We forgot an alternate mode "LIE IT ON IT'S BACK AND CALL IT A SHIP, IT WORKED FOR SHOCKWAVE"

Hasbro- “Just fold it a bit ...... Make it look like a space brick .... Yeah that’s it 💡

Unfortunate fact: the Siege mold of Soundwave can't transform into his cassette player mode on its own because of some mold limitations, which the Netflix Soundwave got modified with.

Finally! Can't wait for your review on Siege Starscream, EmGo.

Besides his Generation One form, the only other transformations I can get behind for Soundwave was being a Cybertronian satellite and a reaper drone. They fit him well. All these other ones just don't cut it in my opinion. He needs to be a mobile espionage vehicle.

Soundwave's chest looks like my phone screen.

I think that Soundwave's alt mode is a dropship for minicons

Yup! Soundwave will always be my favourite decepticon

I like this mold, especially the vehicle mode. It reminds me his satellite mode in rotf in my opinion.

I actually really dig the box ship, but I wish we had some examples of it in the fiction. The lamp mode is 100% what I got him for, so I'm happy as a clam anyway!

Hoooray for lamp post. It’s a thing damn it! It’s a thing.

Eh, I'll probably skip buying Soundw- 14:00 ... TAKE MY MONEY!!!

Fun Fact/Tip: Blacklights can be used to detect and mark scorpions in the dark.

I love the Siege line! I bought Optimus Prime and Sixgun with my christmas money and I love then both equally. Optimus especially. Since I work at Walmart we have access to the special versions of Optimus Prime and Megatron with the cartoon style paint-job. Very cool

This is low-key my favorite Soundwave ever. There's something desperate and out of energy about him. He feels like a terrific update of G1 in that way.

They should have just combined the two cylinder weapons and maybe used the other as a scope

His extra little grey gun I put on megatrons back as his pistol tip 🤷🏼‍♂️

Idea for "lamp post" mode... Just bend his knees and stock him with weapons!!! He'd make a great gun turret for Megatron or other decepticons.

The ship mode looks like it's meant to be the Star Wars equivalent of a big rig.

The "lamp post mode is close to Soundwave's G1 Cybertron form.

7:53 "You do know why it's called a cockpit..."

I like how Plugging a transformed laserbeak onto an outstretched level arm makes him look like hes landing on soundwave

I just picked up Soundwave and his Cassette pack of Laserbeak & Ravage. I really appreciate that the designers gave him his lamp post mode considering that's the 1st time you see Soundwave in the Original Cartoon. I also like that they gave him his "secret" tape deck mode. I'm not a fan of his ship mode, but his robot mode more than makes up for it. Thanks for the review. Awesome job.

i know exactly who Soundwave meant when he said "HIM", sneaky Soundwave, setting up Starscream to save his own buttplate

I don’t get the negativity this dude is a masterpiece a complete must buy figure

I'm 20 years old why am I feeling the urge to buy this entire line starting with soundwave all the way to optimus.

Shocking to believe just how Machinima-accurate Siege Megatron was. Especially in robot mode, with the perfect G1 proportions and the tank treads on his back...

It would've been really cool for him to have his cassette player mode also. Soundwave with 4 different configurations. Now that would be wicked awesome.

I was waiting for this review for a while. Thank you EmGo

I honestly like his ship mode. Most of the people complaining are g1 fanboys

I seem to recall his lamp mode on a Cybertron scene on the tv series as a autobot drove by...anyone else?

With shockwave's extra pieces Soundwave says ( heavy weapons mode initiated operation annihilation).

7:21 Oh my Primus, that's the same waist flip mechanism the Cybertron Voyager Soundwave mold uses! Also similar to the waist transformation from the original Armada Starscream mold (not the Generations one)...

Imagine Soundwave in a dark alleyway and you see the light piping of his eyes

thanks emgo for the quality videos

Lamp post, reminds me of BIG when the robots transformed into buildings. Also to be fair he actually did pull off the Lamp post in one of the earlier eps. when they where on Cybertron and Bumblebee and Wheel Jack were stealing energon rods. Great review for including it to make it a full review Keep up the great reviews

I see it now! The combined gun is a cyberinsecticide sprayer for when the Insecticons get out of line!

Love that you can do the Lamp post form as well

I would contest anyone who says this figure has any genuine alt-mode, but that robot mode is so money.

One of my favorite Transformers, really happy to see him accurately portrayed in the Bumblebee movie. Travis Knight superior, Michael Bay inferior.

I found him at a Walmart late last week. I expected the shelf to be barren like usual, but there he, and Starscream sat. I love both figures. FoC Soundwave was my Soundwave before, but this guy easily replaces him. Guess I'll have to order his cassettes though.

Amazing work keep it up it’s amazing love the reviews

The end was the best lol nice poses

I heard Snowcat will be in this Siege series too... I can't wait for the Mad Yodeler.

I bought it, a cool Soundwave. Made a hammer or pickaxe from his "pistols". It looks better than a staff.

