I got regular coloured Shockwave. My rationale being:

1/ It's a nicer looking colour scheme on that mould and also Longarm Prime has only ever appeared in those colours. Now that his cover's blown I don't think we'll be seeing Shockwave using his Longarm Prime mode anymore - especially in purple!

2/ Longarm/Shockwave appears in his regular colours for the majority of the series. Let's face it, his "true" colours thing in this episode is really just a gimmick to sell the purple variant of the toy.

To me, purple Shockwave is like Fire Guts Ginrai... a colour variant seen for a limited portion of the show. IMO purple Shockwave would be a cooler toy if it were a limited exclusive like Fire Guts Ginrai. I suppose the only good thing I can say about the purple variant is that they're a lot easier to find online. The original colour version was a lot harder to find (especially from a non-US seller who won't gouge you for postage), but well worth the effort. I got mine from a seller in Singapore for AU$40.

*searches ebay*

Here's one from Singapore for AU$39.99 and ships worldwide.

Quote Originally Posted by Thanatos
That true colours thing while annoying and painful, is awesome.
I like Shockwave. I can see why some people were disappointed - particularly with the description of the tank mode being the "robot mode fallen over" - but I don't mind it so much. It's an ambitious design -- attempting to give the toy two robot modes and two vehicle modes. Execution-wise the vehicle modes are pretty "meh" as a result, but I think it was a fair effort. But yeah, it's not the greatest toy and I wouldn't recommend it for people who aren't fans of Animated and of the character.