SDCC Exclusive SoundWave is up on Hasbro Toy Shop

So they finally start shipping to Canada but only offer the most expensive of shipping methods...what a bunch of shite...

Arg, SO very tempted!!

FYI, the Burger King code BKTF09 gets you free shipping, prob more savings than 10% off, it is for me. Not sure if that will help you Canucks.

EDIT- so which version is this one, the flat chest or the double-chest? Againt with the edit- never mind, answered my own question via the Galleries- he's flat! SO TEMPTED!

I don't know, I've already placed my order so I doubt I can change, I placed my order before I even saw the 10% discount code. Don't care though, this one was on my top 5 of G1's I don't have, plus cassettes are included and considering the price they went for in the encore line I almost think I'm getting a good deal including the shipping.

Holy "I wish I would have known about the 10% off like a hour and a half ago" !!!! Oh well..I was damn excited to actually see it on the screen I would have forgot anyway

ToyArena emailed me to let me know that they also have the SDCC Soundwave in stock and ready to ship.
http://toyarena.com/transformers-soundwave-universe-2009-sdcc-diego-comiccon-exclusive-25th-anniversary-figure-p-3112.html?cPath=15&osCsid=8bf2d5073b3f9c16694f02a7cd74ee6c
They also have a few EZ Devastators, turns out that it is going to be a very limited run on these things as most stores only got about 10% of their order and some shops recieved none. I know it's off topic but it's important

wait...

at i thought at comic con these are 59.99. 10 bucks cheaper online, and codes for 10% off and free shipping? i'm a little pissed i have some one picking me up on at sdcc

I knew they would have this at HTS since.

http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/ProductsByBrand.htm?BR=496&ST=SO&ID=24547&PG=1

Just ordered mine. Come and get 'em!

No way would my parents let me get something like this for that high a price.

Don't forget to check out Seibertron.com's galleries of the Soundwave SDCC set by clicking on the following links:

Soundwave



With this exclusive release, Ratbat sees his first ever U.S. reissue!



Laserbeak



Ravage



Buzzsaw

Order'd!!! Cant wait for it to get here. And I have a Transmetal Optimus Primal coming too. Im a happy little boy today!!!

I got me a sound wave with 4 cassettes for 56.44 after that discount. who can beat that ? not 80-100 on ebay.. i am kinda surprised this first wave was still in stock as i over slept. i set my alarm for about 9 am .. that didn't go well anyway.. hope everyone enjoys there soundwave and as of right now.. he is still in stock. now i can sell my ravage and laserbeak that i had from the tru one since i am getting another set of them.....

We are fortunate that it's listed on HTS! I really considered buying this but I already have plenty of duplicate figures of Soundwave, Laserbeak, and Ravage. I will (maybe) get my reissue of Ratbat when the Encore: #17 Cassette Big Mission 2 Set is released.

Name_Violation wrote:wait...

at i thought at comic con these are 59.99. 10 bucks cheaper online, and codes for 10% off and free shipping? i'm a little pissed i have some one picking me up on at sdcc

Soundwave was $54.00 total (tax-included) at SDCC.

Ya know what?

I got up this morning, and I was going to order some of these exclusives. But then I realized that, I had almost no interest in all of this year's exclusives. That includes Marvel and GI Joe...

I'm not a big enough Marvel fan to get all excited about what are really nothing more than overpriced variants, a two-pack of Destros seems fail-ish to me, I don't collect Mighty Mugs, and this would be the third shot at Soundwave for everyone since 07. Now, I accept him as easily the most iconic TF ever, but I just can't get excited when I feel like I'll be seeing him again just next year...

I think Hasbro really dropped the ball at SDCC this year. Why not Titanium Soundblaster? A reissue of G1 Blaster? A new Classics/Universe redeco? Was this all they could think of???

Nekoman wrote:Ya know what?

I got up this morning, and I was going to order some of these exclusives. But then I realized that, I had almost no interest in all of this year's exclusives. That includes Marvel and GI Joe...

I'm not a big enough Marvel fan to get all excited about what are really nothing more than overpriced variants, a two-pack of Destros seems fail-ish to me, I don't collect Mighty Mugs, and this would be the third shot at Soundwave for everyone since 07. Now, I accept him as easily the most iconic TF ever, but I just can't get excited when I feel like I'll be seeing him again just next year...

I think Hasbro really dropped the ball at SDCC this year. Why not Titanium Soundblaster? A reissue of G1 Blaster? A new Classics/Universe redeco? Was this all they could think of???

