He can just have rectangles in his chest, no big deal.
Nobody can deny that Soundwave is the coolest character of the Transformers
I think you also have to factor in cassettes being outdated his modern viable mass-shifting form is a stereo
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I think his cybertronian street light alt mode in WFC/FoC worked
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Was he the original Nigga Lamp?
No argument there
I'll give you that Soundwave was awesome, but I love me some Blaster.
I always loved their fights.
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Overall yes.
Once you start getting into categories like best toy by transformation, color scheme, use in comics, specific incarnation, best in each generation/series, and so on then Soundwave may only appear once or twice.
For the record, the guy that made most of the original Transformers toys likes Perceptor the best.
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He headed the call of the Last Prime
Can Grimlock move his little T-rex arms while they're on his back?