Toy Review - JP Masterpiece Soundwave

[kup]

Oh man! - Sorry to hear Kup, that absolutely sucks moon-sized balls dude - Is there any chance you could possibly get a replacement part or an entire Laserbeak?

Another thing to be wary of too is apparently the flats of Soundwave's feet (Where all the fake SD Card ports are etc) has had paint scratching off on some people's figures - It too doesn't seem to be widespread yet, but as the paint is on diecast metal it might be something worth keeping an eye out for.
(Thankfully I've not experienced either issue yet *Touches wood*)

Thanks Hursty but official toys are not like the 3rd parties which would give you replacement and improved parts for free. Once upon a time Tak-Tom would have cared but not these days. I just have to fix the toy myself.

[Hursticon]

Thanks Hursty but official toys are not like the 3rd parties which would give you replacement and improved parts for free. Once upon a time Tak-Tom would have cared but not these days. I just have to fix the toy myself.

I'm sorry to hear that man, such a shame ; should the Hasbro MP Soundwave come with a Laserbeak & I pick it up you are more than welcome to it dude.

[lancalot]

This seems to be an isolated incident so far but just in case:

One of the fins from Laserbeak's little engines was probably assembled with the paint still wet and it 'fused' in making it really hard to move. Since they chose to use a pin and really thin hard plastic, the fin snapped the moment it encountered pressure while turning. The remaining pin joint stump was impossible to move due to the built in now scrapped and folded in excess paint at the unseen bottom of the joint.

I like functional toys so I wasn't willing to just superglue the fin fixed in place and have Laserbeak unable to transform properly. This forced me to have to cut through the joint to remove the pin and scrape the built up paint. Now I am in the process of using putty to fill in the gaps I made to cut the pin out and restoring the little assembly back to functionality.

Very disappointing so this has soured my experience with this toy but at least I seem to be the only one that this happened to.

my one was stuck as well , i forces it so hard and heard a loud click !!, thought it snap off , almost had a heart attack but my was ok luckly. So i feel for you bro.

[5FDP]

Yeah, those engines are a beotch to move the first time you transform him. I had trouble with the one on the right and thought I would break it as well. Luckily, that didn't happen as 1) I would have been pi$$ed, and 2) I don't have the skills kup possesses when it comes to DIY repairs.

I would be emailing RK though (if you got it from there) and explain the situation to them. Worst thing that could happen is you receive a reply back saying they can't do anything about it. I have heard of them replacing broken / missing parts before and selling the left-over’s as loose.

[kup]

My skills suck. I have failed at fixing it. Too small and requires too much pressure to move.

Then the little fin fell on the ground and I can't f**ing find it anymore. It hasn't been my day. I think the Gods are punishing me for buying an evil official toy.

[seespotrun]

One of my laserbeak's engines was also very hard to flip around first time (still is, to some degree). Luckily, I managed to make it give without breaking it.

[5FDP]

My skills suck.

I know you're just fishing for compliments now cause you know that's just not true

[1orion2many]

I thought Gok has got replacement parts before for a faulty transformer, I know I read it in one of the threads.

[kup]

I thought Gok has got replacement parts before for a faulty transformer, I know I read it in one of the threads.

I think that was like 10 years ago when Takara was not Tomy.

[GoktimusPrime]

I thought Gok has got replacement parts before for a faulty transformer, I know I read it in one of the threads.

Yeah, my MP01 came with a missing part and I called Takara's customer call centre who quickly sent me a replacement. And I have called their call centre after the Tomy merger -- once to tell them that there was an error with their online survey for Encore Ironhide (they fixed it REALLY quickly), and the other time when I was asking about Encore Fortress Maximus. However their operators don't speak English, so kup will either need to ask a Japanese speaker to call one of TakTOM's call centres during business hours on a weekday (I'm not on hols anymore, so I can't), or maybe try to explain to the operator that he doesn't speak Japanese and see if they can transfer him to an English speaking staff member (I don't know if this would work as I've never had to try it).