Btw there's alternate robot mode transformation. The one in the photo in my previous post is based on the robot mode as illustrated in the instructions and as the toy is packaged. The alternate robot mode is based on how the toy appears in Hasbro's doctored photography - including photos on the card and top of the instruction sheet etc., and that alternate robot mode looks like this:



So which one is supposed to be the correct robot mode? Without having seen any images of Soundwave's movie model I can't be certain... but I reckon this alternate configuration is more correct.