Comments on: Before I’m off to Maryland for the weekend… http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/blog/before-im-off-to-maryland-for-the-weekend/ Toys are serious business. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:23:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: MrMunkeepants http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/blog/before-im-off-to-maryland-for-the-weekend/#comment-13854 MrMunkeepants Mon, 18 Oct 2010 06:54:44 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=3592#comment-13854 (just catching up on the archives) I think I like WFC Soundwave's altmode better than his bot mode. as a bot, he's full of holes, but paint the alt mode black and throw some more armor on there, and it could become the Batman Begins Tumbler! if the armor swung back as a cape, the head was replaced, and the chest had a Bat symbol... (just catching up on the archives)
I think I like WFC Soundwave’s altmode better than his bot mode. as a bot, he’s full of holes, but paint the alt mode black and throw some more armor on there, and it could become the Batman Begins Tumbler!
if the armor swung back as a cape, the head was replaced, and the chest had a Bat symbol…

]]> By: StormSigma http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/blog/before-im-off-to-maryland-for-the-weekend/#comment-10702 StormSigma Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:57:57 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=3592#comment-10702 I have to say that Soundwave here is as disappointing as Cybertron Prime and to some extent Bumblebee. Soundwave here looks like some sort of bootleg, or Hong Kong special that was stolen off an assembly line and put on Ebay sans stickers or any sort of paintwork. It's pretty much how Optimus looks as well. I have to say that Soundwave here is as disappointing as Cybertron Prime and to some extent Bumblebee. Soundwave here looks like some sort of bootleg, or Hong Kong special that was stolen off an assembly line and put on Ebay sans stickers or any sort of paintwork. It’s pretty much how Optimus looks as well.

]]> By: Irregularcog http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/blog/before-im-off-to-maryland-for-the-weekend/#comment-10182 Irregularcog Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:24:36 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=3592#comment-10182 ....did you just use "hella"? ….did you just use “hella”?

]]> By: Jackpot http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/blog/before-im-off-to-maryland-for-the-weekend/#comment-10146 Jackpot Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:44:45 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=3592#comment-10146 Yeah, the weird proportions get me too. There's especially little excuse for that when the alt-mode is "Cybertronic" and therefore easily modified to accommodate a nice robot mode. Maybe the designers were trying to go for xtreem with the shoulders and gut and whatever, but even then, that's just very not-Soundwave. His old character-model was the squarest of the square, which fit his personality. I'm glad that the WFC continuity seems to be part of <i>Prime</i> and not G1, so I don't feel any extra compulsion to buy the toys. The only ones that appeal to me visually are Bumblebee and Megatron, but the former sounds like a pain in the ass to actually play with, and the latter really only appeals to me because <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Megatrontitaniumtww.jpg" rel="nofollow">the first Cybertronic Megatron toy</a> was such a disappointment. Objectively, WFC Megs doesn't spin my wheels enough to justify owning another hunk of plastic. Yeah, the weird proportions get me too. There’s especially little excuse for that when the alt-mode is “Cybertronic” and therefore easily modified to accommodate a nice robot mode. Maybe the designers were trying to go for xtreem with the shoulders and gut and whatever, but even then, that’s just very not-Soundwave. His old character-model was the squarest of the square, which fit his personality.

I’m glad that the WFC continuity seems to be part of Prime and not G1, so I don’t feel any extra compulsion to buy the toys. The only ones that appeal to me visually are Bumblebee and Megatron, but the former sounds like a pain in the ass to actually play with, and the latter really only appeals to me because the first Cybertronic Megatron toy was such a disappointment. Objectively, WFC Megs doesn’t spin my wheels enough to justify owning another hunk of plastic.

]]> By: MrGBH http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/blog/before-im-off-to-maryland-for-the-weekend/#comment-10126 MrGBH Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:18:47 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=3592#comment-10126 I think both modes look rather cool. I can just imagine his alt-mode ramming some hastily prepared defences and then standing up (Without any of that spinning around mode Transformers have to do), arms unfolding to shoot the defenders as they flee in panic. I think both modes look rather cool. I can just imagine his alt-mode ramming some hastily prepared defences and then standing up (Without any of that spinning around mode Transformers have to do), arms unfolding to shoot the defenders as they flee in panic.

]]> By: Andrusi http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/blog/before-im-off-to-maryland-for-the-weekend/#comment-10125 Andrusi Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:15:30 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=3592#comment-10125 G2 Soundwave, both the released and unreleased ones. And MW Soundwave (and his Universe redeco) turn into boxes with treads and giant missiles, which are much better than normal boxes. G2 Soundwave, both the released and unreleased ones. And MW Soundwave (and his Universe redeco) turn into boxes with treads and giant missiles, which are much better than normal boxes.

]]> By: Andrusi http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/blog/before-im-off-to-maryland-for-the-weekend/#comment-10123 Andrusi Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:32:24 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=3592#comment-10123 I'm pretty sure Cybertron Laserbeak is way too big for something a minicassette can't fit into. I’m pretty sure Cybertron Laserbeak is way too big for something a minicassette can’t fit into.

]]> By: Dave Reynolds http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/blog/before-im-off-to-maryland-for-the-weekend/#comment-10037 Dave Reynolds Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:23:29 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=3592#comment-10037 And those two aren't even the same guy. In a odd way, this is fitting for continuity. And those two aren’t even the same guy. In a odd way, this is fitting for continuity.

]]> By: S http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/blog/before-im-off-to-maryland-for-the-weekend/#comment-10013 S Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:34:37 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=3592#comment-10013 How many Soundwaves don't turn into boxes? Beast Wars and Cybertron? How many Soundwaves don’t turn into boxes?
Beast Wars and Cybertron?

]]> By: TPTBeyond http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/blog/before-im-off-to-maryland-for-the-weekend/#comment-10004 TPTBeyond Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:28:58 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/?p=3592#comment-10004 I've got to be honest. I absolutely LOVE The Rock! I think he's freakin' hilarious and actually a half decent actor. My all time favorite Saturday Night Live skit is the one with The Rock as Superman, and Lois, Jimmy, and the Chief are all laughing at him behind his back because it's obvious that he's Superman. The Rock plays a perfectly clueless and deadpan Clark Kent. Heck, I even saw The Tooth Fairy. I’ve got to be honest. I absolutely LOVE The Rock! I think he’s freakin’ hilarious and actually a half decent actor. My all time favorite Saturday Night Live skit is the one with The Rock as Superman, and Lois, Jimmy, and the Chief are all laughing at him behind his back because it’s obvious that he’s Superman. The Rock plays a perfectly clueless and deadpan Clark Kent.

Heck, I even saw The Tooth Fairy.

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