Shockwave (Transformers - Animated) Review

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Shockwave (Transformers - Animated) Review

Shockwave
Transformers - Animated (Hasbro)Shockwave is a legendary nom de plume among the transformers.Now it has been revitalized in true grandiose fashion for Hasbro.
The Transformers Animated version of the character keeps the trademark monocular head and gives him a new twist.He is now a Decepticon spy with the ability to change an Autobot security officer named Longarm Prime.This is accomplished thru the clever usage of various extendable double joints located on the figure and a rotating emblem symbol on his chest(Similar to Punch/Counterpunch).
Longarm Prime's robot mode is short and stocky in contrast to the lanky frame of Shockwave.Once again drawing up the differences between the two is Longarm has no weapon where as Shockwave wields a cannon that bears a striking resemblance to Battle Stars Megatron,maintaing the bots as workers and the cons as military.
The only detriment to this decent figure is one of the worst alt modes.As Shockwave he turns into an H-tank,and Longarm turns into the unholy union of a turtle and a cybertroinian crane.To put it bluntly the crane is .......well you get the idea.
Final score....4.00
Two great robot modes,1 decent vehicle mode and 1 that it could have just done without.
I also docked it for not even trying to work in a color homage to G1 which even Shockblast managed to do in Energon.