I honestly like that the Kingdom one is so small. Since Soundwave does mass shift for his alt mode. So, I can have the Siege one for robot mode, and the Kingdom one for the Walkman mode.
The only time he didn’t mass shift has the greatest transformers episode ever the episode where combiners are tiny huffer and brawn get revived for one scene and broadside get his ugly face
A factor that always matters a lot in my judgement of a figure and is luckily becoming more common amongst modern Mp scaled figures is individualy articulated fingers. These are always a delight and there's actually an upgrade kit with super articulated hands for Mp Soundwave.
I will counter that with "They are Usually a delight" I have run into fingers that are a night mare I'd rather not have honestly. Like one's that pop off and get stuck all the time.
There's an upgrade kit for SS86 Grimlock someone made on Ebay that replaces his regular hands with individually articulated fingers. I was looking at 86 Grimlock stuff a few days ago and chanced on a review of it. Unfortunately it comes with a fully red sword with the hilt being shiny red plastic with no option to not get it, but I suppose the sword fits 86 Slag if you get that figure to.
You were right on point about how so many other reviewers are somehow afraid to be negative these days. I think they're so swept up by the accuracy of the figures, they completely overlook critical issues like plastic quality, transformation, and general value. Or maybe they're afraid of losing subscribers for being negative. Whatever the case, this is why I trust your opinions on TF figures so much more than other reviewers. The majority of the time, you are honest and unbiased and I for one appreciate that!
Yeah, I don't quite get what they have to be affraid of. I have not found much to any push back on being negative most of the time. It sure does not seem to have cost me a subscriber growth.
If I had to guess, maybe their afraid that a sponsor won't send them figures if they harp on them. The problem with that is, us, the consumers. I don't want to be shilled into buying something that's not gonna be what I was told it WOULD be. Nothing is perfect, but please, if your gonna review things, you have a job to do and a I dare say, the obligation to tell us if something sucks.
I once saw the MP soundwave in a Toys, R us a couple years ago, but never bought it for two reasons 1. Back when I first started watching transformers, I was only familiar with prime, rescue bots, and RID 2015, so I didn’t fully know who soundwave was (outside of the name of course) 2. and probably bigger reason, I was there to buy a huge Lego set.
Congrats on 6k! I think the best, taking price into consideration, is Kingdom core class. MP is awesome, but pricey, Siege is super cool, ER is fairly over-rated, SS is great, but Kingdom does so much at such a small size and price, and it looks better than ER and Siege.
Yes, but I intentionally it don't take price into consideration because I am trying to find the definitive version of the character. And definitive that knows no price.
The lamp post mode is awful. It's more an ascended fan mode, it looks next to nothing like he did in the show. Siege Starscream can do a better Soundwave Lamp Post Mode.
I kind of hate the fact that the Siege Soundwave’s alt-mode can be achieved in half the steps. They probably could have included a backwards butterfly if they removed some of the steps. Also, that antenna bit is so unnecessary. They could have made this a half-assed triple changer that turns into a robot, Cybertronian Log Player (cassette player), and an alright ship. If I designed this I would make it so you could store the weapons inside of the backpack like the original G1 toy.
Yeah it annoys me too. They either could have added more Posability, or done anything else with the altmode. Hell if they just had a Dedicated Lamppost mode rather than the ascended fan mode the actual figure got.
One Soundwave design I really liked was Prime Soundwave. Transformers: Prime was the first transformers show I watched, and Soundwave was by far the scariest of the Decepticons. His blank screen for a face and stoic silence for 99.9% of the entire series give no hints as to what's going on inside that head of his. The military drone for an alt mode is a great way to modernize his design and role as a spy and intel gatherer. It also made him much more intimidating, he really has that look to him that makes you think "He's just standing there, MENACINGLY!" I also loved that episode of Robots in disguise (2015) when Soundwave was freed from the Shadowzone. Him tossing around Bumblebee, Strongarm, and Grimlock like a bag of scrap was fun to watch.
He is a very threatening design in that. I don't know that it fits Soundwave as a character so much, but in that it was such a different dude so it worked.
@@PerspectiveEnd When Soundwave spoke towards the end of Transformers: Prime, that made him even more intimidating to me, since I had never watched any transformers media before TF:P and had no idea what Soundwave's voice was supposed to be like.
I like it honestly, but are you ready to blow your goddamn mind I perfer the RID 2015 upgrade design, I don’t know what it is, but I like it a lot more
I love the siege one's fan modes for being cybertronian equipment. Like Soundwave has always felt like the customer service/tech support, so being some kind of alien router that can break into any computer software within a radius works perfect for me. And I love the bay idea that he'll more likely stay in orbit spying in this siege's cruiser mode than be in the front lines, I've done so many fan modes from human bay satelite to a box with the legs on the sides following the shuttle instructions and he's such a chunky charm
I can't agree to that, I can admit that it might look better in robot mode. But from what I've seen of the posability, transformation, and altmode are all worse than the official masterpiece.
@@PerspectiveEnd Articulation and transformation are also better with the Netflix soundwave too, that doesn’t mean it’s better. Presence has to mean more than those other factors you mentioned because at the end of the day these are display pieces
I will say that if the result of this weren't skewed by the accuracy to the classic interpritation of the character, then the mechanical alliance would have done better.
Sometimes I really miss my MP Soundwave but then I look at my channel and feel better knowing that my Soundwave left me so that this channel could arrive. Selling him was hard but I invested the money into my channel. I have the Seige Soundblaster and the alt mode is weird but still pretty neat. I am going to try that idea of removing the arms thx for letting me know :) Congrats on the 6k mate! thats fucking awsome super happy that your channel has done so well :) :) :)
I'm sorry to hear that, glad you feel it was worth it, but man that is a figure that sucks to lose. And thank you, I'm beyond thrilled with it's performance my self.
congratulations on 6k! gonna be honest, your review style is unique and i actually like that! also i customized my siege soundwave cuz i ain’t goin bankrupt today!
6:48 thank you for being the 1% to admit this figure aint it chief; I completely agree. He literally turns into a glorified square. Also if you take off the parts that make up the backpack of the Siege one and color the visor red somehow, then it looks REALLY good; I did it with mine and it really made him significantly better. I also just use the fan mode for him.
You are welcome, I never want to convince any of you to buy something that doesn't satisfy you. I kind of like the backpack on the siege Soundwave, it's definitely a unique.
One thing I like about siege sound wave was that the box had a hidden diagram telling you that it can turn into the street lamp he turned into in the first episode of the cartoon
I always wondered what the little blasters on his forearms were for. Shattered Glass Soundwave is Earthrise SW with Siege SW arms, but with a cool headband.
Great job I've been watching since like 1 month or something since your first video and then I watched all the others I love your UA-cam videos thank you for doing this they always make me laugh
Congratulations on 6,000 subscribers! Speaking of Soundwave, what are your thoughts on the FansToys Soundwave? Everything seems to say it's a perfect figure with no flaws and leagues better than the Masterpiece. I think your opinion would be very interesting on this .
Thank you very much! I would like to get a hold of one of those up for comparisons a sake, but I don't see it as being a superior to the masterpiece. It looks about on par with the masterpiece, but from what I've seen the posability is not that different, the transformation is much worse, and the altmode is not as good. So I expect it to not be the equal of the official.
6:45 - Well said. A review ain't a review without it's faults and negatives. Not everything has to be perfect because each of it's own has it's flaws and imperfection. They have their opinions, while we have ours. I don't mind you being critical and harsh on some figures you own in your collection, because not only that they look and feel good, but pointing out the negatives are okay too. There's no need to be afraid to be critical or harsh on a thing you do not like in a figure. Anyone cannot be pleased and it results in a mix bag for everyone. Looks aren't everything, even with the build quality, materials, construction and engineering. Also, to answer your comment you replied from your other video, I tend to comment on your stuff if I want to, but keep up the great work. :) I'm still watching more of your stuff because they're great!
Thank you so much for the kind words. All was could have success with this more critical approach, I don't know why everyone seems so opposed to the idea. It's worked out great for me.
Masterpiece Soundwave is simply superior. Shoutouts to like the near 200 people who said that same joke before me. Glad you picked up the Mechanical Alliance version too, and I'm also glad you agreed with my point on how that figure was at least trying with an alt mode.
I only have the Siege Soundwave, and sure, the alt-mode is a space brick, but at least it isn't a space meat patty with unicron-like mandables on the side like SS Soundwave's alt mode (Also thank you for mentioning me in the video!)
2:54 I think that just may vary among the figures. My Soundblaster’s tape gimmick works fine, but one thing to note about it is that for the switch on the back, you have to push it halfway down when there’s three tapes in and you take the front tape out to push the back two forward. Push it all the way down when trying to push the back two forward and it will get stuck. Though it’s not an easy task since the switch takes some force to push down, and when it does, it wants to push all the way down.
@@PerspectiveEnd Then it must be something that varies with copies. I just know mine doesn’t jam without the taps, only if I accidentally flip the switch all the way down when trying to push up two tapes from the back.
I have the robots in disguise soundwave and it’s one of my favorites. I’ve always loved soundwave’s earth modes better. They’re always so different from each other
Good points all around. If you should be so inclined, I (and maybe many others) recommend looking for the videogame deluxe soundwave for the downward wrist/sword holding goodness that is that figure.
One thing I like to do for the siege soundwave casette fan mode is take the disconnected arms and plug the shoulder port into those wierd thigh pegs and bend the arms 90 degrees. So now I have a storage place for the arms and I can even make the arms hands hold the batterey weapons. It is honestly surprising how perfect a rectangle this makes
The mech alliance figure was a surprise can't wait for the video also which new legacy figure would you consider to pick up mines is g2 laser Optimus and dragstrip
Yeah, I forgot to mention how big it is, the damn thing is huge, I had to use a wide angle lens just to get it in shot, that's why you couldn't see the light bars of of the figure when it was there.
I'm glad you addressed the giant robot that transforms into a tape recorder in the room, since it was obvious what the best was going to be. The rest mostly fit where I was expecting them to, with the MA as an outlier since I don't have it and wasn't expecting it. I still want Studio Series Soundwave. It should still scale well with them other Studio Series BB toys. I have Cliffjumper and Optimus, so I'm looking forward to some more Cybertronian figures.
Yeah, I didn't put the mechanical alliance in the thumbnail even though I really wanted to because it would've been funny to happen there cut, all for the surprise of it. And what do you mean I addressed the elephant in the room? I get that, I just hope that if you get it you like it. But I worry that you won't.
Even as someone who likes Bayverse, I'm glad you didn't include their figures. The studio series micheal bay soundwave figures are beyond lazy trash. If someone gets you studio satellite soundwave, take it as an insult
Pluss it wouldn't be fair, as they'd automatically be getting no points in accuracy to the classic interpritation, and I don't like the way they look so that's just a dead category for them.
@@PerspectiveEnd in all honesty, it’s not that big of a blow, the arm kibble is too much for me, not because it’s that bad but because it has no reason to exist besides laziness, I would have been more pissed had it been a figure I cared about rather than just a rare one
@@PerspectiveEnd I´d have chosen to have either Ravage or Laerbeak come with him over a better alt-mode, instead of having to buy them as micromasters. Kingdom/Legacy Blaster comes with Eject, so it can be done...
I got the kingdom core class one on a whim and it was cheep and it's fun to fiddle with just switching through the transformations and I think it brought me back to the series
I love Soundwave and have waited for something like this for a while, and from what I own I definitely agree on the rankings. I'll definitely look into the Mechanical Alliance figure since I had no idea if it was good.
It is a pretty a solid, and for the price you are getting an absolute ton. I forgot to mention a just how big it is, but you can probably see that from the camera work I had to do with it.
