Only logical...

I think I should open on a couple things, this is just my opinion and I don’t have a scale or point system I’m going off of…

Scary right?

So Shockwave’s always been one of those “How the heck have we not seen you in the ever expanding acronym of CHUG?” kind of things. Like he’s popular, has a really distinct design, and turns into a SCI-FI thing. They don’t really have to update anything anyway, but for some reason pure G1 shockwave never really happened. We’d get a tanks, jets, and even cars before a one two punch of Combiner Wars and Masterpiece. Those were great, but not that classics Shockwave I dreamed of. Then Seige hit.

Leader class Shockwave… Who was actually a voyager. “Alright” I said in confusion. “I’ll bite, what the hell is going on?” So you remember how CW seemed to be a big old official finger to the 3rd party scene? Well this seems to be Hasbro beating people to the upgrade armor punch. The official word is for “scale” reasons, but “the scale” has always been set to bullshit. The armor’s fun. It looks goofy, can bulk up either mode or act as a goblin glider for figures. I like it, and that’s not just do to the amount of firepower currently aimed at my head. It’s that goofy “it’s a toy” kind of stuff I miss from the good mainline Transformers.

Robot mode looks and feels like a greebled off Masterpiece figure that was shrunk in the wash. He is striking, poseable, and one of those definitive version kind of figures. His spaceship mode (with and without parts) is neat. If you hold it upside down you get the SPACE GUN! Which is neat. Honestly I got no complaints. The figure is solid and there is no kibble to speak of.

Space ship mode

Space gun mode

Space gunship 

All in all, I recommend him. He is 60-70 Canadian but worth it. Even if you don't use the armor on him it's still 5mm compatible so you can always useful as a floating platform or weapons system upgrade for an unarmed figure.