This year will be the first time in decades that I will buy LEGO and a cassette player.

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CemeteryWind213@reddit

Not a Lego fan by any means, but they hit it out of the park consistently. The NES console with the Mario scrolling across the level. And now a SoundWave that transforms almost as well as the original toy.

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moe_saint_cool@reddit

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FormerWrap1552@reddit

Wait, it actually plays tapes?

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ExtraDistressrial@reddit

That is my childhood fantasy from the 80's showing up 40 years too late man. Do you know how many times I tried to make something like this before the proper pieces even existed?

Sigh.

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redditing_1L@reddit

I bought a Lego optimus prime who actually transforms. Its never too late to put yourself in that headspace, even if only for a short period of time.

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ExtraDistressrial@reddit

My inner child is on life support, lol.

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VectorJones@reddit

Decepticons Superior!

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Tescovaluebread@reddit

There's two more & not retired yet - Optimus & bumble

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TX_Retro@reddit

Optimus was the bomb and LEGO did great!

This though, this resonates harder. If Starscream comes about I am buying like 20.

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YogurtclosetDull2380@reddit

My boy got the bumblebee one last year and is not even close to being as cool as this

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pogulup@reddit

Rerelease the Voltron one! I do have Optimus, skipped Bumblebee because I don't like what they did with the new Bumblebee. I am surprised they did Sound Wave and not Megatron or Sounds cream?

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MyBurnerAccount1977@reddit

Lego generally stays away from war themes, so you aren't going to see military vehicles or full-sized guns. They make an exception for science fiction, hence the very lucrative Star Wars license.

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Formal-Cut-4923@reddit

Link? I can’t find it on Amazon. Fav decepticon

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Sure_Rooster1267@reddit

Shut up and take my money, Lego!

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its-always-a-weka@reddit

Shut up take his money AND THEN take mine too!!

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ReggaeForPresident@reddit

And mine!

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Calm_Tonight_9277@reddit

And my axe!

wait…

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BoltsGuy02@reddit

LEGO® (bahaha had to because our generation for some reason need to be grammar police about lego/legos) I’ll see myself out

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TheObviousChild@reddit

Saw this the other day! Soundwave was one of the favorites I had. Wore it out from transforming him so much. Still a bit upset my mom made me give all of my awesome 80's toys to my younger cousins.

I'm also still pissed at myself for not buying the Lego Voltron when it was available.

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Djigooblie@reddit

YEEESS!! Where's starscream?!?

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defiancy@reddit

I will buy, but I've bought Legos for years. What I collect are OG Power Rangers toys, I love them

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pogulup@reddit

They are just a ripoff of the true Defender of the Galaxy, VOLTRON!

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defiancy@reddit

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Hammerhandle@reddit

I just decided two days ago that I'm acting completely broke for the next 5 years to finally be able to afford the car of my dreams. This one might hurt worse than my ex wife telling me no to the Voltron set.

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Garthim@reddit

Ah shit, I have to get that

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Fattychris@reddit

I have the Optimus Prime, and it's dope. I'm definitely getting Soundwave!

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infallible_porkchop@reddit

Me too. I have debated on bumblebee.

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Fattychris@reddit

I want Bumblebee, but not enough to spend the money. I will spend the money on Soundwave!

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Frosty_Cloud_2888@reddit

How much?

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pogulup@reddit

$189

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Cubelock@reddit (OP)

Oh and yes, it does transform too:

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brendan87na@reddit

wow

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antisocialnetwork77@reddit

Shit. I haven’t bought a set in about a year, probably gonna have to cave on this one. Haha

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Any-Video4464@reddit

This was my favorite transformer as a kid. Loved that it became a fucking tapedeck.

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chunkybudz@reddit

I want it so bad. Transformers were my fav and he was the coolest decepticon to me as a kid.

Practical me says that $190 is ridiculous and nostalgia accounts for $170 of it. Practical me also see the Icons label and decides it's best to close that tab and forget about it forever or I'll have to build a toy room.

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Financial-Yak-4172@reddit

I have three different Tees with Soundwave on them. He's the best. But I can't justify spending that kind of money on him. Bummer

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chunkybudz@reddit

I distinctly remember losing one of his cassettes as a kid. It fell into the gap between the cement stairs and the cement front porch. I tried everything that wasn't destructive to get it (and a fav Star Wars figure) out of there. I was broken.

For years, I've imagined ways to go back there and retrieve it. I can't imagine what whoever lives there would think if they saw me trying to get to it 🤣🤣🤣

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MasChingonNoHay@reddit

I can hear Soundwaves voice

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BBQLowNSlow@reddit

Ooh,! I had that guy and the little cassette transformer within. Awesome.

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redditing_1L@reddit

Loyal to Megatron to the bitter end. Also one of the most effective spies of all time. Respect.

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NW_Forester@reddit

I always thought Soundwave was one of the worst G1 transformers.

Get me a Lego Jeftfire! I'd drop like $500 on a great set of that.

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rjcpl@reddit

Jetfire is the only one I still have from my childhood.

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NW_Forester@reddit

Always been best G1 by a significant margin IMO. Then Optimus, Megatron, Predaking (combiner), Computron (combiner), and Fortress Maximus.

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rjcpl@reddit

Mostly because it was actually a Macross/Robotech import heh.

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CryptoCantab@reddit

You…what??!?!

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NW_Forester@reddit

Most G1 turned into cars, trucks, planes, guns, that all awesome.

Soundwave turned into a rectangle. Only G1 transformers I thought were even worse were the Reflector 3 robot camera set. That really sucked.

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Frosty_Cloud_2888@reddit

Sound wave just didn’t make sense compared to the cars. He was oversized. So was megatron but that’s what happens when you try to put a plot to different toy lines imported from Japan

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VoteBurtonForGod@reddit

Please ignore the quality, I didn't know that I got a Student artist until after it healed and I called them about how shitty it looked. They gave me a refund, but now I'm stuck with this. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I got this for the sole purpose of being dedicated to Soundwave. He's my favorite transformer of all time!

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