Insurgent wrote:I'd say it's more a cost issue. Shockwave, like Megs and Soundwave, don't exactly have much in the way of repaint potential. In fact, outside the seekers, none of the cons do. Whereas the Autobots are full of repaints. Coupled with the fact Autobots sell better in Japan, I think Takara work by creating a base of Autobots that get the hell repainted out of them, then that gives them a nice foundation of money to create the castings for the next Con. That's why we have large gaps between each con release. That's my personal take on it anyway.
He does have repaint potential: the original Astro Magnum colors, or even the US "Shackwave"
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