When is the Hasbro version suppose to com out? Honestly, I would love for them to make Blaster, even if it is just a slight remold and repaint of Soundwave. I prefer Soundwave, but they would look great together.
A question and a comment: Question: No Rat Bat? And the Comment: A few seconds before the 19:00 Mark, I swear I saw Johnny 5's Face! in Rumble (Frenzy)!
The comic and toys were before the cartoon and Rumble was red, Frenzy was blue. That's cannon. The T.V. series reversed them, and since the names and color scheme were already established in toys and comics, the (English only) T.V. series is wrong. Even the new MP line says Rumble is red. Casual Fans: Rumble = Blue Real Fans: Rumble = Red inb4 haters and thumbs down because casual fans are a dime a dozen and real fans are rare.
Yes I realize this comment is a year old, but I just really felt the need to mention this. Now, I'm not going to say my stance on the debate - it's really not relevant to the point I'm making - but by dividing people into 'casual' and 'true' fans you're straying dangerously close to the No True Scotsman fallacy. "No true fans think Rumble is Blue, therefore every person who does think this is not a true fan." By stating this, you're quote-unquote "winning" the argument through fallacy because anyone who argues with you is automatically discredited by a criterion of your own invention. Just not the best way to go about having a debate, you get me?
just got mine today...you're right...I got 2 right hand side piledrivers...thanks to your vid, I was aware of that problem...Takara Tomy sucks...try to get an exchange...hopefully...also, I noticed the arms tend to get scratched when putting on those piledrivers...thanks, again bro...
Hey Optibotimus, I realized with my Soundwave that the problem is mostly the speed at which it tries to get the cassette out. If you purposely slow down the front most cassettes get out fine (if compacted enough). Maybe there is a way to mod it, tighten/rubberize it, to make the eject slow down?
I got mine today. I was more excited about Ravage, because I don't like parts-forming, but I seem to enjoy Frenzy a LOT more. he poses as well as any deluxe figure and he just looks awesome. too bad the spring-loaded gimmick of sw's chest doesn't work at all with all the casette's..it kinda helps having Frenzy in the back.
First thing that I notice when I opened it out, mine looked like it was wrap. So I knew right away that I'll have problems if I do try to put all 3 into soundwave. And just looking at how you had trouble. It was what I had expected. So I never try. IDK I might cancel my BuzzSaw and Frenzy pre order.Just for that reason. And wait til the Hasbro release.
At TF Source it's cheaper the two sets for 55 each plus bundle them with other ites and spend over 150 and you get free shipping saves you about 10 shipping. They also offer pile of lot type of shipping.
Paul if I may call u that, keep his arms turned down with the sockets facing away, then put then swith the pile drivers. Letf to right vica versa. They tend to stay on.
Maybe it's just my audio, but did you try pushing the arms further into the pile drivers? Mine make a distinctive loud click noise when pushed all the way in to indicate they are locked into place thus making them far more secure.
I bought the Takara version of Masterpiece Soundwave earlier this year since he was cheaper than the Hasbro one due to scalpers asking upwards of £200+ for the Hasbro version and TRU UK refusing to stock him any more. I've had to order the Takara versions of Ravage and Rumble and I'll do the same with Frenzy and Buzzsaw since I can't get the Hasbro versions for a decent price. I'm hoping that Frenzy and Buzzsaw will come back in stock for the same price I've paid for Ravage and Rumble - £39. Pretty ticked off at scalpers for their greed at the prices they are asking for Hasbro MP Soundwave.
I see people asking $300 for the Hasbro Soundwave. While BBTS has Takara Soundwave for $170; Ravage and Rumble for $60; And Frenzy and Buzzsaw for $70 (thought, they are out of stock). In the end, it's the same price really.
from all the reviews and images of jaguar mp(ravage) it looks like they actually forgot a piece on the back legs, i mean they not only look weird but in cassette mode its a hollow space, so im assuming its possible to make a piece to be placed there, and thats it
I know he wasn't the focus of this but going by the models fanstoys showed off I feel their soundwave looked better still, wish they could still release those
Do you know if the cassettes that come with the Hasbro release Soundwave will have all those accessories like the tape cases and piledriver attachments?
Problem I have with the hasbro release of soundwave is that he's gonna have YELLOW eyes than RED. It's a dumb minor nitpick I know but it does saves me money. But that's me.
