Well they had to repaint them into someone. A character that few people would recognise is better than a brand new character. And a brand new character is what he would be to many people so whats the problem?
Shockwave could end up being Alt Shockblast, repaint of the Alt Jazz/Meister figure with a new head and hand. I hope not, I'd much prefer G1 Shockwave, but it's a possibility... - L -
I think it's pretty cool that Hasbro managed to get the rights back to the name "Shockwave." Much better than "Shockblast!"
I have little problem with it actually, but as the post I replied to said, they're basically just black repaints. Soundblaster has a precendent in Japanese fiction. Black Rodimus is ... Rodimus in black. (though I'd assume the bio would give some info to it, likely mirroring the stuff written for Takara's black repaints of Hot Rodimus.