The spaceship mode, if you have it vertical, makes a pretty decent communications satellite mode. Communications is Soundwave's function so this works out really well. I'm loving the "secret" lamp post mode too. Truly one of my favourite Transformers ever.
Makes perfect sense to me. He turned into a rectangle so to preserve his design language they made him a chunky rectangular space freighter/troop transport. Not sure exactly why everybody under the sun hates it.
This is the Soundwave I've wanted Hasbro to make for awhile. FoC was my Soundwave until this. Now comparing them side by side, it's night, and day better. TR Soundwave was too big for me. Yeah, the alt mode isn't very Soundwave, but the bot mode is great. He also has that lamp mode for what it's worth, and a boom box fan mode.
Since these are supposed to be pre-Earth, I don't mind these cybertronian modes. As for his alt mode, I just fan mode him into a different looking cybertronian alt mode.
You’re not supposed to hide the chest plate in vehicle mode, the literal purpose for it is if he’s in vehicle mode he can deploy laserbeak or ravage in vehicle mode, that’s its intention it’s not that they couldn’t hide it, it wasn’t meant to be hidden
I agree that this Soundwave is quite terrific! Looks way better than the last one which was the Titans Return version, his ship mode is... not the best. Robot mode is super cool and accurate to G1, a really nice representation and a must for any collector! Awesome review, Paul!
In his alternate mode you can make it look a little better by splitting his legs and making him look like an orbital assault carrier from dark in the moon
I can imagine Sound Wave thinking "Nobody suspects the Sound Wave inquisition" As he shrinks down and becomes a goofy, robot looking lamppost. Got a giggle outa me.
Man, they could have had his alt mode be some kind of Cybertronian communication device, that happened to look like a boom box. I love the figures, though they could have slightly altered them so that their features wouldn't have to be "hidden". The figure itself is incredible. I love the depth of color and paint applications. I don't mind the "broken glass" look at all.
I like to pretend that due to the many amounts of small details and the REALLY small cockpit, he is a *huge* space ship, like Star destroyer sized, it just makes him more interesting
You can find the wave 2 Micromaster ones on Hasbro Pulse. I ordered the Rescue Micromaster Patrol today along with the Race Car Patrol, Battle Patrol, Sideswipe, Hound, & Cog. The Ravage & Laserbeak should be in stock. I know the Rescue Patrol is in stock right now as I'm typing this message.
The lamp post he was in the first episode doesn't look like this one. I don't know why they didn't use the few real modes from the show like they did with the tetra jets. Wheeljack, Bumblebee and Jazz were there with cybertronion modes too and they would be awesome to see.
At least the spaceships mode looks like something from the first phase of the Diaclone line (the space vehicles and the giant fortress robots period) , which is something that also applies to other Siege alt modes.
If Hasbro doesn't make the fan alternate modes actually official, then Soundwave will jam all of their communications while in his offical lamp post mode! Also, I bought this toy, and I love it, but I understand if the alt mode is stupid, I could see, and if they release any other Soundwave toys, they always need to have the casette recorder alternate mode.
As far as chest minions I'm using with this guy. I have masterpiece Rumble, and Ravage on the way. I also snagged the Siege cassettes, but they were priced a bit high. I think I'm going to use them, and Siege Laserbeak as the display chest minions. Then keep Siege Ravage in Soundwave's chest.
I don't know what you are talking about! His vehicle mode is amazing!!! Know one ever pays attention to the Garbage Haulers! Its perfect.... Fine fine it looks terrible...geez what where they thinking
When it comes to soundwaves eyes i prefer clear plastic to be yellow because it glows very well and red kinda suck at absorbing light, while painted eyes i dont care much but still prefer yellow because i dont like things simply being autobots have blue eye and decepticons have red. I like characters like the dinobots having red eyes optimus with yellow like his g1 toy or cog with his silver eyes. The potp predacons with black or gold colored eyes overall i want eyes to be a part of the character and not their faction
It was ment for megatron. The gun barrel on his back. They didnt include it with megs because his weapons already use the most plastic in the siege voyagers so it makes sense for hasbro to leave it out of megatron but still include it in the toyline
I’m cool with it. Appreciate your reviews as always, but I will be happy just to find this guy, that’s my plan for today after I get out of work him and prime studio series 32 I think that’s the number. 👍
I'm going to keep my old cassette from the titanium line as the alt mode and have this one as the robot mode by the way if anyone has the titanium one with the cassette does that cassette fit in this figure?
I bought this and the Bumblebee Movie release this week and The Siege Figure is the better figure. I like the battle damage but I wish it was more spread out.
He has a boombox mode. It's not official but it actually looks good.
This decepticon was so ahead of its time when he decided to disguise as a street light.
Lmao
The spaceship mode, if you have it vertical, makes a pretty decent communications satellite mode. Communications is Soundwave's function so this works out really well. I'm loving the "secret" lamp post mode too. Truly one of my favourite Transformers ever.
