MP Laserwave/Shockwave revealed

[Trent]

Woah, this is a nice surprise! Good job Takara



He looks more like a purple hairdryer than a gun, I think we'll be fine.

My wife has a purple hairdryer. I'll take a comparison pic with Quakewave later

The resemblance is uncanny

[Lord_Zed]

Given the size chart Griffin posted I think his size will be fine. He is meant to be cartoon Shockwave he doesn't need to be as big and threatening as Optimus, he's not exactly intimidating in the cartoon basically the most boring Decepticon ever.

My wife says the kanji in front of Laserwave's name is like "Defence military staff" so it's his role.

AKA Cybertron administrator, toon Shockwave is essentially Megatrons head bureaucrat.

[GoktimusPrime]

Given the size chart Griffin posted I think his size will be fine. He is meant to be cartoon Shockwave he doesn't need to be as big and threatening as Optimus, he's not exactly intimidating in the cartoon basically the most boring Decepticon ever.

Unlike G1 Comic Shockwave who was the same size as Scorponok. Although admittedly, Comic Scorponok isn't nearly as big as his cartoon counterpart.

AKA Cybertron administrator, toon Shockwave is essentially Megatrons head bureaucrat.

^This.

G1 Comic Shockwave may be the more interesting/memorable character, but this character is entirely different from G1 Cartoon Shockwave, which is what Japanese audiences would be more familiar with. Hypothetically speaking, if Hasbro AP were to consider releasing this toy here, I'd be inclined to re-write his bio based on his comic persona.

[Lord_Zed]

Yeah I remember that Dr Smoov toon well, sadly true cartoon Shockwave is a terrible shot, while comic Shockwave essentially defeated all the Autobots with one shot (and some cunning) in the comic.

Like Soundwave, Shockwave is basically a whole different character when comparing the G1 cartoon and Marvel Comic, it's hard to reconcile the differences when writing a bio for the character.

If Shockwave does end up a bit shorter than Optimus, then I'll designate my 3rd party one as his more intimidating comic persona.

[Smint]

The humour in Dr Smoov's clips are so so well done, so clever. I dont think it gets enough praise. I've never seen a youtube parody that good before.

I'll forever hear "Aw shit" everytime i look at shockwave.

[FruitBuyer]

I like the smaller size for two reasons. Not only does it mean he may be a bit cheaper than MP-10 but it means he'll scale nicer to MP-8

[philby]

nice one, haven't logged in for a while and now i see new mp shockwave and hot rod, cool!

[spiderken17]

Sorry if I am late to this but shouldn't he be bigger? He doesn't look as big as the Seekers or Soundwave.

[drifand]

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/p...22&mode=retail

Already up for pre order at bbts

[GoktimusPrime]

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/p...22&mode=retail

Already up for pre order at bbts

At a price that makes TRU AU look cheap!