New third party company Lemon Tree has uploaded, via their Weibo account, images of the color renders of their next project: LT-03 Purple Potato (Transformers The Movie 1986 Decepticon Battleship/Shockwave).
While the name sounds kind of strange, Lemon Tree surprised us with an interesting and original idea. This is a movie accurate rendition of Galvatron’s battleship from the original G1 Transformers movie that transforms into Shockwave. The first renders and prototype images didn’t give a hint of the battleship to be transformable, but now we can see a very original Shockwave design as the robot mode. We can spot some battleship kibble by the shoulders and two hands (no laser cannon arm), but keep in mind that these are early renders and more changes may be done in the final product. According to the information on the Weibo post, this figure should be ready by the second quarter of 2020.
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Haydenite
That's one nice looking Shockwave !!
To me it makes sense that it's Shockwave so I'm a Gunna add it to my collection for sure !!
Kaynowa
I'm unable to find any particular story for it. I misread your initial post, didn't realize the kit offered any story. Thought that was all you
CodeXCDM
I'm familiar with the original Binaltech figure. Did they offer a story detail for the repaint though? I had first heard of the idea from the mech ideas kit.
Kaynowa
Which got it from this:
Shockwave (G1)/toys – Transformers Wiki
CodeXCDM
That Shockwave kit for the Generations Jazz figure came up with the idea.
Wish I had gotten some SG Insecticon/Junkions a while back… I'd have modded that kit for a bike Shockwave.
Digibash from aeons ago.
Kaynowa
That all arose because Alternators Jazz had a Shockwave repaint. Don't know if there was any story to it other than "Shockwave got the same car as Jazz." Creative idea you came up with though
CodeXCDM
I dig the concept.
Then again… after this one third-party conversion kit for Generations Jazz suggested that Shockwave can take over other body types… I thought it'd be cool to imagine Shockwave becoming like Braniac or Ultron, in that they could transfer their being among multiple machines. Personally, it gives me an excuse to have multiple Shockwaves in my collection, but have a story to it. (
fishpop
"Purple Potato"
I love that name! XD
ZapRowsdower
Which is how I justify buying 2 Spinister's. It's pretty rare to get characters outside the main roster!
3Ps are getting crowded, and as this industry grows, we will definitely see them playing it safe (like Hasbro).
The solution is to get out of MPs – the smaller figures require less investment, so 3Ps/Hasbro take more risks with obscure characters. For example, Rung. Cheapest scale = gets made; MP scale = snowball's chance in Hell!
Windsweeper II
Sorry 'bout before. I was responding to a few different posts and it got a little chaotic
The ones you listed are my most wanted MP's at the moment too.
3p really has gotten boring. Like I said before: If they're just doing the same figures Hasbro keeps doing what's the point of third party companies at all anymore?
At least XTB has a pretty great list lined up. Provided they actually get made.
octobotimus
Honestly planet X didn't capture that ship too well. I would take a trypticon that turned into either the G1 ship or even better, the TF prime nemesis!
danw_45
I meant the actual nemesis not the exact one from the game. I should’ve been more specific. The game design was cool; but something more G1 inspired was what I ha in mind.
Megascream
We already have this guy from planet x, and to top things off if u go on bigbadtoystore.com both a and b parts are on sale.
Aimless Misfire
Misfire, Triggerhappy, Slugslinger, Darkwing, Dreadwind & the 4 deluxe Insecticons are the ones I'm hoping for.
But 3rd party would rather keep making the same characters, that we no longer need, over & over & over again.
David Hingtgen
Yup, needs a gun-hand.
Rated X
I would like this so much better if it turned into a generic cybertronian bot instead of Shockwave. The part of forcing it to be a known characters instead of giving it an identity of its own just kills it for me.
Kaynowa
Like the sub and ironclad from Hearts of Steel?
ZombehDino
Really enjoying the current trend of produce-themed third party companies
danw_45
Be cool if they made trypticon into the nemesis like the WFC game. I agree about Omega into the ark; that’s a cool idea
IronMagnus
I'll reiterate my head-canon for this bot that I think helps justify it.
To me, this isn't actually shockwave, but shockwave gets his hands on the Revenge and, being the scientist that he is, reformats it into a mindless transforming mech in his image that he can pilot to take on other large bots or combiners.