Rumble(blue) and Ravage are the two most fans want. Frenzy(red) and Buzzaw are the two many fans don´t want. So putting Frenzy(red) and Ravage in one packaging and Rumble(blue) and Buzzaw in one packaging definetly is a marketing trick.
The transformation for Rumble (Frenzy) reminds me of the cartoon animation and the animation used for the War for Cybertron game. It's nice how accurate it is.
Can anyone help me? Is there instructions on how to fix rumble's leg. The circular metal bit thingy at his knee popped off and now rumble has wobbly knee joints. Hard to do poses now. Thanks.
also for got to say in the dreamwave comics series [both the more than meets the eye character profiles and their on going g1 series] rumble was RED and frenzy was BLUE
I know this is a little late to say this, but you put Rumble (he is truly Frenzy) upside down, you can orient him however you want if you get him right, but yeah, by the way getting these guys on/after Christmas.
rumble is blue in the tv show by mistake only.why cant fans see the obvious thing. toys came before the tv show and rumble was RED and frenzy was BLUE from the VERY START.whats next....are fans going to start saying bumble bee was red and cliffjumper was yellow [yes im aware both bee and jumper toys WERE both released in red and yellow each]
JESUS, what a lot of nitpicks! I came to this review wanting to know if Ravage was durable; do you feel like you're gonna break him during transformation. Was that mentioned? No. I did at least get a sense of it from how he was handled, but mostly what I heard was, 'This isn't perfect and this isn't perfect and this isn't perfect, etc..' If you think they should have done things better, I certainly didn't hear any suggestions how.
I would LOVE if Takara made all mini-cassettes! Could you imagine this Soundwave with 18 (!) of his minions, all being masterpieces. I wish Takara would release re-paints of Laserbeak for Garboil and Sundor. Do a repaint for Flipsides and Enemy. Repaints so we have Howlback and Glit. Can't do without Ratbat and a repaint for Wingthing. To wrap it up, give us a Laserbeak quality but seperate mold Squawtalk. And the less known Overkill, Slugfest, Beastbox and Autoscout. Amen
Thank you so much for saving me some money. I agree these figures arn't bad but they are def not worth the price they command. I'll wait for Hasbro and hope for the best. Thanks again for a wonderful review.
So long as they make toys for both, no one should have any problems, for toys it's just a name, then for the story there's their behavior and story so ...
I bought the Hasbro version, so I put bussaw in Soundwave's chest to fill space and leave the others off to the side in cassette mode when not using them because *Bussaw is a clone like Ratbat and Soundblaster*
Sorry to be so hot about this. I'm more angry at the attitudes of Transformers fans in general. I get a bit steamed to see TF fans hardly ever acknowledge how amazing it is for some of these toys to be as good as they are. Especially ones this tiny! Think of all the things they had to consider to make Rumble look this accurate, and at the exact size of the G1 cassettes! I think many of the things you disliked about him should be forgivable in light of that. (Though yes, $60 is a bit high.)
But optibotimus, your judging ravage to hard. If they didnt make the weponds transform with him, people would complain that its weaponds cant store with soundwave. And if they engineered soundwave any different, his legs would probably be a little hollow. Do you know what i mean?
He said transformers prime masterpiece
they should do that
Ikr
When is the Hasbro version suppose to com out? Honestly, I would love for them to make Blaster, even if it is just a slight remold and repaint of Soundwave. I prefer Soundwave, but they would look great together.
Blaster was a completely different toy, soundblaster was the edgy repaint
I'm a soundwave fan
But I think that I'm going to pass this set of his minions
thanks for the review
A question and a comment: Question: No Rat Bat? And the Comment: A few seconds before the 19:00 Mark, I swear I saw Johnny 5's Face! in Rumble (Frenzy)!
love watching these reviews, thanks opti.
Will there be a masterpiece rat-bat and over-kill pack released?
Transformers prime masterpiece!? Count me in!
Oh... **Lonely walk of shame**
The comic and toys were before the cartoon and Rumble was red, Frenzy was blue. That's cannon. The T.V. series reversed them, and since the names and color scheme were already established in toys and comics, the (English only) T.V. series is wrong. Even the new MP line says Rumble is red.
Casual Fans: Rumble = Blue
Real Fans: Rumble = Red
inb4 haters and thumbs down because casual fans are a dime a dozen and real fans are rare.
