so I was minding my own business
strolling along Walmart when low and
behold I locked eyes on something very
special in the toy aisle. That's because I
caught a glimpse of these amazing
looking g1 reissue Walmart exclusive
cassette BOTS now this wasn't all
because I glanced up and at the top of
the shelf I saw the holy grail of
transformer toys for my personal
childhood something I never got to own
as a kid but now I do as an adult is
this beautiful g1 reissue of sound waves
so today we're gonna go ahead and open
this bad boy up give him a little closer
look see and see just how well Hasbro
did on this g1 reissue first things
first let's go ahead and talk about the
2-pack cassette tapes so there are two
different varieties there is one with
ravage and Rumble as seen here
beautifully recreated g1 packaging comes
with their blast accessories and jet
pack type of things but this is ravage
and Rumble and then of course on the
back we have the character bios as well
as power meter ratings and along the
side we have the transformation
instructions so you can transform them
into their other robot mode these are
priced an astounding $19.99 just blows
my mind absolutely I think these are way
overpriced in my opinion obviously I
still paid for them because I'm a super
super nerd for this type of stuff but
$19.99 for as small as these are even
though you get to that's $10 a but I
just know I'm sorry this needs to be
cheaper sorry sorry not sorry I don't
know what else to say other than the
fact that these are crazy expensive in
piñon but you know if this is your only
route and you're somebody like me that
didn't have the original vintage ones as
a kid and you're wanting to recreate
that with static vibe and get these
authentic duplicates then by all means
pick these up or you know wait till they
go on sale or clearance the other two
back of course was frenzy and Laserbeak
same kind of thing beautiful g1
packaging iconic shots of both
characters and then of course on the
back we've got you know their character
bios same thing as before and then low
and behold we have the ultimate bad boy
himself
my favorite Soundwave this is an iconic
iconic transformation design absolutely
always loved and one of them as a kid
you know obviously back in the 80s when
cassette players and cassette tapes and
little Walkmans were super popular that
was something I wanted as a kid was my
own Sony Walkman and I was like I'll
transform him into Soundwave if I don't
have pipes you know beat up my ninja
turtles and blah blah blah blah but
packaging beautifully recreated just
like before we've got the power ratings
on the back a nice beautiful picture of
the Autobots versus Decepticons and then
on the top of the package we've got the
basic transformation instructions as
well so without further ado let's go
ahead and open them up so just like in
previous releases this one comes with an
instruction booklet as well as the
sticker sheet now the sticker sheet
again you have to put on these yourself
and it is a chrome little shining or
sticker it is definitely not a matte
finish but that is in line with all the
other Walmart g1 really issues so this
blends in nicely with all the other g1
reissues so if you've got the Optimus
Prime the Devastator or the Starscream
or the hot rod this is gonna go in there
perfectly with them so stickers and then
in his plastic prison we have Soundwave
himself as well as buzzsaw little
cassette accessory and then we've got
the little missiles for his guns and his
sonic cannons as well as
rocket boosters for buzzsaw himself so
we'll free him and we'll get him dressed
up with the stickers and then we'll
start transforming and now we have our
fully dressed Soundwave so as you can
see he's got the cassette in there
you've got buzzsaw joining him push the
button pops out out comes the cassette
close it up let's get the stickers on
there one thing to note this is the only
one so far that really hasn't had a rub
sticker so this doesn't have one of
those Autobot Decepticon when you push
your finger on it and reveals the
Autobot or Decepticon emblem so that's
kind of interesting back plate little
belt clip slides off got his batteries
they come out aka is cannons so you can
store those when not in use slide that
back on buddy looks great so let's go
ahead and transform him see him in his
full-on robot modes
and there we have them this guy looks
absolutely phenomenal in my opinion the
joints are very tight which is a good
thing so it's not loose and it doesn't
feel like he's going to lose his
stabilization or his ability to stand or
pose or anything like that so they do
really good job there the details are
fantastic in my opinion he's got the
yellow eyes which is TOI authentic and
the cartoon obviously he had red eyes
but with the toy line he's always had
yellow lines he's got his cannons the
stickers some of the ones on the knees
weren't the best
whoever did those at the factory there's
a little bit of an overlay so definitely
watch out for those if you've got some
nothing I can't fix with a set of
tweezers to realign with it and speaking
of tweezers I highly recommend when
you're applying these stickers that you
use the set of tweezers yourself because
that makes it easy to peel the stickers
on and off here we have buzzsaw buzzsaw
looks great I like about him he actually
looks looks like a little condor I mean
a lot of the Transformers they're
supposed to look like a certain thing
but sometimes they don't but he actually
looks like a nice little robot Condor so
very cool Soundwave himself just
absolutely perfect in every way in my
opinion just gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous
figure stickers really good job on that
everything they've done just the details
I absolutely love this figure like said
the design of the Walkman the tape
player is just something very 80s and
iconic that just is very near and dear
to me but absolutely loved so let's go
ahead and take a look at the other
cassette BOTS first thing we have frenzy
I like these little guys cuz they're
just little mini miniature standing
robots as you can see not very not very
big at all but they're pretty cool
because they actually look like a
full-size just miniaturized get his
little cannons in the back super simple
transformations
but in this great nice little nice
little mean guy here frenzy Laserbeak is
another bird robot very similar to
buzzsaw so you see buzzsaw over here
Laserbeak you know they're basically
identical just different colored
stickers and insides for the cassette
but it is a good regardless well he's
not gonna stay anymore maybe maybe you
could hang out nope nobody's hanging out
alright whatever they fall down and then
we have rumble again another little mini
buck cassette stands on his own compared
to frenzy just a different color swap
but same kind of thing different color
stickers same figure essentially and
then my personal favorite we have ravage
so ravage is awesome the only thing I
wish differently about him of course
this is just nitpicking but that it's
true to the form it falls in line with
g1 but this is just a nitpicky gripe of
mine just because I want his head to
kind of pivot here on the neckline I'd
love to be able to Korean his head up
more and then tilt his head down but
other than that I mean he's perfect
absolutely perfect he looks cool he's
got a little side hip cannons there he's
got both feet he's very hard figure to
pose obviously he's got a very thin
profile so this is something you'll have
to lean up against something or work
some sort of stand because he doesn't
have any peg holes or anything at the
bottom his feet but displaying him even
on a flat surface even with the hip
Rockets there is very tricky just
considering his thin profile but all in
all again like I said the 2-pack
cassette BOTS $19.99 MSRP Soundwave
himself 49 97 is what rang up at Walmart
so $50 for him I think he's personally
absolutely worth $50
the I guess I just I can't get over the
$20 price tag for these many bucks I
mean it just it needs to be 15 at most
10 would be ideal but 15 I could I mean
granted it's $5 but you need to be
cheaper if you're looking for this guy
I'll put product links down in the video
description box below in case you want
to pick them up on walmart.com and if I
find it anywhere else online I'll be
sure to put that in the video
description link as well and that's it
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