The Energon Pub

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:26 am

http://www.tfclub.com has provided some much sought after high resolution pictures of Animated Shockwave.

Visit here to see the gallery: http://tfclub.com/art/20080913002827_0305.html

Thanks to http://www.tfclub.com for the advance pictures.

by **Hard Hacker** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:49 am

I've seen a video review of him. He's definitly one to get. The pictures make me want him more.

News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:55 am

Ohh very cool. Loving the emblems. nice and raised. The face looks good when transformed properly.

Definitely picking him up.

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:57 am

I actually really dislike him, even by Animated standards.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:19 pm

His shockwave thumbs are his longarm hands!

by **futronimus** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:35 pm

Can't wait to see the customs he'll spawn.

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:37 pm

Dead Metal wrote:His shockwave thumbs are his longarm hands!

heh heh

His red eye and antlers remind me of Rudolph.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:42 pm

Counterpunch wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:His shockwave thumbs are his longarm hands!

heh heh

His red eye and antlers remind me of Rudolph.

Why am I suddenly imagining TFA Megatron in a sledge which is being pulled by Shockwave?

News Credits: 387 · by **Nekoman** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:45 pm

So far my problems with this guy are that his alternant modes are very unimpressive and his robot modes are gangly and not very solid in appearance.

I don’t like his heads much either…

by **-Genocide-** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:00 pm

I'm glad I'm not the only one disapointed with this figure. Animated toys for me at least have been hit or miss, Shockwave is definitely a swing and a miss. There has yet to be a Shockwave that can compare with the G1 version.

News Credits: 1 · by **Redimus** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:22 pm

Animated isnt anywhere near as hit and miss and the classics/universe line. Some of the Universe tfs are really disapointing (Prowl comes painfully to mind, although quite a few would be better if they were just given a better paint job) and those Classics minicons were almost all fecking horrible.

Anyway, Shockwave.

My only real complaint is that his Con head makes the eye look more like a comical nose, other than that, he looks win.

Still very much loving Animated.

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:50 pm

That first picture doesn't look like a cannon or whatever; to me, it looks like a robot lying face-down, like a child throwing a temper tantrum. The other alt mode just looks like a robot on all fours. You know you've got a bad TF design when the "alt" mode clearly has four limbs and a head.

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:06 pm

I think he looks awesome, regardless of slightly lame alt modes. My only question is, should I get him right away, or wait for the maybe-eventual G1 repaint...

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:19 pm

kirbenvost wrote:I think he looks awesome, regardless of slightly lame alt modes. My only question is, should I get him right away, or wait for the maybe-eventual G1 repaint...

If they make a purple G1 repaint, that's the only way I'd buy him.

by **Doubledealer93** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:54 pm

he is a must have in my book

News Credits: 1 · by **mesh** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:24 pm

i really really really hate this fig
wow turn his hands around and pull down his salad tongs and wow you have shockwave's hands.

he looks like a very very very simple transforming gimmick.

seriously...you can see he is going to be a very horrible fig.

you'll transform it and look with disgust: "is that it"

honestly people, look at the fig, imagine the transformation sequence and believe me it sucks.

look at his legs....do you actually think those things will hold in place. "fold the tread of the tank (which are his legs) and fold the crotch together".

twist his legs around and you get autobot......twist it again and you decepticon......buahahahahahaha "let's do the twist".

wake up people.....he isn't that great.

by **SimonMK** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:26 pm

Shockwave mode doesn't even have a foot... well I don't see them anyway like Longarm.

News Credits: 1 · by **mesh** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:35 pm

buahahahahahhahaha

you can't get any simpler than this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZSGcnWGWDM

and well....there's no need for individuals to post:

"well if you don't like it then there's more for us"

by all means....take as much as you want.

by **Dachande** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:57 pm

Wow. Hi-res disappointment.
Nothing about this figure says "Shockwave" to me. Lugnut is more Shockwave than this...travesty. I have yet to dislike an Animated figure (well, except Activators Lockdown - pure suck), which is one of the reasons I'm so disappointed.
Oh well. I'll probably still get it just to be a semi-completist.

by **Hard Hacker** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 4:02 pm

There are lots of complainers, it seems. Granted, it's bound to happen in this fandom, but for what this toy is, it's pretty ambitious. And there's been worse toys produced.