Yes guys, I KNOW, just pointing out "isn't a waste of the mould?"
Yes guys, I KNOW, just pointing out "isn't a waste of the mould?"
Too late :( Almost found MP SW and AS.
you're going to have to be more specific.:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by jazzcomp
I found a contact that had a spare set unfortunately it was sold - I was a week late :(Quote:
Originally Posted by UltraMarginal
No worries, I'm sure they will be on shelves here for at least a few days if not a week or two.
I couldn't wait for the local release so I managed to grab one when they were available on the toys r us website and used a U.S forwarding company. I used the cheapest shipping options and it only just arrived yesterday. The yellow eyes don't bother me as I've got the Hasbro in alt mode and my Takara in robot mode. The best thing about it is all the cassettes in the one package. The packaging is awesome and I'm surprised its in flawless condition after a long journey. All up it cost me just over $150 US dollars. I'm over the moon.
The yellow eyes is the best variation on the Hasbro version IMO since G1 Soundwave's eyes were originally yellow anyway! It was only the cartoon that had it red, but the original toy (and Microman toy) had a yellow visor, as did the G1 comics, story books etc etc etc. Soundwave had a yellow visor in the majority of G1 media. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by danny-boy
Yes but for a lot of fans cartoon is king. Any variation away from it is seen as ruining it forever!!Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
That's true about the cartoon. I have a few friends that like the odd TF (Soundwave is a favourite along with Smokescreen) but were never interested in other associated media. To them, Soundwave's always had a red visor & Rumble is blue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trent
Thought Frenzy was blue, and rumble was red in cartoon?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sinnertwin
Mine arrived from my friend in the states who managed to grab me one. Considering he is going to be $150 here and I would have to get it shipped from whatever capital city a mate found it in to my bush town, I think I maybe spent $15 more than what he would have cost me if I had waited. Just gotta wait a few days until I finish helping my mum move to a retirement village up here and then I can finally have a good play with him!Quote:
Originally Posted by danny-boy
The cartoon switched them over. Frenzy was red & Rumble was blueQuote:
Originally Posted by drifand
Really? I always thought I saw it the other way round. I have to watch it again. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Sinnertwin
Sure, and TakaraTOMY's version already caters for that. I think it's cool how Hasbro's differentiated their version and made it more every-other-G1 media accurate. :) They did the same thing w/ Rodimus too, although that toy was a cosmetically lazy execution of what was a good idea. Looks like Hasbro's done a better job this time around w/ Soundwave.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trent
Sinnertwin is right. Frenzy is blue and Rumble is red in every original G1 media except the cartoon where it was switched. At least in the English language version. The Japanese version switched it back; hence why the blue/purple MP Cassette robot is called Frenzy and the red/black one is called Rumble. The whole colour confusion thing with Frenzy and Rumble has never existed in Japan (they have their own other silly unresolvable fan arguments that we don't have in the West though :p)Quote:
Originally Posted by drifand
Example?Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Have you seen Transformers Zone? (if not, check it out - lots of kewl Micromaster action :D)Quote:
Originally Posted by Trent
There's a human character from Earth called "Akira." Do you think he's a boy or a girl? Akira can be a boy's or girl's name in Japanese, it all depends on how the Kanji is written (similar to how some Western names can be male or female depending on spelling); problem is that in the ending credits, manga and all other official sources, Akira's name has only ever been written in Katakana so officially we don't know if it's the masculine form (明) or feminine form (晶). The relatively recent Transformers Dreamworks book describes Akira as a boy, but then we have images like this and this and this... coupled with the fact that at the end of Zone, we see Cain give Akira a bouquet of flowers. Uummm... 'kay... :o So officially Akira's a boy, but some fans will vehemently argue that s/he's a girl - and it's just one of those fan debates that never ends.
...I personally don't care...
Have to admit I caved and bought tru soundwave from evil bay :p then recently purchased another from a forum member on a us fan site
I really don't want to miss out when/if this hits our shores..... Then are all gone in a week
I think I am going to take my chances and wait for the Toys R US release... I have Takara MP Soundwave and the cassettes so I won't be to upset if I miss out.
Well at this rate with so many people ordering these from overseas, it shouldn't be so hard to find one here, God forbid they end up shelfwarming:D:cool:
If they do shelf warm ill possibly pick up another one the keep in box, butQuote:
Originally Posted by UltraMarginal
if goes quickly ill just buy one to leave one for another person hoping to get one. But what are the chances that it will!:D
We get everything last here, I guess. Still waiting on Titans Metroplex then I attend to these.