I have to admit that I was kind of bummed about the SDCC exclusives this year myself. Soundwave is, without a doubt, my favorite Transformers toy and character. It's just a great concept and I've always love that he could interact with his cassettes as a toy. I think the SDCC set is really nice. But I wish there had been some other offerings. An exclusive Universe figure from SDCC? Even a "Soundwave: Generations" (Evolution?) package would've been awesome ... bust out the G1 mold, Machine Wars mold, Cybertron mold and the ROTF mold ... wala! Would've been even cool to have had Mighty Muggs "Nemesis Prime" just as an homage to the figures of the past from SDCC. Ah well .. the Soundwave set is really nice though and you can even put it back in the package which is a rarity for Hasbro products.

Trying to decide whether to order...SW is a nice looking, boxy G1 fig, but he's not exactly the most "fun" figure. So he'd pretty much get 10 - 15 minutes of attention and then be sent to the shelf for pretty much the rest of his existence. So at $50, that's a pretty spendy 15 minutes. But he does look quite nice... What to do, what to do...

Oh, how a 25% off, free shipping code could come in handy right now!

Goddamnit i dont have $50. Once again i get screwed. God the past week has really sucked for me.

Neither of the codes are working for me can somebody help (I live in Canada if thats the problem)

Anyone else confirm that burgerking code as functional?

yup, the bk code actually saves you more, comes to 52.49

Ordered. Thanks for the code too!

BTW, I'm a little annoyed HTS is now charging sales tax here in AZ and just about every state now. Last few years of ordering had NO tax.
It's not like there's a HTS I can visit at the mall. Not to mention it'll still take 2 weeks to receive my order from across the country.

Vegitron wrote:Ordered. Thanks for the code too!

BTW, I'm a little annoyed HTS is now charging sales tax here in AZ and just about every state now. Last few years of ordering had NO tax.
It's not like there's a HTS I can visit at the mall. Not to mention it'll still take 2 weeks to receive my order from across the country.

Yes, the BK code does work.

Just be glad you don't live in Pennsylvania. Here you have to pay "use tax" on everything you order online if you do not pay sales tax, which is equivalent to sales tax. I know 2 people who have been audited for several years of back "use tax" for everything they ordered online for 3 or 4 years!!!!

I just tried it, and it says it's sold out!!!! BuaaHH!!!!

heltskelt wrote:I just tried it, and it says it's sold out!!!! BuaaHH!!!!

There's a decent chance it'll become available again...just check back often.

That free shipping code functional for Canadians?

As predicted, Soundwave has sold out within hours of going up today. This marks the first time that I have not been able to help others, or get help from them. I'm not paid until August 3rd, so I couldn't order today anyway. Every year, we banded together and helped one another to get these damned things, but not this year.

I think this is reflected by selfishness, the economy, scalping, and people just not giving a damn anymore about their fellow collector. This is truly sad, and I will definitely re-evaluate my desire to help others. It was just a matter of time before everyone went into "everyone for themselves" mode.

Shame on us all.

-JT

JediTray wrote:As predicted, Soundwave has sold out within hours of going up today. This marks the first time that I have not been able to help others, or get help from them. I'm not paid until August 3rd, so I couldn't order today anyway. Every year, we banded together and helped one another to get these damned things, but not this year.

I think this is reflected by selfishness, the economy, scalping, and people just not giving a damn anymore about their fellow collector. This is truly sad, and I will definitely re-evaluate my desire to help others. It was just a matter of time before everyone went into "everyone for themselves" mode.

Shame on us all.

-JT

What?

JediTray wrote:As predicted, Soundwave has sold out within hours of going up today. This marks the first time that I have not been able to help others, or get help from them. I'm not paid until August 3rd, so I couldn't order today anyway. Every year, we banded together and helped one another to get these damned things, but not this year.

I think this is reflected by selfishness, the economy, scalping, and people just not giving a damn anymore about their fellow collector. This is truly sad, and I will definitely re-evaluate my desire to help others. It was just a matter of time before everyone went into "everyone for themselves" mode.

Shame on us all.

-JT

Man, you should check out Down_Shift. He's been an absolute ACE of a friendly collector helper dude with the AVEO Swerve giveaway.

Hip-Hoptimus Rime wrote:Arg, SO very tempted!!

FYI, the Burger King code BKTF09 gets you free shipping, prob more savings than 10% off, it is for me. Not sure if that will help you Canucks.

EDIT- so which version is this one, the flat chest or the double-chest? Againt with the edit- never mind, answered my own question via the Galleries- he's flat! SO TEMPTED!

Does that cover next-day/express or standard shipping?

Forgotten wrote:ToyArena emailed me to let me know that they also have the SDCC Soundwave in stock and ready to ship.
http://toyarena.com/transformers-soundwave-universe-2009-sdcc-diego-comiccon-exclusive-25th-anniversary-figure-p-3112.html?cPath=15&osCsid=8bf2d5073b3f9c16694f02a7cd74ee6c
They also have a few EZ Devastators, turns out that it is going to be a very limited run on these things as most stores only got about 10% of their order and some shops recieved none. I know it's off topic but it's important

Wow. It didn't take them long to jack their prices up another $10 bucks from $59.99 to $69.99, huh?

