it shame that takara/hasbro new transformers figure transformation has dwindling down to a no brainner overly simplified transformation. i miss the transformation of this kind of magnitude but thankfully most 3rd party transformers figure had this kind or more transformation magnitude
This figure is incredibly fiddly. The car mode looks great and the robot mode looks pretty good as well. The tripod feet are kinda odd. Overall Not a bad looking bot.
you've made the transformation look easy. awesome job, man. i can't believe that half the car is just his arms. can't wait to get one for myself. maybe just the hasbro version. this thing is too pricey for me
I'm still mad that hasbro didn't have this and the deluxe figure. I'm also mad that hasbro didn't get the deluxe leadfoot. And I'm also mad that road buster (deluxe class) wasn't armored and that the human alliance leadfoot wasn't armored either.
this makes me think of that Barricade toy from the Transformers 07 toy line with Frenzy and the punching arm gimmick (i do not know what size it is). the overall look of Soundwave makes me think of the 07 character, with the top heavy body, similar arm transformation, and head transformation.
@whiteknyte2001 not sure yet. the only information i was able to scoop was that it will be released at december 11 and will be sold at all retail stores.
Laserbeak turning into a gun for Soundwave almost feels like a Actionmaster Wingthing homage. I wonder if that was in the toy designer's mind at the time.
@Cockonduty I just ordered HA Soundwave for 30, free shipping, which considering the prices going up for this guy, is wonderful. I, never was a fan of HA Bumblebee. The vehicle mode looks nice but the robot mode bugs me a little, he looks a little bulky and a cannon-only hand is a drawback for me. I don't know, maybe I just don't want a mini Shia LeBoeuf looking at me with dead, dead eyes.
That transformation is a lot like Barricade's... Back section becomes legs, front section is the chest, the sides of the car are the arms...But I love HA Barricade so it bothers me not.
Thats what I'm saying. Hasbro is focusing alot on Bee. When the DOTM toyline strted coming to a close the entire Transformers toy area in the toy aise a t Walmart, Kmart, Target and Toys R Us was just FULL of Bumblebees!!!
The color doesn't seem as bad as what we had originally seen. At least it doesn't seem as bad as Dotm deluxe Sideswipe's paintjob. I really wish they would've given him a translucent visor like they did with Jazz. The paintjob seems kind of cheap on the face. I don't really like the Laserbeak it comes with also. I'll probably be replacing it with the deluxe Laserbeak when I display them together.
its a glorius figure! thns for doing this review, really....can i ask a cuestion? do you know when this is gona come out in america? i am from mexico, and HA don get here, but some selers do sell them little time after they come out on US.... thnks you!
Why couldn't Michael Bay and the transformer designers have gone with Soundwave's original design which was a Terradyne Gurkha MPV. It's a military telecommunications vehilce and would fit his character more.
Ughh, why Hasbro? I thought this degradation of silver paint to dull gray plastic is only limited to DOTM Sideswipe,, The engineering is undeniably delicious, though :3 I'm amazed on how the barely stumpy legs unfold themselves from the hood section alone. For certain reason, he sorta just screaming HA Barricade (which is one of my top fave TF figures) due to the sidecar-to-arms transformation and the open-close mouth gimmick.
hey baltmatrix big fan but anyway i have a question does soundwave cost alot? and wat did u mean "u dont put the human alliance figure in the car because u like the doors closed?" just really wondering
Why can't I find any of these cool new human alliance figures in toys r us or walmart? All I can find is a dozen different repaints of fricken Bumblebee.
@maxor158 I´ve never had a bumblebee figure(I´ve always wanted to have a human alliance bumblebee) so the price was perfect considering that I got HA BB AND HA Soundwave. Btw The humans soundwave comes with looks terrible as well.
isnt the vehicle mode the same size as HA Jazz? its a shame that the legs are so tiny and bad looking but the rest of the figure is amazing i might get this if it comes here at retail
I noticed on ebay there are now selling human alliance soundwave with chinese writing on the front just below the 'Human Alliance' writing. The sellers are from China. Please can anyone tell me if these are fakes and if not, are they the same quality as Hasbro?
2:28 - I don't mean to nitpick on this, but you said that this was "Soundwave's Cannon Mode." Is that what it is called, or is it Laserbeak's Cannon Mode?
The movies were horrible and so few bought the movie toys. Now retail is afraid to sell transformers after these bad sales and we're getting some transformers prime figures delayed or japan release only. So sad. :(
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I'm hoping to get this dude for Christmas... as a HA fan and a Soundwave fan this could be what I want. :D
i just noticed that he is one of the few decepticons that doesnt have chicken feet
I have this Soundwave figure, from Dark of the Moon. He's extremely complicated, but looks great
it shame that takara/hasbro new transformers figure transformation has dwindling down to a no brainner overly simplified transformation. i miss the transformation of this kind of magnitude but thankfully most 3rd party transformers figure had this kind or more transformation magnitude
And then Studio Series came and gave us complex figures
The way you had him posed in robot mode on the display rotator at the end reminded me of a destroyer droid.
