{"id":5374,"date":"2014-04-17T17:28:31","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T17:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=5374"},"modified":"2014-04-17T17:28:31","modified_gmt":"2014-04-17T17:28:31","slug":"soundwave-and-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=5374","title":{"rendered":"Soundwave And Friends!"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAfter posting all the gigs I was to post, I went next through the Transformers pictures I had, all from various times over the years. I found it easier to separate them by category.<\/p>\n

It so happens I have a thing for Soundwave and his ejecting minions (unofficially termed Cassetticons) – be it discs, guitars, missile packs or cassettes, like the original. My criteria was that the Soundwave toy must have at least one minion in order for me to buy him.<\/p>\n


\nLeft: Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-13 Soundwave (not mine); right: Cybertron Soundwave.<\/p>\n


\nLeft: Hasbro Masterpiece Soundwave; right: Hasbro Masterpiece Optimus Prime. Notice how sleek and similar both their backs are!<\/p>\n


\nHasbro Masterpiece Soundwave has yellow eyes like the toy, but we all know that Decepticons have red eyes, so I used a Sharpie to color them in, so they would look glorious and red, like the Takara Tomy version.<\/p>\n


\nHe has a way of attaching Rumble and Frenzy’s kibble, as well as a snap-on grid.<\/p>\n


\nOne of the coolest poses you can get with him, is that he can press his own eject button, just like in the cartoon. Here you can see I had not painted his eyes in yet.<\/p>\n


\nAll his cassettes! The Hasbro version comes with all 5 – Ravage, Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, Rumble, and Frenzy. Megatron, obviously, is not a cassette.<\/p>\n


\nThose with red highlights rode together. Following the Generation 1 cartoon naming, Ravage is being ridden by Laserbeak in front, with Frenzy holding Megatron.<\/p>\n


\nTakara Tomy Animated Soundwave, with Laserbeak, who is perched on Soundwave. Another rolling thing is that Laserbeak usually has a way to attach to Soundwave firmly.<\/p>\n


\nLaserbeak transforms into a Dean-Razorback-V-styled electric guitar!<\/p>\n


\nEven in vehicle mode, Soundwave implies a music box. Next to him is Takara Tomy Animated Bulkhead; they came together in a double pack.<\/p>\n


\nFlying V, indeed!<\/p>\n


\nThen there’s Hasbro Fall Of Cybertron Soundwave.<\/p>\n


\nHe ejects circular discs that are spring-loaded; when the discs are ejected, the impact from landing triggers their spring-loaded transformation. However you still need to adjust it just a bit to make it not look like it was dropped. Poor Ravage.<\/p>\n


\nFrenzy’s feet need to be pulled out, and his arms need to flip down, before it can look right.<\/p>\n


\nBut hey, this is one classy guy, with awesome light piping.<\/p>\n


\nHe, too, can press his own eject button. Unfortunately, Laserbeak does not peg on his arm like the other Soundwave\/Laserbeak versions do.<\/p>\n


\nBut enough of Soundwave! Let’s look at other versions of his minions. Here’s a gathering of birds of prey – clockwise from bottom-left: Takara Tomy Masterpiece Laserbeak, Hasbro Fall Of Cybertron Laserbeak, Cybertron Laserbeak, and the rare Energon Swoop, an Autobot.<\/p>\n


\nI recently bought this pack of Takara Tomy Henkei Autobot Specialist figures – from left: Mirage, Ironhide, Hound and the odd Decepticon, Ravage.<\/p>\n


\nAlternate mode. Sadly missing a part of Mirage! Ravage, as a cassette, can hook onto Hound’s back, just like in the cartoon, when it wanted to infiltrate the Autobot base.<\/p>\n


\nAmazingly, it is about the same size as Masterpiece Ravage – which is the same size as the Generation 1 Ravage. This probably allows it to fit in Generation 1 Soundwave – it fit in my Masterpiece Soundwave!<\/p>\n


\nTransformed, both look awesome.<\/p>\n


\nTransformers Device Label Jaguar (Ravage) on the left, versus Alternators Ravage, who transforms into a Jaguar XK car.<\/p>\n


\nPrime Rumble.<\/p>\n


\nIt can simulate the pummelling motion of the original Generation 1 character.<\/p>\n


\nNext to the very handsome Reveal The Shield Special Ops Jazz. The Prime series is shorter, smaller, and hollower, sadly.<\/p>\n


\nThere was also a Alternators Decepticon Rumble, with spring-loaded piledrivers.<\/p>\n


\nFor scale, a bunch of Masterpiece figures – Hasbro Masterpiece Optimus Prime with trailer, and Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-12 Sideswipe inside. On the left is Hasbro Masterpiece Soundwave, with Hasbro Masterpiece Thundercracker standing behind.<\/p>\n


\nLastly, a big gathering of pairs:
\n– TFC Hercules not-Devastator with Hasbro Fall Of Cybertron: Generation 2 Bruticus
\n– Fansproject Warbot Defender (one in robot mode, the other in armored vehicle mode)
\n– Alternators Jazz with Reveal The Shield Special Ops Jazz
\n– Classics Optimus Prime with THS-02 Hybrid Style Convoy (Optimus Prime)
\n– Cybertron Soundwave with Fall Of Cybertron Soundwave
\n– Prime Vehicon with Prime Vehicon First Edition<\/p>\n

Spot the Classics Kup behind, and a giant 11x11x11 Rubik’s Cube, behind the 5x5x5 V-Cube and 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube if you will!<\/p>\n

There will be more after this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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