D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I got the new Shockwave, he's ok, mediocre. The bot mode thankfully is trimmed better than the movie model, but the lack of bicep swivels is a real killer to what you can do with him. He looks good, but is pretty basic, which isn't a problem normally, but is when it sacrifices articulation.
As a Shockwave fan and collector, I could forgive all that if his cannon wasn't so awkward and puny.
I will never understand why any Shockwave would have a needlenose cannon, all the way back to G1.
Prime and FOC are really the only ones that have done it right
Yes, Beast Hunters especially. IMO that figure has aged very well, it's 1 of the best Shockwave designs ever, in robot mode at least.
As for G1, he was Astro Magnum 1st, and I guess Hasbro couldn't be bothered (or was unable) to modify the mold. I don't mind the G1 version having a long, narrower barrel, but I always thought it should've been bigger, perhaps a small version of his barrel in cannon mode.