It was more than 6 months ago when I found the possible production of Electrostatic Soundwave–from here on called Soundblaster. In the last (un-produced on DVD) season of Transformers Animated, Soundwave returned and was animated in the form of this. The black and red are a “shout-out” to the classic 80’s rebuilding of Soundwave after he and Blaster (Broadcast) “killed” each other in the series–this of course was in Japan, not shown to us here in the U.S. What else is new…
Soundwave had become Soundblaster and this figure is a great way to have your own! Although the Animated show has had many repaints, this is probably the best example because the character had really taken this form in the show.
The photos of the package will have to do because like the rest of my Transformers Animated collection I don’t plan to open it.
Soundblaster also includes Ratbat in the form of a Keytar–A keytar was a well-used instrument in 80’s Synthpop, so props on that!
However, I always loved that Soundwave was a small tape deck and his little soldier robots turned into micro cassettes and slipped into his chest. Thankfully I have a version of the original Soundwave, so having a “Bass Van” as they call him is cool enough and acceptable to an old fan like me.
Ah, the memories…
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