First X orders only (500 is ringing a bell, but I'm not sure). And that could easily have gone to just a handful of retailers.

 

It's a real tight fit.

I only have SB but to get it to fit I stick one side in, and then as I press in the opposite side I apply pressure to that side of the cube in between its top and bottom walls with my thumb while holding the first side I stuck in with my fingers. That kind of bows the sidewall of the cube, giving you just enough clearance to click it into position.

It's probably an easy way to mess up the paint trim on the tape door though.

MS-B27 Cassette Tape(s) by Lockdowns_Trophy_Case on Shapeways

Come get your tapes, and pack Soundwave with your greatest hits!

 

this man gets it...well done

 

that was quick. say, can you customise that cassette to have a faux label? something like:

MOTLEY CRUE
Too Fast For Love

LION
Dangerous Attraction

etc.

 

should be able to make it say anything on a printer these days.

 

I'll give it a shot, but I don't know if there's going to be enough space for the text to be large enough to read.

 

DX9 is definitely a lot more fun to play with. Definitely whelmed by this release to be honest.

The tapes are awesome though. Would definitely buy more minions and I would be a sucker for repaints.

I definitely like the word definitely.

 

Soundblaster arrived yesterday and Soundwave today.

Luckily, all of my parts, pins, and accessories are there. Also, luckily joint tightness is the same between both figures, though on the weak side. MST really needs to get tighter and more consistent joints going on. I may have lucked out on this pair, but I really got some loosey goosey joints on my Seekers.

I was a big fan of DX9's Soundwave, and I feel like this is a great upgrade to that already good figure. He just looks so menacing and imposing in his robot mode, and that really captures the impression I had of him as a kid. Soundwave was always kind of scary in the sense that he wasn't emotional, didn't display much or any personality, and was just cold, calculating, and indifferent as he carried out his orders.

I still can't believe Frenzy and Rumble's noses are off center, though. That's going to be a tough one to fix.

I got transfer sheets with each figure. Anyone want one of them? I probably won't use either, but definitely wouldn't use both.

 

I really am curious how the noses are made. Heh, to me, it almost seems like maybe they used a syringe and just squeezed a tiny little dollop of hot plastic on the face and let it dry. After all, the head seems just way too small to make an actual face mold. So if that is the case, I wonder if the nose placement is random within a few micrometers, so there are folks out there with a nose actually in the center of the face. Or if whatever device they used to make the nose is just off and if they could just adjust it it would make properly centered noses. But its just too much effort for them since its really hard to see the jacked up nose unless you use a magnifying glass or zoom in with a camera so they don't care.

 

i really feel like these SW's and the seekers were just rushed out to compete with NA and to help battle the rona shutdown. i have no complaints especially with MS getting bots out sooner than later. but they do feel hella rush to me.

 

The head is definitely injection moulded. You can see the mould seams around the side of the head, and the injection point on the back of the head. Either it was such a small production error of the dies that they didn't think it was worth the expense to correct, or possibly it's an issue with material shrinkage during cooling, or not enough material being injected into the mould.

I don't think MST would have missed the nose being off center in their design files. It's almost certainly a production flaw.

 

I looked at it and it wouldn't be too hard to 3d print a new head, but the problem is the strength of 3d printed materials. The neck would snap before you could even get it into the figure, to say nothing of trying to pose it once it's installed.

 

Yep. I think their heads are actually smaller than the ones I did, but that long neck post is probably the big issue. I think you could seat a replacement in the socket alright, but putting leverage on the neck for movement is just going to lead to breakage.

 

i'd be interested in a sheet if still available. lmk thx!  

 

Got my Soundblaster, damn he's a cool little figure. Legends are like the crack, you try it and then you just gotta have more for no good reason.

 

he ain't THAT little! at least not compared to DX9/PT... LoL

i don't get why MS didn't use a round peg on the shoulder cannon like DX9??? that way you can actually rotate and aim it to different angles on the shoulder!  

 

Is there a proper way to get Laserbeak in the chest? Like a direction it should be facing? Also how far does the chest door open, I don’t wanna break it off but it doesn’t seem to open much.

This little Laserbeak is kind of amazing for how small it is, and the paint on this tiny nub of a Soundwave head is 200% nicer than the paint on my MP-13 Soundwave.

 

the chest door will go to a full 90° pretty easily. maybe more but i dont remember. but it should be really easy to get the birds in.

 

Got my Soundwave and cassettes today. Soundwave's left was sheared off at the hip. Pretty disappointing.
Cassettes are neat though. I have my DX9 Soundwave and cassettes out and it is a crazy difference. It has only been a few years and innovations are amazing. Especially since the larger Hot Soldier cassettes almost same level of articulation as the the DX9 ones.

 

I’m not so sure of that. It felt more like 60 degrees was the its limit when I was last fiddling with it.

And...

There is a very good reason:
They’re slagging adorable!