Dremare's Transformers Reviews 2

Well, after finding out that I need to put my reviews in the feedback forums, I have a new thread, and another useless one that'll be never heard of again.

Now, I'm going to post my review of Octane/Tankor very soon.

Awesome, I'll look forward to reading your thoughts on the guy. Don't forget to add it to the existing thread, and also remember you can submit your review to our Resources section by hitting the "submit reply" button at the bottom of each entry.

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Originally Posted by Lance Halberd Sol Fury can be likened to a German clock. A very exact, complex, and tightly-wound precision instrument that occasionally goes cuckoo.

I really don't know what you're talking about.

Okay, here's the first review!!!

Tankor/Octane (for you older fans)

The Box:



Sorry, but I got Octane since last Saturday, and I was too excited to wait. But here it is. You can see his picture in the background,
obviously, the Transformers Universe logo, the Decepticon symbol, and a classic, the transforming skill level.



The back of the box has his bio, stats, a picture of him posing, the same picture in the front except mirror reversed, the Decepticon symbol, his alternate modes (out of the picture), the Transformers Universe logo, again, and another transforming skill level.

What I think:
The box format is overused. I mean, everytime Hasbro makes a new Transformer Series the Deluxe sizes are the same. I wish that Hasbro would think more creativity.

The Plane Mode:



The first vehicle mode you see, the plane form is a cargo plane. It's pretty convincing , except for one thing:



This. His fueler truck mode's cab is visible. One of my few minor complaints. Other complaints are:



Four of his wheels of his fueler truck mode can be seen from the bottom. Not very realistic, isn't it? Aw well, can't change what's been done.



I like the propellers of the plane, but sometimes they can be a pain. I'll cover why in his fueler truck review later. Anyways, here's the front.



The side.



And the back.

Transforming into Fueler Truck Mode:

Transforming to fueler truck mode is pretty simple.



Fold the side tail wings towards the middle tail wing until you heard a click.



Here it is from the side.



Next, split the tail end down the middle.



Pull the cab until the windshield faces you. (I am in the middle of it and taking a picture from the side.)



Turn the tail end halves until the wheels are are facing out. I took the picture in the process of doing it. Don't forget to pull the legs out.



Now here it is when you're done doing that step.



Fold the wings. Don't worry, there's a gear between the wings so when you fold it it the other wing does it the mirror image. Make sure the propellers are the same direction.



See that? Pull the hips towards the wings like that.



Now shorten the legs, like that.



Now push the legs together on the wings. If you worry that the wings might poke out, don't. There are holes on the wings, and also two tabs for the holes. It actually holds the wings very firmly.



Here's the front during mid-transformation.



Now notice the cockpit there, how it's sticking out. We'll change that.



See the chest plate? Front view.



Side view. Then you fold the chest plate.



Like that.



Now split the cockpit in half.



Now pull the cockpit half towards the "melee blade", and push a tab into a slot on the melee blade. Repeat with other side.



See the hand? Another minor complaint.



Now it's complete!!! Not!!!! You have to insert his guns to each side!!



Right side.



Left side.



Now it's complete.


The rest to come on the next post of the review.

God!!! I was going to post the second part of the review, but I had to leave to go watch my sister. When I finished, I tried to post it but it told me it couldn't!! So I'll post it tomorrow.

You should post this in the Tankor thread that already exists... though it was really good, I liked it.

I really want to make my own reviews in my own thread. I don't really want to post this in another thread. But I will soon upload a video of the octane review.

note: Review also has the voice recording of my little sister, Jello. I needed a camera person... even though it's on a tripod.

Photograph step-by-step of the transformation? Wow that's a lot of work. Seems like something best saved for a Youtube video. And I don't even watch those since all the video reviews I've seen take ten minutes to cover two minutes worth of content.

Yea. Unfortunately I saved it on the Hard Drive on the camcorder, and my brothers won't help me.

Right, about the Octane review.... I'll finish that much later. But as of right now, I present the Soundwave review!!



Soundwave Review:

Vehicle Mode:



Soundwave is a SUV, not his classic cassette player mode any more (It slightly disappoints me). He has a neon blue-green deco on him, painted on the sides and wheels (the neon blue-green appears to be a sky blue in the pictures sometimes). Notice the over-sized guitar on top of him. I'll get to that later. He also has opaque black for his windows.



On the front you can notice that he has a cassette player menu (I consider the pause, stop, play, fast forward, and rewind buttons the menu) for a bumper. Nice homages to the original Soundwave, Hasbro and Animated designers.



On the side, you'll notice that there is a cassette player stereo deco on him. More homages to the original Soundwave, good job Hasbro and Animated designers.



With the guitar removed, you can see that he has some gold paint on his roof, painted to look like a power button. This Animated toy has probably the most homages in the Animated line that I ever seen!



And on the bottom, you can't even see his robot mode parts!! This makes Soundwave my favorite Animated toy so far!!


Robot mode:



The robot mode is nice too, he has amps on his shoulders which are actually his wheels. His chest is opaque black, and if you open his chest, you can see that he has a equalizer bar (didn't take a picture of it; sorry). And like the front of his vehicle mode, he has a cassette player menu. On the back he has kibble that's painted to look like two more amps. His head has some very pointy red sunglass-like eyes, and his face is flat. But who cares? His arms are somewhat ape-like, being to touch his knees without even trying. He shows more gold in this mode than in vehicle mode.



Dramatic close-up!!!

Let's focus on his over-sized guitar.



So what's the point of the over-sized guitar, besides being the only "weapon" he comes with? Well, it transforms!!



Into everyone's favorite Decepticon bird spy, Laserbeak!! How cool is that?! Very!!

Here's some pictures of Soundwave holding Laserbeak in several ways I found out.



"Laserbeak, report."



Rock out!!

And one thing that no one has pointed out:



He can carry Laserbeak in guitar mode on his back like a true rocker!!! Isn't that cool or what!?

My Final Thoughts:

Soundwave is definitely worthy of being your first Animated Transformer, and why shouldn't you buy him!? Here are several pro's and con's from him:

Pro's:

• Agreeable Price
• Cool Alt. Mode
• Awesome Guitar/Laserbeak
• Spiffy colors
• It's Soundwave, what do you expect? He's cool

Con's:

• If you don't like Animated toys
• If you hate Soundwave
• If you hate what Animated has done

But overall to me, Soundwave is one of the coolest Animated toys I've gotten so far.

Stars: 10 out of 10



Rock on!! And live large!!!!


Edit: I added some more info to the review.
Edit Edit: I added my usual end review pictures to Soundwave's review because I forgot.