Seibertron.com Transformers Weekly Photo Challenge # 9: Evolution

I don't have a very diverse collection and at first I felt I had written myself out of this challenge and then my good pal Itscramtastic gave me some great inspiration.

It's amazing how much the figures have changed in both styles and transformation in just a few years. I present a couple of highly logical characters in a very illogical situation.


And if that wasn't crazy enough, I decided to take it a step farther.


And now I remember why this is only the second time BH Shockwave has been in tank mode. What he does with that none gun arm is, well... interesting.

carytheone wrote:I don't have a very diverse collection and at first I felt I had written myself out of this challenge and then my good pal Itscramtastic gave me some great inspiration.
And if that wasn't crazy enough, I decided to take it a step farther.

Yo Dawg!

Glad I could be of service my ballin' bot bro

And the picture I quoted?

YES, I DO LIKE SHOCKWAVE!!

william-james88 wrote:Question to Cary, which of those 3 shockwaves is your favourite?

FoC, cause I'm a sucker for that design aesthetic.

Actually they each have their own strengths and weaknesses.

BH Shockwave is huge and just awesome looking in bot mode. Just a big scary looking killing machine. He is probably also the farthest away from the original design and his alt mode is really weak and just plain bad.

Mini me Shocky is a really great figure and not just for a legends, he is just a great figure. It pays a great tribute to his G1 self, is a fun figure to play with (as you can see with my whacky-ness) and has a very clever transformation. His only weakness is his size. Other than scaling with combiners for some fun pew pew action (I need to drag Menasor off the shelf and give that a whirl) he is only going scale well with other legend class figures. I guess mini Rodders has a playmate now.

FoC Shockwave strikes a nice middle ground between G1 and modern design for me. As a gamer, I'm immediately drawn to a figure based on a game, but he is a solid and fun figure in his own right. I love the pre-earth WfC/FoC look, all pointy and stuff. Even though it's a little small, his bot mode just works for me. Nice and posable, but I usually just leave him in a menacing stoic pose; watching, plotting, waiting. His alt mode is supposed to be some sort of flying craft, but really he is just a flying laser cannon, which really isn't that far from where he was in G1. Only problem I have with the figure is that he is a little too small and spindly.

BH Shockwave will just stay camped out looking spooky cool on my Prime shelf. Once the newness has worn off CW Shockwave, he will probably just end up in gun mode being wielded by another bot. But I will keep reaching for FoC Shockwave to play with. Nice and simple transformation, hits all the right notes, fun to pose and just screams evil genius. If only he was a voyager class.

william-james88 wrote:You speak of him being pointy in alt mode, did you know that they sculpted his head? In the game, his head is sticking out of the back of the alt mode so their molded the top of his robot head. So he has visible fake head syndrome It's a pretty awesome detail though:

Hahaha, that is awesome. I didn't know if was because of the game, but I played with him a good bit during the last challenge and I did notice the fake head. It all makes sense now.

Thanks! Here is where I got the original idea from transformers.fr.com

Cobotron wrote:

Thanks to WJ88 for the nudge I needed to better flush out this idea.

Not dead. Just a victim of the holidays, me thinks.

Here's a little life.
Here is a little evolution that took about 33 years. Older than the Transformers name itself.




Took these last night for my own enjoyment not even thinking they fit this theme.

Click the Phoenix Down to be taken to the new Transformers Photo Challenge.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:So when will our next challenge be? I'm ready to play

I am guessing it will be Valentines themed.

New post up. You can check the first page of this thread or click here:

Challenge #17: H-O-R-S-E