I have BIG problems with the hood popping off. It ALWAYS happens, no matter how careful I am. I like to fold up the gun and plug it into his gun arm, so it looks like an energy tank for the gun, since he can't hold it very well. I is my favorite alternator.
You are right Peaugh....you gotta be careful with the head on him....I've found that if you have the head looking straight up (as if Shocky is looking straight up into the sky) it goes thru a little easier. I'd have to say that he is one of my faves too...and like you SoundMaster, I store my gun on the side of the arm too.
Cool...like you were saying, its kinda silly for him to have a gun....but being a reused mold from Jazz/Meister, I guess thats what you get....still I think he blows Jazz away in looks....the added body kit and the colors really make him look soooo much better I think the BT story mentions something about the "muffler gun" being a power booster for his hand gun...and that it stores on the side of the arm to do this "boosting" Been a while since I read that stuff, so I may be off on a few details, but from recollection, that seems right.
This Hasbro distributed Mazda RX-8 is actually Evil Decepticon Shockwave in disguise. Watch out Humans and Autobots alike. Shockwave cares not for your pathetic lives. In fact, he doesn't care at all.