Shockwave is bit underwhelming for me. Feels too plastic-y in hand. It doesn't feel cheap, as the majority of parts are a really beautiful and rich shade of purple (and very cartoon accurate), it's just too plain without paint. This is where sometimes the character design would help. Star Saber was deliberately almost all plastic, but his palette is so much more colorful, with different moulded color parts and painted highlights all over him. But Shockwave's monotone design makes him feel like a big chunk of unfinished, plain plastic.

His transformation also feels just a bit too simple for his size. I wish his arms did more, at least to make the top view in gun mode better, and to hide the screw holes better.

His robot mode is quite cartoon accurate and the legs don't feel thin in person. It's disappointing that his sideways hip joints are not ratcheted. His weight may weaken these joints in the long run. Probably the transformation doesn't allow room for this, but still, it's unfortunate that the load bearing joints are handled like this.

Overall, he's a decent figure, but not worth the retail price. I got from amiami for 12000 yen and personally still feel it's not worth the price. For people who already like Shockwave, this is a great figure to be that definite version of Shockwave. But I have never been a fan of Shockwave's, and this figure, unlike MP-27, which completely won me over even though I was never an Ironhide fan either, makes it harder for me to justify the asked price.