The Energon Pub

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:54 am

BotCon has tweeted an image of the BotCon 2012 custom class figure, Shattered Glass Longarm! The figure is a purple redeco of Reveal the Shield Special Ops Jazz. Check him out below.

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:00 am

looks like a cool toy. Classics version of Binaltech/Alternators Shockwave.

News Credits: 3 · by **EdabanG** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:00 am

I want one really bad. I just refuse to pay after market prices.

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:06 am

Why in the world would they call it Longarm? That makes absolutely no sense. Unless there's some fiction/continuity I'm not aware of where Longarm is a sports car instead of the usual crane? The only Longarm I'm aware of that's NOT a crane is the 2007 Movie version, but even there they made him a tow truck so at least he still had an extending arm (in other words, a LONG ARM) with a hook. :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:10 am

since he's Shattered Glass, it might be that this Evil Autobot is infiltrating the Heroic Decepticon ranks by impersonating one of their high-ranking officers.

News Credits: 1 · by **AutobotMR2** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:14 am

Truth be told, I'm not too sure how to feel about this. We Will just have to wait and see I guess.

by **Swindle01** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:14 am

isnt that just that awful painted figure cheetimus primal did?

looks pretty much like its his custom

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:17 am

craggy wrote:looks like a cool toy. Classics version of Binaltech/Alternators Shockwave.

Thats what I first thought. Change the head and you are there, maybe one hand too.

News Credits: 10 · by **gavinfuzzy** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:17 am

Pretty plain... Like someone mentioned, its probably the Evil Longarm posing as Shockwave to enter the ranks of the Decepticons...

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:26 am

craggy wrote:since he's Shattered Glass, it might be that this Evil Autobot is infiltrating the Heroic Decepticon ranks by impersonating one of their high-ranking officers.

Psssst, Animated Shockwave + Alternator Shockblast + Shattered Glass = this guy :-$

Except we already have a Shattered Glass Shockwave in fiction. He's modeled after Energon Shockblast with colors opposite on the color wheel.

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:44 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
craggy wrote:since he's Shattered Glass, it might be that this Evil Autobot is infiltrating the Heroic Decepticon ranks by impersonating one of their high-ranking officers.

Psssst, Animated Shockwave + Alternator Shockblast + Shattered Glass = this guy

sigh. yes, I already figured that out, just hadn't felt the need to spell it out quite so obliquely for the slow kids at the back trying to chew their GoBots heads off.

Except we already have a Shattered Glass Shockwave in fiction. He's modeled after Energon Shockblast with colors opposite on the color wheel.

Of course, I'd forgotten about that, it kinda makes Longarm's disguise pointless. Unless this is what he looks like pre-disguise? In which case, Shattered Glass is making less and less sense as time goes on. Still, nice colours on a great toy, I wouldn't turn one down. Not gonna be scouring the aftermarket for one mind you, I might be Scottish, but I'm no Scrooge McDuck.

by **RiddlerJ** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:56 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
craggy wrote:since he's Shattered Glass, it might be that this Evil Autobot is infiltrating the Heroic Decepticon ranks by impersonating one of their high-ranking officers.

Psssst, Animated Shockwave + Alternator Shockblast + Shattered Glass = this guy

Except we already have a Shattered Glass Shockwave in fiction. He's modeled after Energon Shockblast with colors opposite on the color wheel.

Makes you wonder why they just didn't offer a repaint of Shockblast as SG Shockwave.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:10 am

RiddlerJ wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
craggy wrote:since he's Shattered Glass, it might be that this Evil Autobot is infiltrating the Heroic Decepticon ranks by impersonating one of their high-ranking officers.

Psssst, Animated Shockwave + Alternator Shockblast + Shattered Glass = this guy

Except we already have a Shattered Glass Shockwave in fiction. He's modeled after Energon Shockblast with colors opposite on the color wheel.

Makes you wonder why they just didn't offer a repaint of Shockblast as SG Shockwave.

Why not use Energon Six Shot instead?

News Credits: 1 · by **Lord Onixprime** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:14 am

craggy wrote:since he's Shattered Glass, it might be that this Evil Autobot is infiltrating the Heroic Decepticon ranks by impersonating one of their high-ranking officers.

Or it is the heroic Decepticon infiltrating the Evil Autobot ranks (Makes more sense that Shockwave is still posing as Longarm, than Longarm as Shockwave).

News Credits: 12 · by **nemesis-prime** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:20 am

looks cool..havent been posting in a while dealing with bad medical issuse

News Credits: 1 · by **Heavy B** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:30 am

Wow, this seems pointless

News Credits: 5 · by **zodconvoy** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:31 am

It's the same basic deal as Animated Cheetor: "How many homages can we fit into one figure?" Ani Cheetor was Beast Wars and TransTech in an Animated figure. This one is just on the surface Animated and Alternators in a Classics figure and that's without even knowing the back story they gave him!

Stuff like this is why I love being a Club member, they come up with the coolest new ideas from the history of Transformers!

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:32 am

Maybe he's a separate autonomaton operated remotely by SG Shockwave.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:39 am

Did anyone else notice the car is missing it's driver's side front wheel and seems to be floating?

by **Rated X** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:33 pm

Finally for once a custom class figure nobody really cares about. Still hoping for CHMS versions of G2 Sideswipe and Minerva since they have both the molds. But Longarm ??? Waste...

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:37 pm

According to TFWiki, SG Longarm is captain of the SG Autobot Autotroopers, and is going undercover posing as G1 Shockwave to investigate the conflict between the Classicverse and the Shatteredverse.

News Credits: 3 · by **Kibble** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:39 pm

Looks pretty slick, I think. Something I can easily live without, but I think it looks really cool.

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:45 pm

Longarm? I see no long arms.

by **Rated X** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:49 pm

Sabrblade wrote:According to TFWiki, SG Longarm is captain of the SG Autobot Autotroopers, and is going undercover posing as G1 Shockwave to investigate the conflict between the Classicverse and the Shatteredverse.

These script writers must really be smoking some good bud when they do SG storylines...