Transformers Cloud Shockwave from the Generations Whirl Mold?

Posted by El Duque Apr 3, 2014 at 10:57pm CDT 24,147 views

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e-Hobby has posted the latest chapter in the Transformers Cloud saga, which features eye catching art that may indicate Shockwave will filling one of the four remaining figure slots. As you can see in the image mirrored below the character in the lower right corner is clearly based on the recently released Transformers Generations Whirl mold, but the purple coloring and yellow eye seem to point to Shockwave. Speculation of course, much like the previously seen yet still unconfirmed Rodimus from Transformers Generations Springer. Check out the image mirrored below:

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Comment by Sabrblade Apr 3, 2014

BTW, the girl-looking thing is the computer A.I. entity known as SARA.

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Comment by Mkall Apr 4, 2014

I'd get a purple Whirl. He wouldn't be Shockwve though, but he'd be a neat addition.

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Comment by xyl360 Apr 4, 2014

I just hope they do end up doing Rodimus from Springer. He looks marvelous in those colors. And yes, I'm totally going to get the Shockwave repaint of Whirl too

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Comment by RiddlerJ Apr 4, 2014

While I doubt it was intended, it would be a neat homage to Shockwave from the first Movie video game.

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Comment by GuyIncognito Apr 4, 2014

If they give it a G1-style laser arm and a G1-style head, it'll be pretty cool.

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Comment by Optimizzy Apr 4, 2014

You know...jeeez. Id love to see a hot rod from the springer mold, but Im not paying $50 for an import of it.

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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Apr 4, 2014

RiddlerJ wrote:While I doubt it was intended, it would be a neat homage to Shockwave from the first Movie video game.

Exactly as I was thinking :APPLAUSE:

Incidentally, Whirl is yet another mold that TakaraTomy has seemingly skipped for Generations, so the pattern continues.

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Comment by Wolfman Jake Apr 4, 2014

GuyIncognito wrote:If they give it a G1-style laser arm and a G1-style head, it'll be pretty cool.

I doubt they'll retool the head for Shockwave. From the looks of that picture, Whirl's head hasn't been altered at all. The laser arm is another matter, but I wouldn't hold my breath for that eitehr. So far, nothing has been retooled, just redecoed, and any apparent new tooling existed before, like Megatron's and Brawn's heads from the GDO Generations releases (even though Brawn was ultimately canceled), and Starscream's null rays from his Masterpiece figure.

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Comment by Midnight_Fox Apr 4, 2014

Wolfman Jake wrote:
GuyIncognito wrote:If they give it a G1-style laser arm and a G1-style head, it'll be pretty cool.

I doubt they'll retool the head for Shockwave. From the looks of that picture, Whirl's head hasn't been altered at all. The laser arm is another matter, but I wouldn't hold my breath for that eitehr. So far, nothing has been retooled, just redecoed, and any apparent new tooling existed before, like Megatron's and Brawn's heads from the GDO Generations releases (even though Brawn was ultimately canceled), and Starscream's null rays from his Masterpiece figure.

I don't expect any retooling either and will probably pull off his gun hand using the figure's pre-existing ability to slide a gun on over the wrist.

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Comment by Wolfman Jake Apr 4, 2014

I had forgotten about that feature on Whirl. Now I wonder if this Cloud Shockwave would come with all four of Whirl's "gun" accessories, or if Takara-Tomy have another suitable, pre-existing accessory from elsewhere to achieve a more "G1" look for Shockwave's laser arm, a la the Masterpiece null rays replacing the gun and sword for the Double Dealer mold for the Cloud Starscream repaint.

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Comment by Flashwave Apr 4, 2014

Great, TakTom is already announcing a purple Whirl and meanwhile I still want my BLUE ONE HASBRO!!!!! [/rant]

Sabrblade wrote:BTW, the girl-looking thing is the computer A.I. entity known as SARA.

Okay, I was gonna guess a T-Ai 2.0

This could be an interesting paint scheme, but I'm with MKall, if I were in a position to get it, it'd be for the colors, not for Shockwave.

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Comment by PrymeStriker Apr 4, 2014

*waits patiently for a cool new Shockwave in Thrilling 30*

*reads this*

:BOOM:

Hasbro...please. I'm begging you. Don't. Whirl is a deplorable mold.

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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Apr 4, 2014

PrymeStriker wrote:*waits patiently for a cool new Shockwave in Thrilling 30*

*reads this*

Hasbro...please. I'm begging you. Don't. Whirl is a deplorable mold.

TakaraTomy, not Hasbro.

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Comment by Mindmaster Apr 4, 2014

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:*waits patiently for a cool new Shockwave in Thrilling 30*

*reads this*

Hasbro...please. I'm begging you. Don't. Whirl is a deplorable mold.

TakaraTomy, not Hasbro.

Not to mention that, in technicality, while this figure (if it's ever made) could be used as a Classics Shockwave, it's meant to be an alternate-universe version of the cycloptic nerd Decepticon.

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Comment by xyl360 Apr 4, 2014

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:*waits patiently for a cool new Shockwave in Thrilling 30*

*reads this*

Hasbro...please. I'm begging you. Don't. Whirl is a deplorable mold.

TakaraTomy, not Hasbro.

Yeah, these Takara repaints/retools will have no impact on what Hasbro does for the Thrilling 30, although at this point I doubt we're going to see another Generations Shockwave any time soon (we already got FoC). But perhaps I'm wrong and they'll reveal something at Botcon. In the meantime, TF:GO! makes a pretty sharp Classics Shockwave.

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Comment by Wolfman Jake Apr 4, 2014

I'm fairly sure that Generations FOC Shockwave IS Classics Shockwave, as far as Hasbro is now concerned. The same character design was repurposed as "neo-G1" by IDW.

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Comment by PrymeStriker Apr 4, 2014

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:*waits patiently for a cool new Shockwave in Thrilling 30*

*reads this*

Hasbro...please. I'm begging you. Don't. Whirl is a deplorable mold.

TakaraTomy, not Hasbro.

Oh.

Still, Takara will be wasting a fantastic character on such a ridiculous mold.

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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Apr 4, 2014

PrymeStriker wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:*waits patiently for a cool new Shockwave in Thrilling 30*

*reads this*

Hasbro...please. I'm begging you. Don't. Whirl is a deplorable mold.

TakaraTomy, not Hasbro.

Oh.

Still, Takara will be wasting a fantastic character on such a ridiculous mold.

But thankfully it's not the G1 Shockwave, as others explained. Think of him as... a wacky Japanese version of the Club TransTech Shockwave :lol:

Besides, it has unintentional homage material:

From the Transformers (2007) Video Game

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Comment by shajaki Apr 4, 2014

shocky from whirl is one of those "have to see" before i can make up mind whether its a good idea or not. especially since the newest voyager in my neck of the woods is rhinox, im not even familiar with the mold yet.

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Comment by El Duque Apr 5, 2014

Courtesy of e-Hobby and the TakaraTomy Mall we have some new images of their upcoming Transformers Cloud exclusives TFC-A02 Brawn and TFC-D02 Starscream. These images include a group shot with the previously released TFC-A01 Optimus Prime and TFC-D01 Megatron, packaging, and the covers from the comics included with the aforementioned Optimus Prime and Megatron releases. Check 'em out below: