Another Hasbro website product listings update

Soundwave
Sky Shadow
Wing Saber

Still missing: Swindle, Swerve and all Mini-Con two-packs.

EDIT:

I think the page for Trans-Mutate is new too.

Hmmm...
I am looking soooo forward to Soundwave, but the bio I can do without. As one of my fav Gen1, I always liked him as the loyal, second-in-command, not this two faced, stab you in the back kind of guy. That position is filled by Starscream and Sideways.
And Wingsaber still has no wing sabers, but I'm pretty sure that is has been confirmed that the US version come with them. Just lazy picture taking.

So Sky Shadow is actually Jetfire in disguise? Interesting...

It's an interesing bio, but the toy is still a repaint. I'd rather we get Menasor sooner and save the repaints for the end of the line. Oh well.

Well you're in luck, because this isn't G1 Soundwave and he can be a whole new character.

Really, I had no idea...

IMO, if hasbro is using his likeness, using his name, using his little bird friend, they would continue to use the same type of personality. What is the point of a homage, if they are going change it. Call him something else if it doesn't 'complete' the homage. For example, we all know who Starscreme is, and with the exception of Energon, he was a power-hungry follower of Megatron, who would take any opportunity to kill Megs or overthrow him. Would any of us accept Starscreme as anything but that? Why is Soundwave different?

that's pretty cool that Sky Shadow is Jetfire in disguise ~ to bad the couldn't have molded some kind of "flip" symbol onto him or something so he could change sides

plus kind of funny that he's (iirc) the first repaint that really is officially a repaint

"all the slammin' shorties in the house say "yeah!""
—Optimus Prime

You didn't actually watch Armada, did you?

Armada Starscream. Not power hungry, and had a lot of respect for Megatron and the Decepticon cause. Ultimately, he wanted only what was best for the Decepticons as a whole, but he did not want to have to overthrow Megatron to do it unless absolutely necessary.
Strangely enough he is also one of the most liked Starscreams, as well as being the most divergant from the original.

Also, reading this bio, there's nothing in there that would contradict the original Soundwave that much, either. He's different, and presented as more of a tactician, but the original could have been too, had someone other than Megatron been leader. See, for example, the Japanese TF G1 game. Soundwave there has some similarities with the Soundwave presented here - in the game, he uses some subtle plotting to eliminate his enemies, but he is still G1 Soundwave.

Ultimately though if you don't like it that's your call. Just remember the bio isn't gospel, and the first line of the bio gives you a get out clause - Soundwave is just one of his many names.


On another note, I love Sky Shadow's bio. Clever explanation of why he's a repaint, as well as fitting in with the personality of the character. I wonder what his Cyber Key bio will be?

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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.

Also worth noting is that the pictures for much of the Cyber Key code info are now working.

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