Shockwave just has one of those designs that absolutely bleeds cool. As long as he has his few trademark design cues he’ll almost always look dope as hell.
12:11 I think the reason Shockwave turned purple is because those are his true colors, while the grey he had was for his disguise as Longarm. Once his mission was complete and he returned to Megatron's side, the disguise grey paint scheme was no longer necessary. Pus, it was possibly an homage to his G1 colors.
You’re right on both counts! I just thought it would be funny to say he just randomly swapped colors. Shockwave even drops a line about serving Megatron under his true colors, which has the dual meaning of him now just being himself and also him reverting to his purple color scheme.
literally just got ordered by Megatron to end himself to corrupt the Matrix and he just went "aight" and did it. Cyberverse Shockwave was something else
@@TechWizard28 I think those guys were a bit before my time. The main reviewers I obsessed over were TJOmega, Thew, Glenn Webb, and Vangelus. Good times.
I think IDW shockwave started sympathetic and shows how emotion makes a man/cybertronian and how cruel logic can be. He’s also just the best shockwave because he did no much shit just to fuck with people
This is going off the path a bit, but the 3rd party (4th party?) Nitro Zeus figure deserves an honorable mention as it comes with a swappable Shockwave head and arm cannon hose, and it really does look like a proper Shockwave figure.
One of the things that I love about Shockwave is while his personality varies from continuity to continuity, his design is always incredibly similar. The singular eye, the head-fins/antenna, and the cannon arm all remain in one form or another. The shockwaves fhat i have are the Fall of Cyberteon toy and the Gen Selects SEIGE figure that has him in the Galactic Man colors. Both ar real fun figures, with the FOC one having a fun alt mode and a sweet gimmick to give him the cannon arm, and the SEIGE armorments that not only fill out his vehicle mode, but tools him out in all sorts of fun ways.
Indeed, I think we can all feel very fortunate that “thick in all the right ways” shockwave is not lacking for great toy options across a range of scales.
I've always loved Shockwave. He just SCREAMS cool regardless of incarnation. Also, to add to the third party list, there was Warbotron X-Ray. A sort of legends-plus figure you built as model kit, who could be used with Warbotron itself. At the time, this was before the 3P legends scene really took off, so he was pretty cool.
He did a reverse Jazz! It’s weird, both him and Soundwave used to be rare to see in a toyline. Maybe Hasbro realized they could make both Waves consistent parts of the franchise.
the combiner wars one was among the very first transformers i ever bought when i started collecting as an adult (when i was 18). i got sooooo much nostalgia for this bugger.
Great tribute to Shockwave. My two top versions are his Energon twins having his sadistic and scientific personalities split into Shockblast and Six Shot and the Animated Shockwave/Longarm spy who went to extremes to achieve his plans. The IDW Senator Shockwave prior to Empurata is my third favorite.
Senator Shockwave Pre-Empurata? That’s so cool! People sleep on Senator Shockwave way too much. I love him! Also, I more than echo your love for Energon Shockblast and Animated Shockwave!
On that long list of toys I wish I still had I have to include my original release G1 Shockwave that I got for Christmas in the 80's. Man, it would be wild to be reunited with all the Transformers I had as a kid in the 80's!
Oh dang, enjoyed watching this (as always!). Made me want a bunch, including the Animated one. I put together the big Yolopark Bumblebee Shockwave model (paid less than $200) as the first version came out a couple years ago I think - took forever but I love it!
I didn’t realize it was a rerelease! I though the Yolopark Shockers was a completely new model kit coming out. Thank you for letting me know! Also, I share your pain about not having Animated Shockers. I’m hoping to have it soon, though!
I just got back in to collecting Transformers for the first time since I was a kid, and my local Walmart had the Bumblebee movie Voyager Class Shockwave so I picked it up, I absolutely adore it!
That’s a great Shockwave! I wasn’t super big on it at first, but it has grown on me so much over the last few months. I think he’s one of the better Shockwaves ever released.
@ I love how sturdy it feels and the subtle weathering! I’m also a huge sucker for the Bumblebee movie designs, so I had to get it lol. I also love the light piping in the head, reminds me of Bionicles
@ It’s that head that always gets me. The eye is so much larger than it usually is for a Shockwave, and it honestly gives the BBM Shockers such an unsettling energy. I also really enjoy how much of Prime Shockers is in his tank mode.
Nice I love him been looking for him for months and found him on Saturday at a Walmart in the small town I was visiting that weekend he honestly looks so good with ravage and Soundwave and I’m sure he would look awesome with star scream too I just don’t have him
Well, I guess I should thank you for this lengthy video. I REALLY want to get a Shockwave, but I can't decide on which one I want, so seeing ALL of his toy history in one, giant video is going to be of great use to me. I've watched all of your "The MANY Toys of..." videos and these are so fun to watch. I really love seein' all those different versions of characters shown and compared right next to each other and as I said, it's really helpful for people who can't decide which version they want to get. Really love your channel, Ron. I will be waiting on that "The MANY Toys of Ratchet" video that's inevitably coming...
