Toy Review - SHOCKWAVE (Earth Spark Deluxe)

SHOCKWAVE
Series - EarthspArk
Size/class - Deluxe
New/remould/redeco - Repaint of Cyberverse Deluxe Shockwave
Wave - 2
Released here - August 2023
Approximate Retail Price - $35
Approximate Size - 14cm
Allegiance - Decepticon
Alt-modes - Cybertronian walking tank
Main Features/Gimmicks - 3mm posts compatible with blast effects parts (not included)
Main Colours - purple and silver with yellow and dark grey accents
Main Accessories - gun, arm cannon, connector hose, Nova Storm's left arm (for Dr. Meridien)


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A surprisingly nice redeco of Cyberverse Shockwave that better highlights certain features of this mould better than the original. Unsurprisingly, as a straight up repaint of Cyberverse Shockwave, this toy lacks visual likeness with Earth Spark Shockwave.

Worth buying? Only if you don't already own Cyberverse Deluxe Shockwave. The Build-a-Figure piece isn't even essential, since Deluxe Megatron already comes with Mandroid's human arm. Also, the upcoming Deluxe EarthSpark Starscream comes with this exact same arm (although that toy is also a straight up repaint of its Cyberverse counterpart). To make things even weirder, the Nova Storm left arm isn't even used by Meridien in the cartoon, as he replaces his left arm with Brawl's. So yeah, unless this deco particularly jumps at you or if you don't already have Cyberverse Shockers, this toy's an easy pass.