The only difference between the two molds is that the AM version has some weapon peg ports, including two near the base of the wings that look like some kind of gun pods. The two toy versions of Soundwave so far are the RID version and the Arms Micron version. He is more like a part of Soundwave, which he kind of is, as he is a part of Soundwaves chest when not active. Laserbeak is seen less and has less personality than his G1 counterpart. He speaks in pictures and actions, and generally gets his point across very clearly. While his mechanical voice has been one of his main identifying features, I like how he is mute on the show now. His personality on the show is also spot on. I like this choice of an alt mode because a surveillance UAV fits Soundwaves job so well. More specifically, his alt mode looks to me like a hunter-killer surveillance UAV called an MQ-9 Reaper. Now we come to the Prime version of Soundwave: a UAV. Although I do understand that a Cybertronian lamp post would not make a very exciting action figure (see “More Than Meets the Eye”). But even though the video game figure is very cool, it does not fit his job description well. I have high hopes for this upcoming figure. The Voyager version (yet to be released) will have disks that can be launched from the chest compartment and then turn into Soundwaves various minions. This is reminiscent of how his G1 weapons turned into batteries and were stowed in the battery compartment in the tape recorder, with the addition of the functionality of the old tape compartment. The Deluxe version stows his weapons (which look like batteries) in a chest compartment. An interesting one that I actually like is an SUV looking Cybertronian vehicle from the recent video game series. Many of his newer alt modes do not fit his job description well. His original tape recorder mode fit this job very well. Also, when I look at a new Soundwave figure and character, I want to see him retaining his job as a surveillance expert, spymaster and intelligence expert who is completely loyal to Megatron. While some newer versions have has minions of some sort, they have fallen short of the originals. (I know all my old original G1 tapes are in a box… somewhere…I hope.) And what made Soundwave even better were all the cassette tapes he had as minions. For my Classics collection, I have ended up using a reissue G1 Soundwave, with Encore edition tapes. There have been very few versions of Soundwave that even come close to the old one. Hasbro pretty much trapped themselves when they made such a great G1 figure. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Soundwave has always been one of my favorite characters, so I was both eager and apprehensive to see him on Transformers Prime. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.
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