Title:
Soundwave
Description:
Soundwave (Mutant, 2000)
Soundwave is a deluxe-sized toy and can transform between bat and alligator forms. He has a panel on the chest of his bat mode that can be lifted to reveal mechanical parts. His robot face can be revealed within the bat’s mouth by pressing a spine on the back of the bat head.
He is a notable sufferer of GPS.
This mold was to be used to make Leatherhide, but that toy was ultimately canceled.
Notes
The four Mutants were originally developed as toys for the Animorphs line. But with that line’s cancellation, the molds were retooled to replace the human parts with robotic bits, as well as change the Animorphs logo to the new "Mutant” insignia. Design sketches from Transformers Generations 2017 indicate that Soundwave was to be one of the male characters on the team; judging by his head design, he would have been Marco.
Early pictures of Soundwave showed him with green plastic rather than brown, presumably on the whole "alligator=green” thing... leading to not only a damn strange-looking bat mode, but some color redundancy with Razor Claw. Although this redundancy may have been preferable to the inevitable Gold Plastic Syndrome instead.
It is implied that this Soundwave is the same as his Generation 1 namesake in the Beast Wars Sourcebook published by IDW. But then, considering how many errors are in the dang thing, feel free to take this factoid with a grain of salt.
Kreon Soundwave is made from several existing Kre-O pieces, in this case he uses the Rampage animal head (with small wing pieces to simulate bat ears), two spike pieces for ’claws’, and Grimwing’s wings (although the wings are directly on the arm-joint sections instead of using a back-pack piece). The tail is unique, though.
In the e-HOBBY comics, Soundwave’s body is modeled on the Titans Return Deluxe Class Mindwipe body and the Nightbeat head.
Soundwave is a deluxe-sized toy and can transform between bat and alligator forms. He has a panel on the chest of his bat mode that can be lifted to reveal mechanical parts. His robot face can be revealed within the bat’s mouth by pressing a spine on the back of the bat head.
He is a notable sufferer of GPS.
This mold was to be used to make Leatherhide, but that toy was ultimately canceled.
Notes
The four Mutants were originally developed as toys for the Animorphs line. But with that line’s cancellation, the molds were retooled to replace the human parts with robotic bits, as well as change the Animorphs logo to the new "Mutant” insignia. Design sketches from Transformers Generations 2017 indicate that Soundwave was to be one of the male characters on the team; judging by his head design, he would have been Marco.
Early pictures of Soundwave showed him with green plastic rather than brown, presumably on the whole "alligator=green” thing... leading to not only a damn strange-looking bat mode, but some color redundancy with Razor Claw. Although this redundancy may have been preferable to the inevitable Gold Plastic Syndrome instead.
It is implied that this Soundwave is the same as his Generation 1 namesake in the Beast Wars Sourcebook published by IDW. But then, considering how many errors are in the dang thing, feel free to take this factoid with a grain of salt.
Kreon Soundwave is made from several existing Kre-O pieces, in this case he uses the Rampage animal head (with small wing pieces to simulate bat ears), two spike pieces for ’claws’, and Grimwing’s wings (although the wings are directly on the arm-joint sections instead of using a back-pack piece). The tail is unique, though.
In the e-HOBBY comics, Soundwave’s body is modeled on the Titans Return Deluxe Class Mindwipe body and the Nightbeat head.
Theme:
Beast Wars
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2000
Date Added:
2022-02-27 18:31:58
Date Added:
2022-02-27 18:31:58