THAT IS AWSOME I LOVE IT
This figure is incredibly fiddly. The car mode looks great and the robot mode looks pretty good as well. The tripod feet are kinda odd. Overall Not a bad looking bot.
I forgot the actor on the box was in Grey's Anatomy
you've made the transformation look easy. awesome job, man.
i can't believe that half the car is just his arms. can't wait to get one for myself. maybe just the hasbro version. this thing is too pricey for me
WE WANT TURTLE WAX , either way ( despite it's problems ) it's pretty dope none the less , keep'em coming man !!!
The packaging reminds me of Takara's Microman line. Then again, Transformers were originally spun off from Microman in Japan by Takara.
i recently heard that later this year, he'll be released in the US!
@whiteknyte2001 his estimated release date would probably be december 11 in retail stores. not official yet.
I'm still mad that hasbro didn't have this and the deluxe figure. I'm also mad that hasbro didn't get the deluxe leadfoot. And I'm also mad that road buster (deluxe class) wasn't armored and that the human alliance leadfoot wasn't armored either.
@Teeheehee093 I think the fact that Laserbeak was included may explain its size. T'was the same for Cyberverse Blackout w/ Scorponok.
this makes me think of that Barricade toy from the Transformers 07 toy line with Frenzy and the punching arm gimmick (i do not know what size it is). the overall look of Soundwave makes me think of the 07 character, with the top heavy body, similar arm transformation, and head transformation.
I really need to get a rotating display table...I didn't think I needed one until now.
lol, like how you threw that meme in there, very nice.
the combination of Dark blue and Allspark blue reminds me alot of Animated Soundwave ( my favorite Soundwave with a Vehicle alt. mode )
"Soundwave's cannon mode"
you had ONE JOBBBB
You're good at explaining what you're doing
@whiteknyte2001 not sure yet. the only information i was able to scoop was that it will be released at december 11 and will be sold at all retail stores.
Laserbeak turning into a gun for Soundwave almost feels like a Actionmaster Wingthing homage. I wonder if that was in the toy designer's mind at the time.
@wildjack64 HA's normal cost 30 or so USD. The doors are hard to open/close so most people dont open them
Wow this is one of the most complicated transformation I've seen
i can't wait till deluxe dotm soundwave comes out.
Also i wish his head gimmick was he had the face with two eyes like in the movie and then a flip down visor which looks like the one eye
I got a human alliance Roadbuster, and it took a long time to transform.
The legs looks extremely weird
@Cockonduty I just ordered HA Soundwave for 30, free shipping, which considering the prices going up for this guy, is wonderful. I, never was a fan of HA Bumblebee. The vehicle mode looks nice but the robot mode bugs me a little, he looks a little bulky and a cannon-only hand is a drawback for me. I don't know, maybe I just don't want a mini Shia LeBoeuf looking at me with dead, dead eyes.
i love ur vids!!!!
That transformation is a lot like Barricade's...
Back section becomes legs, front section is the chest, the sides of the car are the arms...But I love HA Barricade so it bothers me not.
Thats what I'm saying. Hasbro is focusing alot on Bee. When the DOTM toyline strted coming to a close the entire Transformers toy area in the toy aise a t Walmart, Kmart, Target and Toys R Us was just FULL of Bumblebees!!!
#TerorTurkey that is GOLDEN!
that hapened cuz when a new toyline came out for each movie, kids would alreready have the figures. so thats y dark of the moon toy line plumited.
Got him for Christmas :D
@maxor158 Got human alliance soundwave AND human alliance bumblebee for 39 dollars. Love the price , loves the figures even more.
@MrJazzMan88 it was a mistake lol. He called it a SLS in the beginning of the video
The color doesn't seem as bad as what we had originally seen. At least it doesn't seem as bad as Dotm deluxe Sideswipe's paintjob.
I really wish they would've given him a translucent visor like they did with Jazz. The paintjob seems kind of cheap on the face.
I don't really like the Laserbeak it comes with also. I'll probably be replacing it with the deluxe Laserbeak when I display them together.
to my discredit this is currently the only design of soundwave i dont own a figure for
That car is a sls not a slk
@cheezysalt456 because the dotm line got cancelled. and i think he was in 1 of the latter waves
Im just mentioning, you called laser beak, soundwave, just saying
Bye
For now
awesome dude!!!!!!!!!!!!
i don't think you can beat the g1 figure but i will probably pick up the normal version of this figure. nice review.
Holy Hell man, what is that shirt your wearing! ;D
Nice review though :-)
7:24 soundwave after a major car crash
really terror turkey ohh that made me laugh
He looks awesome to me. Soundwave Superior.
its a glorius figure! thns for doing this review, really....can i ask a cuestion? do you know when this is gona come out in america? i am from mexico, and HA don get here, but some selers do sell them little time after they come out on US....
thnks you!
