Cyber Battalion Sideswipe and Shockwave

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  1. Treadshot 2.0, Mar 5, 2018
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    Open And Play... Wei Jiang... see this bad boy? Get to work fixing it.
     
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  2. Bountyan, Mar 5, 2018
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    Shame about the knees but I'll probably buy it anyway. Hopefully there will be a deluxe/voyager Shockwave release in WFC.
     
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  3. Majestic Senzu, Mar 5, 2018
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    That Shockwave looks pretty good...that Sideswipe is interesting too.
     
  4. Obsidian X, Mar 5, 2018
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    Shocky looks really cool, but no knees, I don't know about that... If I stumble across it online on the cheap I might buy it but I expect Hasbro/Takara to bring us a Voyager Shockwave sooner or later in Generations/Chugyogurt/WhatEverTheyWillCallIt.
     
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  5. Magnus1701, Mar 5, 2018
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    I am torn. I love that bot mode, but the lack of articulation... I dunno, I'll have to see when he shows up in stores.

    And besides, with the War for Cybertron series coming out, we may get a more G1-inspired figure.
     
  6. Dachande, Mar 5, 2018
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    I think the only thing I don't like about this is that they keep using that FoC design element of making the legs the cannon. Man, I just do not like that. The Legends version had it as well, and I was really hoping the next good Shockwave would go back to the original style.
    Stupid FoC...
     
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  7. Raiyuki, Mar 5, 2018
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    Wait why are people saying there's no knees? Was this confirmed by someone handling it or are we just saying that based on appearance?
     
  8. Bountyan, Mar 5, 2018
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    Look at where the silver thigh part connects to the rest of his leg on the in-hand pic. It's impossible for a knee joint to be there because it's hollow.
     
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  9. IgnikaMarcus, Mar 5, 2018
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    That answers that.
    We don't for sure because there aren't any other pics.
     
  10. SoundwaveSuperior, Mar 5, 2018
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    It seems pretty evident from the in-hand picture. The Cyber Battalion figures also tend to only have knees when they use them as a transformation joint (which Shockwave doesn't).
     
  11. Bountyan, Mar 5, 2018
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    ???

    We do know for sure. It's literally impossible for a knee joint to be there.
     
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  12. Dachande, Mar 5, 2018
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    Yeah, it's a very obvious swivel joint.
     
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  13. MWG, Mar 5, 2018
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    Even without the knees and elbow articulation, its the best "Classics" Shockwave we've got so far. Maybe this is a preview for whatever Shockwave they've got planned for the upcoming WfC Generations line (there should be at least one version of the character in that line), but this will make a decent stand-in until then, especially if it can be found for normal price.

    +-MWG-+
     
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  14. Dachande, Mar 5, 2018
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    *crosses fingers for a proper transformation, no stupid "big boy pants" gimmick and no FoC/IDW influence*
     
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  15. eyeballkid, Mar 5, 2018
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    Who cares if he has knees or not? It's not like he has to take a shit.
     
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  16. bellpeppers, Mar 5, 2018
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    That was horrible.
    I gave you a "like" for it.
     
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  17. bellpeppers, Mar 5, 2018
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    I care.
    You know how many figures I have posed quite specifically to look like they are cyber-pooping?
    Because of this figure now i’ll Have to pose them cyber-peeing.

    This might ruin my display.
     
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  18. grimtnt, Mar 5, 2018
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    why couldn't they have connected the legs via ball-joints instead of swivels? the parts count would be the same, so in theory the cost should also be the same
     
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  19. Dachande, Mar 5, 2018
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    Probably to keep rigid stability for alt mode.
     
  20. Dinobot Snarl, Mar 5, 2018
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    So its like they are dancing around what we want, because we want that look with a bit quality. the basics like elbows and knees. That's the look though
     
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