G1 Soundwave’s reissue revealed

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    Mine was like that. Got off work and they said "6 in stock" on Brickseek but nothing to be seen, not even up high in the cases. Went home and took a nap, got up and it was down to a stock of 3. Got there and it was down to 2.

    O_O

    It's clearly a get on it or it's gone thing at the store level right now.
     
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    Jesus Christ, I’m not sure there’s any justifiable reason for twelve Soundwaves in your trunk. I don’t really care if it’s you buying it off a scalper or sending one to everyone you know in Mexico. I’m not cool with it and I’ll never be. Sorry. Maybe if it was three weeks into the run, but too many people still struggling to get theirs.
     
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    Well that was quick. Wonder if it was a glitch or if they actually sold their online stock that quickly. Also the walmart I got mine from is down to one now. I was actually feeling pretty silly about running around late last night but now I'm feeling vindicated.

    Still plenty of cassettes around here, though, which I find odd. 12 per case which means 6 of each. 6 Soundwaves per case means there's one of each tape for each Soundwave (each store around here seems to have gotten one case of each) so you'd think they'd be disappearing at a pretty similar rate.
     
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    Still nothing showing in stock on brick seek in the RI area. I always find it odd that I live the next town over from Hasbro and things seem to take the longest to get to my area.
     
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    Hahahaha, well after the minibots adventure I don't expect anything less from WM's website. Along with cancelled orders.
     
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    I dunno... after posting a pic of 12 in the back of his car, I think he kinda does.

    Out of stock.

    [​IMG]
     
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    Went to my local Walmart and found one. Not going to cancel the one I ordered. First person who wants it PM me. Just pay price plus shipping.
     
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    The odd thing when I found mine was, they had the cassettes out and Soundwaves out. There were two Soundwaves (I grabbed both, one for me and one for my wife) and they had an odd number of cassettes. 2 Frenzy (Rumble...we all know Rumble is blue) and Laserbeak and 3 Rumble and Ravage ones. We left and left the single Rumble and Ravage cassette pack on the shelf for someone.

    I mean, if you're going to buy this stuff, who would buy Soundwave and leave one pack of the cassettes and get the other? I can't believe the store got an uneven amount of stock. My wife said maybe the person couldn't afford all of it but seriously, if you're going to buy $70 dollars of this stuff, $20 more to go all in isn't that much of a financial stretch.
     
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    Ok..went in to the Wal-Mart 2 miles away and got my complete set. There were 5 Soundwave and I didn't count the sets of cassettes, but appeared to be plenty. Perhaps they had just out them out. I didn't even know about these until I came to the forum today.
    Soundwave was my first Transformer I got back in 84 so I am a bit sentimental about this one. I couldn't resist.
     
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    Unless you have $86 in your bank account till pay day. *Raises hand*
     
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    I can’t find a working link for the cassettes. Anyone have any luck with that? The links for cassettes that folks posted earlier don’t seem to be working.
     
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    I hope everyone wanting these releases can get them, but I'm glad I don't have to try chasing these down. I still have my prior Soundwave reissues and have my fond memories of opening my original in the 80s. Shockingly, it just occurred to me this week that I have never owned G1 original or reissues of Rumble and Frenzy (although I have the masterpieces). I have enough Ravages and Laserbeaks not to chase down the carded sets just to get the others, so thankfully I'll be able to get Rumble and Frenzy via Pulse's releases with the dinosaur tapes I need anyhow.

    It is a little disappointing to see some of the QC issues shown on this release, but I guess this reissue mold have been putting some work in over the years (2003, 2007, 2009, 2012). It's nice to see people are finding the boxes in decent condition, at least.

    Hopefully Slugfest and Overkill have a shot at coming out again, too. Still have my originals, but wouldn't mind seeing them re-released. Come to think of it, I do need Squawkbox since I never had Squawktalk and Beastbox. If those two and Enemy are released again, I'll be content. :) 
     
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    Ugh, please be there for one more week!!! I see 5 in stock in my local store but it won't let me reserve one!
     
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    If you tell us right before, you could cancel your order and should give someone the chance to grab it online (in theory). Might be easier than you trying to deal with logistics.
     
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    All of these are reissues from Walmart, except Megatron who is a pre-rub original (well, most of him - bought him broken and then bought other parts separately and restored him so who knows which waves the rest of him are from, and added stickers from toyhax).

    [Edit] And a comparison with MP Soundwave which has just become my favorite photo I've ever taken.
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    Found everything this evening. The cassettes were just scattered around in the clearance section. I walked past them 5 or 6 times before I noticed them. Cards were beat to hell, and the bubble was coming up on ravage on the one I picked up. But I'm an opener and it's over with.
     
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