I recently bought Kingdom Blaster and oh boy it's making me crave more Soundwave figures with a cassette player alt-mode. The Soundwave figures I currently own are G1, RoTF, Fall of Cybertron (technically it's Soundblaster but I'm still counting it), and Titan's Return. While typing this it just occurred to me only two of them turn into cassette players...I must atone for my sins- Wait, MP Soundwave is now $250-$300 on eBay...FUCK. Welp, time to start saving for a knockoff. P.S. Kingdom Blaster is a pretty nice figure. The only things to be careful of are when the legs fold over the hands during transformation and the fact that Eject is made completely out of transparent plastic and has really stiff joints. Overall tho, it makes for a nice addition to anyone's collection. I recommend picking it up when your financial situation gets better and if you can find it for ~$20-$25.
I hear the knockoffs are of good quality. I expect that you will still love it if you get it. I have yet to see a kingdom of blaster but if I do I don't know if I will be able to stop my self from picking it up.
I think I have the same number of Soundwaves as you, but they're all completely different. I have: Titans Return Soundwave, G1 Soundwave (Encore Reissue), FoC Soundwave, RiD 2015 Warrior Class Soundwave, Prime RiD Deluxe and Legion Soundwaves. It's quite amazing that we both have substantial Soundwave collections without having any versions of the character in common.
This video literally couldn't have come at a better time for me. I'm feeling frigging excited because I just found a Hasbro MP Soundwave complete in box being sold my someone for $250 CAD literally 5 minutes from my house. Sure, I have the Takara version, but that was a rerelease with really bad QC and a broken gimmick. I can't frigging wait to get my hands on a functioning version of the figure. Just need to finish scraping together some commission money
A bit hefty, but for all the Cassettes and for it to be in good condition, I think it's a pretty good deal. Especially since my Takara Soundwave that came defective was $350 CAD
I do understand where your coming from when you say you don’t like the SS BBM Soundwave but even though it’s not that close to the concept art in alt mode it’s still not that far off and I mean the possibility is way better then most of my other figures and it’s pretty close to the cgi model and if you really cared about movie accuracy you could get a upgrade kit that makes it look like a mini MP figure I do understand why you put it so low if your looking specifically for a g1 Soundwave but just as a Soundwave it’s pretty good especially if you have ravage
I would fight you on the Poseability. I would call it well below the average, with Awful looking shoulders, and just below normal elbows and knees. Also the Suggestion of an Upgrade kit doesn't fly here. It is my personal belief that a figure needs to Earn an Upgrade kit by being good enough. Not to need one to be good at all.
I got my first ever Soundwave a few weeks back. I found a guy on a buy/sell page selling his Siege Soundwave + Siege Laserbeak and Ravage, for only a few dollars more than a standard voyager + shipping. Considering I've seen Netflix Soundwaves go for 2 or 3 times the store price, I think I got pretty lucky
@@PerspectiveEnd I think my review is the standard. Soundwave is pretty good in robot mode, turns into not much. Laser beak is great, and Ravage stays as a cassette in Soundwaves chest, because that ravage looks better as a cassette
I legitmately love the way you review stuff. You're unbiased and do comparisons fairly etc. Also do you have Siege Starscream? If you do would love to know your opinions on it.
I 100 percent endorse this course of action. Even if you don't collect masterpieces and don't like the G1, the MP Soundwave is a figure to get regardless. It is that good. Also who doesn't like Soundwaves original design. You can hate G1 a, I don't believe that there's someone who hates Soundwave.
Awesome video as always man. Also do you intend on reviewing or picking up any Cyberverse figure? So far I've heard a lot of good thing about the deluxes and I plan on getting the deluxe Cheetor. But there's hardly any review about him. Would love to see your take on him or the line in general
I have heard they got better over time. Initially they were so bad. I can say that I don't have much in the way of plans on reviewing those figure's. I have to buy them, and they are is such a unique visual style they'd clash with my collection. I might one day, but likely not.
Being I never had masterpiece soundboy, Netflix soundwave is my absolute favorite, but I'm also hardcore biased being he was given to me while on life support. I started collecting during the power of the primes trilogy, and if that masterpiece was presented to me I'd hold him in the same regard you do. Any how, superior video💙🤘
Thank you so much! And oh my god, why are you on life support. I'm glad to hear that you're OK now. And it makes sense that it would mean a lot to you because of that.
@@PerspectiveEnd crazy vehicle accident that happened about a year ago to date. I recently started sharing about it on my channel. Oh and siege ultra Magnus was with me, I just posted his story too 😂
You are right. 100% of English reviewers are all just saying only positives and zero negatives it's frustrating, and feels like a betrayal when you get the toy and it's not as good as you've been shilled
Congrats on your successful prediction! And thank you so very much. Thanks for sticking with me so long. You've been here since basically the start of my channel.
Nice video though I think you know what review we want next (mechanical alliance soundwave) also their should be video’s on how to get ravage into the chest of mechanical alliance soundwave but is I remember correctly their should be another hatch to open on it’s chest that you can open to have a cleaner shot
Studio series Bumblebee soundwave's alternate mode lets me hear: *"Can the Spiderman Come out to play?"* for some reason. All I'm saying is that it looks like Green Goblin's hover thing (Idk what it's called)
A video on what’s the best version of my fav Decepticon. PerspectiveEnd superior. I’m gonna guess your ranking before the vid MP Soundwave Kingdom Siege ER Bumblebee Oh, congrats on 6K!
Thank you very much, and Nice Job on those predictions! If I didn't throw you for a loop with the MA those would be perfect. But then that was the point.
@@PerspectiveEnd Yeah I did not see that one coming since you didn’t show it in the poll. I knew MPM would be first and BB movie last, that was obvious. I know you don’t like ER, and I was genuinely surprised you were considering putting it above siege. Kingdom vs siege was a toss up, but I guessed correctly
You should also count Titans Return Soundwave. Its a leader class with moderately sized cassetticons, very nice portions and fun gimmicks like eject button and carry handle.
just a heads up if you want a cybertron esk tape player mode for siege transform the arms and hips normally but instead of having the legs going flat out forward bend the knees so the panels that replace the feet are now facing the same direction as his chest hold out the thrusters then turn them so they are sideways fold out the landing gear and finally tab the guns into the legs also with netflix soundwave i legit think its trying to replicate the mp figure and not the cartoon model just due to it having the same details as the mp figure on his shoulders and knees the cartoon doesn't have those
![Siege Shockwave [RE-UPLOAD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/C4AnBojsHxw/mqdefault.jpg)
I honestly like that the Kingdom one is so small. Since Soundwave does mass shift for his alt mode. So, I can have the Siege one for robot mode, and the Kingdom one for the Walkman mode.
