New third party company Lemon Tree is sure working fast to catch the attention of collectors. Following their first two projects LT-01 Lemon Prime (Bumblebee Movie Optimus Prime) and LT-02 Neutronstar (Bumblebee Movie Starscream) they surprise us with images and renders of their next product: LT-03 Purple Potato (Transformers The Movie 1984 Decepticon Battleship).
Lemon Tree is bringing us what seems to be a non-transformable rendition of Galvatron’s battleship from the original G1 Transformers movie. The renders and gray prototype images reveal a very nice and detailed mold which we are sure will please your optics and nostalgia. The exact size of this ship is not so clear at the moment. According to a rough Google translation on Lemon Trees’ Weibo post, the height will be more than 22 cm/8 inches tall… so we just can just guess the length. To make things more complicated (or exciting), Lemon Tree comments on the Weibo thread indicate this ship would be Masterpiece scaled. Take this with a grain of salt until we get a proper confirmation.
Update: This is a transforming figure. It transforms into an original version of Shockwave. You can see the new color renders here.
Did this project get your attention? What scale would you prefer for it? Click on the bar to see the mirrored images and then sound off your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
Mentalic
Finally got around to starting my Big 4 display. I like the TT (especially its big chest with its superb detail) but it's too short for the bots I use. Even with elevator shoes on, it has other issues like its tiny shoulders. So, I decided to see how the Purple Potato would look and it looks pretty good. His elbows are a bit loose but that's nothing some Future wouldn't fix. I do wish the chest were a bit bigger and that the lower legs looked a bit better. Still, until another option presents itself, he will be my Shockwave.
Jim1981
Mass Shifting (Astrotrain) is not completely out of the realm of possibilities.
octobotimus
I’m pretty sure it was just zeta under a different name much like cell and moon studios. Plastic, transformation, and aesthetics are very much zeta styled. Probably just didn’t sell amazingly and they abandoned the lemon toys branding.
Vale
what ever happened to lemon trees have they gone under?
Reichstein
The small parts are screw hole covers (for the lower torso iirc). I don't remember what the bigger one is.
EDIT: Pretty sure the bigger one is the plug for the spring/hose.
Dreamcast
Lttp. I got this because the alt mode is so clean and beautiful. Bot mode is also fantastic. But what are these bits for?
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Reichstein
This really is a fantastic looking figure in both modes.
I really like both of his modes and tend to switch between them every so often. Most of my other figures just stay in bot mode.
I could totally see Shockwave either secretly modifying the ship to have a giant version of himself as an alt mode (which he of course controls), or just straight up transferring his mind into the ship. In either case, I expect that it would be as part of some long running, extremely complex, mad scientist plot.
Jim1981
He is my preferred Shockwave as well. I never got the MP assuming a better version would eventually come along or a reissue of the FT. I normally am a G1 purist, however Shockwave being the ship from the movie, makes a whole lot of sense to me!
Mentalic
Got this guy on order. I may be in the minority but he will be displayed in bot mode as my Shockwave.
Furb
Purple is one of the most difficult colors to get correctly on screen
RidiculousBadger
I have one from two different runs and they are the same. Probably lighting issue.
metalwar2010
Probably lighting on EmGos. I don't recall any other version but the purple.
Remko
I've been updating my collection the past few months, and finally got around ordering this figure.
I always loved the ship design from the movue, and to have it as Shockwave's alt mode is genius and works very well.
He arrived today, and wow. Great figure.
The AliExpress store I got it from also included two sheets with faction stickers. Red for Autobots Autobot and silver grey/low visibility for Decepticons.
Are there different colored versions? Because Emgo's review has a blue one, but mine is a very nice dark purple, almost G1 cartoon. Which suits the character very well.
Xymox
I just reached out to the seller on ebay. Sucks all around as it's a nice figure guess I'll have to wait another 2 weeks if they even have another one.
ScrimbleCityBots
That's called an "instantly get a new one shipped or your money back" I reckon! Mine came in with perfect QC.
Xymox
I ordered this 2 weeks ago based off what I read here about this bot. Has anyone had it come in like this? There are no broken pieces or cracks in the figure. It just came this way upon opening. The arms feel a little loose as well.
SSninja
If anyone is looking for this, I saw that one of the sellers I frequent on Aliexpress has some in stock:
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mMJGDgw
PrimeMA2204
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Eye painted cuz I don’t care much for LEDs.
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EDIT: Okay hot take, but I really like the transformation. I’ve found it really easy and have done it like five times now. It gets pretty intuitive after a while.
octobotimus
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