I was thinking that we do not want a bunch of All Sparkers coming in and pushing our vote one way or another as they did with the Blurr recolor (Swerve) back in '04.Since you were the first to respond to my question, I took the advice. It netted 1 vote so far. I don't mind if outsiders vote in this though.
It sold pretty well here. And, it is a Minicon in movie packaging.Talk about splitting hairs! A TRU-exclusive Armada repaint nobody bought?? You are really going out on a limb with these examples, and you probably know it.
The missiles are still part of the toy. They should fit in both modes, regardless of inconsistent character models. A Soundwave figure is incomplete if it does not have the missiles.Yeesh. First off, Soundwave has 1 missile, just because he comes with 2 extras doesn't mean he has 3 in robot mode. Second, his gun has been shown without the missile in cartoon and comic, I believe, so there is precedent for not always using the missile. Third, the context of the gun shooting a missile not only is stupid, but no longer possible since the missiles violate safety regs.
I generally agree with Trekkie's definition of iconic. But, do not think that Soundwave being recognizable to people over 30 qualifies him as iconic.
Dom
-stands by BW Soundwave possibly being G1.