He was also available in the 1985 in the VSY giftset, lacking the headset accessories, but packed with Frenzy (including tape case), and facing off against an unaltered Grimlock. Soundwave was released Japan in 1985, though the Japanese version came packed with Rumble instead of Buzzsaw, and included the headset accessories from the Microchange Cassette Man, as well as a clear case for Rumble. In Europe, Soundwave was released in the UK in 1984, identical to the US version, and available in the UK and continental Europe in 1985 (excluding Italy), now including the rubsigns. In the US, he was available in 1984, packed with Buzzsaw This set was available again in 19, with a rubsign replacing the traditional Decepticon symbol on his tape door/chest (and another on Buzzsaw's stickered side). Soundwave’s popularity granted him a large variety of releases.
A number of other less obvious variations also exist. Earlier production used a fist piece that was solid and smooth from the hand-hole to the silver forearm, while later issues had a large slot just below the forearm. The two primary variations are the closed- and open-wrist versions.
Like most Transformers of this era, Soundwave has a number of casting variations.
A number of catastrophic breakages can occur from internal catches preventing the door from opening or staying closed, to the door being entirely torn off its hinges. Soundwave seems a quite robust and sturdy design due to his thick, boxy appendages and metal-pinned hinges, but he is very prone to breakage: the cassette door mechanism, as well as the door itself are quite frail. A hole on his shoulder allows a weapon to be pegged in, typically the smaller non-firing rocket launcher. One of these may be extended and used as a missile launcher for his chrome missiles, and the other is simply molded to look like a magazine of smaller rockets. His battery compartment door can be slid off to reveal his two weapons disguised as AA batteries. His angular, pointy facial features look inherently evil, and it is no coincidence that the Decepticon symbol bears more than a passing resemblance to him. His die-cast metal toes help him keep steady footing, though his reverse-bending knees can cause some instability if they loosen with playwear. However, the bulk of his alternate mode yields a robot that towers over all the other 1984 releases. Soundwave’s transformation is rather straightforward, creating a rather blocky robot out of the block of an alternate mode. Disappointingly, the Transformers version omitted the headset and microphone accessories, and since Walkman-type cassette players typically lacked internal speakers, Soundwave lacks any visible means of audio playback.
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The detail continues throughout his decoration, such as a stickered record light, tape counter (bearing the digits “010” in homage to his Microchange series number), and a molded tape reel gauge on the inside of the clear plastic cassette door. He includes details such as a movable chrome volume dial, slidable power switch, a belt clip, non-functional playback buttons, and even a mechanical eject button that opens his tape door so Mini-Cassettes may be placed inside. While it looks like a scaled-down Walkman, the specific designation on his Cassettes indicates that he would be an actual-scale Microcassette player, possibly inspired by the Olympus SR-11, which offered similar functionality. Soundwave’s alternate mode is a rather generic cassette player. Soundwave was invented by Satoshi Koizumi and his US Patent, titled Reconfigurable toy cassette (aka Transformers G1 Soundwave) was filed on Ap(U.S.
This version can be distinguished by the name “Cassette Man” molded on the bottom of his tape door, molded in place of Soundwave’s plain stripes. He was originally released as MC10 Cassette Man, and included the Microchange equivalent of Rumble, as well as headphones with foam earpieces and a microphone boom, as well as a rubber cord that connected the headphones to Soundwave’s shoulder hole. Soundwave, like many early Transformers toys, originated in the Takara Microman: Microchange line.
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