Yes I realize this comment is a year old, but I just really felt the need to mention this.
Now, I'm not going to say my stance on the debate - it's really not relevant to the point I'm making - but by dividing people into 'casual' and 'true' fans you're straying dangerously close to the No True Scotsman fallacy.
"No true fans think Rumble is Blue, therefore every person who does think this is not a true fan." By stating this, you're quote-unquote "winning" the argument through fallacy because anyone who argues with you is automatically discredited by a criterion of your own invention.
Just not the best way to go about having a debate, you get me?
+Qwan k
D0wnshift np
Its opinion based who says Rumble is blue or red, its also opinion based on what a "Real Fan" is
I've always associated Rumble with the color red since I read the comics before watching the show. Odd to hear it the other way.
16:53 Similar thing happened to my MP10. When I bought it I got two right shoulders. Thus making transformation into truck mode impossible
just got mine today...you're right...I got 2 right hand side piledrivers...thanks to your vid, I was aware of that problem...Takara Tomy sucks...try to get an exchange...hopefully...also, I noticed the arms tend to get scratched when putting on those piledrivers...thanks, again bro...
Hey Optibotimus, I realized with my Soundwave that the problem is mostly the speed at which it tries to get the cassette out. If you purposely slow down the front most cassettes get out fine (if compacted enough). Maybe there is a way to mod it, tighten/rubberize it, to make the eject slow down?
I got mine today. I was more excited about Ravage, because I don't like parts-forming, but I seem to enjoy Frenzy a LOT more. he poses as well as any deluxe figure and he just looks awesome. too bad the spring-loaded gimmick of sw's chest doesn't work at all with all the casette's..it kinda helps having Frenzy in the back.
ur reviews are absolutely awesome! keep goin on! compliments from ur 1st italian fan!!!
First thing that I notice when I opened it out, mine looked like it was wrap. So I knew right away that I'll have problems if I do try to put all 3 into soundwave. And just looking at how you had trouble. It was what I had expected. So I never try. IDK I might cancel my BuzzSaw and Frenzy pre order.Just for that reason. And wait til the Hasbro release.
At TF Source it's cheaper the two sets for 55 each plus bundle them with other ites and spend over 150 and you get free shipping saves you about 10 shipping. They also offer pile of lot type of shipping.
Paul if I may call u that, keep his arms turned down with the sockets facing away, then put then swith the pile drivers. Letf to right vica versa. They tend to stay on.
Maybe it's just my audio, but did you try pushing the arms further into the pile drivers? Mine make a distinctive loud click noise when pushed all the way in to indicate they are locked into place thus making them far more secure.
I find your lack of finger nails disturbing, optibotimus.
I find your choice of wig disturbing, fancy turtle.
Great review as always Optibotimus
hey optibotimus great review!! by the way do you know when foc metroplex is coming out and also will you be getting it?
Does anybody else wish they would do Shattered Glass repaints of Soundwave and the cassettes? I really want another Yatter-using Transformer!
I bought the Takara version of Masterpiece Soundwave earlier this year since he was cheaper than the Hasbro one due to scalpers asking upwards of £200+ for the Hasbro version and TRU UK refusing to stock him any more.
I've had to order the Takara versions of Ravage and Rumble and I'll do the same with Frenzy and Buzzsaw since I can't get the Hasbro versions for a decent price. I'm hoping that Frenzy and Buzzsaw will come back in stock for the same price I've paid for Ravage and Rumble - £39.
Pretty ticked off at scalpers for their greed at the prices they are asking for Hasbro MP Soundwave.
I see people asking $300 for the Hasbro Soundwave. While BBTS has Takara Soundwave for $170; Ravage and Rumble for $60; And Frenzy and Buzzsaw for $70 (thought, they are out of stock). In the end, it's the same price really.
Blame the stupid collectors who actually succumb to such prices and feed the scalpers' greed
+Senator Shockwave with better quality
Kapowtoys... Just... Kapowtoys
Reina Watt at least you'll get a red visor soundwave
Did anyone else notice he said "transformers prime masterpiece rumble and jaguar". Watched thin vid 1000 times and never noticed this before. XD
i did too! XD
I found this for only 20 bucks on Ebay.
Copper FTW!!! wow.........thats cheap.
nice ko
Either that or some really big idiot.
