KO G1 Shockwave

Aaron Hong · Post by **Aaron Hong** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:57 pm

It's one thing to have KO G1 combiners all over the place, but a mold as old as Shockwave?

Spotted just the other day. I hope they didn't deliberately pick Armada Laserbeak to base the colors off of. Ignore the 4-leaf-clover dangler on my camera phone there.

der2 · Post by **der2** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:38 pm

well look at that

did you pick one up? whats the quality like? how much is it going for?

his colours are fairly harsh!

Aaron Hong · Post by **Aaron Hong** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:01 pm

Local money $13.90 = US$9.20

Supposedly it's got electronics, only they gutted the original circuitry and it runs on 3 button cells now. The gun-hand isn't even translucent, so I doubt it involves lights this time, which doesn't explain why they felt the need to put a parabolic reflector in the large gun barrel.

NeoRanger · Post by **NeoRanger** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:43 pm

It's kind of neat... you know, if you go past it looking like a toy hair dryer.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:00 pm

Yeah, but there's not many people who look like a toy hair dryer these days.

Oh, and welcome, NeoRanger.

BB Shockwave · Post by **BB Shockwave** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:29 am

Hmm, and it appears he has Megatron's head?

On a related note - it seems the 'almost as the real thing' KO-making Chinese factory will make Shockwave too. At least there has been sightings of a prototype already. So I might be able to pick a G1 Shocky up for less then 150$...

Aaron Hong · Post by **Aaron Hong** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:43 am

Some more pics here. First up, a closer look at the Engrish on the box:

Yes. Gun God Biography. Just so you know, these same guys released a bootleg Classics Megatron under this 'label'.

Instructions on the back. Surprisingly straightforward.

Aaron Hong · Post by **Aaron Hong** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:48 am

Here's the weirdest thing about it yet - the sounds. Yes, it has electronic sounds. Just not the ones you'd expect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGorVPl8iB8

BB Shockwave · Post by **BB Shockwave** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:54 pm

God Gun Biography. Seriously....

Seriously, that's Shockwave's Autbiography (translated to chinese)? Titled: "Why I should lead, aka 'anything else would be illogical"

Darth Aux · Post by **Darth Aux** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 5:46 pm

haha gotta love the sounds on that thing.

I had Shackwave (The Radio Shack Grey one) when I was a kid and a grey and red Valkyrie instead of Jetfire, loved that thing. Shame my mother believed in throwing away everything regardless. Despite keeping a horrid little teddybear with one eye higher than the other named Isiah (get it?)

BB Shockwave · Post by **BB Shockwave** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 9:17 am

I always hear these stories, I still wonder what kind of a parent feels throwing/giving away her kids toys without asking said kid is "right". My mom always asked me about stuff like this, and I only gave away toys I did not like/need. I still have pretty much all my old toys packed up - I took out my LEGO collection last year trying to re-build everything I had. Ahh, nostalgia.

Hot Shot · Post by **Hot Shot** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 10:21 am

BB Shockwave wrote: - I took out my LEGO collection last year trying to re-build everything I had. Ahh, nostalgia.

Heh, funny you should say that. I'm doing the same with my old Bionicle sets. I feel sorry for whoever's going to fill my replacement parts order.

Jazz to moon base 2 · Post by **Jazz to moon base 2** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 2:07 pm

does anyone remember the throwbots that came before bionicle? I miss them so much!

Hot Shot · Post by **Hot Shot** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 10:08 pm

Jazz to moon base 2 wrote:does anyone remember the throwbots that came before bionicle? I miss them so much!

My parents gave me Blaster and the small purple one for Christmas one year. I never got into them much. I was more interested in Rock Raiders at the time, which I don't have much of either.

Aaron Hong · Post by **Aaron Hong** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 1:26 pm

Came across something different today. You know how so many of the recent revival TFs get named Darkmount or something because Hasbro's been losing the copyright to names left and right? The real question is where the names keep going, and... well, just look.

Of course, it might not be a name many care for... but it could have been.