In some instances, some 3rd party products are great. But KFC, not. Their quality is sub-par too.

Look at Fans Toys for instance. They had and MP Soundwave in the works for a while before Takara announced theirs. But they cut their losses with that figure and decided to do Quakewave instead. It's quite unlikely that Takara will do a Shockwave, so Quake is a good substitute. I'd still probably buy a Shockwave if they did one.

But to do a character that already has a nice official release, seems stupid to me too.