That is a great use for it. I wish I had brought that up in the video.
The only time he didn’t mass shift has the greatest transformers episode ever the episode where combiners are tiny huffer and brawn get revived for one scene and broadside get his ugly face
@@shockwavefan1367which one? I have to watch it
@@ShadowPrime69 carnage in c-minor
@@shockwavefan1367 its beautiful
A factor that always matters a lot in my judgement of a figure and is luckily becoming more common amongst modern Mp scaled figures is individualy articulated fingers. These are always a delight and there's actually an upgrade kit with super articulated hands for Mp Soundwave.
I will counter that with "They are Usually a delight" I have run into fingers that are a night mare I'd rather not have honestly. Like one's that pop off and get stuck all the time.
I have to disagree. Unless you're especially devoted to finger posing posable fingers are almost always a detriment to looks and longevity.
@@DiggitySlice I'm not saying that individually articulated fingers are everything. I'm just saying that they're a big plus TO ME.
There's an upgrade kit for SS86 Grimlock someone made on Ebay that replaces his regular hands with individually articulated fingers. I was looking at 86 Grimlock stuff a few days ago and chanced on a review of it.
Unfortunately it comes with a fully red sword with the hilt being shiny red plastic with no option to not get it, but I suppose the sword fits 86 Slag if you get that figure to.
@@TheDaxter11 I don't have that figure unfortunately
You were right on point about how so many other reviewers are somehow afraid to be negative these days. I think they're so swept up by the accuracy of the figures, they completely overlook critical issues like plastic quality, transformation, and general value. Or maybe they're afraid of losing subscribers for being negative. Whatever the case, this is why I trust your opinions on TF figures so much more than other reviewers. The majority of the time, you are honest and unbiased and I for one appreciate that!
Yeah, I don't quite get what they have to be affraid of.
I have not found much to any push back on being negative most of the time. It sure does not seem to have cost me a subscriber growth.
Not sure what reviewers you’re seeing, because in my experience the exact opposite problem exists.
If I had to guess, maybe their afraid that a sponsor won't send them figures if they harp on them. The problem with that is, us, the consumers. I don't want to be shilled into buying something that's not gonna be what I was told it WOULD be. Nothing is perfect, but please, if your gonna review things, you have a job to do and a I dare say, the obligation to tell us if something sucks.
@@shawndashno6022 Precisely!
Reasons why perspective is a great reviewer, and gets too much hate
I once saw the MP soundwave in a Toys, R us a couple years ago, but never bought it for two reasons
1. Back when I first started watching transformers, I was only familiar with prime, rescue bots, and RID 2015, so I didn’t fully know who soundwave was (outside of the name of course)
2. and probably bigger reason, I was there to buy a huge Lego set.
Truly lego made you lose out.
@@PerspectiveEnd that is true. Though I will someday get a MP Soundwave
If the soundwave figure can be posed to make it look like he’s pressing the eject button it’s good in my opinion
Yes, that is a vital pose for Soundwave two would get into. The most important one. One and that the studio series of bumblebee version it cannot do.
Congrats on 6k! I think the best, taking price into consideration, is Kingdom core class. MP is awesome, but pricey, Siege is super cool, ER is fairly over-rated, SS is great, but Kingdom does so much at such a small size and price, and it looks better than ER and Siege.
Yes, but I intentionally it don't take price into consideration because I am trying to find the definitive version of the character.
And definitive that knows no price.
Besides, who needs a cassette mode when you have…. THE LAMPPOST MODE!
The lamp post mode is awful. It's more an ascended fan mode, it looks next to nothing like he did in the show. Siege Starscream can do a better Soundwave Lamp Post Mode.
I kind of hate the fact that the Siege Soundwave’s alt-mode can be achieved in half the steps. They probably could have included a backwards butterfly if they removed some of the steps. Also, that antenna bit is so unnecessary. They could have made this a half-assed triple changer that turns into a robot, Cybertronian Log Player (cassette player), and an alright ship. If I designed this I would make it so you could store the weapons inside of the backpack like the original G1 toy.
Yeah it annoys me too. They either could have added more Posability, or done anything else with the altmode. Hell if they just had a Dedicated Lamppost mode rather than the ascended fan mode the actual figure got.
Congrats on 6k
This is a video that we needed for awhile now. I’m glad to see this channel grow.
Thank you so very much!
And I'm happy it too have finally given it to you guys.
One Soundwave design I really liked was Prime Soundwave. Transformers: Prime was the first transformers show I watched, and Soundwave was by far the scariest of the Decepticons. His blank screen for a face and stoic silence for 99.9% of the entire series give no hints as to what's going on inside that head of his. The military drone for an alt mode is a great way to modernize his design and role as a spy and intel gatherer. It also made him much more intimidating, he really has that look to him that makes you think "He's just standing there, MENACINGLY!"
I also loved that episode of Robots in disguise (2015) when Soundwave was freed from the Shadowzone. Him tossing around Bumblebee, Strongarm, and Grimlock like a bag of scrap was fun to watch.
He is a very threatening design in that. I don't know that it fits Soundwave as a character so much, but in that it was such a different dude so it worked.
@@PerspectiveEnd When Soundwave spoke towards the end of Transformers: Prime, that made him even more intimidating to me, since I had never watched any transformers media before TF:P and had no idea what Soundwave's voice was supposed to be like.
I like it honestly, but are you ready to blow your goddamn mind
I perfer the RID 2015 upgrade design, I don’t know what it is, but I like it a lot more
I love the siege one's fan modes for being cybertronian equipment. Like Soundwave has always felt like the customer service/tech support, so being some kind of alien router that can break into any computer software within a radius works perfect for me. And I love the bay idea that he'll more likely stay in orbit spying in this siege's cruiser mode than be in the front lines, I've done so many fan modes from human bay satelite to a box with the legs on the sides following the shuttle instructions and he's such a chunky charm
He is weirdly Fan Modeable. Like the first thing I ever did with his transformation is just come up with a couple fan modes.