Love that little him segment 😂🤣😂

8:58 I like how Hasbro put that lamp post mode in. It's a nice knod to the g1 cartoon 😊

My favorite character. He is superior

Although the alt mode is not my favourite (at least it looks Cybertronian), this version of Soundwave is one of my favourites. Love the proportions, love the articulation, love his colours, and love his cassettes. Mine is currently in storage and I love the mold so much I'm tempted to get another or Soundblaster. SOUNDWAVE SUPERIOR

Play fast forward and rewind buttons are exactly what is needed on space ships and lamp posts

Awesome figure! I’m so glad I got it.

We need a lot Decepticons in Siege in my opinion at least. I'd love a Siege Scorponok or Runabout and Runamuck.

“Secret mode!” They made it possible to turn into a boom box?? Oh, it’s just his lamppost mode. EDIT: the “tape deck mode” doesn’t count since it’s a fan mode and obviously not intended by the designers

I can honestly say that this figure was an example of maybe A little too much battle damage effect. My personal opinion tho

was curious if you could fudge the g1 alt mode. Great review emgo!

Very nice figure posing Emgo

EmGo's Transformers Reviews N' Stuff: calling cockpit jokes appropriate since 2009. edit: corrected the name of the show edit2: corrected the year(was 2019, thanks Jake)

Well, we can't make him a tape deck, so just wad him up and call it a Cybertronian Ship. What about his chest? Aaah, just stick it on the back like starscream

2 Box throws in one video. You spoil us.

And you sold me on this Soundwave. :)

Soundwave always has the best gimmick. I may need to collect this version despite his alt mode because that is a fine looking robot.

Lamp post mode is my favorite mode, because it's his super secret spy mode that no one could ever figure out. Also I always wanted a Soundwave with this mode because it's dumb, thats why I love it.

The legs for laserbeak can actually fit on his forearms (but not securely) using groves on either the right or left forearm if you don't want to use the peg and have laserbeak with legs

The secret transformation mode was actually his original mode on cybertron in 1984

Also, do you plan on posting these end skits separately like the Dark Energon ones from Prime all that time ago? They're so great and I'd love to binge them

Thank you for this video.

Nice video i actually picked up this guy up today at my local walmart and im guessing you were talking about starscream at the end?

So, does anyone else think that going into robot mode, leaving his backpack in place of his head, does he not look like a sound wave/WALL-E love child? I'm hearing waaaaaalleee in sound waves voice lmao

Wow,more awesome light pipping on Soundwave. Just like Shockwave.

He did transform into a street light in the first cartoon on cybertron after all

As much as I like G1, I really wish they would do different and more obscure characters rather than keep doing the same characters over and over again. It gets boring over time.

Can't wait to get my hands on it.

Any advice on a new collector on a budget? I love these siege figures but cannot afford a leader or commander class,would like something big...on a voyager price tag?

17:06 That reminds me. I was looking for melee weapons that soundwave might use and saw someone on reddit plug both cassettes into his left arm as a shield, and took the extendable gun as a handle and put the smaller extendable gun in a slot on the bigger gun. Giving him a scythe and a shield. Just google soundwave melee weapon, go scroll through images, and you might find it

Would Soundwave gray gun look good on Megatron back as his shoulder barrel?

Soundwave - my favorite decepticon.

SoundWave: Lazer Beak eject, Rumble, eject, Ravage eject, Commence operation Stealth Strike!

I like that soundblaster has the bigger chest just like the og toy

I cant wait to get this guy!!!!

Hasbro really pulls all the plugs on these designs, even the ones we thought would be bad turn out to be amazing

One of my most anticipated figures for Siege! His alt mode(s) could use some work and I would've preferred he had a red visor but otherwise he's an excellent figure and I can't wait to pick him up!

Just got the Netflix version, his alt mode is his cassette player!

Good one smiley

SOUNDWAVE!? A LAMP POST!? WHAT!?

Well, I'm glad it's one that works starting in alt mode

Are you looking forward to Studio Series Shatter? I know that I can’t wait for her to release. 27 step transformation! She’s going to be a fairly complex figure and I am going to love her!

I need this His design is logical.... wait wrong “Wave”

i've seen someone suggest on a forum that the grey piece looks like megatron's shoulder barrel and can be plugged into his back for an even more classic look

"Ravage eject" .

I like to have the legs transformed for ship mode in lamp post mode. In the tv show, his legs formed a single piece.

the lamppost mode doesn't actually look like the original lamppost so it doesn't really matter as far as i'm concerned. the g1 figure can pull it off quite well though.

The lamp post mode is from first ep of g1 cartoon on cybertron scenes.

I wonder if that third gun thing would fit on megatrons back because the top of it looks kind of like the gunbarrel backpack thing that some megatrons have

Idk about anyone else but the scratches in the windscreen look to me like the screen's been totally shattered or very near so, really giving off a '86 Movie dead Optimus vibe. I think just a few scratches near the corners would've made more sense

its also a PK-E METER MODE. the one used by The Ghostbusters in tracking ghost!

I found mine at walmart a cople days ago amd i LOVE IT!

It kind of looks like this Soundwave would have a military boat or submarine as his Earth alt mode. I think that would be a cool change.

Still waiting on my BBTS pre order to ship... gotta love it

I got to get this soundwave. He looks so good, and got all them ports to poke guns on him.

To quote a line from the Captain Marvel movie... "You do know why they call it a cockpit?"