Wow that cheap
OB, you have to hit the trigger gently otherwise the mechanism skips notch 2.
nothing is perfect optibotimus
I like you.
You can put up an argument and shut haters up while keeping peace.
from all the reviews and images of jaguar mp(ravage) it looks like they actually forgot a piece on the back legs, i mean they not only look weird but in cassette mode its a hollow space, so im assuming its possible to make a piece to be placed there, and thats it
I know he wasn't the focus of this but going by the models fanstoys showed off I feel their soundwave looked better still, wish they could still release those
0:31 You said Transformers Prime Masterpiece
***** lol
Do you know if the cassettes that come with the Hasbro release Soundwave will have all those accessories like the tape cases and piledriver attachments?
Problem I have with the hasbro release of soundwave is that he's gonna have YELLOW eyes than RED. It's a dumb minor nitpick I know but it does saves me money. But that's me.
Optibotimus do you think that Hasbro will have the same problem for rumble and frenzy?
optibotimus do you have an idea when the Hasbro version is released?
Forgive my poor English.
Rumble(blue) and Ravage are the two most fans want. Frenzy(red) and Buzzaw are the two many fans don´t want. So putting Frenzy(red) and Ravage in one packaging and Rumble(blue) and Buzzaw in one packaging definetly is a marketing trick.
I always hope the toy will do the cartoon justice, but 20 odd yrs Takara still refuse to fix the names properly. Rumble is blue and Frenzy is red.
The transformation for Rumble (Frenzy) reminds me of the cartoon animation and the animation used for the War for Cybertron game. It's nice how accurate it is.
Can anyone help me? Is there instructions on how to fix rumble's leg. The circular metal bit thingy at his knee popped off and now rumble has wobbly knee joints. Hard to do poses now. Thanks.
So how does rumble/frenzy stack up in robot mode to the spike figure that came with MP-10? Just for a size comparison..
also for got to say in the dreamwave comics series [both the more than meets the eye character profiles and their on going g1 series] rumble was RED and frenzy was BLUE
I have the same getting stuck in the case/soundwave issue with my walmart reissue laserbeak
I know this is a little late to say this, but you put Rumble (he is truly Frenzy) upside down, you can orient him however you want if you get him right, but yeah, by the way getting these guys on/after Christmas.
Hey Botimus som1 said they fit in the g1 soundwave, How well do they fit (if you could test it)
can rumble's piledrivers fit on soundwave's cassette lever because they both kind have an edge
I think you lucked out with your Frenzy! Mine works/fits just fine!
Do you think they'll make an Ultra Magnus with the MP-10 mold?
i'm getting frenzy and i'm excited
you said transformers prime in the beginning, is this TFP?
But the Hasbro Soundwave will have yellow eyes! Why can't we have them in red? :(
when do you think the Hasbro one will be released?
Are you gonna still get MP-16?
I had the same issue with mine and popping the cast=ettes out of his chest.i find that laserbeak and buzzsaw work the best
This is Frenzy. The blue one is Rumble, in for example in episode 1 of Generation 1, the blue one is called Rumble.
The toy Rumble was always the red one, though.
tfwiki.net/wiki/Rumble_(G1)
mrmacross In the comics I belive rumble is called frenzy and frenzys called rumble
rumble is blue in the tv show by mistake only.why cant fans see the obvious thing. toys came before the tv show and rumble was RED and frenzy was BLUE from the VERY START.whats next....are fans going to start saying bumble bee was red and cliffjumper was yellow [yes im aware both bee and jumper toys WERE both released in red and yellow each]
monkey bubbles it was not a mistake frenzy is red rumble is blue
JESUS, what a lot of nitpicks! I came to this review wanting to know if Ravage was durable; do you feel like you're gonna break him during transformation. Was that mentioned? No. I did at least get a sense of it from how he was handled, but mostly what I heard was, 'This isn't perfect and this isn't perfect and this isn't perfect, etc..' If you think they should have done things better, I certainly didn't hear any suggestions how.
try putting frenzy or rumble in soundwave's chest upside-down. it works a lot better
Maybe when it gets released. They've only JUST released teaser pics.
