Title:
Soundwave Voyager Project Missing Laserbeak
Description:
Soundwave (Voyager Class, 2012)
Series / Number: 1 / #001
Takara ID number: TG13
Accessories: Laserbeak/Data disc, shoulder cannon
Known designers: Aaron Archer (Hasbro), Takashi Kunihiro (TakaraTomy)
Part of the first wave of 2012 Voyager Class Generations Fall of Cybertron toys, Soundwave is a larger mold, and comes with a shoulder cannon which can peg (via 5mm post) into his hands, right shoulder, and roof/back.
He also comes with Legends Class Laserbeak, who utilizes Soundwave’s main gimmick, storing and launching Laserbeak and other "data disc” minions. A button to the left of his head can be pressed to open his spring-loaded chest compartment, allowing up to three data discs to be stored inside. With discs stored, his back panel/roof now acts as a plunger, which can be moved forward in either mode to launch minions out. Launched minions should land on buttons on their undersides, thus triggering their spring-loaded transformation mechanisms and springing them into action! ...Hopefully.
As an undocumented feature, the seat on his vehicle roof holds Diaclone drivers (and by virtue of similar sizes, Star Wars Transformers pilots). Additionally, Soundwave’s trigger finger is molded into his left hand, presumably so he can push his own eject button.
For some reason, his stock photography and instructions depict him with the Generation 1 Optimus Prime toy’s Ion blaster accessory, which isn’t included with the final product.
The TakaraTomy release of Soundwave, part of the fourth wave of Japanese Generations toys, features different colors, using a more purple-ish metallic shade of blue and replacing almost all of his gray parts (the exceptions being his face and "grill”) with a much darker metallic shade. It also features none of the red and yellow paint details on his arms and legs, and renders the seat on his roof black. He features new paint applications in addition to those not present from the Hasbro version.
The Hasbro deco of Soundwave was repurposed as 2005 IDW continuity Soundwave in IDW’s Robots in Disguise comic series while the TakaraTomy deco of Soundwave was also repurposed as Cloud Soundwave. This mold was redecoed and retooled into Autobot Blaster.
Series / Number: 1 / #001
Takara ID number: TG13
Accessories: Laserbeak/Data disc, shoulder cannon
Known designers: Aaron Archer (Hasbro), Takashi Kunihiro (TakaraTomy)
Part of the first wave of 2012 Voyager Class Generations Fall of Cybertron toys, Soundwave is a larger mold, and comes with a shoulder cannon which can peg (via 5mm post) into his hands, right shoulder, and roof/back.
He also comes with Legends Class Laserbeak, who utilizes Soundwave’s main gimmick, storing and launching Laserbeak and other "data disc” minions. A button to the left of his head can be pressed to open his spring-loaded chest compartment, allowing up to three data discs to be stored inside. With discs stored, his back panel/roof now acts as a plunger, which can be moved forward in either mode to launch minions out. Launched minions should land on buttons on their undersides, thus triggering their spring-loaded transformation mechanisms and springing them into action! ...Hopefully.
As an undocumented feature, the seat on his vehicle roof holds Diaclone drivers (and by virtue of similar sizes, Star Wars Transformers pilots). Additionally, Soundwave’s trigger finger is molded into his left hand, presumably so he can push his own eject button.
For some reason, his stock photography and instructions depict him with the Generation 1 Optimus Prime toy’s Ion blaster accessory, which isn’t included with the final product.
The TakaraTomy release of Soundwave, part of the fourth wave of Japanese Generations toys, features different colors, using a more purple-ish metallic shade of blue and replacing almost all of his gray parts (the exceptions being his face and "grill”) with a much darker metallic shade. It also features none of the red and yellow paint details on his arms and legs, and renders the seat on his roof black. He features new paint applications in addition to those not present from the Hasbro version.
The Hasbro deco of Soundwave was repurposed as 2005 IDW continuity Soundwave in IDW’s Robots in Disguise comic series while the TakaraTomy deco of Soundwave was also repurposed as Cloud Soundwave. This mold was redecoed and retooled into Autobot Blaster.
Theme:
Generations War For Cybertron
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2012
Date Added:
2022-12-01 07:36:40
Date Added:
2022-12-01 07:36:40
