It seemed rather madness to replicate this into a toy. er, chest armour, turns into a new Laserbeak. And to make matters even more complicated, Soundwave's bra. Of course, the Reaper jet is a very sleek, sleek affair, while the robot is full of details and spikes. despite the fact that he never says anything! He's a loyal Megatron supporter, he manipulates things for the good of Megatron, and when he does do battle, he lays the smackdown on other characters with ease. I immensely fell in love with the design, and even more so with the character. I wasn't sure if I'd like this iffy design of Soundwave at first, but when he actually moved on screen, oh man! And the very angular, origami-esque design transformed into a MQ Reaper Drone Jet, those awesome-looking jets seen in the first two live-action movies as a fast-response spy. And he doesn't speak, just repeats everything he overhears other people say. his arms were flat, two-dimensional affairs ending in claws, he was all angles and silvery surface, and. Transformers Prime reimagined Starscream into a lean, skeletal-yet-aerodynamic figure that screams 'sneaky weasel'. It's a rather uncreative and rather boring design that didn't translate well to toy form, in my opinion. And the cassettes turn into data disks (not included in the actual toy). The War of Cybertron retro-designed G1 Soundwave as essentially the same, but transforming into a squarish truck. Dark of the Moon finally had Soundwave adapt the Earthen mode of a Mercedes Benz SLS AMG, with Laserbeak again simply reporting to him instead of popping out of him. And he totally shot Ravage down from space. Revenge of the Fallen did the simple and creative solution of making Soundwave a cybertronian satellite that never adopted an Earthen alternate mode, and by being a satellite it can retain the whole Decepticon communications officer/hacker angle. Animated did their own spin with Soundwave, turning him into a bulky robot with a Scion van alternate mode, and the minions are. And even then it was basically the G1 design with wings that folded into an awkward-looking 'stealth jet', with Laserbeak reimagined as a bomb. So Soundwave had sat on the backburner, probably the only major first-season character not to get a new toy until 2006 (Machine Wars is a repaint and the bat/crocodile Beast Wars Mutants don't really count), during the Cybertron toyline. The problem is how to keep the minion gimmick whilst still retaining the 'communications' angle of the tape deck. While Megatron's gun mode could simply be changed into jets and tanks without much fan backlash, Soundwave's shtick was that he was able to eject his little troops out of his tape cavity which ended up on his chest. It's doubtful that any kids now even knew what a cassette is, let alone be interested in a transforming cassette player. See, G1 Soundwave turns into a microcassette player, a tape deck, if you will. While Starscreams and Optimuses can simply take whatever new jet or truck that look similar to their G1 persona, Soundwave's alternate mode has always proven. Soundwave's design has always been problematic to translate into modern media. Size Class: Transformers Prime -Robots in Disguise Deluxe Class Blackjack's Review: Soundwave Name: Soundwave
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