He and his wavemates should appear shortly in the west.
More In Hand Images of Legacy Core Class Shockwave
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Jun 17, 2022 at 11:34am CDT
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He and his wavemates should appear shortly in the west.
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Comment by Evil Eye
Jun 17, 2022
Colour breakup could be better but he looks fun! But then I love me some Shockwaves so I'm biased
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Comment by cloudballoon
Jun 17, 2022
No comparison to TR version, which he got a closer transformation scheme and G1 homage design?
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Comment by DeathReviews
Jun 17, 2022
Haha - Shockwave's back and he brought PIZZA
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Comment by ZeroWolf
Jun 17, 2022
I do actually quite the look of that Shockwave
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For sure, especially if he is charging $150.00 an hour as a consultant.
Comment by o.supreme
Jun 17, 2022
william-james88 wrote:Also, Scott needs to work on proofreading his thumbnails
For sure, especially if he is charging $150.00 an hour as a consultant.
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Hahahahaha
Comment by william-james88
Jun 17, 2022
o.supreme wrote:william-james88 wrote:Also, Scott needs to work on proofreading his thumbnails
For sure, especially if he is charging $150.00 an hour as a consultant.
Hahahahaha
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Comment by o.supreme
Jun 17, 2022
So...I just watched a legit review of Legacy Blitzwing from emgo. Those Hulk hands just make no sense. I mean, it's not something the character ever had. If they wanted to stick with the Energon weapon theme, they could have made the guns out of translucent plastic. I know the figure itself it pretty solid with few gaps, but if they had extra budget for tooling, it could have been better spent elsewhere.
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I completely agree.
Comment by william-james88
Jun 17, 2022
o.supreme wrote:So...I just watched a legit review of Legacy Blitzwing from emgo. Those Hulk hands just make no sense. I mean, it's not something the character ever had. If they wanted to stick with the Energon weapon theme, they could have made the guns out of translucent plastic. I know the figure itself it pretty solid with few gaps, but if they had extra budget for tooling, it could have been better spent elsewhere.
I completely agree.
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Comment by blackeyedprime
Jun 17, 2022
Tank mode was pretty gappy from top down and the weird white decepticon symbols that are broken up by too much panelling are a bit off putting on his legs. Happily sticking to Takara Legends Blitwing. Seems like something that the RED version or Ultimates version is going to outclass.
also beyond me why they tried to keep the semi car6toon accurate ram bar/cockpit when they went and coverered up the tank treads for zero accuracy.
also beyond me why they tried to keep the semi car6toon accurate ram bar/cockpit when they went and coverered up the tank treads for zero accuracy.
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Sometimes "Hey, wouldn't it be cool if...?" is all it takes for companies to run with the weirdest ideas that make no sense to us consumers while said companies think they're neat and innovative.
It's probably the same line of thinking that gave us Wheeljack, of all Autobots, as a sword-swinging, rule-breaking, lone-wolf Wrecker in TF: Prime.
Comment by Sabrblade
Jun 17, 2022
I guess somebody at Hasbro was operating under "Rule of Cool" when they thought of it.o.supreme wrote:So...I just watched a legit review of Legacy Blitzwing from emgo. Those Hulk hands just make no sense. I mean, it's not something the character ever had. If they wanted to stick with the Energon weapon theme, they could have made the guns out of translucent plastic. I know the figure itself it pretty solid with few gaps, but if they had extra budget for tooling, it could have been better spent elsewhere.
Sometimes "Hey, wouldn't it be cool if...?" is all it takes for companies to run with the weirdest ideas that make no sense to us consumers while said companies think they're neat and innovative.
It's probably the same line of thinking that gave us Wheeljack, of all Autobots, as a sword-swinging, rule-breaking, lone-wolf Wrecker in TF: Prime.
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Comment by MeGrimlock78
Jun 18, 2022
Oh! The radar dish is a gun! It always looked to me like he was just holding the disk in some weird clawed hand...
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Comment by Overcracker
Jun 18, 2022
Blitzing has issues... and questionable decisions all around.
Those "Energon" hands are totally out of left field. Unless they are entirely mean for someone else.
Otherwise, its like let's take budget away from the main figure for these useless hands....
He does have some clever bits though, and the tank mode looks pretty good, so there's that.
Those "Energon" hands are totally out of left field. Unless they are entirely mean for someone else.
Otherwise, its like let's take budget away from the main figure for these useless hands....
He does have some clever bits though, and the tank mode looks pretty good, so there's that.
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Comment by Sowndwave76
Jun 18, 2022
I’m still excited for Blitzwing.
He’s right up there towards the top of my most wanted list.
The bot mode is really well done, & is enough for me. The jet mode is obvsly a letdown, but I’m good with the tank.
The energon hands are seriously a bad joke.
I don’t love blast effects, but a couple of those even would’ve been better.
It probably wouldn’t work for deluxe releases because of budget limitations, but for a leader, why not build on the included weapons (or at least 1-2)…
The energon-infused weapon could’ve been a similarly shaped sword, but much larger, with a transparent blade.
A similarly shaped blaster, again much larger, with a semi-transparent barrel.
