Care of SwiftEagle at the Allspark, we have word of a potential variant tooling for Robots in Disguise Soundwave. You see, the existing Soundwave toy has a faceplate on the packaging, but the toy’s head lacks a faceplate, instead giving Soundwave a head that evokes his Transformers Prime incarnation. However, SwiftEagle’s variant does indeed sport the faceplate!
From what we know, the faceplate is not painted, and on SwiftEagle’s sample the translucent plastic for the eyes is set back, due to it not accommodating the extra plastic at the front for the faceplate. This suggests that there exists an alternate, faceplated tooling, but it was not intended to be used on this version of the mold (owing to the lack of paint apps and the “eyes” piece not fitting flush). However, the counter to this is the packaging artwork, which has always shown the faceplate.
Which one will it be? Time will tell, but in the meantime, you may share your informed opinions via the discuss link below.
marvel b
That is extremely rare and if willing, I'd trade my regular one for that one for you.
BigRed
You quite literally own a one-of-a-kind version of the toy mate, you can sell it and buy a second normal unit plus have extra cash to go around.
Q Prime
I'm sure that if you found the right person you'd get more than enough back from it to get a normal version.
Ari6
That's great and all but I was never an rid15 fan. Only wanted it for a TFA soundwave kitbash
R3M1NGT0N
Yeah I wouldn’t chop that up. These factory error heads pop up from time to time, but actually coming across one is really rare. Nice find regardless.
pokemonsdoom
nothing came of it, so you have an extremely rare item atm,
Ari6
Sorry that the first thing I do with this account is revive a dead thread but has there been any more developments with this Soundwave 'Factory error head' thing? Only asking because I bought one off ebay, in box so I could chop it up for a project. And when it arrived I saw it had a faceplate, unlike in the photo when I paid for it. Just wanted to check it wasn't anything special before I start hacking it to bits. (Sorry again if I broke a rule by reviving this thing. 6 years is a bit long, I just didn't want to start a new thread when one already existed)
Even if it was hard to find at the time, are there any hardcore RID2015 fans who'd still want it? I never knew how the series/line was received.
weevil
stupid Prime soundwave head. I would like g1 head style.
Rewind
That was my initial thought after comparing photos. Maybe someone with both in hand can confirm.
[Wing_Saber-X]
Sooo.. I think that there is a strong possibility for the Takara version of RiD Soundwave to have this face mask version as their regular release in the Adventure line…hmm.
Toolala
ugh, this guy looks so good, but I want him in Soundblaster colors so much more, get on it Takara! or Hasbro, either will do!
Nevermore
It was legit insofar as there were like a dozen or so sightings by four or five different people. But that was it. It was still a very rare fluke.
weevil
I would like alternate soundwave head. Original soundwave head is boring. but i kinda he look like prime soundwave.
Cheez Doodle23
Looks like the chest stickers on both are different too. One has mostly long lines while the other has mostly dots/small lines.
Edit: NOCV already mentioned this lol
ZapRowsdower
I assume so.
I keep looking, but I know that they'd only be found around CA. If the sighting was legit.
Honestly, if it's that rare, does it even matter? The distribution is so f*cked up right now, I wouldn't be surprised to see an entire wave of reissued G1 toys appear in CA, get "sighted" here, and then see hundreds of people waste their time looking for something that will never spread to the rest of the country. You might as well call toys sighted in these sectors of the country "store exclusives!"
No, that's not right – exclusives are much easier to find than toys "sighted" in CA/TX/VA/NY/etc.
Seth Sunthay
What if soundblaster appears in RID?
Seth Sunthay
Yes
Omegax80
Was the TR Chromedome thing legit?
dCon
Its probably a faceplate in the cartoon so hasbro is accommodating for that in a running change. Whay would be really neat is if he has both in the cartoon. But I'm guessing not. However I was quite fond of the TF rime faceplateless mask.
NOCV
Note that they have different scan codes.
Maybe Soundwave has a retractable faceplate in his new mode, to protect him from having his face damaged in battle again?
My kid just picked up the faceplateless one yesterday and is after me about painting it on to match the packaging.