I still can't believe that Hasbro and Takara sold Earthrise aka Sunbow Soundwave in a Netflix package, that was literally false advertising
Hah! Yeah, I guess you are right about that. Though Technically nearly the whole Buzzworthy Bumblebee is a lie.
Fanstoys Acoustic wave is the GOAT
I can't agree to that, I can admit that it might look better in robot mode.
But from what I've seen of the posability, transformation, and altmode are all worse than the official masterpiece.
@@PerspectiveEnd Articulation and transformation are also better with the Netflix soundwave too, that doesn’t mean it’s better. Presence has to mean more than those other factors you mentioned because at the end of the day these are display pieces
video title: What's the best soundwave
Bayverse soundwave: Hey I'm soundwave too.
PE: trust me, you are not that guy pal, You are not that guy
I will say that if the result of this weren't skewed by the accuracy to the classic interpritation of the character, then the mechanical alliance would have done better.
@@PerspectiveEnd well said
Ayyyy it's my favorite Cybertronian
I think he's just about everyone's favorite.
Sometimes I really miss my MP Soundwave but then I look at my channel and feel better knowing that my Soundwave left me so that this channel could arrive. Selling him was hard but I invested the money into my channel.
I have the Seige Soundblaster and the alt mode is weird but still pretty neat. I am going to try that idea of removing the arms thx for letting me know :)
Congrats on the 6k mate! thats fucking awsome super happy that your channel has done so well :) :) :)
I'm sorry to hear that, glad you feel it was worth it, but man that is a figure that sucks to lose.
And thank you, I'm beyond thrilled with it's performance my self.
Ss soundwave’s alt mode is like a stealth bomber is u use the door Idk that’s just how I see the alt mode when I have it in hand
Man I can not see it that why my self. For me it's just a Brick. A stealth bomber should sleek and radar proof.
As someone just getting back into transformers since I was a kid your objectivity is incredibly useful when looking for what I want to buy first.
I like to have siege sound and kingdom sound together, kingdom works as a teeny mass-shifted version of the player mode the siege really lacked
That is a fun thing to use it for. It also works really well with the masterpiece for that function.
Congrats on 6K my man! Been awesome to see you grow these past few years. Here’s to the future my friend.
Past few years? It's been 1 and a half.
But thank you. I'm so proud of everything I've built here.
@@PerspectiveEnd Wow that’s it!? Man it feels like it’s been longer. These past few years have screwed with my perception of time lol
Congratulations on the 6000 subscribers. I love your work
Thank you so very much, I hope to never stop entertaining you.
congratulations on 6k!
gonna be honest, your review style is unique and i actually like that!
also i customized my siege soundwave cuz i ain’t goin bankrupt today!
Thank you so much!
I'm glad you enjoy my style.
And how exactly did you customize your siege Soundwave?
@@PerspectiveEnd i used a red sharpie to customize his visor and i took the kibble off him’
im also gonna use the core class one for his alt mode!
6:48 thank you for being the 1% to admit this figure aint it chief; I completely agree. He literally turns into a glorified square.
Also if you take off the parts that make up the backpack of the Siege one and color the visor red somehow, then it looks REALLY good; I did it with mine and it really made him significantly better. I also just use the fan mode for him.
You are welcome, I never want to convince any of you to buy something that doesn't satisfy you.
I kind of like the backpack on the siege Soundwave, it's definitely a unique.
One thing I like about siege sound wave was that the box had a hidden diagram telling you that it can turn into the street lamp he turned into in the first episode of the cartoon
I remember that, but the Telephone mode really is just an Ascended fan mode, and not really convincing at all.
@@PerspectiveEnd you’re right, but it’s funny
Congratulations on 6.000 subscribers man, your built different , your content never failed to entertain me
Thank you so much for the Kind words. so happy I get the opportunity to entertain so many people.
I always wondered what the little blasters on his forearms were for.
Shattered Glass Soundwave is Earthrise SW with Siege SW arms, but with a cool headband.
The ones that were meant as Landing Gear for the Siege, that they just never tooled away.
I have been waiting for this and I can say I love this
Im happy it too have to satisfy you.
That went about like I thought it would, nice vid man!
Yeah, this one is probably a surprises to nobody.
I have had mp soundwave since like 2015 and he still is my favorite thing ever I own ngl
I know right! It's so good, nothing can top it.
There is a reason why they haven’t tried to make a mp sound wave 2.0
Yes, absolutely, they realize they nailed it, almost every company realizes they nailed it.
Great job I've been watching since like 1 month or something since your first video and then I watched all the others I love your UA-cam videos thank you for doing this they always make me laugh
Thank you for a sticking with me a so long. I'm glad I get the opportunity to entertain you.
@@PerspectiveEnd hey you think you can give my youtube channel cuz in like 1 week I will do stop Moshon ive already made vids for it
Thanks for a awesome soundwave ranking
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
3:33 ngl the way you shot this made the siege soundwave look like an adventurer
What do you mean by that?
Congratulations on 6,000 subscribers! Speaking of Soundwave, what are your thoughts on the FansToys Soundwave? Everything seems to say it's a perfect figure with no flaws and leagues better than the Masterpiece. I think your opinion would be very interesting on this .
Thank you very much!
I would like to get a hold of one of those up for comparisons a sake, but I don't see it as being a superior to the masterpiece.
It looks about on par with the masterpiece, but from what I've seen the posability is not that different, the transformation is much worse, and the altmode is not as good.
So I expect it to not be the equal of the official.
6:45 - Well said. A review ain't a review without it's faults and negatives. Not everything has to be perfect because each of it's own has it's flaws and imperfection. They have their opinions, while we have ours. I don't mind you being critical and harsh on some figures you own in your collection, because not only that they look and feel good, but pointing out the negatives are okay too. There's no need to be afraid to be critical or harsh on a thing you do not like in a figure. Anyone cannot be pleased and it results in a mix bag for everyone. Looks aren't everything, even with the build quality, materials, construction and engineering.
