Third party group Mega Steel have updated their Weibo account with a color image of their unofficial Blaster toy. Named Buster, they are saying this figure will be in the hands of reviewers (which we presume includes TFW’s own Vangelus) later this month, and the final version is expected to be in production by the middle of January 2015.
Check out the image and see what you think.
Hyoumaru
I regret not buying one, but I got UT Soundmixer so I'll live.
jamarmiller
My only regret is I didnt buy 1 more
Rockdown
Solid, solid as a rock. And nothing's changed it.
The13Primes
So ive had 2 megasteel granvilles crumble on me
whats this guy like
TFXProtector
Anyone selling theirs?
Max Rawhide
Yeah, I stand corrected. Of course, I was talking about UT Soundmixer (not Buster). But the only "recent" deluxe I had was Animated Rodimus, and that was a minimal difference. (Bought Triggerhappy earlier this week and was shocked how small that one was.)
Also, I didn't say he was the same size as a deluxe, I said I consider UT Soundmixer to be a deluxe. This not so much because of his size, but more because of his lithe figure. Buster is much more wide, but Soundmixer is a very slim figure.
Still, sizewise he's indeed closer to a voyager.
That said, Siege Soundwave is head shorter than Buster/Soundmixer and those are a head shorter than previous voyagers. So the final conclusion remains: Siege Soundwave is pretty small for a voyager class figure.
gibdozer
I agree he does fit better, his alt mode and transformation are much better too. The best way I can put it is Soundmixer feels "stiff" he never really looked dynamic in any pose to me. Buster is a straight up POS, his joints suck, alt mode is orange Soundwave, and his color palette is ridiculous. Man he can strike a pose though!
MrUniqZ
Under the previous(and probably the current) CHUG scale, that photo is about right. Sound mixer fits in, probably a smidge better.
gibdozer
Nope,
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Almost T30 Springer hieght and much larger than modern and older deluxes.
gibdozer
Idk, I had them both at the same time and decided to keep the MS over the UT. Niether is really a great figure imo. Unique toys is better in many ways but I feel MS is more fun and poseble in robot mode. Definitely has his own set of issues though being just a downsized MP Soundwave with abusive use of diecast and poor joints.
jamarmiller
looking online , it doest seem like too many people bought this guy as I cant find that many reviews. I love mine. hes amazing, first guy that I can say belongs standing next to MP 10v. I cannot believe this or anyone hasnt done the blue twincast version either .
MrUniqZ
I have soundmixer but after seeing the shapeways head I’m going to pick this guy. Maybe turn one of them into twincast colors.
breaux man
Yeah, the original head comes off easily…just unscrew it and take it apart. The Shapeways head is held together by friction, which is pretty substantial once you paint it. I was thinking about getting another one of these and painting it as Twincast or as Soundwave because this is basically a downscaled MP Soundwave…I would just need to figure out the crotch area….leaning toward Twincast though…it was pretty easy to disassemble to paint…my paint skills are just garbage.
carry on…
Max Rawhide
Holy crap, is Siege Sounwave that small?!?
Haven't seen a single Siege figure in stored yet, but that's pretty small. I Always consider UT Soundmixer who's about the same size as Buster a deluxe, not a voyager.
jamarmiller
that looks great ! does the light piping part come out easily ? just unscrew it ? I might color my eyes blue when it comes in too. That really helps a lot I think
was there no upgrades for this produced ? reprolabels ?
I CANT BELIEVE I didnt know about this before. I knew about the unique toys one but not this.
I said it once before but Ill say it again , too bad no one has produced a twin cast of this one or the Unique toys one. Would have been nice to have this as one and the other as the other one so that each toy is unique.
I really need a twin cast in my collection !
breaux man
painted Buster red and added a Shapeways head…
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jamarmiller
I just bought one because of these pics showing him with seige soundwave
Wish either Unique toys or these guys would have done a blue repaint from the Headmasters tv show. really sucks NOBODY did one. would have been nice to have one of these in blue and one of these in regular colors.
Hoping Seige does a Blaster just so they eventually do a blue one so I can finally have a good decent Twin cast. My resissue Twin cast just doesnt fit my boys collection anymore when he has this and the unique toys one
breaux man
Sorry to bump a necro thread, but I kept looking at Siege Soundwave and thinking about this Mega Steel Buster…
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carry on…
Max Tower
Yeah seems like Chug scale doesn't he and he is bulkier than the Unique toys one – and much bigger in alt mode in terms of mass displacement.
I like both.
gvajmo
Guess we could give him 16 cm, that's 6.3 inches.
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