Third Party company Dr. Wu, via their Weibo account, have shown new images of the prototype of their Sword Dancer (G1 Slamdance).
These are new cassettes planned to go with Siege/Netflix Soundwave and based in G1 Grand Slam (DW-E10 Patriot Tank) and Raindance (DW-E09 Traveler Plane) cassettebots. Great updates of these characters which can combine to form Sword Dancer / Slamdance like their G1 counterparts.
Interested in these new cassettebots for Soundwave’s army? Click on the discussion links below and share your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
Q Prime
I got the toy version mainly because of the face, so I can't say it's a bad choice.
Insurgent
Thanks guys. Didn't know about the face. Looks like toy version it is.
itMFtis
It's personal preference really. I think the pinkish face helps to distinguish it from the rest of the noggin. Was looking on TF wiki for more images of him, and I clearly see a pink face on one of the images in his profile.
The white body isn't g1 accurate, but doesn't mean it looks bad in itself.
WST Junkie
It's simple, go for the toy/anime version because it's the most accurate to the original G1 toy. The other version was simply a way for Dr. Wu to make more money off of the mold. He initially released the white chest version and later he released a version that was closer to the G1 color scheme.
But to address your question the toy version is identical to it's G1 counterpart with grey parts and a face that is painted a deep red color. The original Dr. Wu release with the incorrect colored white parts has a weird pinkish colored face that is not at all like the G1 version…
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Insurgent
Other than the grey/white chest, is there any difference between the normal and toy versions of sword dancer? Thinking of picking one up but can't tell what differences there are.
KibblerGrrrl
Right, but it doesn't also turn into a bot on it's own.
Spicytron
To be fair, Grand Slam/Patriot already does that
KibblerGrrrl
Looking back, I'd love for Dr Wu to consider updating the TR Frumble/Reject molds to fit the WfC/Legacy Soundwave and Blaster formfactor. I think they were the best of HasTak's cassette-tablet-pda molds with good posability and a simple satisfying transformation. With Chatter & Sword Dancer, Dr Wu has demonstrated they could pull off those tiny parts, possibly even improving the TR engineering.
It'd be so sweet for Soundwave and Blaster to pop out a Rumble or Rewind that instead of only being a plank/slab/"drone armor" they then turn into a tiny tank.
Spicytron
Getting Twincast recently made me want to grab this figure, so I did. It really is another stepup from their "Squawkbox", because this time I don't feel like "Patriot" or "Traveller" were compromised for their combined mode (Squawktalk suffered a bit with the Squawkbox set sadly)
Mercurius
I put some team stickers on it for combined and vehicle modes. Really improved the look, for sure.
ckhtiger
I love that pose you have cliffjumper in!
HunterGreen2005
Finally got around to putting a faction sticker on him! It makes a big difference and is super satisfying!
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KibblerGrrrl
I think this is them on Weibo, but I've never been able to login to post a comment.
Thundershot
Does Dr Wu have any kind of social media where we can ask them about things? A lot of 3P have Facebook or instagram pages, but I can’t find anything for Dr Wu.
Shattered Trousers
No doubt!
If Dr Wu offered Decibel or Legout, or both, they would be instant pre-orders for me.
~L~
Fenrys
I think they might get to a lot of the main ones at least, but then we've also gotten most of Soundwave's main tapes. Only ones really missing from the main ones (main in my mind being ones that appeared in Sunbow) are Rewing (rumored to be with Twincast), Steeljaw, Ramhorn and Buzzsaw.
Thundershot
It totally should have been Buzzsaw… I think Hasbro will eventually do all of the cassettes as Core like Rumble. God knows some of them could use the budget.
Fenrys
Just like they eventually got to Buzzsaw, right? Only been waiting on that one for 5 years (I still say it should have been Buzzsaw in the Netflix Soundwave release.
Thundershot
I think Hasbro will eventually get to Ramhorn, Steeljaw, and even Overkill and Slugfest. I think Dr Wu should continue what they’ve been doing well and do the other two combiner cassette sets.. they could sure use an update!
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