Toy Review - TFPrime Deluxe Soundwave

[Doubledealer]

Soundwave with AM Skywarp's leftover faction stickers:

[ITZTRU]

I really hope it's something like saying 'Shut up' to one of the other characters.

Ha! How do you "like" comments on message boards?

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Oh God the Takara version's stickers are annoying to apply. Especially the pink bits on his shins.
EDIT - Really really disliking the stickers. They're OK for blocky G1 toys but on the small, fairly streamlined Prime toys they're a pain to apply and tend to unstick easily. This is probably gonna be one line where I mostly stick to the Hasbro versions.

Soundwave himself is kinda meh. If he was a Voyager with better leg and head articulation he'd be awesome, but as a small Deluxe with limited poseability he's just not that good. I like the altmode but again it's not that well executed - too much bulk in the rear and wings that are either too short or have obvious hands on the ends.

On the upside, the scorpion micron is pretty nifty - he's been reassigned to Animated Blackout, which is mostly why I got him truth be told.

I'd say get him if you're a fan of the character and/or a completist, but even then try for sales.

[Paulbot]

The current sale has encouraged me to finally open some of these toys that have been sitting on my shelf for ages. Soundwave was initally disappointing. I do like the drone mode but he's showing a bit too much robot below, and they didn't even bother to hide his face? In a wave where "revealing" the head is the gimmick I find this very poor. And I can't quite figure out where Laserbeak's head should be.

He seems to have lots of joints and pieces that don't actually need to be there and don't add anything (like his small hip flex) so transforming was simplier than i expected. The final robot mode does look really good though. The long arms work better than they should. So does the featureless face and the locked in position Laserbeak.

As someone that hasn't watched the show, he doesn't strike me as a "Soundwave". He does seem to be wanting to be redone in purple and black and called Ratbat.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

I'm using him for an Odieverse Sideways myself - I'd love to see a Noisemaze-esque repaint someday.

[Polursine]

Do yourself some wonders, and put some balljoints at his shoulders. Make those arms fall straight downwards.
Done on min, but I'm still trying to find a way to make him taller

[lancalot]

I do like the drone mode but he's showing a bit too much robot below, and they didn't even bother to hide his face? In a wave where "revealing" the head is the gimmick I find this very poor.

hey paul his face fold back under the tail piece in drone mode completely hidden....just flip the whole tail piece back and then the head fold in...

[Paulbot]

Oh yes of course it does. Much better. Thanks!

[SMHFConvoy]

As someone that hasn't watched the show, he doesn't strike me as a "Soundwave". He does seem to be wanting to be redone in purple and black and called Ratbat.

Just bought a spare on Wednesday and I'm planning on making it into a BM Thrust

[Polursine]

Why Thrust? Thrust was a motorbike.
Jetstorm no doubt?