And any leftover budget, again, throw in a couple blast effects;
While intended to show the upped power of the energon weapons, of course they could be used with the regular weapons, the alt modes, & almost any other figure.
These hands are supposed to be an extra play feature/gimmick, yet they just suck.
I won’t use them at all; not for any of Blitzy’s modes, & not with any other figure…
They really are a complete waste.
He’s right up there towards the top of my most wanted list.
The bot mode is really well done, & is enough for me. The jet mode is obvsly a letdown, but I’m good with the tank.
The energon hands are seriously a bad joke.
I don’t love blast effects, but a couple of those even would’ve been better.
It probably wouldn’t work for deluxe releases because of budget limitations, but for a leader, why not build on the included weapons (or at least 1-2)…
The energon-infused weapon could’ve been a similarly shaped sword, but much larger, with a transparent blade.
A similarly shaped blaster, again much larger, with a semi-transparent barrel.
And any leftover budget, again, throw in a couple blast effects;
While intended to show the upped power of the energon weapons, of course they could be used with the regular weapons, the alt modes, & almost any other figure.
These hands are supposed to be an extra play feature/gimmick, yet they just suck.
I won’t use them at all; not for any of Blitzy’s modes, & not with any other figure…
They really are a complete waste.
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Comment by ZeroWolf
Jun 18, 2022
Ironically the hands are my favourite part of this 
though their inclusion is a head scratcher.
Incidentally, do we know of all the leader class figures for Legacy now?
though their inclusion is a head scratcher.Incidentally, do we know of all the leader class figures for Legacy now?
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Comment by Evil Eye
Jun 18, 2022
Power fists are always cool and when I heard we were having them I was kinda stoked. The problem is that, even disregarding the rest of the figure's issues, they aren't very good. Vehicle storage kinda sucks, they're completely inarticulate aside from the wrists (a crime as big poseable hands are like peak fun as far as toys go) and they're not even fists! If Blitzwing punched an Autobot with those, he'd end up with broken fingers!
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Good points…
Power fists probably could be cool if done right.
But what are these, “chop hands”??
Comment by Sowndwave76
Jun 18, 2022
Evil Eye wrote:Power fists are always cool and when I heard we were having them I was kinda stoked. The problem is that, even disregarding the rest of the figure's issues, they aren't very good. Vehicle storage kinda sucks, they're completely inarticulate aside from the wrists (a crime as big poseable hands are like peak fun as far as toys go) and they're not even fists! If Blitzwing punched an Autobot with those, he'd end up with broken fingers!
Good points…
Power fists probably could be cool if done right.
But what are these, “chop hands”??
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Which, admittedly, does sound cool on paper. But still odd for Blitzwing.
Comment by Sabrblade
Jun 18, 2022
Finger cannons, I guess.Sowndwave76 wrote:Evil Eye wrote:Power fists are always cool and when I heard we were having them I was kinda stoked. The problem is that, even disregarding the rest of the figure's issues, they aren't very good. Vehicle storage kinda sucks, they're completely inarticulate aside from the wrists (a crime as big poseable hands are like peak fun as far as toys go) and they're not even fists! If Blitzwing punched an Autobot with those, he'd end up with broken fingers!
Good points…
Power fists probably could be cool if done right.
But what are these, “chop hands”??
Which, admittedly, does sound cool on paper. But still odd for Blitzwing.
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Same here, as someone who primarily buys them for the "bot" look anyway this version suits my needs.
That said maybe I could have saved a few Dollars on a R.E.D. version but IMO those do look cheap and I still want a "Transformer" not an "action figure" of said characters because I do occasionally enjoy transforming them.
It is unfortunate about the alt modes looking the way they do but I've come to accept this from the modern iterations, after all even the classic toys looked this way after a couple years of use/play.
Comment by Till-all-R1
Jun 18, 2022
Sowndwave76 wrote:I’m still excited for Blitzwing.
He’s right up there towards the top of my most wanted list.
The bot mode is really well done, & is enough for me.
Same here, as someone who primarily buys them for the "bot" look anyway this version suits my needs.
That said maybe I could have saved a few Dollars on a R.E.D. version but IMO those do look cheap and I still want a "Transformer" not an "action figure" of said characters because I do occasionally enjoy transforming them.
It is unfortunate about the alt modes looking the way they do but I've come to accept this from the modern iterations, after all even the classic toys looked this way after a couple years of use/play.
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Yes, but not all have been revealed. Still missing TM2 Megatron.
Comment by william-james88
Jun 18, 2022
ZeroWolf wrote:Ironically the hands are my favourite part of this
Incidentally, do we know of all the leader class figures for Legacy now?
Yes, but not all have been revealed. Still missing TM2 Megatron.
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Comment by RodimusPrimeUkraine1
Jun 19, 2022
Wow I am behind on this chat! My computer has been acting up lately. Anyways, I'm loving legacy so far, just picked up a Blaster (too lazy to put it in the toy hauls thread) Great figure, and Menosaur looks awesome. Motormaster seems like he has some nice engineering, it's perfect. Just wish that Menosaur had a blackjack, no matter how "inaccurate" it is. Maybe there will be a upgrade kit for that. Doesn't matter though, I will never have Menasor, I don't have the space or money, and other figures were chosen over him 