Also, to answer your comment you replied from your other video, I tend to comment on your stuff if I want to, but keep up the great work. :) I'm still watching more of your stuff because they're great!
Thank you so much for the kind words. All was could have success with this more critical approach, I don't know why everyone seems so opposed to the idea.
It's worked out great for me.
I'm thinking of finally picking up the core soundwave tomorrow!
I highly recommend it. It is just a blast of a figure.
Enjoy it!
For how small Core Soundwave is he is amazing!
@@PerspectiveEnd as promised I just got him and he's great! Just wish he had a bit more ankle range
I too want just a little more out of his feet.
Masterpiece Soundwave is simply superior. Shoutouts to like the near 200 people who said that same joke before me.
Glad you picked up the Mechanical Alliance version too, and I'm also glad you agreed with my point on how that figure was at least trying with an alt mode.
It is definitely a joke that has been made several times now.
I only have the Siege Soundwave, and sure, the alt-mode is a space brick, but at least it isn't a space meat patty with unicron-like mandables on the side like SS Soundwave's alt mode (Also thank you for mentioning me in the video!)
Happy to do it. If you didn't come up with that fan mode, I probably would have given it the Earthrise of the leg up.
ive been waiting for this for a while, and the masterpiece soundwave is always the best. no question.
100%, there is a reason why no company has tried to make another one until just recently.
2:54 I think that just may vary among the figures. My Soundblaster’s tape gimmick works fine, but one thing to note about it is that for the switch on the back, you have to push it halfway down when there’s three tapes in and you take the front tape out to push the back two forward. Push it all the way down when trying to push the back two forward and it will get stuck. Though it’s not an easy task since the switch takes some force to push down, and when it does, it wants to push all the way down.
See even when there's no tapes in there, it doesn't work, it locks up, and I have to break out a coat hanger to fish it back out.
@@PerspectiveEnd Then it must be something that varies with copies. I just know mine doesn’t jam without the taps, only if I accidentally flip the switch all the way down when trying to push up two tapes from the back.
Kingdom Soundwave is one of the closest things we have to a Nendoroid Soundwave. Hopefully we get him after Starscream.
Do you really want one of those or something?
I have the robots in disguise soundwave and it’s one of my favorites. I’ve always loved soundwave’s earth modes better. They’re always so different from each other
Honestly when Soundwave is not a tape recorder, he has one of the most varied altmode portfolios.
There is an upgrade kit for siege soundwave that allows its shoulders to slide back so you can make a cassette player without partsforming his arms
I have heard about that one, it's just this way you don't spend any more money on it which could negatively impact help some people feel about it.
I guess mechanical alliance has learned their lesson from their blitzwing
They hopefully seem to have yes.
Perspective ends: "live is a destination not a journey"
Me: excuse me
You heard me.
@@PerspectiveEnd So im not dreaming
Good points all around. If you should be so inclined, I (and maybe many others) recommend looking for the videogame deluxe soundwave for the downward wrist/sword holding goodness that is that figure.
You talking about the WFC Game Soundwave?
@@PerspectiveEnd yup. The deluxe one. Back wheel kibble is all that keeps it from being practically perfect for a hastak deluxe in my opinion.
One thing I like to do for the siege soundwave casette fan mode is take the disconnected arms and plug the shoulder port into those wierd thigh pegs and bend the arms 90 degrees. So now I have a storage place for the arms and I can even make the arms hands hold the batterey weapons. It is honestly surprising how perfect a rectangle this makes
I'm not quite sure Al to envision what you're talking about, do you have pictures?
@@PerspectiveEnd yeah how should I send them to you?
Congratulations on 6.25k subscribers!
Thank you so much!
Oh shoot you hit 6k subscribers!!!!!! Good job! The Masterpiece Soundwave is definitely the best figure.
Thank you very much! and yeah he sure is.
The mech alliance figure was a surprise can't wait for the video also which new legacy figure would you consider to pick up mines is g2 laser Optimus and dragstrip
I want to try all the new figures honestly.
The scale of the mechanical alliance figure did not register until you put the SS one next to it. But goddamn, that things only 60$? Worth.
Yeah, I forgot to mention how big it is, the damn thing is huge, I had to use a wide angle lens just to get it in shot, that's why you couldn't see the light bars of of the figure when it was there.
I'm glad you addressed the giant robot that transforms into a tape recorder in the room, since it was obvious what the best was going to be. The rest mostly fit where I was expecting them to, with the MA as an outlier since I don't have it and wasn't expecting it.
I still want Studio Series Soundwave. It should still scale well with them other Studio Series BB toys. I have Cliffjumper and Optimus, so I'm looking forward to some more Cybertronian figures.
Yeah, I didn't put the mechanical alliance in the thumbnail even though I really wanted to because it would've been funny to happen there cut, all for the surprise of it.
And what do you mean I addressed the elephant in the room?
I get that, I just hope that if you get it you like it. But I worry that you won't.
Even as someone who likes Bayverse, I'm glad you didn't include their figures. The studio series micheal bay soundwave figures are beyond lazy trash. If someone gets you studio satellite soundwave, take it as an insult
Pluss it wouldn't be fair, as they'd automatically be getting no points in accuracy to the classic interpritation, and I don't like the way they look so that's just a dead category for them.
I think that everyone knew Masterpiece Soundwave would be first place 💀💀💀
Of course they did. Yall aren't Mad!
Congrats on 6k, dude.
Thank you so much!
How much coffee do you drink a day?
The mechanical alliance Soundwave transforms into a space loaf of bread
Honestly you aren't wrong.
You’re very much welcome for the 600k subscribers.
I'm not quite at 600 K yet. Only six. But thank you.
Here from the start good job man !
Thank you for sticking with me!
The pin in my Netflix soundwave’s foot was put in slightly diagonally so the ankle is slowly killing itself by existing, fuck
That sucks, sorry to hear that.
