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Shockwave - Truly a Robot in Disguise

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Shockwave - Truly a Robot in Disguise

Postby prehistoryanimal » Mon Feb 26, 2007 1:46 am

good eve, all :)

my argument tonight - G1 shockwave (astro magnum) was based of the takatoku macross vf-1x 1/55 valkyrie (jetfire).

reference google or wiki for toyco and shockwave and you'll find that toyco was a korean company that licensed the design to radio shack producing the "shackwave". i believe that toyco based shockwave's design off the jetfire schema, but specifically the vf-1j. check out the pic below-

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ain't that sumthin? :shock:
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Postby Redimus » Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:00 am

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There are a couple of similarities... Im not sure that counts as basing it on the other...
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Postby Dr. Caelus » Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:12 am

More like the sort of aesthetic resemblance you'd expect from two items designed in the same culture at the same time.
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Postby Gutter Bunny » Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:17 am

Redimus' Ego +1 wrote:There are a couple of similarities... Im not sure that counts as basing it on the other...


Clearly they are both robotic cyclopses(cyclopsi?, one eyed things) so they MUST be based off of eachoter...

the fact that one turns into an aircraft and one a laser gun is irrelevant.. :grin:
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Postby GrimSqueaker » Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:48 am

Caelus wrote:More like the sort of aesthetic resemblance you'd expect from two items designed in the same culture at the same time.



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Postby mastaflan » Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:07 am

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Postby Nujevad » Mon Feb 26, 2007 7:17 am

Sure there might be some resemblances, that hardly counts as copying.
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Postby Starscream » Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:03 pm

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cool. Definitely some similarities.
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Postby Uncrazzimatic » Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:06 pm

Interesting, but I'd say it's just a coincidence.
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Postby Foallen » Mon Feb 26, 2007 7:44 pm

I always found these two simillar, but I don't know if I'd say one copied the other.

As kids my friend had Jetfire and I had Shockwave. We used to pretty much always use them opposite eachother...

All these years later when I finally got a Jetfire, I was disappointed he was taller than Shockwave, so they didn't look that cool opposite eachother without some boost for Shockwave... Later I'd find Energon Shockblast too tall for Classics Jetfire and be disappointed again...
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Re: Shockwave - Truly a Robot in Disguise

Postby Stormrider » Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:12 am

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prehistoryanimal wrote:good eve, all :)

my argument tonight - G1 shockwave (astro magnum) was based of the takatoku macross vf-1x 1/55 valkyrie (jetfire).

reference google or wiki for toyco and shockwave and you'll find that toyco was a korean company that licensed the design to radio shack producing the "shackwave". i believe that toyco based shockwave's design off the jetfire schema, but specifically the vf-1j. check out the pic below-

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ain't that sumthin? :shock:


I know what you're getting at and I think it's possible that the style was adapted/copied. Macross was pretty hot back in the 1980's so were the Transformers. And many Asians toy companies copied designs and styles in order to get a piece of the money. Heck, many Asian pirates do it today.
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Postby Counterpunch » Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:03 am

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Postby prehistoryanimal » Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:25 am

the 'customized' portion of the legs refers to its repaint and decal additions to make it a' la vf-1d from macross. :)
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