Just something else I thought of; it's curious as to why in this day of cost cutting that Takara would decide to package Soundwave in his bot mode when the box could be half the size if he was in tape-deck mode. I could understand if the box had a display window ala TFC reissues, however since it's a blind box, most would remove him from the box and transform him anway. I know I did and I usually keep things MISB.
It will be interesting to see if Hasbro follow suit.
Mine doesn't have this issue. I suspect it may be an isolated case unfortunately![]()