I'm SO doing that when I get this figure
Makes perfect sense to me. He turned into a rectangle so to preserve his design language they made him a chunky rectangular space freighter/troop transport. Not sure exactly why everybody under the sun hates it.
Agreed
Gwhiners?
I’m kind of indifferent about it, but it feels like they should’ve gone with a more “deception communications” sort of ship design.
This is the Soundwave I've wanted Hasbro to make for awhile. FoC was my Soundwave until this. Now comparing them side by side, it's night, and day better. TR Soundwave was too big for me. Yeah, the alt mode isn't very Soundwave, but the bot mode is great. He also has that lamp mode for what it's worth, and a boom box fan mode.
Since these are supposed to be pre-Earth, I don't mind these cybertronian modes. As for his alt mode, I just fan mode him into a different looking cybertronian alt mode.
You’re not supposed to hide the chest plate in vehicle mode, the literal purpose for it is if he’s in vehicle mode he can deploy laserbeak or ravage in vehicle mode, that’s its intention it’s not that they couldn’t hide it, it wasn’t meant to be hidden
I agree that this Soundwave is quite terrific! Looks way better than the last one which was the Titans Return version, his ship mode is... not the best. Robot mode is super cool and accurate to G1, a really nice representation and a must for any collector! Awesome review, Paul!
In his alternate mode you can make it look a little better by splitting his legs and making him look like an orbital assault carrier from dark in the moon
I can imagine Sound Wave thinking
"Nobody suspects the Sound Wave inquisition"
As he shrinks down and becomes a goofy, robot looking lamppost.
Got a giggle outa me.
Man, they could have had his alt mode be some kind of Cybertronian communication device, that happened to look like a boom box. I love the figures, though they could have slightly altered them so that their features wouldn't have to be "hidden". The figure itself is incredible. I love the depth of color and paint applications. I don't mind the "broken glass" look at all.
Siege version superior, Titans Return inferior.
That’s just my opinion.
Well said.
Agreed, never cared for the leader size of Titans Return Soundwave personally.
@@jedipoodoo Yeah, budget wise, I'll go for the smaller classes.
I think we all agree...
Sooooo superior! Glad I never purchased TR Soundwave!
Paul, they showed he can turn into his cassette player
There are bits of the video where you can see the intro is that suppose to be there
Its worth the money and the effort! I think that was his Cybertronian mode. Its like a Macross or Robotech Type ship.
I like to pretend that due to the many amounts of small details and the REALLY small cockpit, he is a *huge* space ship, like Star destroyer sized, it just makes him more interesting
His vehicle mode looks badass for a Mardi Gras/Rio Carnival float
The sound wave is nice but the alt mode is ok. Maybe have something to his fall/war of cybertron alt mode the cybertron jeep thing.
Love the new transitions in between! Miss “the touch” though. Great review!!!
The grey gun can be used as the gun barrel on the back of siege Megatron.
You can find the wave 2 Micromaster ones on Hasbro Pulse. I ordered the Rescue Micromaster Patrol today along with the Race Car Patrol, Battle Patrol, Sideswipe, Hound, & Cog. The Ravage & Laserbeak should be in stock. I know the Rescue Patrol is in stock right now as I'm typing this message.
The lamp post he was in the first episode doesn't look like this one. I don't know why they didn't use the few real modes from the show like they did with the tetra jets. Wheeljack, Bumblebee and Jazz were there with cybertronion modes too and they would be awesome to see.
If I'm not mistaken, he does have a secret boombox mode (also if there open the bottom flap on the box there is another mode)
As stated in another post the gray gun goes to the back of Megatron and actually looks good on Megatron.
if you want ravage and laserbeak go to bigbadstore and it has the bundle
At least the spaceships mode looks like something from the first phase of the Diaclone line (the space vehicles and the giant fortress robots period) , which is something that also applies to other Siege alt modes.
I think of Soundwave as a attack freighter so I just think of the door on the back as the cargo bay door
hello what kind of light do you need to see what there is written?
If Hasbro doesn't make the fan alternate modes actually official, then Soundwave will jam all of their communications while in his offical lamp post mode! Also, I bought this toy, and I love it, but I understand if the alt mode is stupid, I could see, and if they release any other Soundwave toys, they always need to have the casette recorder alternate mode.
As far as chest minions I'm using with this guy. I have masterpiece Rumble, and Ravage on the way. I also snagged the Siege cassettes, but they were priced a bit high. I think I'm going to use them, and Siege Laserbeak as the display chest minions. Then keep Siege Ravage in Soundwave's chest.
I have always thought his lamp mode was neat!
I wonder man if the backpack is removable without forcing and destroying anything?
Where can I buy This
When 5 year old kids look at a tape deck “ WheRE’s The tOUCHScReeN ?”
Wow this figure looks amazing, btw big fan of you since 2007
I don't know what you are talking about! His vehicle mode is amazing!!!
