Derrick Wyatt the character designer/art director for Transformers Animated has posted an image of Ratbat on his blog. This new image comes in the wake of Toy Fair which took place this past weekend in which a Electrostatic Soundwave with Ratbat toy was announced by Hasbro. Could this new image confirm that Ratbat will be in Transformers Animated season 3? We will update with more details when they become available.
Zaraxion1021
Sweet~ Hoping to see Soundwave/Soundblaster in season 3 though…
lieutenantjazz
SWEET! You gotta love the Bat.
AniProwl
Ratbat looks creepily awesome
Skunky
I think we need Ravage, he just needs to be a solo character like in BeastWars and Binaltech. It's possible I'm just saying that cause I want a beefy ravage toy and not a waffle-thin instrument fig, though.
SteamFan42
If this release trend kept up, we'd have an Animated Soundwave Rock Band group by the end of this year. Cool.
Takeout
I might actually buy Electrostatic Soundwave. I don't really like the mold (make it a Voyager!), but Ratbat makes up for it.
Dom
I still don`t know how/if they will work Ratbat & Lazerbeak into the show? I have been racking my brain for ideas and just can`t think of any. Would be great to see the other 3 cassettes though somehow. At least rumble and frenzy is 2 bots out of one mold, we know Hasbro loves repaints
aussiehippy
Or "New Soundwave" if you prefer the silly dubs of HM
evebird
Yes, it was indeed Derrik that said that.
Tash
Yeah, this month's issue of the Transformer's collector magazine had his bio and a picture of him in robot mode. He looks kind of like a crow.
(he also says "Rawwwwwk!", but it's unknown if that's meant to be a squawking noise or Laserbeak expressing his love of Rock and Roll)
SPLIT LIP
Win. I'm deffinately grabbing Soundblaster and Ratbat now.
Ravage1976
And it was Derrik not Marty
Swave
Electrostatic Soundwave is definitly a Soundblaster Homage
squawkbox74
my, what a crappy alt. mode you have
transmetal2dinobot
awesome!
i figured he'd be a keytar or something like that. now we just need a rumble/frenzy combiner drumkit, buzzsaw bass and…. nah no need for ravage now.
dark69
i hope so hes so cool
Nachtsider
Given how big a Transformers buff Derrick is, I wouldn't be surprised if Electrostatic Soundwave was a Soundblaster homage.
Ratbat appearing in the cartoon would make me one happy clam.
T-Logicon
yes. re-built as Soundblaster.
T-Logicon
awesome! I like the re-color of Soundwave and getting Ratbat with him is just an extra bonus.
escatron
isnt this soundwave repainted in his rebuilt from after he and blaster beat each other to death in the japanese G1 continuation?