@mrUnclejackass Sadly, he will not get a US release. If you want him, find a "reasonable" priced one on eBay.
uuummmmmm....... Gloriously top heavy.......
Well Prime First Edition is being brought back, so it's entirely possible.
in the movie Laserbeak has red eyes and blue lights on the wings= Decepticon
in the toy he has blue eyes and red lights on the wings=Autobot?!
Can someone please tell me why this damn figure has never come out in the U.S. yet. :(
$15 at T.J. Maxx sounds GREAT for this guy!
@BryceC2000 well they are, i think the best sound wave toy is the legends.
Why couldn't Michael Bay and the transformer designers have gone with Soundwave's original design which was a Terradyne Gurkha MPV. It's a military telecommunications vehilce and would fit his character more.
Ughh, why Hasbro? I thought this degradation of silver paint to dull gray plastic is only limited to DOTM Sideswipe,,
The engineering is undeniably delicious, though :3 I'm amazed on how the barely stumpy legs unfold themselves from the hood section alone. For certain reason, he sorta just screaming HA Barricade (which is one of my top fave TF figures) due to the sidecar-to-arms transformation and the open-close mouth gimmick.
I REALLY WANT THIS!!! DONT KNOW WHY!!!
I just noticed the number plate and cracked up.
@Toydude1984 the cgi one dosent even look like this, in the movie he is way thiner and has bigger feet.
@Teeheehee093 I like the legs. They don't look entirely bad
All DOTM line figures have scaled down... HA and Voyager lines look like deluxe
something about soundwave's face screams "Venom!" from spiderman to me....
hey baltmatrix big fan but anyway i have a question does soundwave cost alot? and wat did u mean "u dont put the human alliance figure in the car because u like the doors closed?" just really wondering
What about a size comparison in Robot Mode with other HA figures?
all that back kibble, the weird shoulders, and those stilt feet made this a no-go for me, but I thought the ROTF Deluxe Soundwave was pretty amazing
Oh, thank god.
Why can't I find any of these cool new human alliance figures in toys r us or walmart? All I can find is a dozen different repaints of fricken Bumblebee.
didjargo yeah. At walmart, when I searched the studio series, all I found was bumblebee and Crankcase toys!
6:10: That would be Gundam 00's Regnan'ts Mobile Armor mode.
@maxor158 I´ve never had a bumblebee figure(I´ve always wanted to have a human alliance bumblebee) so the price was perfect considering that I got HA BB AND HA Soundwave. Btw The humans soundwave comes with looks terrible as well.
isnt the vehicle mode the same size as HA Jazz?
its a shame that the legs are so tiny and bad looking but the rest of the figure is amazing i might get this if it comes here at retail
I thought this toy never got released?
to summarize the vid ; Soundwave, Superior
I noticed on ebay there are now selling human alliance soundwave with chinese writing on the front just below the 'Human Alliance' writing. The sellers are from China. Please can anyone tell me if these are fakes and if not, are they the same quality as Hasbro?
2:28 - I don't mean to nitpick on this, but you said that this was "Soundwave's Cannon Mode." Is that what it is called, or is it Laserbeak's Cannon Mode?
When the (Expletive Deleted) is the Hasbro version coming out? I want him SO bad!
The movies were horrible and so few bought the movie toys. Now retail is afraid to sell transformers after these bad sales and we're getting some transformers prime figures delayed or japan release only. So sad. :(
Why wouldnt Carley be the one that came with Soundwave. It was her car and that would be movie accurate
And then it NEVER came out in the US...
Otto von Doom it did
Yes more bionicle transformer fans!
Lots of them got made in the US retailers just didn't buy them. You can get one on eBay for kind of cheap. Like 30 to 50 bucks
how could is feet do only that small part in vehicle mode!?! its so tinyyyyyyyyy omg
laserbeak in gun mode looks like a speeder bike from star wars lol
@baltmatrix when does the U.S. retail come out
I think the funniest thing about you is that you aren't actually trying to be funny. I always laugh out loud many times during your reviews.
I guess this is how you know when a character was over designed.
Its so hard to find transformer toys at Singapore...
@Teeheehee093 ...and that's not paint that's the color of the plastic.
hearing this review makes my throat itchy..
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i know how uoy feel balt i have the original bumblebee, Optimus prime, Ironhide and bumble bee is a pain to put back together
I saw sad pacman in there somewhere
just how tall is the robot mode in comparison to a Voyager Class Starscream (ROTF or DOTM) or Shockwave?
is spraying it with clear coat an option for the vehicle mode
@07primex you didnt have to put it like that dude
Obviously, but it's the only one that didn't get canceled, so.
Soundwave was the smallest if u noticed
@Zeno181011 But at least you guys get to have the ride
Lol,the licence plate says superior:O
Kinda miss the days of simple transformations.