Flux Convoy wrote:I don't see anything sweet about that figure. For starters it would have been scaled to the rest of the Titanium line which had laughably small heads and overly bulky proportions. Second, that line was some straight up, no balance, paint chipping garbage. I bought and kept 3 of the better ones and I hold no delusion that they're quality toys. Lastly, those legs are ridiculously long. I'd love a good Shockwave figure like a lot of us would and I'd settle for this. That's what it would be though, settling. Not satisfaction. I use none of the previously discussed figures as stand-ins. They're certainly nice figures in their own lines. They simply don't fit Classics well enough.
Grumpy, grumpy aren't we Flux?
While I agree there were some bad figures in the line, O.k o.k. I admit there were some disasters in the line like G.I. Joe Megatron, and Soundwave, I've had no paint chipping issues in any of the 7 I own. Not sure how you are treating them, but mine are just fine. Of note is that they are die cast, and not really toys for kids even Hasbro would have wanted them to be. This line is more for just looking nice than for handling, because they do have some weak joints. However, I can say the seeker mold, the Fallen and WWI Prime are good figures in their own right.
Most of the Titanium line drew from the War Within aesthetic so if you are going to complain about the aesthetic then complain to Simon Furman and Don Figueroa, as they designed the look, and for what its worth Hasbro got it dead on to the comics. Small heads bulky upper bodies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tf_ww_poster.jpgAs far as Shockwave, goes, the size would have been about a smallish deluxe and as for the paint, there's no way to know, the picture is photoshopped to add the colors in. The only thing we got was the prototype resin mold so it was basically gray.
I photoshopped the colors into the picture back when it was first shown, so they may look a little too rich.
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