Genzhao again brings us a full gallery of images for an upcoming Japanese Takara-Tomy Animated release. This time we get to see Decepticon double agent Shockwave in his real and alternate Longarm Prime guises. Apart from faction color changes, the loss of his Decepticon emblem on the tank/crane barrel, and a slightly different grey hue nothing else is apparently changed.
Click above to see if you can gather more differences from the previous Hasbro release.
power3921
I was very worried that would be amazingly awsome and i would have to buy antother Shockwave. Good thing i was wrong.
[Wing_Saber-X]
Meh…….. :
hutchprime
Huh, I'll have to keep my eyes out. Thanks for the info.
Batman
Are the hands and horns still the same rubbery plastic?
I prefer the Hasbro one, I like the darker gray. I think the only Animated I will import will be Arcee and Blackout, only because I doubt I will find the Hasbro ones here.
magmatron
It's like trying to buy a Marvel character. So many different variations of the same thing, only Macross cost 200$ a piece.
shroobmaster
I like Macross but I really don't see the need to own more than one, considering they're all nearly the same.
Doug
I would'nt mind getting that Takara Animated Longarm.
GenZhao
Yes it is the Large 'King Size' Astro Plan used in the comparison
The King Size Large Astro Plan jets are very good quality.
I just need to finish taking pics of them , 3 modes, 6 jets… takin me a while…
and I should do some reviews for them also showing hte transformation. Even the arms 'click' into position to give u an idea of the quality.
umm have you ever even touched one?
its always better to speak from experience
superstitions don't help anyone
chugway
Takara Shocky should have been a gorgeous metallic purple. Transformers would be un-Ruined Forever, takara would sell shedloads and it'd become the best-selling toy of all time ever, heralding a new golden age of Transformers and good times would be had by all.
instead they made his faction badge a different color. idiots.
hutchprime
Max, Milia, and Hikaru don't like that post…
hutchprime
I will probably never be able to get one of those Astro Plan toys on the cheap, but they look fun. I'd never pay a lot for them because I doubt they're high QC though…
Feralstorm
For what it's worth, Both Shockwave & Blackout have added metallic paint, but as highlights instead of the all-over some toys get. Shockwave has silver chest detail (and faction logos?) and Blackout has silver paint coating the winglets on the sides.
Blitz.
not much as changed slightly lighter plastic, no conlogo on the gun, coloured faction logos, metalic chest paint apps. No big changes but then did it need any big changes? this is not a collectors edition its just a repaint to better apeal to the asian market.
crasis
There's so much wrong with this post that I just don't know how to process it. FAIL on so many levels, sir.
And for the record, that is an Astro Plan toy, NOT a Macross valkyrie.
Feralstorm
Meh.
I I think the lighter gray may be slightly more screen-accurate (depending on which screen-grab you look at ), but the more contrasty Hasbro version looks better to me overall.
I'll keep watching Tomykara. You do a shiny metallic leader-class Megatron, and then I'll start thinking about buying a toy I already own.
Feralstorm
dupe post.
Sye909
That jet is just some Macross garbage.
It's best not to look directly at it…
guard convoy
i want that shockwave……will import, this one will be either longarm prime or shockwave….not sure
edit:seeing as the takara one has no decepticon symbol on the turrent…..that will probably be longarm prime
SpicyRichter
Looks like the faction symbols are metallic along with the chestplate which is a metallic silver. Nice changes, but not a big upgrade