Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpieces MP-13 "Soundwave" (Japan Import)

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While patrolling, Bulkhead discovered a stash of cubes ready for transport at the bottom of a mineshaft. Some months after he'd abandoned the Decepticons, Starscream snuck on board the Nemesis in an attempt to steal a number of energon cubes. In robot mode, the red and blue bros stand 3⅛" tall and have balljointed ankles, hinges in the upper legs, balljointed hips, hinged elbows, balljointed shoulders, and a swivel neck. Artwork of all the accessories printed inside the box suggests the cubes were intended to come with 5 mm/3 mm double post handles, but the final release features 3 mm holes.

His chromed thruster-blaster add-ons have some very minor mold variations to them, like several other early Transformers toys. Super Cyborg Soundwave is a non-transforming figure released by Super7, standing 11 inches tall and featuring 7 points of articulation.

Attacktix Laserbeak is a 10-point Trooper-type piece featuring a firing missile launcher on his back. He comes with only one gun, which can be placed either on his shoulder or in his fist, with two static 'missile' pieces that can be inserted into the front of the gun. Takara's release of Soundwave reinstated the extra Cassette Man accessories that Hasbro had excluded from their release: a set of headphones and a microphone, both non-functioning. Soundwave also briefly appears in the 2018 film Bumblebee, serving as one of Megatron's lieutenants. To quickly repair the vessel, Megatron inserted a Dark Energon cube into its power core, quickly repairing all the damage.

Like the larger Soundwave figure he comes with, his design deviates somewhat from his original design, instead being black with red stripes. Even more oddly, the Soundwave shown on the cross-sell is the Hasbro-release Soundwave with the maroon-purple and aqua-blue robot parts. This planned redeco of the Laser Cycle Road Pig would have seen Soundwave transform to a blue and silver Harley-Davidson Electra Glide touring motorcycle, with an LED-lit tailpipe that became an arm-mounted weapon in robot mode. Like that toy, this ravage is wide and flat instead of tall and skinny, so he's already doing better than G1.Soundwave began life as the Micro Change toy "Cassette Man", and went mostly unchanged when he was imported by Hasbro to become part of the Transformers toyline, save for exclusion of some accessories, and the removal of a molded "Cassette Man" logo and "MC-10" on his cassette door.

Released as part of the second wave of an e-HOBBY exclusive series, this trio of rubber keychains depict super-deformed art of " Soundblaster," "Condor", " Jaguar," and Soundwave's original form in boombox mode.

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As a token, it cannot be included in a player's deck, but can be generated into play by Soundwave, Superior Captain. Thanks to the exalted leader of Carbombya in " Thief in the Night", we know 1000 barrels of oil makes a single energon cube.The cubes are made of the same sort of soft plastic as the concurrent Fire Blast effects, and each edge measures 11 mm. After executing the Autobots, the Decepticons quickly conquered Earth, forcing the humans to produce energon cubes. The phrase "Commemorative Edition" is prominently displayed on the front and sides of the box, though, and it remains exclusive to Toys"R"Us, as all Commemorative Edition toys were.