I just had my own Soundwave arrive today (bought it last week). Such a great figure and I watched this video before I bought it to see if it’s worth it (I can’t wait for the upcoming Studio Series one so I had to get this now plus it was really cheap for being in such out of the package quality). As the case with all current Transformers figures the part that wouldn’t join on yours at the leg sits nice and tight on mine. I added some silver on the discs on the arms just now and it adds that bit more I love it so much
Soundwave never killed Wheeljack in the movie like most people think. It was barricade and some other decepticon that killed wheeljack but it was barricade that delivered the kill shot to wheeljack
I wish they would at least release Soundwave and Wheeljack down here in New Orleans for maybe as a chase figure for the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Makes sense to me. :)
I find that it looks OK when plugged into the forearm of the HA. It's one of the main reasons I caved and got this figure, so that my HA SW would have a decent gun.
I really like this figure. I dont even mind the negative points about it, not even the lack of silver paint. I just wish it was more easily obtainable :(
With a bit of force you can flip the roof section around onto his back in robot mode. Feels a little scary at first but once you do, he looks so much better from the front. Another great review :)
Great review Optibotimus, I have been waiting to buy this figure for a long time, and I have been waiting to see a good detailed video review of this guy and your review has defiantly convinced me to buy this Soundwave figure. Keep up the great work!
There is a way to fix the grey bit floating between his legs. This might be hard to explain, so you may not understand. You know how the grey block untabs from two ports on his legs, and then goes up between his legs to cause and annoyance. Cut the grey piece in half, then glue one half into one port and one half into the other. The annoying grey piece will then end up on his knees as a sort of knee pad! This is just an idea on how to deal with it.
to make the bits on the legs lock into place put one finger on top of the hole and another one on the back of the dark blue piece and squeeze! they require some pretty accurate alignment to go together but it does work! good luck
They had these in a Dark of the Moon display at Kohls during holiday season 2011, along with Air Raid, Mud Flap, Skids and Que I wish 11 year old me knew better lol
There actually was. The wave after this one was going to feature sound blaster, as well as a G1 color Wheeljack with a G1-ish-er head. Still, great review, I love this sound wave mold over any other! Good thing I got him!
It'd be nice if a third party reproduced this figure and improved it by making the backpack collapse and integrate into the robot to maybe even give it more bulk. Also for the legs to look more angular
animated figures were actually still on shelves in my nearby stores for about a month or so when the new movie figures started rolling in. i didnt get a chance to see the first edition prime figures.. which sucks
If you want to lock the MechTech weapon, there is a way to loop a small rubber band around the tip of the gun and the back of the gun. I prefer to have the gun in satellite mode, so I use this a lot ***** .
There are 2: What you are talking about is what brought the 2nd wave of autobots to Earth (Sideswipe, Skids, etc) And the ark is the rotting metal wreck on the moon.
Thanks for the review! I enjoyed this figure at first, but then I went back to paying attention to my HA Soundwave for a day and I never went back to the deluxe :P It's not just the lack of paint on the car body, but the clear windows really REALLY hurt the vehicle mode. Plus the mechtech is the most stupidly over-sized one yet, although it works well with voyager or leader class figures.
Floating block between the legs aside, it's a really well done figure. I also really like the mechtech weapon. I hope you do paint it somehow or something cause I think a new paint job would enhance the look exponentially. Nice figure and great review.
You might want to use an airbrush if you're going to paint it ( of course it would be more worth it's money if you decide to paint more things like model kits etc. ). Just don't forget to tape the windows and wheels so the paint won't splash everywhere, also if there are parts from underneath exposed and you want to paint those as well, paint those parts in robot mode because else the limbs will be painted... sadly i've made that mistake with human alliance soundwave.
