Hasbro put out a series of non transforming Transformers toys and I picked up a few of my favorite characters. Soundwave was always one of my favorites because he had all those cool little tapes and his voice was a synthesizer. He was strong and a great spy for the Decepticons. He turned into a little tapedeck that fooled people all the time. The tapes he had fit into the tape deck chest cavity, too. As a kid in the 80’s who had different tape recorders and such this was something very cool. He’s recently been reissued and there is a Shattered Glass variant out there as well, Shattered Glass is an alternative history of Transformers where the Decepticons are the good guys and the Autobots are the evil ones.
I’m really excited that my Transformers X G.I.JOE collaboration set arrived today. This thing is amazing. This collaboration reimagines Bumblebee as part of the G.I.JOE team and he turns into an A.W.E. Striker which is an all terrain vehicle and he comes with the G.I.JOE character Lonzo “Stalker” Wilkinson. I love this new transformation of Bumblebee which uses some of his original colors and also his G! head design. He looks incredible and all of that yellow is hidden while in vehicle form. This is key because he is really in disguise and the A.W.E. Striker vehicle looks like the original G.I.JOE one and it is large enough to seat Stalker. I had ordered this months ago and was surprised when it arrived. I had not been expecting it. Glad it came, though.
