Soundwave Get!

Your find just made my day!! Congrats how much it set you back?

Melhavic

my co-worker just bought the starscream gen 1 action figure.

@tnasoundlug: Anyone else have problems with the Masterpiece or Binaltech series? I got a Masterpiece Megatron and the best I can do is fold his wrists into his arms. Then I have a Binaltech WRX (name escapes me at the moment) and I switched it to robot mode in about 25 minutes with the help of my girlfriend, then switched it back in 10 and it's been like that ever since.

LetItRane

@Mister Jack, member of the Kotaku Illuminati:

I have level 4, thank you very much. It depends really of the model or series.

tnasoundlug

@Pessimipposaurus: You mean like these?

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK10904&mode=retail

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK10913&mode=retail

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK10940&mode=retail

@Mentuss: I've got one of those Ravages on order from Hobby Link Japan, though annoyingly they've been put back, they were listed as July, but now August, Damnation!I have the first US Anniversary Optimus Prime (the one that is Masterpiece with shorter smoke stacks), Masterpiece Ultra Magnus (White Masterpiece Optimus Prime), Masterpiece Megatron (without a orange cap even, Yay!), Masterpiece Starscream (Japanese weirdly coloured one), and Masterpiece Grimlock... Grimlock is so utterly awesome a toy.It makes sense for them to do a Decepticon next for a new Masterpiece, but I doubt Soundwave for some reason. Though it must be said that he is probably one of the most memorable G1 Characters, and he does have potential for a recolour(Japan had two of the other Seekers from Starscream, so that's certainly a plus for them to make one of him), but for some reason, as much as I would like to see a Masterpiece Soundwave, I just can't see them doing it...
And oh, I have the SoundBlaster Black MP3 Player, he's quite fun really, but not much of an MP3 player really... And Now Hobby Link Japan have him on sale for 70% off his original price... I want to cry I think, though I'm not sure he actually cost me too much in the end...
Mine plays the Lucky Star Opening theme music... I wanted to be Surreal...

Hhhhhhmmmm Didn't I already buy this from Toys R Us like a year or so ago? In the UK?Alright, so he only had two taps... Speaking of which, who do you get? I can see Lazer Beak, Ravage, Ratbat, but who is number 4? Is it Rumble? Or Frenzy? Don't worry if you can't tell the difference, these days No One Can...
Oh wait, it says at the top... Buzz Saw? That's... disappointing...
Other than RatBat and the Lazer Beak recolour, is there anything that makes this different to the previous Reissue toy I already own?

@Mister Jack, member of the Kotaku Illuminati: They're not all that hard. I have Megatron/freakish tank, and it's pretty simple.

@Boom-Chicka-Ah: The Human Alliance toys are basically that. Not to mention the Alternators from a while back. Main problem with the Bumblebee one is that you have to deal with having a Shia Lebouf toy. :(

@Atomsk88: Online at Hasbro Toy Shop. Or you could order the Japanese Encore release of Soundwave.

@Doomstink: Better than last year's exclusive; Titanium Rodimus repainted into monochrome with a tiny bit of purple, as "Menasor". Also, this is, I believe, the first time Ratbat has been reissued.

@TheStrategist: SDCC exclusives usually show up on Hasbro Toy Shop for a bit after the convention.

Lucky!

Arremer

@gyoshi: Yeah, I saw one of those a while back.

Cool? Yes. Masterpeice? No... He's even smaller that the original, I want a giant one to stand with my Prime and Megatron... If they made one the size of a regular cassette player, and not a microcassette like the original, it would be the perfect size... Imagine the detail you could get in the cassette 'bots, too?

Yeah, Takara have to totally make an MP Soundwave.

Mentuss

@Mentuss: Not quite a Masterpiece Soundwave, but there is the Soundwave under their Music Label line that is an actual mp3 player:

Will this be available anywhere else after the Con is over?

TheStrategist

i got mine on preveiw night, i barely got in the actual line to buys stuff right before the cut off. its a pretty cool figure and all but it wont for the life of me fit in my suitcase XD.

I bought the last release of soundwave, there were only two tapes... I love soundwave!

@GearBoxClock: No, they don't. Hasbro licensed the original Shockwave design from some Radio Shack related toy company and I don't think they have the license anymore. It's the same situation with Jetfire, except he was just a Macross toy that was rebranded for the US.

I wonder if he braved the dreaded "Hasbro Line" or if he went to the vendors in the low 100 block of the con. $55 if you buy through Hasbro's booth or $65 from one of the toy vendors is a close call to me. If I didn't already have one, I would gladly pay the $10 to avoid the 45-60 minute wait to buy from Hasbro if the Soundwave was the only thing on my list (I ended getting 1 Soundwave and 1 Wolverine Mighty Muggs).

This is pretty sweet and I am not even a Transformers fan. I only had a couple of them total because they were so damn expensive (preffered to get like 4 or 5 GI Joes for the same price). I had one of the original die cast Sideswipes, the bad guy semi-truck (part of Devastator), the Autobot tape deck guy that was a working cassette player, a couple of the tape characters that came with Soundwave (but not Soundwave), and of course Grimlock.

I need that to go with my 25th Anniversary Edition Optimus Prime! Wanna sell it? :]

MisterFleX

Is that a flat chest Soundwave? I bought one of those double chested ones that can carry two cassettes. Ratbat is awesome, but I can live with just Ravage and Laserbeak.

Now... I hear those folk in Japan will reproduce Rumble and Frenzy, now that's what covet.

You Lucky SOB!

