Logos Prime

The name or term "Soundblaster" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Soundblaster (disambiguation).

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Soundblaster (サウンドブラスター Saundoburasutā), also known as Logos Prime (ロゴスプライム Rogosu Puraimu), is an Ancient equal with Vector Prime and possessing extraordinary power over space and time. He can take any name and form that he chooses. Soundblaster is partnered with the bird-bot Hell Buzzsaw, who he uses to speak through to mere mortals.

Fiction

Beast Wars Reborn

Logos Prime was one of the original clan of Transformers created by Primus before the god assumed the form of Cybertron. Possessing great power over space and time like his kin, Logos was even recognized by Vector Prime as having superior skill at it than him. Logos acted as galactic protector over the endless streams of space-time, but eventually lost sight of his objective, becoming lost to Vector Prime and the memory of his existence falling to the darkness of time. In his own words, Logos Prime was "no more", leaving only "a living corpse with a shattered soul, awaiting imminent destruction". Planetfall

After the Great Reformatting, Soundblaster abducted Optimus Primal and Megatron onto his space-travelling "temple" that served as an interface for his power, erasing their memories in the process. After a series of confusing escapades between the two, Logos Prime introduced himself as Soundblaster, speaking through Hell Buzzsaw. He offered his powers over space and time to Megatron, hoping that he'd be his successor. On the astral plane, Vector Prime, sent by Primus, confronted his old comrade Master of the Game and recognized Soundblaster as his fellow Ancient, Logos Prime, in an unfamiliar form. Vector was aghast at the idea of Logos granting his power to a tyrant such as Megatron, but Soundblaster could only give a cryptic response of his own motives.

At the temple, Optimus Primal attempted to attack Soundblaster, but the Ancient easily blew back the Maximal. Megatron, while more than willing to gain power, did not believe Soundblaster's offer. Regardless, Soundblaster began the "rite of succession", sending the Zeonomicon, the core of his power, to the planet, Animatron, underneath the temple. Despite Optimus Primal attempting to steal the Golden Disk that the process of the rite was recorded on, Soundblaster sent the two to Animatron and restored their memories. Soon after, the temple detonated. Planetfall

The Extraordinary Reformat

Toys

Cybertron

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• Soundblaster (Voyager class, 2006)
  • Japanese ID number: GX-03
  • Accessories: "Hell Buzzsaw" partner, "Laser Cannon", "Blaster Gun", Planet X type Cyber Key

Soundblaster is a redeco of the Cybertron Soundwave toy, transforming into a Cybertronic stealth bomber. He comes with three hexagonal prism "bombs"; one converts into his partner Hell Buzzsaw, the other two unfold into non-firing blaster weapons. Any one of these "bombs" can be stored in his robot-mode chest, which opens by plugging a Cyber Key into him. The other two store in indents on the underside of his wings. He comes with a silver-bordered Planet X style Cyber Key.

He was only available as a Toy's Dream Project exclusive.

This mold was also used to make the Universe version of Blaster.

• More information on Soundblaster at TFU.info

Notes

• Though Soundblaster's box was new, he came with Soundwave's instructions.
• Given Logos Prime's incredible powers over space and time, his status as an "Ancient" and "one of [Vector Prime's] own", and his very name, Beast Wars Reborn author Hirofumi Ichikawa seems to have strongly intended for him to be one of the thirteen original Transformers. This would be further supported by a silhouetted image of the thirteen produced by Yuji Kaida for TakaraTomy's World of the Transformers web site (written by Ichikawa), which included a shadowed figure closely resembling Logos Prime (see right). However, a noncommittal Hasbro Q&A answer indicated that Hasbro did not consider Logos part of their definitive canonical list of thirteen, which was confirmed with the release of Transformers: The Covenant of Primus. However, some of his abilities bear more than a passing resemblance to Amalgamous Prime, another shapeshifting Prime that could take on any form he pleased.