Rodimus Prime wrote:I'm also in favor of a leader class Shockwave. Other than the MP, I can't remember when we got a big Shockwave. Out of curiosity, why wouldn't a leader class Shockwave be good? Pretty much all the Shockys we've gotten have been voyager class, with the exception of CW and FoC. IMO we don't have enough big Shockwaves as it is.
That's not saying I want to see leader class Shockwave over some other characters who desperately need a new figure, but if I'm restricted to Shockwave, I want him to be leader class.
A lot of people, like me, want a good G1-styled Shockwave that is in scale with the majority of the "Classics" line. The most popular scale puts Optimus Prime and Megatron at about Voyager scale, with the rest of the cast roughly adhering to that. This works great with characters like Thrilling 30 Jetfire, most of the Autobot cars, the Minibots, the Insecticons, etc. We're still waiting for better versions of a lot of key characters at a more appropriate relative scale, like Starscream and the seekers at Voyager (the PotP mold just doesn't do it for me). Shockwave needs some Voyager love too, and the Beast Hunters mold, while good, is very obviously made with a different artistic direction in mind and doesn't mesh well on a "G1" display shelf. A G1 Leader sized Shockwave just isn't the right size for what the majority of fans are looking for, unless you're a fan of the "Budget Masterpiece" subgroup, as William James puts it.