@@PerspectiveEnd in all honesty, it’s not that big of a blow, the arm kibble is too much for me, not because it’s that bad but because it has no reason to exist besides laziness, I would have been more pissed had it been a figure I cared about rather than just a rare one
Siege Starscream and Soundwave were the start of me collecting, and I love both.
Siege Starscream is understatedly excellent, and Soundwave was fun, though he really could have stood to have MORE of an Altmode.
@@PerspectiveEnd I´d have chosen to have either Ravage or Laerbeak come with him over a better alt-mode, instead of having to buy them as micromasters. Kingdom/Legacy Blaster comes with Eject, so it can be done...
I got the kingdom core class one on a whim and it was cheep and it's fun to fiddle with just switching through the transformations and I think it brought me back to the series
The Kingdom core class is just so good. Its so much fun packed into a little simple figure.
I actually got the Legacy version of the Kingdom figure a while back and it's amazing. It's my first Soundwave and I love him.
It's such a fun little Boi.
@@PerspectiveEndHe is very fun, but mine's QC is fucked.
I love Soundwave and have waited for something like this for a while, and from what I own I definitely agree on the rankings. I'll definitely look into the Mechanical Alliance figure since I had no idea if it was good.
It is a pretty a solid, and for the price you are getting an absolute ton.
I forgot to mention a just how big it is, but you can probably see that from the camera work I had to do with it.
@@PerspectiveEnd Yeah, he looks huge, but that should work about perfectly with my Bumblebee Prime.
If you want Siege alt mode to be accurate, you can transform him into the lamp post from the first episode of Sunbow cartoon
You can not. That's a nice easter egg the put in there, but it looks little to nothing like the Show Model.
0:44 there is something about perfectly cut screams that just really get to me, this was hilarious lmao
I'm glad you enjoyed that. People always tell me my perfectly cut screens are great.
I recently bought Kingdom Blaster and oh boy it's making me crave more Soundwave figures with a cassette player alt-mode. The Soundwave figures I currently own are G1, RoTF, Fall of Cybertron (technically it's Soundblaster but I'm still counting it), and Titan's Return.
While typing this it just occurred to me only two of them turn into cassette players...I must atone for my sins- Wait, MP Soundwave is now $250-$300 on eBay...FUCK.
Welp, time to start saving for a knockoff.
P.S. Kingdom Blaster is a pretty nice figure. The only things to be careful of are when the legs fold over the hands during transformation and the fact that Eject is made completely out of transparent plastic and has really stiff joints. Overall tho, it makes for a nice addition to anyone's collection. I recommend picking it up when your financial situation gets better and if you can find it for ~$20-$25.
I hear the knockoffs are of good quality. I expect that you will still love it if you get it.
I have yet to see a kingdom of blaster but if I do I don't know if I will be able to stop my self from picking it up.
I think I have the same number of Soundwaves as you, but they're all completely different. I have: Titans Return Soundwave, G1 Soundwave (Encore Reissue), FoC Soundwave, RiD 2015 Warrior Class Soundwave, Prime RiD Deluxe and Legion Soundwaves. It's quite amazing that we both have substantial Soundwave collections without having any versions of the character in common.
I really Wish I had the TR version for this video.
This video literally couldn't have come at a better time for me. I'm feeling frigging excited because I just found a Hasbro MP Soundwave complete in box being sold my someone for $250 CAD literally 5 minutes from my house. Sure, I have the Takara version, but that was a rerelease with really bad QC and a broken gimmick. I can't frigging wait to get my hands on a functioning version of the figure. Just need to finish scraping together some commission money
Well I'm glad to hear that you are excited to pick up another one, but oof that is a hefty sum.
@Wiley Midura When? I don't think that he is getting scammed. MP Soundwave is getting really expensive.
A bit hefty, but for all the Cassettes and for it to be in good condition, I think it's a pretty good deal. Especially since my Takara Soundwave that came defective was $350 CAD
@Wiley Midura For $250 CAD? Seems fair to me
I find it funny that I got a siege ravage and lazerbeak the same day you made a whats the best soundwave
I almost included reviews of the cassettes, but I felt the video would be long enough without them.
@@PerspectiveEnd lol
It realy shows, how good g1 Soundwave 's design, even if the worst figure representing it, still has a cool robot mode.
Yeah, soundwave's design is a classic.
I haven’t watched the video yet, but I’m guessing all the figures will be fighting to see who’s second best to the MP.
Pretty much!
I looked for a core Soundwave other day and my local toy store has every core except Soundwave...
That's probably because people know he's the best and when the store gets shipments in, everyone goes straight for the Soundwave.
I TRULY BELIEVE THIS IS GENUINE RANKING PERSPECTIVEND 😎😎👍👍
I'm not quite sure what genuine ranking means? But thank you.
For a minute there, I thought you were going to put earthrise over seige!
Nice work.
For a minute there, I thought I was going to as well.
I love using Core Soundwave as a prop for other toys. if some company made a good oversized KO with a transforming Laserbeak, I'd want it.
Like an Oversized version of the Core figure?
@@PerspectiveEnd yes, voyager sized, accurate colors and maybe a few extra points of articulaton
BTW, there is a third party Bumblebee Soundwave toy that transforms into his iconic boom box.
Wait which one is that?
Mutant Soundwave is obviously SSS tier especially with his epic self combusting due to GPS feature
I remember really like the mutant Soundwave as a child.
congrats on the 6 k subs dude you deserve more subs tho
Thank you very much, I'll work very hard to get more.
I think that cut when you yelled fu then cut scared me
Sorry about that, it's just supposed to be funny.
@PerspectiveEnd no it was its just scared me and I was half awake
I do understand where your coming from when you say you don’t like the SS BBM Soundwave but even though it’s not that close to the concept art in alt mode it’s still not that far off and I mean the possibility is way better then most of my other figures and it’s pretty close to the cgi model and if you really cared about movie accuracy you could get a upgrade kit that makes it look like a mini MP figure I do understand why you put it so low if your looking specifically for a g1 Soundwave but just as a Soundwave it’s pretty good especially if you have ravage
I would fight you on the Poseability. I would call it well below the average, with Awful looking shoulders, and just below normal elbows and knees.