I would LOVE if Takara made all mini-cassettes! Could you imagine this Soundwave with 18 (!) of his minions, all being masterpieces. I wish Takara would release re-paints of Laserbeak for Garboil and Sundor. Do a repaint for Flipsides and Enemy. Repaints so we have Howlback and Glit. Can't do without Ratbat and a repaint for Wingthing. To wrap it up, give us a Laserbeak quality but seperate mold Squawtalk. And the less known Overkill, Slugfest, Beastbox and Autoscout. Amen
On tfw2005 a third party company made a masterpiece ramhorn and we have no blaster..... What about ratbat?!
ı thing ravege is not bad but rumbles drivers and casset mode looks like a problem.Great review.
Even better, Soundwave and all of his cassettes, as well as blaster and all of his.
Wait in the tv show thats frenzy the blue one is rumble cause mostly the blue one(rumble) mostly appeared in the show
By the way the rumble/ravage is about 1/4 smaller.
In the summer. I expect more like September.
Optibotimus- do you think it would be nice if hasbro or a 3rd party company continued the masterpiece cassettes? (Ratbat,autoscout,etc.)
Why do you like g1 the most ?
I can't wait to get the Hasbro version of Soundwave with all five casettes
Yo the red one is frenzy and blue is rumble and rumble was used a lot in the show idk why it says that that’s rumble
Best way to get takara tomy transformers is to have a friend in japan. These cassettes at retail price ate under $30
I found a clone version on eBay for 30 dollars should I get it
Does frenzy fit in badly like rumble?
has the hasbro ones come out yet or no
I'm watching this video later in the year and I have the Hasbro release and man it's so cool
I'm gonna get the hasbro release of Soundwave. If I can even find it when it comes out.
So glad I paid less than 60 for both mp 15 an mp16 combined. Such enjoyable figures.
An it's a legit takara yay!
Thank you so much for saving me some money. I agree these figures arn't bad but they are def not worth the price they command. I'll wait for Hasbro and hope for the best. Thanks again for a wonderful review.
Frenzy (red) was used quite a bit in the cartoon
I think, he did. How long he will notice that?
man i wish i bought the MP Soundwave so i could get these but still awesome review optibotimus
On LayBuy, they're $90+ and that's not including P/H
when will the hasbro/ toysrus vers. be coming out?
God am I happy I waited for the hasbro release! got him today and he is great!!!
if i may, i got frenzy and buzzsaw for 25$. and might be getting mp-13 and mp-15 toughter for 130$ complete but opened
Ruimble was used more then you remember in S1-2 of G1
Maybe you should put it in gun nozzle first?
So long as they make toys for both, no one should have any problems, for toys it's just a name, then for the story there's their behavior and story so ...
When will the hasbro virsion come out?
my Ravage has a weird little peg in the side of the head...and my Rumble can't be used as robot due to the robot details rubbed off
Jon foy You might have gotten knockoffs.
Jarmo Verriet turns out the peg is a nose, and i know i did.
When rumble is in jetpack you could use the pile drivers as heels
Why not rumble?
I'm glad Optibotimus uses fact from Transformers, instead of rambling about something not of what the review is about.
glad i didn't get this set. Will try to get a used blue/purple rumble after. thanks for the review.
I honestly did not get the impression you liked them. The time spent discussing what you didn't like seemed way longer than discussing what you did.
Does anyone know how to keep Rumble/Frenzy from jamming inside Soundwave? I almost wasn’t able to get him out of Soundwave.
I bought the Hasbro version, so I put bussaw in Soundwave's chest to fill space and leave the others off to the side in cassette mode when not using them because *Bussaw is a clone like Ratbat and Soundblaster*
When is the hasbro version of soundwave coming out?
Sorry to be so hot about this. I'm more angry at the attitudes of Transformers fans in general. I get a bit steamed to see TF fans hardly ever acknowledge how amazing it is for some of these toys to be as good as they are. Especially ones this tiny! Think of all the things they had to consider to make Rumble look this accurate, and at the exact size of the G1 cassettes! I think many of the things you disliked about him should be forgivable in light of that. (Though yes, $60 is a bit high.)
But optibotimus, your judging ravage to hard. If they didnt make the weponds transform with him, people would complain that its weaponds cant store with soundwave. And if they engineered soundwave any different, his legs would probably be a little hollow. Do you know what i mean?
do you have all of the mp cusets
Takara/Tomy, give us MP Megatron 2.0 already, My MP 10 Prime needs someone his size and standing to fight.
man when are you going to get the beast hunters shockwave
Can you put the pink cases in the energon cubes