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Originally posted by: Shin Densetsu @ TFW2005.com

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Ken Christiansen has updated his Bad Flip Blog with a new entry, which showcases his Aligned Continuity Soundwave preliminary design! The opportunity came at a time when Christiansen was doing character designs; after a while he got brave and sought the chance to design Soundwave, his favorite character! This version of Soundwave transforms into a "secret government FBI/CIA type SUV"(coming from his previous incarnation in Transformers Animated) and incorporates some movie influences. More from Christiansen:

As always, I try to keep as many classic cues in as possible, but there were a few things being asked from Aaron and Eric at Hasbro to try to add, like a movie style head, and there was something with the legs, though in the notes I can't seem to find any reference, probably was in an email that was deleted long ago.

And because we were kind of whipping through these, I never got to do the back versions, but I had the idea the the tires would push back from the shoulders to have some kind of speaker look, with the doors creating an amphitheater type effect on his back. For maximum bass.

And so that's it for now. Pre-pre-production conversation starters - and I kind of want to make that point. This is all first look intended work, in no way meant to be the final vision of anything. Conversations in the fan forums; that sucks, that's awsome, why didn't we get that, we should have gotten this instead....you're all right. That's the point of the whole endeavor, it's the development process. Putting something up, that folks can discuss, take in that new information, and try again. It's concept art, not final design.

I wasn't too excited about the truck mode, but in the growth of development, Soundwave was envisioned as a Drone - and I LOVE that. I wish I thought of it! The Transformers Prime Soundwave is second only to my unconditional love of G1 Soundwave. But, honestly, if they told me to try a Soundwave with a paint can alt mode, I'll try to make it cool!

*And the micro-minions as well, but they weren't ready to deal with those guys at that point.

What do you think of the design? Read on to check out the robot mode!

Original Source: Aligned Continuity Soundwave Preliminary Design @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.