Also the Suggestion of an Upgrade kit doesn't fly here. It is my personal belief that a figure needs to Earn an Upgrade kit by being good enough. Not to need one to be good at all.
I got my first ever Soundwave a few weeks back. I found a guy on a buy/sell page selling his Siege Soundwave + Siege Laserbeak and Ravage, for only a few dollars more than a standard voyager + shipping.
Considering I've seen Netflix Soundwaves go for 2 or 3 times the store price, I think I got pretty lucky
Nice! And how are you liking that trio?
@@PerspectiveEnd I think my review is the standard.
Soundwave is pretty good in robot mode, turns into not much.
Laser beak is great, and Ravage stays as a cassette in Soundwaves chest, because that ravage looks better as a cassette
It went exactly as I thought it would
But that MA one was a surprise for sure
But a welcome one I assure you.
And nice job of the predictions.
I legitmately love the way you review stuff. You're unbiased and do comparisons fairly etc. Also do you have Siege Starscream? If you do would love to know your opinions on it.
I do have one, I will make a review of it eventually.
I really want a masterpiece soundwave I don't really collect masterpiece figures because I can't afford them but you have talked me into wanting one
I 100 percent endorse this course of action.
Even if you don't collect masterpieces and don't like the G1, the MP Soundwave is a figure to get regardless. It is that good.
Also who doesn't like Soundwaves original design. You can hate G1 a, I don't believe that there's someone who hates Soundwave.
Awesome video as always man. Also do you intend on reviewing or picking up any Cyberverse figure? So far I've heard a lot of good thing about the deluxes and I plan on getting the deluxe Cheetor. But there's hardly any review about him. Would love to see your take on him or the line in general
I have heard they got better over time. Initially they were so bad.
I can say that I don't have much in the way of plans on reviewing those figure's.
I have to buy them, and they are is such a unique visual style they'd clash with my collection.
I might one day, but likely not.
Being I never had masterpiece soundboy, Netflix soundwave is my absolute favorite, but I'm also hardcore biased being he was given to me while on life support. I started collecting during the power of the primes trilogy, and if that masterpiece was presented to me I'd hold him in the same regard you do. Any how, superior video💙🤘
Thank you so much! And oh my god, why are you on life support. I'm glad to hear that you're OK now. And it makes sense that it would mean a lot to you because of that.
@@PerspectiveEnd crazy vehicle accident that happened about a year ago to date. I recently started sharing about it on my channel. Oh and siege ultra Magnus was with me, I just posted his story too 😂
I want a siege sound wave because I figured out a fan mode without parts forming but it makes it look really alien
Oh yeah, what is that like, do you have pics.
@@PerspectiveEnd I really could only post them on UA-cam I’m smart enough not to have other social media
Dude, congrats on 6K! Fun fact: the Siege Soundwave actually has an official lampost mode, though it looks like crap for the most part
I am aware of the lamp post mode, and yeah, it kind of suck, so I didn't feature it here.
Thank you, here's to the next thousand.
You are right. 100% of English reviewers are all just saying only positives and zero negatives it's frustrating, and feels like a betrayal when you get the toy and it's not as good as you've been shilled
Yeah, I try to reserve my Praise for the best of the best.
Before I watch this video it obviously the mp Soundwave if not....well I just need to re-watch all your videos congratulations on 6k
Thank you very much! And congratulations on your accurate prediction.
Love your what the best video congrats on 6000
Thanks so much! And yeah I'm sorry that I haven't done these in a while.
@@PerspectiveEnd no problem all your videos are amazing
Congrats on 6K! And I actually thought Siege would beat Earthrise. EDIT: Wait I got confused I was right lol
Congrats on your successful prediction! And thank you so very much. Thanks for sticking with me so long. You've been here since basically the start of my channel.
@@PerspectiveEnd Thanks man! I've loved watching these for so long, Thanks for being so great!
Nice video though I think you know what review we want next (mechanical alliance soundwave) also their should be video’s on how to get ravage into the chest of mechanical alliance soundwave but is I remember correctly their should be another hatch to open on it’s chest that you can open to have a cleaner shot
Yes there is in fact a larger lower hatch, but it still doesn't fit very well. I find the main door will pop open if he's in there a lot of the time.
Studio series Bumblebee soundwave's alternate mode lets me hear: *"Can the Spiderman Come out to play?"* for some reason. All I'm saying is that it looks like Green Goblin's hover thing (Idk what it's called)
It does look like that yeah.
I've been waiting for this moment
This was foretold in the scriptures.
whats the best grimlock at 7k? congrats on 6k you deserve it and this video was really well done
10K. It has always been and will continue to be the 10K celebration.
And thank you so much!
A video on what’s the best version of my fav Decepticon. PerspectiveEnd superior. I’m gonna guess your ranking before the vid
MP Soundwave
Kingdom
Siege
ER
Bumblebee
Oh, congrats on 6K!
Thank you very much, and Nice Job on those predictions! If I didn't throw you for a loop with the MA those would be perfect. But then that was the point.
@@PerspectiveEnd Yeah I did not see that one coming since you didn’t show it in the poll. I knew MPM would be first and BB movie last, that was obvious. I know you don’t like ER, and I was genuinely surprised you were considering putting it above siege. Kingdom vs siege was a toss up, but I guessed correctly
You should also count Titans Return Soundwave. Its a leader class with moderately sized cassetticons, very nice portions and fun gimmicks like eject button and carry handle.
Would love to. Didn't have one. I always wanted one but didn't have money at the time to pick it up, and havent had the opportunity since.
just a heads up if you want a cybertron esk tape player mode for siege transform the arms and hips normally but instead of having the legs going flat out forward bend the knees so the panels that replace the feet are now facing the same direction as his chest hold out the thrusters then turn them so they are sideways fold out the landing gear and finally tab the guns into the legs also with netflix soundwave i legit think its trying to replicate the mp figure and not the cartoon model just due to it having the same details as the mp figure on his shoulders and knees the cartoon doesn't have those
Do you have pics of what you are describing because I can't envision that.