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Gauntlet101010 wrote:Didn't the movie also get a voyager Shockwave? And Animated was a HUGE shoutout to older fans.

I completely forgot about the DOTM version. But I still lump DOTM in the same catagory as kiddie continuities. Not because the movie itself was kiddie, but because the DOTM toyline was mass produced to the extreme for the kids market. I wish they would push classics the way they pushed Bayformers/TF Prime.

A voyager Shockwave would be great. Just sucks that Hasbro is doing one for TF Prime instead of classics or even FOC. Why is it just the kiddie continuities get a voyager Shockwave ??? (Animated/Prime) Headrobots will have to do a classics upgrade set. But hopefully this will be better.

Prime is not kiddie... do you even watch it? why must you attack what you don't personally like? Anyway FOC and prime are aligned continuities both Shockwave have similar aesthetics. so much so Takara is even using FOC shockwave in their Prime Arms Micron line.

Rated X wrote:

Gauntlet101010 wrote:Didn't the movie also get a voyager Shockwave? And Animated was a HUGE shoutout to older fans.

I completely forgot about the DOTM version. But I still lump DOTM in the same catagory as kiddie continuities. Not because the movie itself was kiddie, but because the DOTM toyline was mass produced to the extreme for the kids market. I wish they would push classics the way they pushed Bayformers/TF Prime.

Your logic baffles me. I get your point (we all like classics), but not the logic behind it.

Edit: I mean, ALL those toys are aimed at kids. Even the classics lines. Don't delude yourself, we are not their target market. They give us some releases to make us happy, but it HAS to work for kids primarily.

And you forgot about Energon Shockblast. So that's FOUR Voyager Shockwaves. None are really what I'm looking for either, but they do exist.

Gauntlet101010 wrote:

Rated X wrote:

Gauntlet101010 wrote:Didn't the movie also get a voyager Shockwave? And Animated was a HUGE shoutout to older fans.

I completely forgot about the DOTM version. But I still lump DOTM in the same catagory as kiddie continuities. Not because the movie itself was kiddie, but because the DOTM toyline was mass produced to the extreme for the kids market. I wish they would push classics the way they pushed Bayformers/TF Prime.

Your logic baffles me. I get your point (we all like classics), but not the logic behind it.

Edit: I mean, ALL those toys are aimed at kids. Even the classics lines. Don't delude yourself, we are not their target market. They give us some releases to make us happy, but it HAS to work for kids primarily.

And you forgot about Energon Shockblast. So that's FOUR Voyager Shockwaves. None are really what I'm looking for either, but they do exist.

Classics arent really aimed for kids. They are just kept kid friendly. But there are always released in smaller quantities than their main lines. In other words, we (G1 collectors) are a large enough audience to throw us a bone, but not large enough to get a cartoon, video game, or toy line produced with kids likes in mind. If they really wanted CHUG to be their flagship line, they would have re-made the G1 cartoon in CG Graphics. It seems they just give G1 enough juice to keep it from dying. Thats just my opinion on Hasbro. Takara tries a little bit harder.

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You know what? Not even going to try. I'm just going to focus on the topic at hand.

We'll see how Prime's voyager Shockwave looks. Usually I don't think Prime blends in too well with classics (due mainly to the face sculpts), but that's not really a problem with Shocky. And witht his coming out in 2014 apparently, I may wind up getting both.

I also hope they use the darker purple of the G1 toy rather than the lighter pruple of the cartoon. Unlikely, since light purple is what the larger release will use, but the toy's color would be my preference. Most of the time the richer colors of the toy are superior to the colors on the cartoon.

I don't think a Prime voyager Shockwave is going to fit in too well with G1 classics.

It depends on how much they pull back on all the extra spikes?

I will be all over Quakewave if they do downsize though...

Promising it for next year is a great move. It lets them see if the upcoming Voyager from Prime will be a good stand in for Classics Shockwave. If it works, there is no need to produce it. I'm sure we will see that voyager at Botcon, if not sooner. As for the next MP project, I hope it is the Blaster they were working on.

I had zero intent in picking up a MP scale Quakewave, but I'm much more receptive of a voyager sized one. Way to pay attention to the fandom, FansToys.

The journey to a good Classics Shockwave certainly is a long one. I've picked up FoC Shockwave, planned to repaint Energon Shockblast, and am now looking forward to picking up the Beast Hunters figure. (Depending how that figure looks we may get away with simply snapping off his spikes.) And now there's talk of of this guy. Annoyingly, I don't think any of them are perfect.

warzon3 wrote:I don't think a Prime voyager Shockwave is going to fit in too well with G1 classics.

It depends on how much they pull back on all the extra spikes?

I will be all over Quakewave if they do downsize though...

I agree on the Prime Shockwave. It scares me that it is officially called "Beast Shockwave". Thats like a surefire hint that it's gonna be full of spikes and weird body armor.