Know one ever pays attention to the Garbage Haulers! Its perfect....
Fine fine it looks terrible...geez what where they thinking
The damage paint apps look weird. Hasbro using weird looking dot style paint applications. Looks like ink jet printing lol.
Do you like the way this guy looks compared to MP-13 ?
When it comes to soundwaves eyes i prefer clear plastic to be yellow because it glows very well and red kinda suck at absorbing light, while painted eyes i dont care much but still prefer yellow because i dont like things simply being autobots have blue eye and decepticons have red. I like characters like the dinobots having red eyes optimus with yellow like his g1 toy or cog with his silver eyes. The potp predacons with black or gold colored eyes overall i want eyes to be a part of the character and not their faction
I have sound blaster optibotimas you should get him he is so cool and l love your video it was sooooo good you 🤘
Does seige soundwave transformed into bombox mode?
23:32 the mountain appears!
Where is it? 🤔
At the time stamp I posted. It's 1 frame so you can't blink. It's also at 5:10 as someone posted already.@@Soundwave85
Dont feel bad, I can't find those damn tapes either lol
I gave that stupid gray gun to Siege Sideswipe. Works well with him!
It was ment for megatron. The gun barrel on his back. They didnt include it with megs because his weapons already use the most plastic in the siege voyagers so it makes sense for hasbro to leave it out of megatron but still include it in the toyline
Soundwaves weapons use the least amount of plastic in the voyagers so thats my guess as to why they chose him for it
I’m cool with it. Appreciate your reviews as always, but I will be happy just to find this guy, that’s my plan for today after I get out of work him and prime studio series 32 I think that’s the number. 👍
Does the ravage cassette from the Chug line fit in his chest you know the one that came with the Hound figure?
It doesn't fit. It's way too big.
Decpticon logo???
You mean Soundwaves face (because the logo was modeled after him for some reason)!
Yeah
Can you use g1 cassettes in this guy
WFC-S35 is Red Alert 🤔
+Classic look
+Sweet panel details
+Just the right CHUG size
-Too much "damage" paint
-Odd alt-mode choice
Earthrise sou space has the cassette mode
Why does it only come in a pack of 2
I'm going to keep my old cassette from the titanium line as the alt mode and have this one as the robot mode by the way if anyone has the titanium one with the cassette does that cassette fit in this figure?
The lamp post mode is official, what are you talking about?
He means it's not meant to be his actual alt mode.
Lamp post mode please
I bought this and the Bumblebee Movie release this week and The Siege Figure is the better figure. I like the battle damage but I wish it was more spread out.
What About TF Studio Series ?
Are They Stop Making Robots ?
I'm sure HasTak are still working on that line
they gonna make an earthrise soundwave so,
What was that flash at 5:11?
5:10
You do know he has another secret mode ( his cassette player mode ), right?
This figure is GORGEOUS ❤️....
I have that
It's not a space ship, it's a cybratronian turret, that explains the blasters i thing
It's a spaceship.
You’re the best
nice
Go soundwave
Well his backpack looks like an actual robot parts, not some random vehicle junk.
It looks like a jump ship
FOR ME im disappointed of his alt mode because they didn't make the boom box form but the robot is so cool that i don't mind his alt mode
Their's missing an "i" in review in your intro.
I know what a tape deck is, I'm 21 and had one growing up until I left high school
Anybody else see the subliminal mountains in the video?
Why not just give him a sort of tank/vehicle mode instead of that less than half-assed “spaceship” mode. Like wtf even is that
This figure would've been perfect if it just had red eyes instead of yellow.
The sound effects at the beginning of the video are a bit annoying.
Optimbotimus you should get the upgrade kit for sound wave
I was expected a better figure 😧😧😧😧
Should’ve had a car form
The best lamppost mode is seen in this video: ruclips.net/video/VDAezycKn7g/видео.html
Obviously, no one is gonna display this figure in any mode but robot mode. But WTF is that "spaceship"?!
Me... Kept him in space carrier mode right after getting him out of the box.
Lamppost Mode for life...
click Like!!! wish I can click it many times and still be counted, but it doesn't...
meh
Stop crying about backpacks.
Soundwave is awesome 😉
But not the toy😐😐
Vortex 217 The figure itself is good, while the space ship mode is just... bad.
@@germanempire7689 Good thing we got the lamppost
Kept him in space carrier mode ever since I took him out of the box...
Why ever bother Transforming him?
Big ol' pass for me. Robot-wise, I like it, but as for the alt-mode? Again, "pass".
Well some may say it is better or more interesting than a silly tape deck...
izzit me or just all Decepticons vehicle modes look freaking ugly and weird compare to Autobots in war for cybertron
Actually all of the decepticon modes look good except soundwave
@@Kssav yeah, I like Shockwave's alt mode and Megatron's tank... awesome stuff
@@TheActs2021 yeah and flywheels and starscream
I'm definitely going to get this figure
NOT😑😑😑
Okay.......