose while the number of 3rd Party stuff that gets announced is high, less of them actually make it to the production stage.

Looks awesome!

Now all we need to do is wait for iGear or Maketoys to announce the exact same project.

You son of a Biatch!!! I JUST bought music label Soundwave!!!

I guess I am going to have to buy this one too. It looks to awesome to pass up.

Oh hai there you'll be part of my collection.
It's getting kind of pathetic how HasTak are constantly outdone by little fan owned companies.

kirbenvost wrote:eed to put them all in a ring and thin them out, Gladiator-style. Although, I suppose while the number of 3rd Party stuff that gets announced is high, less of them actually make it to the production stage.

This is good! Let the 3rd party companies steal their income and force them to offer us what we want.I have City Commander, Arcee, Rodimus, Springer, Kup (with the right head), and Optimus (faith leader) all from 3rd party companies and haven't had a complaint yet. I also have Laser and Buzzer, piledrivers for G1 Frenzy/Rumble, a war axe for WFC optimus, all the Crazy Devy devastator add ons. Not a single problem from any of them. Hasbro will have to take notice of the 3rd party success and answer it. Most likely from litigations, but it should change the market up nicely for us.

I really want this Soundwave now too!

OMG this is AMAZING!!!!!

That looks awesome!

It is surprising, given how simnplistic Soundwave's tranformation is and how popular the character is that a 3rd party has beaten Takara/Hasbro to producing an MP Soundwave.

I like it, I really like it. I hope they can work in some more details, just to try to reduce his blocky appearance. I know Soundwave was blocky but they could sculpt in some more panels here and there to break it up. Would look less like an upscaled toy then.

Im very happy all of a sudden.

I really like the look of this. I hope they make new cassettes too!

This will be the only MP i will own. (hopefully)

so this looks good, but it is just scaled up, with the benefit of better articulation. I would love to see some aspect of the transformation being different from the G1 mold, or some gimmicks, something we appreciate in the "masterpiece" lines. This is more like the custom masterpiece soundwaves built by upgrading a G1 you find so often on ebay. I like it, but they better not want $100 bucks for it.

Maybe you don't mess with perfection though.

Now that is sweet.

Going to pick this one up Seibs or still a no go on the third party train.

I do hope they can figure out a way to get him to grip his rifle tighter. I don't like how it looks all Rodimus Prime-y the way it dangles limpt wrist.

How do these people get away with this stuff? I thought there were laws in place about things that looked like trademarked characters.

A little loop hole called "not for profit"




but.. HELL YES I want! sell me know now! I command you!

Treetop Maximus wrote:How do these people get away with this stuff? I thought there were laws in place about things that looked like trademarked characters.

So did I but I dont think the same rules apply in China or Japan....or they just dont give a fig.

Treetop Maximus wrote:How do these people get away with this stuff? I thought there were laws in place about things that looked like trademarked characters.

It's almost like different countries have different laws.

This will be mine, just like every other Soundwave mold.

"Unofficial" meaning 3rd party or not officially announced from HatTak? Either way it will be a crown jewel addition in the few MP figs I now possess...'nuff said!

Midnight_Fox wrote:

Treetop Maximus wrote:
This will be mine, just like every other Soundwave mold.

This is what keeps me poor

Treetop Maximus wrote:How do these people get away with this stuff? I thought there were laws in place about things that looked like trademarked characters.

I suspect the law regarding this is not as tight as people assume it is. While Hasbro trademark the name of a character, I have never seen anything saying they trademark the look or design. And I think as long as it is not practically identical, then it is not a trademark infringement. After all, Hasbro do this themselves. Universe Sunstreaker looks a hell of a lot like a Lamborghini Gallardo, but not exactly so they don't have to pay anything to Lambourghini for using the likeness. Same with the Nissans (Prowl, Bluestreak, Red Alert).

This is all just assumption and observation, I'd be interested what an actual lawyer who deals with copyright infringement has to say.

But anyway, Soundwave looks awesome and props to this company for not just rehashing an idea that's already been done. Assuming the next official MP is not Soundwave, I will be keen on getting this.

Midnight_Fox wrote:

Treetop Maximus wrote:How do these people get away with this stuff? I thought there were laws in place about things that looked like trademarked characters.

It's almost like different countries have different laws.

Cool story, bro. Too bad the article didn't say the third party company was from another country, so how the hell was I supposed to know?

Treetop Maximus wrote:

Midnight_Fox wrote:

Treetop Maximus wrote:How do these people get away with this stuff? I thought there were laws in place about things that looked like trademarked characters.

It's almost like different countries have different laws.

Cool story, bro. Too bad the article didn't say the third party company was from another country, so how the hell was I supposed to know?

Nothing in your post referred to this specific company.

As for the laws regarding Copyright and IP, they're a very large grey area. An example of this is being shown right now thanks to Games Workshop v. Chapter House Studios.

Oilspill wrote:
But anyway, Soundwave looks awesome and props to this company for not just rehashing an idea that's already been done. Assuming the next official MP is not Soundwave, I will be keen on getting this.