The back of the packaging says "Deception Soundwave". Fun spelling mistakes! The part where you can lock in the parts to his knees at 6:30, it kinda helps if you bend his knees a little where the blue plastic meets his "calf" piece. Although on my figure only the left one stays snug.
spray paint it silver. cover the wheels in plastic bags and get some proper modellers masking tape (tamiya make some) and it'll go on smooth. Failing that, buy silver paint and the require thinner and just carefully build up coates until the surface of the car is done, then gloss coat. If it's your only soundwave, then maybe not, if you already have one, then why not take the jump and paint it?
He looks awesome! :) I've seen the Takara one, but it has this all black and grey paintjob, and I've been pretty iffy about it. I like this one better because the colors look more like the ones in the movie. :) I do agree that his vehicle form would look a lot nicer if they had given it the same metallic silver paintjob that they gave his head. He still looks pretty cool, and I'll definitely keep an eye out for him on eBay. :)
opitbotimus, i love you man. you are the one who helps me through some of the biggest pains transforming some of these things. i just got darkside soundwave and for the life of me i was stuck and you help a ton. do you like the new repaint? almost a movieverse soundblaster in my opinion.
I'm curious, can the Human alliance Soundwave hold the deluxe Soundwave's gun? I assume it would look better on the HA version. Thanks for reviewing these harder to find DOTM figures. I hope to find them one day.
This seems to be the case with most figures nowadays, the initial release of the mold is lacking in the paint department while the subsequent repaints are more "decked out". One from the DOTM line that you mentioned that comes to mind is deluxe Starscream. He was rather dull, while Thundercracker on the other hand looked fantastic. *sigh* Like Paul said, it's all about the cost. The toys have already been downsized, paint would be the next thing to go.
Great review dude. Thanks for sharing! Great looking figure, just sucks that they decided to cancel some of these figures. I have the cyberverse version of sound wave. That version is pretty neat too.
There's no need to give Soundwave bad reviews because he killed Wheeljack, Soundwave was merely seeing if his gun still works, it was so nice of Wheeljack to volunteer to help him test it, Wheeljack is so good at fixing things don't you agree?
or maybe in transformers prime line, cause at march i found cyberverse(legion class) figure form tranformers prime and it said "mirage"and a repaint from legion class revenge of the fallen sideways.
If they had done the same transformation in the legs for the HA version it would have been perfect, or at least so much better. That would have relieved it from all that arm kibble and gave it sturdier legs at the same time... But that's just my opinion...
Great review. My roommate backed out of going to botcon so I won't be going :( at least I have a lot of extra money now to spend on figures like this. Although, I think I may get FE Prime Prime first
This is a really good looking figure. It sucks that I never got the chance to get him because he wasn't released in America :`( I have the ROTF Soundwave which is kind of a butt toy.
His MechTech weapon should have been a little Laserbeak that could transform into a satellite dish.
That would've been badass but the one he came with is already pretty impressive
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Skye Moyer umm okay but there would be no toy that included a gun that he used to kill Que/Wheeljack
You kinda predicted the future here. SS Soundwave comes with a little Laserbeak :D
@@lizzyvantromp5082 Barricade did that. Soundwave almost did that to Bumblebee
I’m so glad I waited 8 years for the vastly superior Studio Series version of this figure
R.I.D Scourge I’m with ya there
I have both now ;)
I really like you're videos in general, especially the one on deluxe Leadfoot. You did a really nice job on that one. The review was really good!
Soundwave Aknowladges. optimbotimus Classified As...Superior.
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You are now my favorite reviewer
I just had my own Soundwave arrive today (bought it last week). Such a great figure and I watched this video before I bought it to see if it’s worth it (I can’t wait for the upcoming Studio Series one so I had to get this now plus it was really cheap for being in such out of the package quality). As the case with all current Transformers figures the part that wouldn’t join on yours at the leg sits nice and tight on mine. I added some silver on the discs on the arms just now and it adds that bit more
I love it so much
Soundwave never killed Wheeljack in the movie like most people think. It was barricade and some other decepticon that killed wheeljack but it was barricade that delivered the kill shot to wheeljack
I wish they would at least release Soundwave and Wheeljack down here in New Orleans for maybe as a chase figure for the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Makes sense to me. :)
10:48 The allspark! Soundwave, the Allspark is in between your legs!
