You might want to try to pose his feet like this, to add some height to him :

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc167/knotje/TF_reviews/SoundWave_01.jpg

 

I love him. He's my favorite Soundwave yet.

When changing to the space cruiser mode, the wings on the sides should clip into the panels on the shoulders.

 

Heh.....I ended up dong the same thing as Brakescream. Even with the phone without knowing it.

 

Here's my take on Soundwave. Maaaaan, I'm really behind everyone else on these things, but then, I just never intended to get the toys to begin with. Damn you plastic addiction!

 

this figure is trash. You just cannot play with him. His robot mode falls all over the place, and none of his parts seem to clip on anywhere. Not solid at all. Jet and sattelite mode are ok though, but really, they could have made a better job for him to stay in place. A lot of movie style figures seem to have this problem. I'm getting sick of it. Parts need to stay on together in order to make solid figures. Why won't hasbro understand this?

 

I just got this toy, and it is the worst Transformer I've purchased in years. Its robot mode is constantly folding in on itself, his arms have incredibly frustrating articulation, his left hip folds in so easily that he can't stand up, his thighs pop apart so easily that it's impossible to move the legs without having them disconnect, none of his modes peg together, and the neck refuses to stay in place. It is as bad, or even worse than PCC Double-Clutch. I cannot understand how anyone enjoys this toy.

 

the headsculpt rocks though.

 

Now imagine if somebody got a copy of this toy thtt didn't have the devil's QC you got saddled with. I mean, damn that's crazy. Mine only had the loose torso, but I fixed that.

 

Yeah, no argument there. I'm probably going to keep it until the DotM one comes out so I can try head-swapping them. Then if that works I'm going to physically destroy the rest of the toy.
Edit:

You're probably right about that. Might be a better idea to try to fix it than to just return it.  

 

you dont like the look of the dotm soundwave head?

 

Okay, I found a way to make his chest stay in place. It nullifies most of the shoulder articulation, but frankly there wasn't much of that to begin with.

Eh, the sculpting itself looks fine. It's just painfully lacking in paint.

 

I think I may try a head-swap with Que... whenever he decides to show up. Not only would it be wonderfully twisted irony, it actually looks good (and not just because it's "geewuny"):


I wish there was an easy way to salvage the other RotF Soundwave head, even if it was just to pop it on the "front" of its own body.

 

With a small blade and some patience, you just might be able to free it from the figure. Not sure if it would hold together, though.