>>7458712As someone who literally has twenty years of Transformers sitting on his floor right now (pic related) I can 100% call bullcrap on this claim. When eyeing up figures from as far back as 1999 (if you want to get technical, 1995 as RiD Scourge uses the G2 Prime mold) there is a TON of variation in height between figures from the same "Class". There are Armada figures the same height as 07 movie figures, TF:Prime figures that are much smaller then Titan's return figures.
Hell, I have voyagers from Energon, Cybertron, TFTM07, RotF, HftD, TF:P, TR and CW all set up near each other and most of them are all nearly the same height. Character and the specific line the figure is from plays more of a factor in it's height then anything else. With Siege specifically, they've already made it clear they're making an effort to keep the figures in "character scale" compared to each other. It's why Shockwave is a tiny leader while Ironhide is a hulking deluxe.
As for the topic of Siege itself, I managed to pick up Soundwave today and despite his terrible alt mode and lack of any cassettes, I'm super happy with him. He'll be the first Soundwave to officially replace my old, *old* Cybertron Soundwave in my Decepticon ranks. While I always did love the concept and design of the Cybertron Soundwave and his Stealth Fighter mode, his toy was just an absolute mess. Fiddly, covered in kibble and barely able to stand. Siege Soundwave just looks imposing and blocky and is just covered in weaponry. I don't think I've ever seen a Soundwave as armed to the teeth as this one.
My biggest complaints are again, his terrible alt mode and the fact that he doesn't include a single Cassette. I think this is the first mainline Soundwave figure to NOT have some sort of minion included with him, not counting the movie versions. I'll certainly pick up the Laserbeak/Ravage 2 pack when I see em because Soundwave isn't complete without his team.
