So, finally got down to opening up the latest bot from the Masterpiece line, and the first thing you'll notice is... how light the box feels? Seriously, upon opening the box, you'll find it mostly filled with AIR... like what YAMATO used to do with their old valkyries.
Soundwave comes in a plastic tray in the box, along with laserbeak, couple of weapons and accessories and an energon cube. I wonder if there's such a need to have such excessive packaging for this; it'd probably be better if they shipped him in his cassette player mode rather than the robot mode, and that would save most people on shipping costs (which goes by volume by the way, not weight).
Taking soundwave out of the tray, you'll notice most of the weight is down at his feet, otherwise everything else is plastic. A sharp contrast to the first MP-1, which was jam packed with die cast parts, and had a certain heft to it! Maybe it's me, but the plastic that soundwave is made out of seems... cheap. Really, it looks cheap, but maybe it's cos of the type of plastic they used? Lambor and Red Alert seemed to have better finishes overall.
On to the figure itself, yeah, it looks pretty great actually. Notwithstanding the plasticky look, i think they generally caught the look and proportions of Soundwave pretty well. He can take up to three cassettes this time, so it'd be cool when the other cassettes are shipped!
Now, laserbeak is awesome, i think they've outdone themselves on the transformation sequence for this bird. :) Whereas you had to stick on the backpack/guns on the classic version, this one has everything packed into the body... PLUS they've added that little cam built into the head which can be flipped out.. very cool.
Overall, i'd give this figure a 7/10, is it worth the prices it's going for now? (i saw it at $280 last week at CSC) I don't think so. At most, this figure should be sold for is at $200. Still, it's worth picking up as it is currently the best incarnation of Soundwave.
Till the next repaint of course, haha! :)
No comments:
Post a Comment