Studio Series discussion

[unluckiness]

Sunstorm is a seeker repaint in a sea of seeker repaints. There's only 13 characters to compete with in the Fallen's category and he's only second to Vector Prime in terms of appearances and relevance in what he did appear in.

He's also not colored like a creamsicle.

 

[lastmaximal]

So anyway, make a damn Sunstorm already. There will soon be two Earth mode seeker molds to choose from.

Hell, make it a 2-pack with SS86 Bumblebee and a bunch of blast effects. Just get it done.

 

[unluckiness]

New Soundwave images from Hasbro employee Nate Purswell. Everything looks good and if that's the shade of blue in-hand, I'm good with it. New Soundwave's about 6 and a half inches tall which is indeed taller than Old Soundwave but the less stumpy proportions make him seem significantly taller than that. The birds are kind of a downgrade but at least you get both at once and Ravage is a huge improvement. I think it's a worthy purchase. Hopefully the tape door has more clearance this time. The studio Series Frumble mold keeps getting stuck.

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[lastmaximal]

At least this makes clear that the panel left missing/mistransformed in the stock photo/render is intact.

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There was a pretty dumb Facebook post that tried to insinuate that no, it's cool, it's supposed to look like that because that's where the headphones plug in.

There's something about it that's messing with my eyes in terms of how I perceive the proportions. Maybe it's that I keep looking for the WFC mold's proportions, or maybe it's the head size, or whatever, but there's a gangliness to this when seen head-on that is minimized from a 3/4 view. Maybe it'll be like WFC Galvatron whose photos always had weird proportions but looked decent in person.

Maybe they should just make these Leader class boxes a BIT smaller. Even with the usual "scatter everything to create the illusion of plenty/value" approach, the impression is not favorable. Especially when you know the entire space behind the artwork is going to be an empty gulf. This isn't just Soundwave (who's a Voyager really); Megatron has this impression too.

 

[LBD "Nytetrayn"]

I want this.

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I want that for the humanoid robots, the cats, the birds, etc

I want awesome representations of the characters. They don’t *have* to turn into a cassette now. We’ve had that almost constantly. Let the designs breathe a little.

A little easier to get than that one, hopefully.

Man, I wanted that SO bad, but never found it.

Glad I got the new one, at least.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

The cassettes still suck, but I'm liking what I'm seeing from Soundwave. Proportions look fine to me.

 

[Sabrblade]

It's all part of Hasbro's evil mastermind plot to get people to buy multiple Soundwaves in order to get the perfect version of him and all his minions:

• Soundwave: Studio Series 86
• Laserbeak: Netflix
• Buzzsaw: Legacy United
• Rumble: Studio Series 86
• Frenzy: Studio Series 86
• Ratbat: Studio Series 86
• Ravage: whichever version you prefer since you'll get three Ravages to choose from between SS86 Soundwave, Netflix Soundwave, and Legacy United Soundwave

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

I'm never gonna display them in tape mode anyway, so it's not that important to me. Soundwave looks good, though, and I haven't bought a G1 Soundwave since the MP at TRU.

 

[unluckiness]

I don't mind too much about the rectangle modes resembling actual cassettes, but I always enjoyed how the tech detail and faux cassette labels look when inserted into Soundwave's chest. Unfortunately, all the new ones have to display is basic geometry.

 

[Superomegaprime]

For now, I'm sticking with my Earthrise Soundwave and the Siege one, as this one, is not really offering much of interst, maybe if he on sale, I might take interst in him, but I kind of prefer the darker shade of blue compared to this one

 

[Magnusblitz]

I've been seeing leaks/rumors of a comics Soundwave. If it's a purple SS86 Soundwave I'll have an excuse to get this one!

 

[Glitch]

Who will come with Slugfest and Overkill. Then Soundblaster with Sqauwktalk and Beastbox.

 

[unluckiness]

Purple soundwave is only acceptable if he has a mouth headsculpt

 

[LordGigaIce]

Purple soundwave is only acceptable if he has a mouth headsculpt

Yes, Handsome Soundwave.

 

[LBD "Nytetrayn"]

Yes, Handsome Soundwave.

Spoiler

Was going to edit the "Handsome Squidward" face on there, until I realized it might actually make him look less like Handsome Squidward!

 

[ZacWilliam1]

It's all part of Hasbro's evil mastermind plot to get people to buy multiple Soundwaves in order to get the perfect version of him and all his minions:

• Soundwave: Studio Series 86
• Laserbeak: Netflix
• Buzzsaw: Legacy United
• Rumble: Studio Series 86
• Frenzy: Studio Series 86
• Ratbat: Studio Series 86
• Ravage: whichever version you prefer since you'll get three Ravages to choose from between SS86 Soundwave, Netflix Soundwave, and Legacy United Soundwave

Slugfest?
Overkill?
Squawktalk?
Beastbox?

ZacWilliam, THESE would make me buy Soundwave again.

 

[lastmaximal]

Don't you put that evil on me, Ricky Bobby.

 

[Superomegaprime]

Well, I completed Devastator today, he not to bad, my main beef is with the back pack, thou there are other areas he could of been improved upon, such as having the chest plate cover up that hole, its not good to look at and my eyes are drawn to it, right off the bat! I do wish the combiner head could do more than the 180 as one thing I miss about older figures is the placement of the joints for the neck as no one can truly look up anymore, even on a ball joint!

 

[unluckiness]

Having a mouth isn’t anything out of the ordinary by Transformers standards but wow, he has nostrils.

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Spoiler

Was going to edit the "Handsome Squidward" face on there, until I realized it might actually make him look less like Handsome Squidward!

 

[Anonymous X]

Question about SS86 Optimus Prime, which sounds trivial, but is actually important to me: is it light grey plastic or white plastic on his hips and upper legs?