Hmm, you just know that it will be though. Sods law says that you buy this and then Takara will come up with an even better version. HE HE.

Well, since Hasbro and Takara didn't get off their asses and make one of these, I wholeheartedly support such a 3rd party offering.

Oh my gawd, he looks perfect!

His face is pure beauty!

I hope they make a voyager sized version of this, but if he's not to expensive or bad quality then I'll get him. And I don't collect Masterpieces

So very BOUGHT.

This has to be iGear. They are one of the few 3rd party companies that actually stick close to the G1 designs. I would want Soundwave to have a second alt mode that serves as a battle platform that houses all (or just several at one time) PE 'cassette' 'bots.

Midnight_Fox wrote:

Treetop Maximus wrote:

Midnight_Fox wrote:

Treetop Maximus wrote:How do these people get away with this stuff? I thought there were laws in place about things that looked like trademarked characters.

It's almost like different countries have different laws.

Cool story, bro. Too bad the article didn't say the third party company was from another country, so how the hell was I supposed to know?

Nothing in your post referred to this specific company.

As for the laws regarding Copyright and IP, they're a very large grey area. An example of this is being shown right now thanks to Games Workshop v. Chapter House Studios.

Nothing in my post referred to other companies. I could be referring to the employees of that particular company.

But I wasn't. However, some of these guys must be U.S. based, right?

It looks good but it would be better if the hip joint was higher with pivoting groin flaps like MP-01.

Treetop Maximus wrote:But I wasn't. However, some of these guys must be U.S. based, right?

Even if they are, check out the lawsuit in the works I mentioned. It involves the US arm of Games Workshop suing a US 3rd party manufacturer over supposed(more like imagined, GW hasn't made ANY actual claims and has attempted fishing expeditions twice) Copyright and IP violations.

The US laws regarding this are far from cut and dry and are indeed a pure case by case basis.

My money. Take it. Now?

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When I first say the small version of this park kicking off the story, I thought it was a Super Nintendo Cartridge.

But now I have to wait...., this or Sonicron....

just another awesome soundwave figure that i wont be able to afford

I will care later on, when we have more info.

I'm going to go against the grain and say meh... It looks plenty cool, but he's too small for a(n) MP, yet he's too big for Classics. Plus I think HasTak will eventually do their own MP Soundwave.

Anyone else getting tired of the oversaturation of 3rd Party product? It was awesome when it was few and far between, but it's gotten ridiculous. Especially with these guys doing anything and everything and the same stuff as each other. Stick to things that were poorly done previously or won't ever be done. Give me a proper Classics Shockwave or something.

Did someone add joints to Classics Ravage's feet? Yes!
And did iGear (I realise this isn't an iGear news story) actually release that Starscream, or is that just Fan Toys' own mod? I'd love for iGear (or anybody) to just release the hip mod parts as add-on/replacements for the MP line. Then I doubt people would complain as much…

This Soundwave, awesome.
It's such a simple transformation that it's almost criminal HasTak never did this, or even just a limb retool on the original mold.

This...this is all we've wanted since Uni/Clas/Gen started. It is a thing of beauty which from appearances caters directly to our unrequited need for an updated G1 Soundwave. While Hasbro waffled around about it and gave excuses about the current day viability of a cassette player alt mode, this tiny company was sculpting something magical from the stuff of our dreams!

I was seriously considering buying Sonicron to plug the gap in my Neo-G1 display, but now all bets are off. I must have this. MUST!

Kibble wrote:Anyone else getting tired of the oversaturation of 3rd Party product? It was awesome when it was few and far between, but it's gotten ridiculous. Especially with these guys doing anything and everything and the same stuff as each other. Stick to things that were poorly done previously or won't ever be done. Give me a proper Classics Shockwave or something.

I know I am.

Everyone's jumping on that band wagon, and I personally think it's leading to some pretty awful toys on the market. Everyone and their dog is making Transformer toys now, and a lot of them just aren't that special.

FansToys? MakeProject?

Ummmmm have you guys seen their Blaster?! Christ on a cracker, it's just as awesome!


I'd post pics but I'm on my phone. Totes ballin'

Looks decent, but if anything that the 3rd party companies are making lately has a chance at an official release, this is it.

Someone wants me dead, because this is the third time today that I had a heart attack involving awesome Transformer products, official or not.

Added images of Blaster form TFW05's fabexmax to the story.

Mindmaster wrote:Someone wants me dead, because this is the third time today that I had a heart attack involving awesome Transformer products, official or not.

you and me both bro., you and me both.

And for all those playa-hatas out dare i just want to say i think you will eat your words. this looks incredibly promising.
unfortunetly i think 50% of the pop. of seibertron won't have this fige cuz we are talking about a MASTERPIECE soundwave from a new 3rd party company.

sonicron(remember it was deluxe size) - (not completely sure) $80

THIS- $100-$200 maybe even more!

I wasn't sold until I saw that Blaster! I always thought with a little retooling, ml soundwave could have been ml blaster. Though these are 2 different figs, they do share a few similar parts.

Ain't gonna lie, they're damn cool.

But I'm not going to get them as they are far too big for my Classics Shelves