lol
@@XtraRiot hey buster
Is that the allspark between your legs or are you just happy to see me
kick ass reviews
I find that it looks OK when plugged into the forearm of the HA. It's one of the main reasons I caved and got this figure, so that my HA SW would have a decent gun.
i wish they released this. i LOVE the way he looks in dotm
"Sound wave superior auto bots inferior" quoted by sound wave in transformers prime
The original quote was from the original 1986 animated movie.
I really like this figure. I dont even mind the negative points about it, not even the lack of silver paint. I just wish it was more easily obtainable :(
I love this Soundwave figure!!! The bigger version didn't look good at all.
With a bit of force you can flip the roof section around onto his back in robot mode. Feels a little scary at first but once you do, he looks so much better from the front. Another great review :)
Great review Optibotimus, I have been waiting to buy this figure for a long time, and I have been waiting to see a good detailed video review of this guy and your review has defiantly convinced me to buy this Soundwave figure. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for the transformation help. I couldn't get my darkside soundwave into car mode.
There is a way to fix the grey bit floating between his legs. This might be hard to explain, so you may not understand. You know how the grey block untabs from two ports on his legs, and then goes up between his legs to cause and annoyance. Cut the grey piece in half, then glue one half into one port and one half into the other. The annoying grey piece will then end up on his knees as a sort of knee pad! This is just an idea on how to deal with it.
to make the bits on the legs lock into place put one finger on top of the hole and another one on the back of the dark blue piece and squeeze! they require some pretty accurate alignment to go together but it does work! good luck
They had these in a Dark of the Moon display at Kohls during holiday season 2011, along with Air Raid, Mud Flap, Skids and Que I wish 11 year old me knew better lol
They have now released a SS DOTM Soundwave with a gorgeous looking silver paint job and he includes a tiny lazerbeak
There actually was. The wave after this one was going to feature sound blaster, as well as a G1 color Wheeljack with a G1-ish-er head. Still, great review, I love this sound wave mold over any other! Good thing I got him!
I saw deluxe soundwave on eBay for 300 DOLLARS!
WTF
LUCKY
Ouch
ha no thanks 😊
Another nice video as always, Optibotimus. Always wanted to get this figure, too...
That is the most poetic bio for a transformer I've ever heard.
"Every bird song remembered"? Now hasbro is thinking of surfin' bird? Uh what else
Awesome he's one of my favorites
It'd be nice if a third party reproduced this figure and improved it by making the backpack collapse and integrate into the robot to maybe even give it more bulk. Also for the legs to look more angular
Bought. Well played, sir. Well played.
animated figures were actually still on shelves in my nearby stores for about a month or so when the new movie figures started rolling in. i didnt get a chance to see the first edition prime figures.. which sucks
your reviews are awesome i justgot deluxe class dark of the moon specialist ratchet and im hoping to get to be reviewing like you do one day
I had no idea soundwave was canceled. No wonder I couldn't find him anywhere.
If you want to lock the MechTech weapon, there is a way to loop a small rubber band around the tip of the gun and the back of the gun. I prefer to have the gun in satellite mode, so I use this a lot ***** .
There was a mixup with the editing, so Barricade was shooting Wheeljack, but he was speaking wth Soundwave's voice.
There are 2: What you are talking about is what brought the 2nd wave of autobots to Earth (Sideswipe, Skids, etc) And the ark is the rotting metal wreck on the moon.
Received mine today. Thanks for the review.
Well marvelous. I see lots of people who think the Ark itself is Omega supreme.
We paid the same for Sideswipe from ROTF Which was fully painted silver in alt mode.
