The Energon Pub

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:44 am

The next villain in the Transformers Live-Action will be a familiar face, and certainly is a fan favorite. Much like Megatron, he was a gun in Generation One, a major antagonist in Transformers: Energon, the ultimate turncoat in Transformers: Animated and pure Machiavellian in his other appearances in the Transformers Universe. Now thanks to dotmtoys and ACToys.net, we've got a nice look at the villain's alternate and robot mode. Our insiders say that it's a Voyager class toy, however nothings concrete at this point. You'll find the images via Youtube!

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by **BATTOUSAIXD** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:55 am

Shockwave's alt mode looks pretty good

Can't wait to see his robot mode!

News Credits: 34 · by **Supreme Convoy** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:58 am

Reminds me a lot of Megatron's tank mode in Revenge of the Fallen.

Can't wait to see robot mode!

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:59 am

meh. tank mode is a bit lackluster although the colors are nice, robot mode will make or break this figure

by **harrison** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:59 am

I think this could be the bot mode:http://bbs.actoys.net/read.php?tid-574716.html

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:00 am

Robot mode added in Youtube video.

News Credits: 17 · by **cannonfodder4000** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:05 am

Not the best Cybertronian tank mode i've seen, but nothing horrible, at least he doesn't have a big "Mechtech" chunk sticking out of his alt mode. :roll:

by **MINDVVIPE** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:14 am

baahhh..... I guess. What is with the ROTF line and angling hands so that the elbow bends it in the begging position. GRR. This is another figure I might "make do" with for a shockwave... and even then, my Shocklbast retains more Shockwave looks than this........ sort of. ARGH!
NEED. A. GOOD. SHOCKWAVE. wouldn't think a character that is so freaking simple to have such a hard time making its way to a good figure iteration. I bet they will remake shockwave a few times too... maybe i'll just wait it all out. Could have ATLEAST made the eye yellow (or the gun on the right side, unless its just flipped pix)... if you showed this figure to a kid in 1995, he'd probably think it was from some other anime show or something.

by **BATTOUSAIXD** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:29 am

I like the robot mode! It looks pretty good

Hopefully there will be leaders of both Shockwave and Megatron...

News Credits: 17 · by **cannonfodder4000** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:46 am

cannonfodder4000 wrote:Not the best Cybertronian tank mode i've seen, but nothing horrible, at least he doesn't have a big "Mechtech" chunk sticking out of his alt mode.

Well, I like his robot mode, I was expecting it to be a bit more slender, but i'll let that slide, what I dont like is his eye, I dont have a problem with it being red, but it seriously needs to be smaller! :-(

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:53 am

I'll have to see it in person and on film before I'm sold on it, but it's better than most of the offerings we've seen so far.

News Credits: 1 · by **Berserker Prime** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:06 am

Pure awesome. Ive been waiting to see this one.

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:34 am

Hmm, not as good looking as I would have hoped. His gun arm is too big, seems to be the norm for figures with guns for or on arms these days. I do like the head design though, keeps Shockwaves classic look while fitting in with the movie look.

If you paint it grey and change the head it could be Megatron. I hope that his character makes up for it and keeps his cool and cold persona that we loved from G1.

Wonder if they will release a more purple, G1 like version?

Actually, the more I look at it the more I like it.

News Credits: 11 · by **Optimutt** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:44 am

the tank mode looks like it's been run through a meat grinder and then dropped from the back of a space shuttle while in orbit. But the robot mode is actually pretty decent. It's one of the few Movie-verse toys that actually looks pretty good, a list that, imo, contains all of three others: Buster Prime, Devastator and Soundwave. For this, I don't blame Hasbro, I blame the Bay-verse aesthetic.

In Has/Tak's defense, they have done an admirable job making good, working toys from utter garbage character models. While I doubt I'll purchase any DotM toys, I'm sure others will. Keep up the good work, Hasbro!

by **mightwork** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:46 am

So far I think this is the best looking DOTM figure yet. I'm glad he's a cybertronian style TF (Some figures aren't meant to have a earth mode).

Now if we can just see some pics of Sentinal Prime

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 5:09 am

MINDVVIPE wrote:baahhh..... I guess. What is with the ROTF line and angling hands so that the elbow bends it in the begging position. GRR.

We call them monkey arms. I hate the things as well. At least I'll be able to fix the wrists with a ball joint.

by **MINDVVIPE** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 5:19 am

Mykltron wrote:
MINDVVIPE wrote:baahhh..... I guess. What is with the ROTF line and angling hands so that the elbow bends it in the begging position. GRR.

We call them monkey arms. I hate the things as well. At least I'll be able to fix the wrists with a ball joint.

You mean the open hand... :roll:

Another part I'd rather be a fist, so it can hold some guns.

News Credits: 5 · by **--B--** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:55 pm

Shockwave with 2 hands = FAIL.

by **Crosshairs** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:59 pm

I knew it was Shockwave. this guy is sooooooooooo coooooooooooooool. Definitely get, unless i find out that there is a leader class version. :grin:

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:10 pm

I was hoping for something I could use in my neo-classics line instead of Energon Shockblast...

Guess I was wrong.

News Credits: 3 · by **Kibble** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:21 pm

Considering what we've seen so far from the movie, it could have been a lot worse. Bot mode looks fine...alt mode looks pretty stupid, like just about every 'Cybertronian' alt mode does.

News Credits: 1 · by **T-Macksimus** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:34 pm

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News Credits: 1 · by **ShardFenix** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:35 pm

alt-mode looks like megatron's spastic twin(hope i dont offend any brits there). Robot mode looks alright compared to the rest of DOTM but that still is like comparing dried poop to fresh poop. Maybe it's first wave stuff...I know I didnt buy any RotF till near the very end. And even then I got figures that were not based on actual in-movie character designs. So for now I guess I'll be sticking with Animated shockwave...who i absolutely adore.