DAMN!! i missed him and i really want soundwave and his minions and i hope HTS has it again very soon!!!

Those bastards.

MegatronTheGreat wrote:

Hip-Hoptimus Rime wrote:FYI, the Burger King code BKTF09 gets you free shipping, prob more savings than 10% off, it is for me. Not sure if that will help you Canucks.

Does that cover next-day/express or standard shipping?

I didn't check this time, but in the past it has only been on standard shipping.

I passed on SW, BTW, just couldn't justify it. I wonder how many got sold.

I passed on this and the other HTS exclusives in favor of the Green Lantern figures.

Hopefully next year, the exclusive will be an absolute must buy.

Damn already sold out. hopefully they'll restock soon.

NuclearConvoy wrote:Man, you should check out Down_Shift. He's been an absolute ACE of a friendly collector helper dude with the AVEO Swerve giveaway.

Who is Down_Shift? Is he helping with Soundwave?

Onyx Primal wrote:Damn already sold out. hopefully they'll restock soon.

I don't think they will be restocking it. Exclusives tend to be limited to whats on hand.

JediTray wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:Man, you should check out Down_Shift. He's been an absolute ACE of a friendly collector helper dude with the AVEO Swerve giveaway.

Who is Down_Shift? Is he helping with Soundwave?

Down_Shift would be this guy.

JediTray wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:Man, you should check out Down_Shift. He's been an absolute ACE of a friendly collector helper dude with the AVEO Swerve giveaway.

Who is Down_Shift? Is he helping with Soundwave?

No, Down_Shift has been helping those of us in the US get the Aveo Swerve.

I really don't like the fact that you're saying the community as a whole has turned to being scalpers and "every man for himself", I don't know why you came to that conclusion just because you couldn't order a Soundwave.

I managed to make my order thanks to dumb luck. I got up this morning and noticed the news post and BK code. All I did was start making my order and I somehow got through. I'm very grateful my order was processed as I've been wanting a Soundwave for a while now.

Shame on us? I was watching HTS like a hawk at 4 am ct because Iknew the set would vanish with the quickness.. If I could have helped someone else get one I would have.. It's not like I can afford to buy to $60 SW sets.. I hardly think it's fair to judge the ones who woke up early and planned ahead to remember to order it and have funds set aside for it..

Was a cool set-I decided against buying it with all the new stuff from 3rd party folks coming out soon. Couldn't justify it when I was never going to remove it from the box. Plus, despite their condition, I've got all the G1 originals, with the exception of Buzzsaw.

Looks great though. For those who bought it, hope you enjoy it!

robofreak wrote:

JediTray wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:Man, you should check out Down_Shift. He's been an absolute ACE of a friendly collector helper dude with the AVEO Swerve giveaway.

Who is Down_Shift? Is he helping with Soundwave?

No, Down_Shift has been helping those of us in the US get the Aveo Swerve.

I really don't like the fact that you're saying the community as a whole has turned to being scalpers and "every man for himself", I don't know why you came to that conclusion just because you couldn't order a Soundwave.

I managed to make my order thanks to dumb luck. I got up this morning and noticed the news post and BK code. All I did was start making my order and I somehow got through. I'm very grateful my order was processed as I've been wanting a Soundwave for a while now.

Not just those in the US, Down_Shift is helping anybody he can outside of the GTA. The Aveo Swerve giveaway is like a one-city exclusive in Canada...

It's available as a pre-order on HTS.com right now. Says there are about 450 available at the moment, but since I went ahead and placed an order out of fear I may not get another chance at it, I'm sure it'll be readily available for the next year and beyond. So those that are afraid of missing out can thank me and those that hope for it to be rare and raise in value can blame me.

Was it confirmed that this set is the single cassette version of Soundwave? The reason I'm asking it's because the picture posted on HTS seems to be the double cassette version.

Soundwave is back in stock, but that doesn't help since I won't have $$$ until the 3rd. I'm sure he'll be sold out for good by then.

JediTray wrote:Soundwave is back in stock, but that doesn't help since I won't have $$$ until the 3rd. I'm sure he'll be sold out for good by then.

The same here. Is the SDCC 09 Soundwave hold 2 tapes or just 1 tape?

Based on Seib's gallery of it, it's flat so just 1 tape.

Kibble wrote:Based on Seib's gallery of it, it's flat so just 1 tape.

Nuts.

Cyberstrike wrote:

Kibble wrote:Based on Seib's gallery of it, it's flat so just 1 tape.

Nuts.

what do you mean nuts?? that means that it is the original soundwave mold and not the reissue/Soundblaster mold which should mean more value.