GoktimusPrime
2nd October 2023, 01:21 PM
Senator SHOCKWAVE
Series - Generations
Sub-line - Legacy
Size/class - Voyager
New/remould/redeco - Retool/redeco of Siege Starscream (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php/26288-Transformers-WFC-Siege-Starscream-video-Review)
Wave - N/A
Released here - October 2023 (Amazon exclusive Humble Origins 2-pack)
Approximate Retail Price - $47
Approximate Size - 18cm
Allegiance - N/A (pre-war civilian)
Alt-mode - Cybertronian jet
Main Features/Gimmicks - hardpoints for blast effects (not included)
Main Colours - red, blue, white
Main Accessories - x2 wings
NOTE: This toy is a significant retool of Siege Starscream. Refer to the Siege Starscream review thread for comments on the original mould. This thread will focus on differences made.
https://i.ibb.co/9TvsvSm/TL-shockwave01.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/cTKJXzw/TL-shockwave02.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/zrm7dZ5/TL-shockwave03.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/2d8KzFf/TL-shockwave04.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/3f8HvYj/TL-orionpax05.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/gW7zC1m/TL-shockwave06.jpg
HasTak have done well in heavily retooling the Siege Starscream mould to resemble pre-Empurata/Shadowplay Shockwave from the IDW comics. Given that Sen. Shockwave never transformed in the comics, designers had more liberty with the alt mode. Sen. Shockwave was frequently changing his colour scheme in the comics as part of his ongoing expression of individualism. Hasbro have chosen the red, white and blue colours that Shockwave was wearing when he was arrested; which was the last time that Orion Pax ever saw his friend before he became the evil and emotionless cycloptic fiend.
https://i.ibb.co/hc003WK/IDW-shockwave-arrest.jpg
Senator Shockwave has no faction insignia or weapons, which makes sense as this toy represents Shockwave as a pre-war civilian statesman.
My only minor gripe about this mould is that the jet thrusters don't seem to have anywhere to lock into place in robot mode. They kinda just hang back there. Also, being a Voyager makes Shockwave much taller than his pack-mate, Data Clerk Orion Pax (in the IDW comics they're the same size).
Overall a really nice toy. A great retool/redeco of the Siege Starscream mould to produce a fairly comic-accurate Sen. Shockwave toy. Hasbro has also chosen the most emotionally evocative colour scheme, plays into the deliberate paradox of IDW Shockwave. Recommended.
Series - Generations
Sub-line - Legacy
Size/class - Voyager
New/remould/redeco - Retool/redeco of Siege Starscream (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php/26288-Transformers-WFC-Siege-Starscream-video-Review)
Wave - N/A
Released here - October 2023 (Amazon exclusive Humble Origins 2-pack)
Approximate Retail Price - $47
Approximate Size - 18cm
Allegiance - N/A (pre-war civilian)
Alt-mode - Cybertronian jet
Main Features/Gimmicks - hardpoints for blast effects (not included)
Main Colours - red, blue, white
Main Accessories - x2 wings
NOTE: This toy is a significant retool of Siege Starscream. Refer to the Siege Starscream review thread for comments on the original mould. This thread will focus on differences made.
https://i.ibb.co/9TvsvSm/TL-shockwave01.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/cTKJXzw/TL-shockwave02.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/zrm7dZ5/TL-shockwave03.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/2d8KzFf/TL-shockwave04.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/3f8HvYj/TL-orionpax05.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/gW7zC1m/TL-shockwave06.jpg
HasTak have done well in heavily retooling the Siege Starscream mould to resemble pre-Empurata/Shadowplay Shockwave from the IDW comics. Given that Sen. Shockwave never transformed in the comics, designers had more liberty with the alt mode. Sen. Shockwave was frequently changing his colour scheme in the comics as part of his ongoing expression of individualism. Hasbro have chosen the red, white and blue colours that Shockwave was wearing when he was arrested; which was the last time that Orion Pax ever saw his friend before he became the evil and emotionless cycloptic fiend.
https://i.ibb.co/hc003WK/IDW-shockwave-arrest.jpg
Senator Shockwave has no faction insignia or weapons, which makes sense as this toy represents Shockwave as a pre-war civilian statesman.
My only minor gripe about this mould is that the jet thrusters don't seem to have anywhere to lock into place in robot mode. They kinda just hang back there. Also, being a Voyager makes Shockwave much taller than his pack-mate, Data Clerk Orion Pax (in the IDW comics they're the same size).
Overall a really nice toy. A great retool/redeco of the Siege Starscream mould to produce a fairly comic-accurate Sen. Shockwave toy. Hasbro has also chosen the most emotionally evocative colour scheme, plays into the deliberate paradox of IDW Shockwave. Recommended.