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Bronzewolf wrote:I wonder how well that Shockwave could pull off a gun mode if you flipped his wings down to make a grip...

Robots78 wrote:I found Cyber Battalion Shockwave tonight at Walgreens and figured I'd post some pics and impressions.

Overall, I like this figure. It has serious problems, but the bot mode has such good presence that I can overlook them.



Let's start with the alt mode. It's a sad "spaceship" where the legs are pressed together to form something reminiscent of Shockwave's classic laser gun barrel, while the chest folds down, the head tucks away and the arms just sort of hang out.









There is a little landing skid under the front that I neglected to fold out, which would lift the front end up a bit.

As we switch modes here, I wanted to point out that the instructions are printed on the back of the box instead of being on a separate piece of paper, and they're MUCH easier to read than the gray-on-gray diagrams we get with Generations figures.



The robot mode is much more successful. This is a great rendition of G1 Shockwave. The sculpt is very faithful to the original, the proportions are nice, and the colors are perfect. The few tampos used are high quality, especially his Decepticon symbol, however the paint on the cyclops eye on my copy was a bit messed up.











Yes, the back of his lower legs are super-hollow, but that and the inside of his forearms are really the only hollow parts, which isn't too bad. His lack of a meaningful alt mode helps him have almost no backpack or other kibble.

Articulation is obviously where these Cyber Battalion figures really come up short, and Shockwave is no exception. The knees do not bend. It sucks, but since in the cartoon Shockwave mainly just stood around around saying "Yes, Lord Megatron", I can deal with it. His knees do swivel. His arms cannot reach back because they run into his backpack wings. But there's enough here to work with to get him into some decent standing poses.

The figure feels nice and solid. Plastics quality is good and he feels very durable. Joints were all good on my copy.

Size-wise, he's about perfect IMO. A solid voyager size that's a bit shorter than my Megatron (Hegemon) and Optimus (MP10-V), and a good counterpart for FoC Soundwave.



Here he is with some other Shockwave figures. The Cyber Battalion figure is far and away the most G1-inspired. He'll be replacing TFP Beast Hunters Shockwave in my CHUG display.



Because of it's limited possibility and weak alt mode, Cyber Battalion Shockwave is certainly not the "total package", and not the voyager-class Shockwave that CHUG collectors have been waiting for. But if you can accept its faults and are content with it pretty much just being a display piece in a relatively-static bot-mode pose, it's a great figure.

Blitzwing is bae wrote:I never realized how small mp10 is!!!

Rated X wrote:I got a shockwave yesterday and I love him. Bring on the shapeways knees and leg fillers !

Posted by Sabrblade on March 25th, 2018 @ 1:48pm CDT
Oof, he's taller than the Classics Megatron mold. Not a good sign.

Wonder how he sizes up to either Cyber Battalion Megatron or Titans Return Megatron. Shockwave oughta be more like a head shorter than Megatron, like how the MPs size up to each other.

Shackwave71 wrote:

Posted by Sabrblade on March 25th, 2018 @ 1:48pm CDT
Oof, he's taller than the Classics Megatron mold. Not a good sign.

Wonder how he sizes up to either Cyber Battalion Megatron or Titans Return Megatron. Shockwave oughta be more like a head shorter than Megatron, like how the MPs size up to each other.

In the Nineth pic, the TR Blitzwing (retool TR Megs) is on the far left, and Shockwave looks to be about a head shorter.

Sabrblade wrote:Oof, he's taller than the Classics Megatron mold. Not a good sign.

Wonder how he sizes up to either Cyber Battalion Megatron or Titans Return Megatron.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Oof, he's taller than the Classics Megatron mold. Not a good sign.

Wonder how he sizes up to either Cyber Battalion Megatron or Titans Return Megatron.

Just go back one page
new-transformers-generations-cyber-series-line-t103590s950.php#p1946982

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Oof, he's taller than the Classics Megatron mold. Not a good sign.

Wonder how he sizes up to either Cyber Battalion Megatron or Titans Return Megatron.

Just go back one page
new-transformers-generations-cyber-series-line-t103590s950.php#p1946982

Errgh, still too tall.

There's still hope for Cyber Battalion Megatron, though.

Randomhero wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Oof, he's taller than the Classics Megatron mold. Not a good sign.

Wonder how he sizes up to either Cyber Battalion Megatron or Titans Return Megatron.

Just go back one page
new-transformers-generations-cyber-series-line-t103590s950.php#p1946982

Errgh, still too tall.

There's still hope for Cyber Battalion Megatron, though.

its Shockwave. he should be tall. Most fictions depict him being

Sabrblade wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Oof, he's taller than the Classics Megatron mold. Not a good sign.

Wonder how he sizes up to either Cyber Battalion Megatron or Titans Return Megatron.

Just go back one page
new-transformers-generations-cyber-series-line-t103590s950.php#p1946982

Errgh, still too tall.

There's still hope for Cyber Battalion Megatron, though.

its Shockwave. he should be tall. Most fictions depict him being

...shorter than Megatron. His original toy was gargantuan, but he as a character wasn't.

Randomhero wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Oof, he's taller than the Classics Megatron mold. Not a good sign.

Wonder how he sizes up to either Cyber Battalion Megatron or Titans Return Megatron.

Just go back one page
new-transformers-generations-cyber-series-line-t103590s950.php#p1946982

Errgh, still too tall.

There's still hope for Cyber Battalion Megatron, though.

its Shockwave. he should be tall. Most fictions depict him being

...shorter than Megatron. His original toy was gargantuan, but he as a character wasn't.

He defeated almost all the Autobots when he showed up, beat up Megatron and took over The Decepticons. That’s pretty big. The only fiction that depicted him being nothing was the cartoon everything else made in a star. And they depict him shorter usually. About the same height

MaverickPrime wrote:I found these at Walmart, I think they are the bigger Authentics assortment, they had only these 3 models, Bee, Prime and Grimlock, they were $219 MXN, roughly $12 USD. I wanted to submit directly to news, but couldn't attach the photo there.

YoungPrime wrote:Hasbro thinks they're really slick!

If there was a quality Voyager class Generations Shockwave, with articulation that was recently released would anyone care about this hollowed, stick figured mess????!

I love Shockwave the character but they're NOT suckering me as a collector with half-assed, low quality figures anymore!