As some of you Back to the Future fans may know, the 35th anniversary for the iconic film franchise is coming up tomorrow, July 3rd, and to celebrate 35 years of time traveling in a souped-up DeLorean Hasbro is making and has fully revealed their crossover Transformers figure, Gigawatt! We recently learned of the name and a bit more about the figure, but thanks to Mashable we now have plenty of images of the highly-anticipated blast from the past!
Gigawatt seems to be a complete overhaul of the Siege Sideswipe mold (primarily the engineering) and features a flux capacitor with times and dates on his chest, goggles mimicking those of Doc’s, and a slew of other details that just ooze nostalgia. In addition to a faithful recreation given Cybertronian life, Gigawatt comes complete with G1-style packaging much like Ectotron. However there are two different versions of this figure. There are Pulse and Walmart versions, the latter of which is apparently limited and comes numbered with sequences of “0001 of 1985” on a graphic that replicates a California license plate. Additionally, a new special 4-issue comic miniseries crossover comic by IDW has been announced for October 1, 2020.
In addition to the figure reveals, we also have a couple pieces of artwork commemorating the reveal! And possibly teasing some hijinks down the road with Doc and Marty?
Check out the pics after the jump, and be sure to share your thoughts and excitement in the discussion!
Edit: Additional and higher res pics have been added courtesy of Hasbro!
Monte Williams
Attaboy!
As for my admittedly weird approach to Transformers, it helps to consider that my hobby is specifically capturing portraits of my favorite characters; to me the character is the robot.
Ejector369
Now, an Autobot who becomes the Traveling Time Train would be HEAVY! (pun intended)
Rodimus Prime
>People keep bumping this thread
>I click thinking that they did a retool of Astrotrain for the locomotive time machine.
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John TheDestroyer
I will provide it. Awful take and you should be ashamed of yourself!
Seriously though, I've never understood your part of the fandom, but who am I to judge someone else's collecting habits? We're all here to collect toys of alien robots lmao
He does look cool though. It makes me wonder if I can somehow kitbash a transforming version of his doors on his arms, since they end up right next to each other in alt mode
Ejector369
Look, I don’t have a problem with fans who don’t transform their Transformers figures. I just respect their decision.
jametron
Monte Williams
This is the internet, sir, this is no place for your even-handed pragmatism. Where is your outrage, sir??!
Ejector369
That’s fine. Nothing wrong with that.
Monte Williams
Negative, I'm one of those weirdo fans who doesn't transform his Transformers. For me they're toys of robot characters; I have no interest in toy cars for the most part.
vvvTheONEvvv
Does it still transform? Where do the miniloreans go in alt mode?
Monte Williams
Gigawatt Upgrades. (Retail version on the left, my lazy kitbash on the right.)
Apparently turning his legs around is a pretty common hack, which makes sense because the actual fronts of the legs look bland (plus each leg has a Flux Capacitor, which is nonsensical), but I also removed the doors from his back and added them instead to his arms with the aid of broken-off chunks of a mechanical pencil, 'cause my philosophy is that the robot mode of any crossover Transformer should include as many visual details of its alt mode as possible.
(I also painted his blaster black 'cause it was made of cheap-looking gray plastic that didn't look nearly as good as it does in this promo photo.)
Removing the doors from his back left him looking pretty empty and hollow, so I added all this back kibble to make him look more solid:
It's all Wall-E parts, which adds some comical nightmare fuel in certain poses:
I reckon the small tank treads are vestigial remnants of his Cybertronian alt-mode. And if you think it's silly that he has two miniature DeLoreans on his legs, first off they look much cooler and more fun than his actual legs, and secondly my head canon is that Gigawatt is not in fact Doc Brown's DeLorean. He's just an Autobot who chose as his alt-mode a DeLorean (or for whom said alt-mode was chosen by Teletraan-1), and he eventually learned of the BttF movie, watched it, fell in love with it, and added new bits to his alt-mode to essentially cosplay as Doc Brown's DeLorean. Also he eventually draws the ire of Optimus by wasting precious Energon changing his alt-mode to the Ecto-1 and, later, a Jurassic Park jeep.
Also, I have a notion that perhaps the mini-DeLoreans are wee scouting vehicles and/or Mini-Con combiners named… wait for it… Doubleback.
Here's a bland pose for a clean portrait:
And some Dutch Tilt to make this Dollar Store Roadblock seem closer to scale:
Apologies for resurrecting an old thread; I'm a bit baffled that Gigawatt isn't more popular!
Dexatronic
Do what I did and take the windshield out and paint it matt black and looks much more accurate to… good job on the other paint also
Optimussentinel
Not the best photos, but I painted my Gigawatt so quickly after I got him. This dude technically was my intro to the WFC line, which the aesthetic and design made me carry on collecting again into Legacy. What a fun and nigh perfect figure!
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Stratosphere
Thanks!
Figma stands can be use for flight stands!
fschuler
They did a great job on him. He’s an underrated toy for sure.
Stratosphere
Finally got mine! love it so much. So nostalgic
Atomic Tofu
Late to the party
RotorstormNZ
Have I developed a deep-seated need for Swindler since getting Gigawatt? Why yes, yes I have.
vvvTheONEvvv
Mine finally arrived…
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The micromaster for him to play with, that is.
Dexatronic
Check out this guy's complete mod. Looked amazing in the end also.