That's why I said it looks good from the front lol. As for stress marks, haven't got any yet but will keep an eye out. Thanks for the heads up :)
ROTF , and DOTM it's supposed to be the part of Episode "OPTIBOTIMUS LOOKS BACK :)"
Great review as always my friend. Shame this guy never made it to US retail.
he said in the video, it was cancelled. its not in stores. you will only be able to find it online, you could try ebay or something.
A dark metallic blue repaint of that one with some gold trims would be awesome
Thanks for the review!
I enjoyed this figure at first, but then I went back to paying attention to my HA Soundwave for a day and I never went back to the deluxe :P
It's not just the lack of paint on the car body, but the clear windows really REALLY hurt the vehicle mode. Plus the mechtech is the most stupidly over-sized one yet, although it works well with voyager or leader class figures.
Floating block between the legs aside, it's a really well done figure. I also really like the mechtech weapon. I hope you do paint it somehow or something cause I think a new paint job would enhance the look exponentially. Nice figure and great review.
Soundwave is a car and not a satellite or an aircraft? I thought decepticons are known for their military vehicle alt modes and less of the car modes?
Yeah im hoping for studio series to do a redo of the satelite version of him. But we will probly get this guy done again
Well he was supposed to be working as a spy in dotm so it works. He blends in more into civilian life
Almost everyone except starscream transform into cars and trucks and ground vehicles.
Wow 11 years later and I found this guy yesterday at Frank and sons for 15 but he was missing his mechtech weapon
You might want to use an airbrush if you're going to paint it ( of course it would be more worth it's money if you decide to paint more things like model kits etc. ). Just don't forget to tape the windows and wheels so the paint won't splash everywhere, also if there are parts from underneath exposed and you want to paint those as well, paint those parts in robot mode because else the limbs will be painted... sadly i've made that mistake with human alliance soundwave.
The back of the packaging says "Deception Soundwave". Fun spelling mistakes!
The part where you can lock in the parts to his knees at 6:30, it kinda helps if you bend his knees a little where the blue plastic meets his "calf" piece. Although on my figure only the left one stays snug.
Spleenzorio mine just fits nice and snug anyway. It just depends on factory quality. I just had my Soundwave arrive over 12 hours ago
ask your friend that painted nemesis prime for TFP to paint sound wave
an oversized version of this would be pretty nice
The bit on his legs can be fix if you bend a little under his knees
This looks like a interesting and cool toy.
If you do end up painting it I'd love to see an update video of how he turns out
spray paint it silver. cover the wheels in plastic bags and get some proper modellers masking tape (tamiya make some) and it'll go on smooth. Failing that, buy silver paint and the require thinner and just carefully build up coates until the surface of the car is done, then gloss coat. If it's your only soundwave, then maybe not, if you already have one, then why not take the jump and paint it?
He looks awesome! :) I've seen the Takara one, but it has this all black and grey paintjob, and I've been pretty iffy about it. I like this one better because the colors look more like the ones in the movie. :) I do agree that his vehicle form would look a lot nicer if they had given it the same metallic silver paintjob that they gave his head. He still looks pretty cool, and I'll definitely keep an eye out for him on eBay. :)
SoniaStrumm1 I'd say get the Takara version because chances are (surprisingly enough) it's cheaper than the Hasbro version.
FINALLY watched this movie....not too shabby!
Always liked your opening.
opitbotimus, i love you man. you are the one who helps me through some of the biggest pains transforming some of these things. i just got darkside soundwave and for the life of me i was stuck and you help a ton. do you like the new repaint? almost a movieverse soundblaster in my opinion.
I have the darkside repaint of this guy from the takara lost age series. Great figure
17:09 i thought Barricade and a Decepticon protoform killed him
WarMachine MI same I thought so too
hey optibotimus, at 0:32 that white sticker means that figure was release at hong kong
I love your reviews ! I just want to help maybe this problem that you have on his legs try to bend a little bit and the pieces fix up
If you opt to paint this guy to put a shine on him, I'd be quite curious to hear what you use for it.
