Terence Ho since 1981(The Last Ronin)

  Aloha Folks, I am back with another TF review and that is Studio Series Thunder Cracker who appeared roughly the same time I was doing my Soundwave shoot. It wasn't supposed to drop for another month according to Amazon, but alas, he showed up just like that. How does this $42 dollar figure hold up? Let's find out and lets get started! Boxing Here's the boxart and description of him in the movie. You get the pic of him, Skywarp, and the Insecticons about to be tossed off Astrotrain but the narrative states he is going into battle for Megatron. I guess it forgot to add, this is what happens when you lose a voting contest. Instead of Autobot city destroyed like how you saw in the Soundwave and Windcharger boxes, you see the hole in the interior of the Autobot Shuttle depiction. And as usual, you get a generic blue backdrop. I ended up using Soundwave's backdrop since it was a little wider and taller. Thundercracker   So finally we have an update of the see...

Soundwave Superior   Aloha folks, I am back with another TF review. And this time its none other than TF Studio Series: Leader Class Soundwave. Without further delay, let's get started! Boxing As usual now, the figures no longer have the 86 marking nor does it come with a specialized movie backdrop. The backdrop it comes with is either blue or yellow. The side of the box showcases the destruction of Autobot City more clearly now.  Soundwave Soundwave comes in a lighter blue. He did look a little darker in the film. So I'm pretty sure they will re-sell him as the darker one at one point down the line. So he comes with his blaster plus his sound/shoulder canon. Both can be used as weapons if that is your forte. He does have fingers though its not individually articulated. Besides his thumbs, the rest of his fingers fold together and out. He does have swivel in his waist and even his feet though you can't tilt the latter like most figures can nowadays. The bizar...