INSERT TIRED REFERENCE TO “SOUNDWAVE SUPERIOR” LINE FROM TFTM
on June 22, 2012 at 10:44 pm
I’ve been realizing that in these past few months that, hey, I have toys of Soundwave in his briefly-appearing satellite form from Revenge of the Fallen, but I don’t have one of him in his Earth mode in which he did stuff with other characters. The tiny Legends Class toy reached the United States, but not the two larger toys. I’d have to import them from Asia.
And so I did. I had to choose one over the other, and that took a bit of research and photo-staring. The “normal” DOTM Soundwave is likely considered the Deluxe Class toy, but it didn’t come with a Laserbeak and would likely be smaller than I’d want versus most other characters. I don’t want Bumblebee to tower over Soundwave, after all, and worse than that is having a Laserbeak be as big as he is. Placing Deluxe Laserbeak on Deluxe Soundwave’s shoulder seems like it would be an impossibility.
On the other hand, the Human Alliance version of Soundwave, which comes with its own Laserbeak, might be too big! The biggest Megatron that came out for DOTM was the Voyager, and the Human Alliance toy would likely dwarf that toy in mass. Plus it costs more! And so I had to determine my priorities.
Eventually, I decided I prioritized Soundwave’s scale versus Laserbeak and (secondarily) Bumblebee over his scale with Megatron. So Human Alliance it is! Plus, dudes, I have been seriously craving a McDreamy Dylan Gould toy. How can you say no to that. Since Transformers toys have been shrinking a little over the years, the Human Alliance version of Soundwave is actually not too badly scaled next to Deluxe Bumblebee. He’s bigger than Bumblebee by a little bit, which is fine, because that’s how I prefer my villains. (It probably helps that most of his mass goes to kibble behind his arms, which doesn’t add to his height.) And, obviously, the Laserbeak he comes with isn’t too big for him. Laserbeak clips to his forearm or can transform into a hilarious missile-launching vehicle for McDreamy to ride.
hahahahahahahahahahaha
Soundwave himself is… intimidating. If you don’t like complicated toys, stay far away from him. He’s a bit of a mess. Just orchestrating the layers of car parts on the backs of his arms is work enough. He’s seriously a chore to transform. It’s not that there’s any terrible parts, it’s just that there’s so damn much of it. Fortunately, he looks nice in both modes. And I’m amazed at how efficient his… leg transformation is? The entirety of both his legs fit into his rear bumper. They unfold out of an area the size of a Chicken McNugget. His legs are admittedly stumpy, but I recall DOTM Soundwave’s robot mode was pretty gorilla-like in proportion anyhow, so.
Plus, again, he comes with McDreamy.
I have so many envies.
Where did you get him from?
eBay.
Figured. Thanks!
Looking at his dark blue parts around his arms & chest, I wonder what he’d look like, if his entire color scheme was that color, instead of silver.
I’m trying to justify picking him up to go with my other Human Alliance figures but he’s just SO tiny in comparison to the others. :-/
Hey, wasn’t Soundwave the tallest Decepticon in the original series, even a little more than Megatron? I seem to remember reading that somewhere, so it’s not far-fetched to have him out-size Megs, right?
Naw, Soundwave was shorter than Megatron but taller than Starscream.
Laserbeak there looks like a speeder bike with a missile launcher.
I thought more of a pimped out flying Broom. Means that Gould is a Wizard! Burn him!
Really is a shame how short Soundwave is. But he is a good toy.
Only flaw that drives me nuts on him is how far forward the lower waist sits on the body. It feels like it should be further back to center the legs.
I can fanmode it to mitigate that somewhat, but if I do it sacrifices that clipin joint on the waist.