That is a sure way to fail as a 3rd party company

This should be relegated to pictures only. Does not float my boat

 

Well, that too...  

 

^This!


In the hands of another 3rd party designer like Fansproject or hell, even iGear this COULD have been something cool but this looks a mess. Spindly from the front with too big an upper torso and from the side the whole thing is a mess. The cassette mode while detailed has WAY too many gaps on it and the finish of the thing makes it look less like a high quality 3rd Party piece and more like a hand made garage kit which reading this review of how may of this particular version were made, isn't too far off.


They have some serious QC issues to work out before this comes close for mass production but either way, I'm sticking with my Device Label, thanks.

 

Looks OK, but doesn't live up to the art on which it's based (but what does?) I am pretty impressed with the detail level on the tape recorder mode though.

I'm still on the Music Label Soundwave side here too.

 

He looks cool. I'll wait till the mass release w more input. I completely forgot about this guy anyways.

 

Gahhh, I cancelled my preorder after in hand pics from BotCon started surfacing, and this review has made me feel VERY confident that that was the right call.

I was looking forward to cassette storage, and in a new odd-ball color scheme I might bite as a *different*tape-Guardian, just to add variety to the universe, but the final product just does NOT look enough like Soundwave, and the QC issues are the final nail in the coffin.

20-30 bucks mass produced, you KNOW I'd buy it, but as an 80 buckaroo drop, I don't have THAT much pure 3rd Party love :/

D/L

 

Well slag! I really don't know what to think about this now. He looks awesome in alt mode sans the gap issue, and the paint apps look awesome. I also dig the overall size of him. But those knees, bell-bottom for legs, and the supposed overall "looseness" of the toy is disappointing. I think that I may pick one up later with price reduction.

 

Eeeeeew.....his head is tiny, reversed knees, thin waist, overly bulky arms and legs, a cassette player mode that has a load of gaps in it......

Looked bad during the prototype stage and still looks bad now.....

 

Damn. I wanted this thing to kick ass. Not suck it. Goes to cancell preorder.

Just wondering, does the Classic Ravage/Botcon Glit fits inside?

 

If the head looked alittle bit better I would of got it. The prototype G1 look head was a A+ fit.... So what happend?

 

This thing had so much potential when I first heard about it and saw a prototype of just the alt mode.

Oh well... I save myself some money  

 

Well that's a shame.



I never planned on getting it myself but was excited to hear about that gorgeous design getting the toy treatment, ah well.

 

Thanks for taking one for the team and posting the review. Definitely passing on this one. I saw it at the show and got super excited because of the nice packaging, but came to my senses and blew money on other stuff instead.

 

Yikes.

 

i got one to at botcon and i think they all have issues thankfully the guy gave me his business card and told me to contact him for replacement parts if necessary

 

Thanks for this review. I was on the fence about him, but this review made Soundwave an EASY PASS. I literally cannot wait to NOT spend my money on this.

Reversed knees are inexcusable. Knees are the only thing that holds me back from putting Classics re-issue Soundblaster on my Classics Shelf as Soundwave. If this one doesn't fix that, then WTF do I need it for?

Aside from that, this is a fuck ugly and floppy figure now that we can see it up close.

 

That's...just awful.

Nice try guys. If it ended up looking like the actual arwork, it'd be bought in a second, but it looks as clunky as all Hell.

 

Are you positive on the knees? These look like they would bend backward.

 

Sculpt is awesome, looseness can be fixed. Sold!

 

Thanks for the review, it's a shame he can't be posed too well. I was waffling on getting this and now i think i'll have to pass.