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The hooked wrist adds to his "crooked" alien like appeal. I too love the legs. The chainsaw is ok. I still prefer the hook but now I can pimp up Lockdown by having either 2 of the engine guns or a hook and saw on each arm respectively.
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Originally Posted by loophole
oh...and a like it how with Swindles BFG you put the missile in and it changes colour to make it look energised/loaded(btw i am easily amused)
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oooh, need to get around to opening my Blazing Lockdown. Grabbed him just before the end of the sale. Looks great.The hooked wrist adds to his "crooked" alien like appeal. I too love the legs. The chainsaw is ok. I still prefer the hook but now I can pimp up Lockdown by having either 2 of the engine guns or a hook and saw on each arm respectively.
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Had my Shockwave/Bumblebee 2-pack show up in the mail yesterday.
Purple animated Shockwave is one of the worst Transformers of all time, but simultaneously one of the coolest figures I own: the tank/crane altmode worked much better in the original colour scheme - this just looks likes a robot lying down, or as my partner put it, a little kid in purple pyjamas throwing a tantrum.
The robot mode(s) make up for it though, however the Longarm disguise is really pretty useless. Can't remember seeing an Autobot entirely dressed in purple before, but oh well. The main Shockwave mode is awesome and makes him well worth owning.
And the little Bumblebee activator is great too, I've been meaning to pick him up for ages.
I probably would have opted for the normal-coloured Shockwave, but they were roughly 30% more expensive on Ebay which probably has something to do with the $5 pricing stuff-up in US Targets. This pack set me back $45au including postage and arrived in a week, pretty happy with it overall.
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I know it was a bugger to find an original Animated Shockwave at a decent price (mostly because US sellers gouge you for price of postage). dirge finally found one for me from a Singaporean seller - AU$43 for the toy w/ AU$20 postage.
Check out eBay Singapore. This one has a Buy It Now price of SG$42.74 (AU$39.99) and ships worldwide (and shipping from Singapore to Australia is much cheaper than from USA)
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Just a few pics to demonstrate the absurdity of the Longarm mode with this paintscheme...
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No, Mr Ultra Magnus sir, I haven't seen Blur in stellar cycles...
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Wait, you're the Decepticon spy we've been looking for?!
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