Title:
Soundwave
Description:
Soundwave (Battle 3-Pack, 2020)
TakaraTomy ID number: WFC-14
TakaraTomy release date: February 20, 2021
Accessories: Concussion Blaster, Sonic Cannon, Charge Blaster (all combine to form Mega-Blaster), Laserbeak and Ravage Micromasters
Concurrent with the Earthrise toyline and season of the Netflix War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon, this version of Soundwave is an extensive retool of his Siege figure with new parts (approximately 70% of the original Siege mold has been replaced) that allow him to transform into his iconic tape deck mode, but strangely has the red accents on his weapons and forearms removed. Unlike the other Voyager Class toys, Soundwave is spotless, much like the majority of the Earthrise toyline. Soundwave also comes with his signature tapes, Laserbeak and Ravage, both of which were decoed in cassette-styled details and received new heads. He retains the chest door tooling from the original version of the mold instead of the Soundblaster retool, and still features the pinned-swivel landing struts on his forearms from the original Siege mold, although they serve no purpose for the retool’s transformation. Unlike in the stock render (prominently featured on the packaging’s backside), the final Soundwave toy features a red visor.
There are many reported cases where all of his unpaintable joints are prone to photodegradation.
Ravage is a retool of the Micromaster figure, featuring details based on the original Generation 1 toy, silver painted eyes instead of red, and a new growling face.
Hound’s cage accessory included in the War for Cybertron Trilogy Deluxe Centurion Drone Weaponizer Pack is compatible with this figure (and the Siege one above).
This Laserbeak is a redeco/new head retool of the Micromaster figure above, featuring a new Earth-mode cartoon-accurate head.
Laserbeak and Ravage are packed with Soundwave, promoting the Earthrise season of the War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon. Like all of the Netflix-branded subset of War for Cybertron Trilogy toys, Soundwave was a Walmart exclusive in the United States and Canada.
Soundwave is one of two puzzling Netflix-branded figures that have become extra rare and valuable for a mutual set of confusing reasons; the other is Bumblebee. Most Netflix figures try to depict characters as they appeared on the War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon, favoring Cybertronian alt modes and extra battle damage, but that was not the goal for Soundwave and Bumblebee. Instead, with clean paint jobs and never-seen-on-Netflix Earth alt modes, they might be the most G1-faithful available versions of their characters in the Generations toyline era.
If you actually wanted a toy that resembles Soundwave from Netflix TV, then you’re looking for the Siege release from 2019.
TakaraTomy ID number: WFC-14
TakaraTomy release date: February 20, 2021
Accessories: Concussion Blaster, Sonic Cannon, Charge Blaster (all combine to form Mega-Blaster), Laserbeak and Ravage Micromasters
Concurrent with the Earthrise toyline and season of the Netflix War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon, this version of Soundwave is an extensive retool of his Siege figure with new parts (approximately 70% of the original Siege mold has been replaced) that allow him to transform into his iconic tape deck mode, but strangely has the red accents on his weapons and forearms removed. Unlike the other Voyager Class toys, Soundwave is spotless, much like the majority of the Earthrise toyline. Soundwave also comes with his signature tapes, Laserbeak and Ravage, both of which were decoed in cassette-styled details and received new heads. He retains the chest door tooling from the original version of the mold instead of the Soundblaster retool, and still features the pinned-swivel landing struts on his forearms from the original Siege mold, although they serve no purpose for the retool’s transformation. Unlike in the stock render (prominently featured on the packaging’s backside), the final Soundwave toy features a red visor.
There are many reported cases where all of his unpaintable joints are prone to photodegradation.
Ravage is a retool of the Micromaster figure, featuring details based on the original Generation 1 toy, silver painted eyes instead of red, and a new growling face.
Hound’s cage accessory included in the War for Cybertron Trilogy Deluxe Centurion Drone Weaponizer Pack is compatible with this figure (and the Siege one above).
This Laserbeak is a redeco/new head retool of the Micromaster figure above, featuring a new Earth-mode cartoon-accurate head.
Laserbeak and Ravage are packed with Soundwave, promoting the Earthrise season of the War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon. Like all of the Netflix-branded subset of War for Cybertron Trilogy toys, Soundwave was a Walmart exclusive in the United States and Canada.
Soundwave is one of two puzzling Netflix-branded figures that have become extra rare and valuable for a mutual set of confusing reasons; the other is Bumblebee. Most Netflix figures try to depict characters as they appeared on the War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon, favoring Cybertronian alt modes and extra battle damage, but that was not the goal for Soundwave and Bumblebee. Instead, with clean paint jobs and never-seen-on-Netflix Earth alt modes, they might be the most G1-faithful available versions of their characters in the Generations toyline era.
If you actually wanted a toy that resembles Soundwave from Netflix TV, then you’re looking for the Siege release from 2019.
Theme:
Transformers War For Cybertron Trilogy
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Barcode:
5010993768738
Year:
2020
Country:
United States
Release Date:
2021-02-20
Size:
7 in
Series:
Netflix Edition
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$65.00
Automatic Estimated Date:
2024-10-16
Date Added:
2021-03-02 17:50:05