The Energon Pub

News Credits: 293 · Sun Feb 08, 2015 1:48 pm

robotmel wrote::D
This guy plays the part of my 'Generations' Shockwave...

Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Voyager Shockwave

i was sooooo tempted to make him my shockwave. but he's just slightly.. overly.. stylized for my C/G taste.

News Credits: 13 · Sun Feb 08, 2015 2:06 pm

robotmel wrote::D
This guy plays the part of my 'Generations' Shockwave...

Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Voyager Shockwave

I prefer the comic con version of this guy, the yellow eye and lighter colors really work

News Credits: 4 · Mon Feb 09, 2015 1:06 am

This is my favorite, For a Generations Shockwave toy.

News Credits: 10 · Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:50 am

shajaki wrote:C/G

What does that mean? :WHISTLE:

News Credits: 15 · Mon Feb 09, 2015 4:37 am

Shockwave is one of my favourite characters. I really love the BH Shockwave (without all the dumb add on bits). I bought 2 Energon figures and swapped his oversized gun arm for a regular arm.

Binaltech Shockwave is one of my favourite transformer figures and the reason I decided to look into buying an RX8.

I would say that BH Shockwave would be the way to go. That Whirl repaint is too odd looking for me, I think its the shoulders.

News Credits: 14 · Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:22 am

Arctorro wrote:
shajaki wrote:C/G
What does that mean?

Shaj is trying to convert everyone with clever mind tricks. :KREMZEEK:

C/G = Classics/Generations

News Credits: 10 · Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:33 am

robotmel wrote:
Arctorro wrote:
shajaki wrote:C/G
What does that mean?

Shaj is trying to convert everyone with clever mind tricks.
C/G = Classics/Generations

I know, hence the :WHISTLE:

smilie

News Credits: 6 · Mon Feb 09, 2015 8:09 am

I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before, so I'm just going to throw this out there.

I've been using constructabots Shockwave on my CHUG shelf.

He scales nicely, has his little peashooter hand, has the spikes on his knees, the appropriate gunbarrel kibble on his back, and his head and chest sculpts are pretty close to spot on.

He looks a wee bit too toyetic, and a touch hollow, and yeah he kinda sticks out like a sore thumb, but he feels a lot more at home with the other chug chaps than FOC shockwave.

BH Shockwave never saw release at retail here so I missed out on him.

News Credits: 461 · Mon Feb 09, 2015 10:39 am

I don't care he's a car Transformers Alternators Shockblast is the best Classics Shockwave for me colors, gun arm and headsculpt is perfect.

News Credits: 2 · Sun Mar 29, 2015 12:49 am

IMO the best BH SW is the SDCC exclusive. The paints are perfect, his eye looks great and you get a cool set with predacon/Predaking included.

I think you might consider Cloud SW, it's just a thought. I do also own BT Shockwave which is also awesome.

I plan to have Cloud SW sided with WFC SW and BH SW. One will be SW, one will be Shockblast and the other Aftershock...just rambling. :VEHI:

Sun Mar 29, 2015 5:12 pm

mooncake623 wrote:I don't care he's a car Transformers Alternators Shockblast is the best Classics Shockwave for me colors, gun arm and headsculpt is perfect.

You know, before Classics came around, I used to collect some of the Alternators. They've all since gotten put into storage (except for Optimus Prime, as part of my Optimus Prime collection), and I've never thought of mixing them in with my Classics. But the photo of Shockblastwave posted earlier in this thread has me vaguely tempted to dig mine out, since Shockwave is still a character my Classics collection lacks, and the Bayverse, Prime or Beast Hunters ones never really aesthetically seemed to fit to me.

On the other hand... Is the Cloud one really going for that cheap? That does make it slightly tempting, even though I didn't think the mold was the best fit for Shockwave. (The only thing they seem to have in common to me is the singular eye.)

Finally, wasn't there a listing someone found in a store computer not long ago for one upcoming in the Generations line? Although, it memory serves, it was a Legends class... And as awesome as those have been recently, that does seem a tad small for this character. Unless he has a weapon mode designed to interact with Combiner Wars gestalts... in which case, that could be cool secondary Shockwave for that interactivity* but would still be slightly lacking to be a collection's main Shockwave.

* Kind of like how this guy was a cool free add-in to the Fansproject Explorer/Munitioner re-release:

Sat Apr 25, 2015 7:29 pm

Sorry to dredge up a thread that has been kind of dead for a month now... but I was at my folks' house today, and went and dug my Alternaters version out of storage in their basement. I'd never thought of mixing Alternators and Classics before, but I've brought it home, and... well... Let us see how it looks!

Not too shabby! He actually fits in surprisingly well.

While he does tower over any Deluxe, he stands about the same height as Classics Megatron.

Of course, whenever I next get around to transforming that shelf, we'll see if he still looks well with everyone else when they're all in their alternate modes! But anyway, while I still hope someday for a proper Classics Shockwave, for now I think I've found a half-way decent stand in.