It’s kind of visible in his legs, but it’s not horrible.
Unfortunately, he does suffer from the “hollow syndrome” all current Transformers seem to be afflicted with, but the good news is this mold does a decent job of hiding it. I have this mental tick that will not allow me to leave a white Autobot shield be, so the red one had to be placed over it with the quickness. The very first thing I did when I got him out of the package was to cover his white Autobot shield with the more G1 red shield from Reprolabels. However, I have to point something out before we continue: you’ll notice mine has a red Autobot shield on his chest. I passed on the FoC Soundwave/Soundblaster, so this mold is new to me. His head, chest plate, and gun are new, but that’s about it everything else is just a red/grey Soundwave. Unlike the G1 Blaster, which was an original mold and NOT a Soundwave repaint, this Blaster is an almost straight-up repaint of the voyager Fall of Cybertron Soundwave. Maybe FoC Blaster sounds like Cookie Monster? I don’t know. After reading this bio, it’s hard to imagine him speaking in rhymes like he did in the ’80s. I’m certainly not opposed to it, but it just feels so odd to me. I LOVE heavy metal and vikings, don’t get me wrong, but I’m having a hard time associating, say, Scandinavian death metal with Blaster. I definitely don’t associate him with “guitar-shredding rock-and-roll” (or heavy metal, as it were) and Vikings. His coloring also creates a similar association in my mind with early hip-hop and dance music - the red/yellow/light grey combo suggests fun. Because he originally transformed into a boom box, I tend to associate him with ’80s hip-hop and dance music, and the fact that he spoke in rhymes in the original cartoon only served to solidify this perception. I have to admit, his bio is blowing my mind a little bit. So if you’d like one, a bit of vigilance may be required. Given the nostalgic affection many hold for Blaster, he may prove to be a tough one to track down. Once again, he’s a Soundwave repaint, but this time it’s a good repaint! After all this time, it’s great to have a decent Blaster to add to the collection, so how about we take a look and see how he stacks up?īlaster here is currently popping up at retailers everywhere, which is good news, but the bad news is he’s a one-per-case offering with his assortment-mate Grimlock. Hasbro has finally rectified this with the release of Blaster in his Fall of Cybertron look as a voyager-class figure in the Generations line. But, despite his popularity, he hasn’t received a lot of attention from the Classics/Generations line at all apart from a G1 reissue as an SDCC exclusive a few years ago and as a jet/ terrible Soundwave repaint that saw poor distribution in the Universe line. Hagop and SamuRon have been delivering the goods in terms of coverage, but let’s not forget that there are awesome new Transformers hitting the shelves right now, like Generations Autobot Blaster here! Blaster is a fan-favorite we all came to love during the G1 years because he turned into a boom box - a legit boom box, unlike his foe Soundwave. OK, I know we’re all high on all the Transformers reveals at this year’s Toy Fair in NYC.
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