Also the HA feels solid and worth the price (especially with Laserbeak), but the deluxe feels hollow and cheap.
nice lookin head. the paint does look dull as hell though. great review as always!
wheeljack is also my favourite autobot. but at second
he looks cool, very nice video buddie :D
I live in the Netherlands and you can get those deluxe classes for 10 euros
basically the only new decepticon charaters we had is just shockwave and crankcase
hey!, is`n Soundwave who killed Wheeljack, it was Baricade, back there, you can look iton the movie. GREAT VIDEO!!
were u buy at i need him for my tf matrix show
Now on eBay this figure is going for 90 bucks
It's crazy! A couple months ago I was hoping to buy one on ebay and bam! He's 90 bucks! Also have you seen the prices on Leadfoot?
***** i saw one for 250.00$!
Me too!
***** At least we have a repaint of this figure coming out soon from Takara Tomy. It's called AD-17 Dark Side Soundwave if you want to search it up.
***** true
nice review like always and awesome figure i already have mine woot woot
the raidar dish mode is meant so he can watch on TV when he driving haha.
I have the takara version of this figure and on mine, the pieces on the legs do click into place.
I'm curious, can the Human alliance Soundwave hold the deluxe Soundwave's gun? I assume it would look better on the HA version. Thanks for reviewing these harder to find DOTM figures. I hope to find them one day.
Very good video here! I would've enjoyed it if his transformation was more like Barricade since they both have similarities between one another.
I really dislike how many of the boxes figures come in are designed in such a way that you basically have to break them in order to get them open.
This seems to be the case with most figures nowadays, the initial release of the mold is lacking in the paint department while the subsequent repaints are more "decked out". One from the DOTM line that you mentioned that comes to mind is deluxe Starscream. He was rather dull, while Thundercracker on the other hand looked fantastic. *sigh* Like Paul said, it's all about the cost. The toys have already been downsized, paint would be the next thing to go.
Great review dude. Thanks for sharing! Great looking figure, just sucks that they decided to cancel some of these figures. I have the cyberverse version of sound wave. That version is pretty neat too.
There's no need to give Soundwave bad reviews because he killed Wheeljack, Soundwave was merely seeing if his gun still works, it was so nice of Wheeljack to volunteer to help him test it, Wheeljack is so good at fixing things don't you agree?
I don't get why this and the Wheeljack and Leadfoot figures were cancelled?
I have this guy and he is so cool o when u got it did yours come with a sticker that said aunt_____ I dont remember the last part
you are the best hands down
Love Soundwave with the gun
Nice review, though I am a little disappointed in the figure itself. I really did want a DOTM Soundwave, but I think I'll stick with the ROTF version.
I found it pretty ironic that the same intro song plays on both of the dotm soundwave
or maybe in transformers prime line, cause at march i found cyberverse(legion class) figure form tranformers prime and it said "mirage"and a repaint from legion class revenge of the fallen sideways.
Love the paint even though it is just grey
So does this mean DOTM Mirage/Dino will come out as maybe a Generations figure?
If they had done the same transformation in the legs for the HA version it would have been perfect, or at least so much better. That would have relieved it from all that arm kibble and gave it sturdier legs at the same time... But that's just my opinion...
Wasn’t it Barricade that killed wheeljack?
What do you mean Soundwave isn't very well, it's the color he appeared in "Transformers: Dark Of The Moon", You want them paint toy more grey?
Great review. My roommate backed out of going to botcon so I won't be going :( at least I have a lot of extra money now to spend on figures like this. Although, I think I may get FE Prime Prime first
have you ever though of doing commercials? you sound amazing when you did the bio
This is a really good looking figure. It sucks that I never got the chance to get him because he wasn't released in America :`( I have the ROTF Soundwave which is kind of a butt toy.
First, the rocket Omega Supreme was in G1, was not the Ark. You must be confused.
Hey optibotimus if u want i can paint the figure for you since i'm pretty good at customizing