{"id":7218,"date":"2011-12-25T00:32:58","date_gmt":"2011-12-25T05:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=7218"},"modified":"2011-12-25T23:21:28","modified_gmt":"2011-12-26T04:21:28","slug":"thundertank-addendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2011\/12\/thundertank-addendum\/","title":{"rendered":"ThunderTank addendum"},"content":{"rendered":"

In today's ThunderTank<\/a> review, we briefly mentioned the electronics, then moved on, because they weren't really worth talking about. But you still deserve the information. Here, start with this video:<\/p>\n

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The tank makes sounds when you push the button on the top, when you launch the ThunderRacers, and when you put a figure in the pilot's seat. The sounds change depending on whether or not someone is driving the tank:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nwith driver<\/td>\nwithout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
top button<\/td>\n\"Thundertank firrrrre!\"<\/td>\n*engine\/gun sounds*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
launchers<\/td>\n\"Thundertank, launch!\"<\/td>\n*squealing tires*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Additionally, the eyes\/headlights flash when you push the top button.<\/p>\n

As you can hear in the video up above, the guy they got to do the voice for the tank is... nobody. Some random in-house voiceover guy, apparently. It probably would have cost too much to hire any of the real actors to do the job.<\/p>\n

The different sounds have nothing to do with the ThunderLynx feature, either: there's a simple button that's pressed when a figure is plugged into the seat, and that causes the change. You can do it with your finger or a piece of tape, if you want. Seems like a missed opportunity.<\/p>\n

<i>And now, some more OAFEry:<\/i><\/H5>