Soundwave
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That's not entirely true. Bay wanted Bubblebee to stay a VW bug, but VW said no, saying they didn't want their name associated with any kind of violence and such.
No, Bay wanted something different, and VW refuses to license the image of the Beetle for anything. VW of America is hated by we classic VW owners because they are a bunch of pricks who only trot out their heritage when they need to unload their current batch of turds on the market. Beleive me, VW would love to take Max to the crusher and wouldn't shed a tear doing so.
Bay never wanted Bumblebee to be a bug citing a similarity to Herbie.
Porsche also refused to allow their cars to be licensed for the Alternators line for the same reason as VW - 'War toys'...
But yet in Generation 1, Jazz was a Porsche 935 Turbo racing car.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_(Transformers)
Soundwave as an... iPod?
That might work.
How big is he supposed to be, in robot mode? Anyone?Soundwave as an... iPod?
That might work.
Enormous, the height of any of the vehicular Transformers in G1 anyway, and I don't think you could really convey Soundwave's character through a tiny robot.
Thespeckledkiwi
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And that's the issue.
I don't think that Bay will keep Soundwave music oriented in a way. Vehicle mode might have like huge speaks in the trunk or something like that but Soundwave along with Megatron both mass shift a lot and I don't think Bay wants to even begin explaining that.
I don't think that Bay will keep Soundwave music oriented in a way. Vehicle mode might have like huge speaks in the trunk or something like that but Soundwave along with Megatron both mass shift a lot and I don't think Bay wants to even begin explaining that.
Agreed. I don't think that's a bad thing though. Mass-Shifting is fine in comics and animation, but it would be hard to make believable in live-action, and I think it would be best avoided. Although avoiding it does lead to things like Starscream's rather odd looking super-wide robot mode, in order to stop him towering above even Optimus.
if you wanna see Laserbeak as a flash-card, check out the Sector Seven site sectorseven.org (password 'deceptibot' pop-up blocker off) and click on the doohickey on the left with the red stripe and watch NBE57.
Kickback as a real insect-size Insecticon is NBE125
Kickback as a real insect-size Insecticon is NBE125
Thespeckledkiwi
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Laserbeak as a Flash Card? Wouldn't he be paper thin and easy to break?
he's thin, but not easy to break...
Thespeckledkiwi
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That's not possible. A Transformer would easily crush Laserbeak unless he was made from some unknown metal like Wolverine.
That passcode did not work for me.
don't use the ' ' and make sure you allow pop-ups...
I didn't use the ' ' but I can't control the pop ups. company computer and all. I'll try at home. Thanks.
great fal, thanks for showing me that. now i want one. >_< but it's sold out.
i still think that he should be an homage to the old version... as a tape deck. lol it would be weird though having soundwave and not megatron. it's like they're... a couple and soundwave is the loyal wife? >_<
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A lot can change in 25 years. It's funny to see people blasting a company for being discretionary in advertising.
Personally, I don't understand the argument that Soundwave couldn't be an "antiquated" tape player. Is it an old form of technology? Yes. But we sell electronics in my store, and people buy stuff with tape players attached. Other people buy old LPs from the '60s and '70s. I'm pretty open-minded when it comes to new forms for a character, but this argument is like claiming a Transformer can't turn into a classic car or a WWII aircraft. It's not like those characters with Earth-based modes necessarily act like Earth vehicles. 
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