Nevar Raps Backwards
New Soundwave Ravenspar popped up on Walmart's site again and I immediately bought it because I remembered I had a reason for wanting him before, but I couldn't remember what the reason was so I tried to cancel him, but Walmart sent him anyways, so here he is I guess.
(Incidentally, I'm very glad the Wiki warned me about the lack of gun. Between the stock photos and instructions both showing it, the plastic tray having a big space for it, and the box being all smashed and re-taped together I'd have thought it'd been stolen or something.)
Well ok, I had this vague idea about Ravenspar being this little drone bot, like some NEST UAV got hit by the Allspark and is now an Autobot. The kind of thing that'd totally happen in the original 07 toyline -- Ravenspar even has a bit of Allspark Blue!
Coincidentally, there's a hand-launched drone called
the Raven! This is actually working out way better than I had thought.
Also, Optimus. Incredibly underpainted, yet the flame decals go over the door windows, and I guess they just had to retool the wheels to get rid of the pins... though the base plastic has a neat metallic shine to it that doesn't come across in photos.