In Hand Images: Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-29 Shockwave

This guy. This guy is so frikkin awesome!!!!

Wait...so they fvck up the seeker wing symbols, but NOW they offer stickers?

So I'm pretty ambivalent to the character of Shockwave; I like his David Warner-ish voice but other than that don't really like or hate him. I'm super excited for this release though. Not sure if it's because the original toy looked super neat (and I never had it) or if it's because the last few "big" MPs (Soundwave, Ultra Magnus, Starsaber) have been good times all around, but I can't wait to get this guy.

I wonder if we'll see a grey Shockwave/Astro Magnum version as "Longarm" or something...

Shockwave looks great, if I collected Masterpieces he'd definitely be an instant buy. Unlike with Galvatron I really prefer this lighter purple, as apposed to the darker purples the third party companies used for their Shockwaves.

Cyberpath wrote:It seems that Takara oped for stickers over tampos so fans would have a choice between cartoon-accurate insignias and regular Decepticon insignias. But why would anyone want the Sunbow symbols now when all the other MP toys already have the regular ones?

Probably because he's in Sunbow colors and they figured some people would want the stickers to go with them. I wonder if they'd still include the Sunbow stickers on a dark purple version or go with just tampos?

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:It seems that Takara oped for stickers over tampos so fans would have a choice between cartoon-accurate insignias and regular Decepticon insignias. But why would anyone want the Sunbow symbols now when all the other MP toys already have the regular ones?

Probably because he's in Sunbow colors and they figured some people would want the stickers to go with them. I wonder if they'd still include the Sunbow stickers on a dark purple version or go with just tampos?

Emerje

Interesting Dark purple would mean toy accurate and the toy had stickers so... they probably would give stickers too, maybe. What surprizes me is that without a tamp (or a rubstamp), this toy ends up being like Quakewave where fans must place a sticker on it

Wolfman Jake wrote:Shockwave is looking great, but again, Takara seems to go a little too light on their shade of purple. They do this often with Cyclonus and especially Galvatron too. Do they know or see something we don't? I swear the purples used for the character models on the shows are darker/deeper than the ones Takara chooses for their toys. What's the deal?

Looks pretty damn on point to me. If anything, the toy might not be light enough.

I don't know if you've held Henkei Cyclonus in hand, but comparing him to the Sunbow cartoon just demonstrates how hilariously over-darkened Hasbro figures are. There's this weird macho thing going on for the US boys' toys market where lilac or violet are avoided at all costs.

Diem wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Shockwave is looking great, but again, Takara seems to go a little too light on their shade of purple. They do this often with Cyclonus and especially Galvatron too. Do they know or see something we don't? I swear the purples used for the character models on the shows are darker/deeper than the ones Takara chooses for their toys. What's the deal?

Looks pretty damn on point to me. If anything, the toy might not be light enough.

I don't know if you've held Henkei Cyclonus in hand, but comparing him to the Sunbow cartoon just demonstrates how hilariously over-darkened Hasbro figures are. There's this weird macho thing going on for the US boys' toys market where lilac or violet are avoided at all costs.

The colors often vary quite a bit from episode to episode, scene to scene, or even shot to shot. All of these examples show Sunbow Shockwave in darker shades, at least to my eye:





Here are some Galvatron examples:





Again, my point is, Takara seems to find the LIGHTEST example of a shade of purple used for a character in the G1 cartoon, and then chooses something a shade or two even LIGHTER for their toys. I just want to know why they seem to so consistently err (and they do sometimes err) on that side.

Finally!

Don't like stickers very much...

Now Shockwaves gone and bought himself on EBay just because of an animation error.

Looks like one of the simplest MP transformations yet.