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Mastermind Creations has updated their Facebook page with new Images of their take on Hearts of Steel Shockwave! Check them out at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mastermind-Creations/134216339973092?sk=photos

Well, that looks rather badass...

I think I'm gonna get this one. He does look bad ass!

I could be blind, but I'm not seeing any new pics, just the CGI Renders they posted a few months back.

Mkall wrote:I could be blind, but I'm not seeing any new pics, just the CGI Renders they posted a few months back.

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Fistful of Energon wrote:

Mkall wrote:I could be blind, but I'm not seeing any new pics, just the CGI Renders they posted a few months back.

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Sorry guys, those pics were new to me.

yea, was really hoping to get this guy soon. Looks like we will be getting Hexatron first. dont get me wrong, im actually really excited for it but ive been wanting the cyclops longer.

Again, sorry.

I have never bought anything of Mastermind Creations, I heard bad things about Hearts of Steel Optimus Prime, and it was very expensive so I stayed away. But I understand the Nemesis Prime repaint was a lot better.

I love the look of their Shockwave and Sixshot is growing on me. Is the quality of their toys up to the standard of say TFC and Fansproject? That being said, my Shrapnel is staring woefully at his broken claw...

Dread_Wing wrote:Again, sorry.

I have never bought anything of Mastermind Creations, I heard bad things about Hearts of Steel Optimus Prime, and it was very expensive so I stayed away. But I understand the Nemesis Prime repaint was a lot better.

I love the look of their Shockwave and Sixshot is growing on me. Is the quality of their toys up to the standard of say TFC and Fansproject? That being said, my Shrapnel is staring woefully at his broken claw...

I have KMC and he's awesome. There were some QC issues with the figure in general, but overall it was still a high quality figure. Nice plastic and great paint apps. But to be honest, the more I see and hear about Shockwave, the less excited I am about it. Not really digging the leader class aspect and the presumed cost that'll be associated with it...and the legs/feet are a lot more massive than I had realized. I'm sure I'll still get it if the price is right, but he's been downgraded from must have to under the right circumstances...

Kibble wrote:
I have KMC and he's awesome. There were some QC issues with the figure in general, but overall it was still a high quality figure. Nice plastic and great paint apps. But to be honest, the more I see and hear about Shockwave, the less excited I am about it. Not really digging the leader class aspect and the presumed cost that'll be associated with it...and the legs/feet are a lot more massive than I had realized. I'm sure I'll still get it if the price is right, but he's been downgraded from must have to under the right circumstances...

I am really tempted by the Victorian Ironclad riverboat alt mode, I wrote my thesis on a 1860s war in NZ that used Ironclads very much like that, and to have a 'model' of one on display in my house (rather than hidden away with my other transformers) would be very fun.

While it looks cool,for $80+,I think i'll pass.

Right now i'm only willing to spend the big bucks on 3rd party TF toys like Sixshot/hexatron,G-1 Ultra magnus,horror monarch/small scale MP Megatron.

now if these 3rd party TF toy companies ever do a 1985 Shockwave that looks like the 1985 toy/cartoon version of shockwave & it's voyager scale. then i'd be tempted to buy it.

Right now I'm just sick & tired of hasbro/takara doing various radical updates/homages. I'm not a fan of giving the microman/microchance TF toys different alt modes. examples: perceptor,soundwave,blaster,shockwave,etc....

I don't need to see the 3rd party companies get in on the racquet & start doing radical updated homage modes for microman/microchange TF toys. examples: perceptor,soundwave,blaster,shockwave,etc...

I was VERY excited for KM-01; he was pre-ordered on first sight, I've owned him for over a year now, and to be honest, he has NOT let me down yet at all!
I've read about the QC problems for KM-01; I didn't actually experience any of them with my own version (except for some overly tight joints); and I've heard that MMC fixed practically all the issues KM-01 had with KM-02 (Annihilator).
So I have a lot of faith in MMC, and Cyclops too will be ordered at the first available opportunity.