*Looks over at his growing ROTF Collection, hang's head in shame*

CraterMaker

@BlueBeard: Found it after a quick google search... sorry the price is in yen but it's 49.99.

http://www.geekstuff4u.com/transforming-ravage-flash-drive....html?___store=en

I think I have one of those in my toys in my attic. I'm sure I do actually. I was a huge fan when I was young, and the ep's were new. I have every Transformers, Ninja Turtles, and GI Joe toys ever made until like 1998. That is win.

Ohh, Lucky. To bad they don't (as far as I know) have one of Shockwave

I got mine on preview night and was disappointed with no Frenzy or Rumble. Though Takara is releasing three 4 packs of all the tapes. How much did you pay for yours? Hope you didn't have to go through another dealer.

@Mentuss: Sweet merciful crap! Why do the coolest flash drives cost so much(I'm guessing that ain't cheap) and have such paltry storage?

When I was a kid, Soundwave was my first Transformer. We searched every toy store we could find, and my dad was away on business(I was little, he may have been like 2 hours away) and we made him hunt toy stores where he was. He found it and Soundwave always remained one of my favorites.

is it better than the commemorative edition soundwave that was sold a few years ago? I bought that one, but it only came with 2 tapes. Dont really care about the extra two tapes unless one of them is rumble or frenzy.

shavers

Congratulations sir! /salute

ankhenaten

@Octo1: Actually I think this one is a LITTLE nicer looking as it has the original sounwave single tape chest whereas the previous Toys R Us one had the 2-deep tape chest from the old black Soundblaster mold.... yeah I'm a nerd.

@Mister Jack Wants Blazblue Challengers: I'd like to take a shot at the new ones.

Like other children, I was a master at transforming the toys of yore. I haven't bought a Transformer since the end of Beast Wars. That, and without my knowledge, my parents had gotten rid of all my Transformers.

Oh sure, they kept the Jurassic Park dinosaur toys and the like for grandchildren, but not Dinobot!

Dinobot I and II!

Atomsk88

@DannyElfman: 44 Get!

I kid I kid.

nukee

@DannyElfman: really? i thought it was a reference to super mario sunshine

how old are you?

robotco

@Mentuss: Ok where the hell did you find this? And where can I go blow some hard earned cash on it?

Befitzero

"Get!" is a retarded 4chan meme and the people who use it are morons.

DannyElfman

I am myself a transformers geek and aquired the toys r us re-release of the G1 soundwave. Mine only came with ravage and lazer beak so this one is way better even though it's the same soundwave.

@Mister Jack Wants Blazblue Challengers: I was playing around with my old Beast Wars/Beast Machines Transformers the other day, and there are a couple that, having lost their instructions, will probably remain in a halfway-transformed state until the end of days.

@Curse_Lily:

bableebooblah-new and improved.

SOUNDWAVE SUPERIOR
ps. Is McWhertor's damage still limited to his liver?

@SlinkyGuy: SHINE GET!

That is sweet. I got the Titanium version and I don't like it very much. The new toy line of Soundwave as a party van with guitar is pretty cool.

@Mentuss: on a similar subject, I just gotta get me one of these...

OK, so the flash capcity ain't that big at 2GB, but it transforms into FREAKIN' RAVAGE!

Mentuss

@tnasoundlug: Maybe the level 2 ones aren't, but I bought the level 3 Optimus. I don't even want to THINK about level 4.

Mister Jack, member of the Kotaku Illuminati

Hmm, seems a bit redundant to get Buzzsaw AND Laserbeak packaged in, why not Rumble or Frenzy?

I'm cool with my original Soundwave and the tapes... now if they did a Masterpiece Soundwave, that would be a different matter, as long as the robot mode was in the same scale as Prime and Megatron, and not the others.

Mentuss

ah i miss the old transformers and how simple life used to be before the kids with their rap music and their myspace somehow ruining transformers

please put this as swag, please!

though this rivals it.

bableebooblah-new and improved.

@Mister Jack Wants Blazblue Challengers: Geez tell me about it,i bought one for my little brother and just to change it from car to robot i need a GPS,compass,map,dowsing rods and the manual and it still takes me a full 10+ min to do it.

@trevortibble: p.s. damn you. you just made me go and order starscream. (they're on amazon if you guys want them too.)

trevortibble

That's a pretty lazy exclusive on Hasbro's end. They released Soundwave as a TRU exclusive last year. Plus, I think Hasbro removed the die cast parts. Blech. I'll stick with my Japanese re-issue.

Nice. How long did you wait in line?

panzerjedi

Soundwave get what?

@Mister Jack Wants Blazblue Challengers:

Its hardly difficult at all

tnasoundlug

You bastard! Nah, just kidding, I'm happy for anyone who gets one of these and is actually getting it for thier own enjoyment and not to resell on eBay. I really hope the Hasbro online store carries these after the Con though or I may just cry.

Jealous.

I've found a lot of my Transformers from when I was a kid at my parent's house. I can't find my Soundwave though.

Is that magnificent product available elsewhere outside of Comic-Con?

I mean, I don't normally roam the aisles of toys anymore and most of my time and budget is set towards videogames, but I can certainly appreciate the splendor of a Transformer the likes of Soundwave.

Atomsk88

so how much did that end up costing ya?

Autobots: Inferior. Decepticons: Superior.

trevortibble

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!

IT'S JUST TOO AWESOME (T~T)

I hope it's easier to use than those new movie Transformer toys. Anyone who can figure those things out deserves admission into Mensa.

Mister Jack, member of the Kotaku Illuminati

You know what I would like. A model car that can transform into an exact replica of the transformers in the movie. so a camaro model transforming into bumblebee. that would be awesome.

Constructicons inferior. Soundwave superior.

But, no Rumble tape included. For shame.