Mystery (music) man.

Here’s something interesting I got recently. It’s an oversized G1 Soundwave with Laserbeak and Ravage!

I got him in a random lot of Transformers and Bionicles. I thought it was the same as the KO Soundwave as in this video: https://youtu.be/1siOu02pD-E

But it turns out there are a couple of differences. That most obvious difference being the paint on his head. It’s silver instead of red. What that means is, I’m not sure if this guy is a recent KO or something from way before. Maybe I stumbled on a KO from the 90s? Probably not, but it’s fun to think.

Anyway, KO Soundwave here is pretty neat. He’s not been simplified at all. Only been upsized and removed of die-cast metal. His cassette deck works and everything! And it holds both Ravage and Laserbeak!

Now as far as I can tell Laserbeak hasn’t been simplified but Ravage has. Ravage is missing the joints in his feet, which bugs me. Everything else was kept! Why take away Ravage’s feet?!

Soundwave and his cassette minions don’t have their weapons. But I’m not sure if they even came with weapons in the first place. Soundwave does have the opening battery compartment, but it’s very difficult to do. Mysteries…

Even if he doesn’t turn out to be a super rare vintage KO, Soundwave is still a good toy. His plastic is good and feels about on par with the KO DOTM Ironhide I reviewed earlier. I hope they make a whole line of oversized G1 KOs!

Robot mode

Soundwave

Laserbeak

Ravage

Alternate mode

Soundwave

Laserbeak

Ravage