Talk:Soundwave (ROTF)

Toy in stores

• I just got Soundwave in a shop in Belgium, is that even posible when this page says it's not on shelves now?--Sunjumper 15:51, 28 March 2009 (EDT)

Whaa?

What happened to my edit? I added a mainpic then it just disappeared —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ikkwave (talk • contribs).

The picture was crappy so it was removed. -Mazenoise 06:01, 17 June 2009 (EDT)

Oh ok XD Ikkwave 01:02, 19 June 2009 (EDT)

Head in ROTF

Anybody else agree on Soundwave's head in the movie actually being that armoured decoy head the toy has on the back? Looking at the toy that matches far more with what I saw on screen, but I'll know for sure near end of this week when I go and see it again.Dead Metal 06:51, 29 June 2009 (EDT)

Toy shoulders

The configuration for the satellite mode depicted in the toy's instructions is not the way Soundwave appears in the film, featuring a different angling for the panels on his shoulders. It's not a big change, but transforming the toy in accordance with his movie appearance does help to distinguish the jet from the satellite a little, since otherwise, virtually the only difference is in the positioning of the large panel "wings".

What, exactly, is that referring to? Although many fans (and the official press photos) skip it, the toy's instructions do show a change in the shoulder panels' position between the jet and the satellite: that's the only way the satellite's panels plug into them. I tried to look at the shoulders the last time I saw the movie, but they looked like the properly transformed version. Before I just delete that section, can someone show me what I'm missing? --Buttbutt 19:32, 2 July 2009 (EDT)

Essentially, the toy shows the panels folded down against the shoulders - not bent in the middle and actually plugged into the circular grooves as they are for jet and robot modes, but straight, flat and downwardly-pointing. In the film, they're rotated 90 degrees, fanned out, with the large, flat side (with the orange circle) facing outward. Well, inasmuch as what you see in the movie looks anything like the toy. He's got two panels fanned out on either side of his head. I suppose, though, after a moment of reflection, that his panels shift and move about so much in the film that it might be a bit negligible. It's just that without it, the only difference between the two modes is bending the shoulder panels down a bit and clicking the large wing-panels into them. - Chris McFeely 19:42, 2 July 2009 (EDT)

New main picture

'Rise of the Decepticons' has a good double-page picture of Soundwave hacking into the American satellite, which I feel would be a better choice for main picture as it really embodies his role in the film. Would it be okay to change it, or does TFWiki have an unofficial policy that main pictures have to be of TF's in their robot mode? Tarrn 05:44, 9 July 2009 (EDT)

Given that Soundwave doesn't use his robot mode in his most prominent fiction appearance, I think it would be fine if the article's main imagine was of his satellite mode. --KilMichaelMcC 12:25, 9 July 2009 (EDT)

Okay, seeing the actual picture in question... I don't think that makes a very good main pic at all. It is dominated by the actual satellite and not Soundwave himself. --KilMichaelMcC 13:25, 9 July 2009 (EDT)

I could crop it to focus entirely on Soundwave, although it looks a little odd as his main body is entirely on the left-hand side of the picture unless you crop the right wing too. I'm going to try a version where it's centered on his head and see what people think.Tarrn 18:09, 9 July 2009 (EDT)

Repeat?

Did anyone else notice how two of Soundwave's scenes were the same? Specifically, his first appearance, and his last. Anyone? 24.89.74.34 02:23, 10 July 2009 (EDT)

Soundwave's Packaging

On the back of his packaging it says, "Cannon converts to blade!" Is it me or is there a lack of cannon? Boxotron 12:32, 23 August 2009 (EDT)