Oh, Ratchet will be getting a video, trust me! Thank you so much for comment. I’ll be honest, I’m as feeling kind of down today. It makes me so happy that people are not only enjoying these videos, but it’s helping them with their collections! Thank you for making me feel better today!
@@ronbondujon9690 Trust me man, you made me feel better as well, while watching this video. I did have quite a busy day due to All Saint's stuff and I had a pretty rough week with not much time for myself, so finally having the opportunity to chill out in the evening, watching this vid helped me relax and just enjoy it in peace.
Thanks, man! I’m always happy to see your name pop up, and I’m doubly happy you liked this Shockwave video! I know it’s not Wheeljack quite yet, but at least it’s a fellow mad scientist! Im really excited, my buddy was able to nab an Animated Shockwave for me from TFCon. I can’t wait to mess with that thing!
Firstly great video of my favorite Transformer! I have 90% plus of those Laserwave/Shockwave/Shockblast toys. My favorite version to mess with is the TF Prime one (was able to meet the voice actor via Zoom conference). The best character version is from IDW more specifically the Dark Cybertron storyline. The one I want to track down the most (although not official) is the Cloud 9 Quakeblast version. So many Shockwaves, so little time:]
For some reason I really appreciated your mention of the fragile waist joint for Energon shockblast, I owned his sixshot redeco years ago and it broke at that joint, still upset about it to this day, I hope Hasbro one day does a redo of this figure as a new Voyager.
My personal 2 favourite designs for shockwave is TFA at #2 and then BBM at #1 I found the voyager at a small town walmart on Saturday I love it so much
Thank you for suggesting Shockwave, dude! I’m happy I brought you some joy with this one, I adored making this Shockwave video! Also, amazing to know I have an audience in Brazil! That’s so cool!
my original dotm shockwave ive had since i was a kid, hes been dressed up for halloween, gone so many places, i love the bastard. his sword and entire gun arm have been mising for over 5 years now, i kinda wanna get a new complete one but i cant ever fully replace my original one. right now he has a frankensteined together arm to replace it, its freakish and great. combiner wars shockwave is also great, i made an adapter to put him on titans return blitzwing's tank turret and it rocks. my brother made a custom alternators shockwave out of buzzworthy silverstreak for me this year, i cherish that thing
That’s an awesome custom! I’d love to see new version of the Alternators designs! Also, I know your pain of having childhood toys that aren’t complete anymore. I usually buy really beat up version of them, take the good pieces off and put them onto my childhood copy. That’s what I did with my Oil Slick, Bombshell, and Classics Optimus.
3:54 just a few ideas’ onslot’ nitro Zeus’ Mohawk’ dread bot’ hatchet’ and crank case oh and I forgot skids and mudflap mind wipe + hardshell 5:00 Depth Charge’ nyx ‘ skold’ snapper’ crasher’treds’ tiger hawk’ hooligan’ and lastly acid storm
@ For Cyberverse? I love the original Warrior figure, but I think the deluxe is a better and more accurate toy overall. If you don’t mind the orange, both those figures are now the Earthspark Shockwave toys, so you can still find them in stores!
@ronbondujon9690 Oh, for sure. This is being added to my list of ridiculously contrived TF lore to explain to non TF fans (list including: current geo-political/legal landscape of the Go-Bots, IDW Sunder, How Prowl died like 9 times in G1 (Prowl, Prowl 2, Mini Prowl, prOWL, BW Prowl, etc), Super God Masterforce , etc)
@@Cassette-Cryptid Don’t forget the reasons Megatron can’t be a gun anymore, the fact that Bluestreak is silver while Silverstreak is blue, and the Jetfire/Skyfire debacle with Macross.
@@ronbondujon9690 Macross Jetfire/Skyfire is always on the list (I love Macross), The G1 Megs was always my firat go to so everybody I know also knows, Bluestreak/Silverstreak is a good one tho
@ Oh, the joys of all the legal mumbojumbo in Transformers. It reminds me, do you know about how Hasbro lawyered tried to drop the trademark for Megatron in Transformers Energon?
Amazing video...I think there was 1 or 2 added uses/recoloring of toys of Energeon Shockblast that would be great if added to the video. Thanks for your work.
Cloud 9 is my favorite Shockwave overall, but I'll go with Dramatic Capture as my favorite official Shockwave. In my headcanon, Galactic Man is a good guy who just happens to look like Shockwave - I have to justify having him on the shelf somehow!
Spectacular character overview! 👏 PS. Personal fave: Takara SuperLink Destron Laserwave. It's awesome to have him posed front and centre as a warmongering general leading hordes of Terrorcons of various ilk into battle! 🎉😊🎉
26:46 I think it was released in 2015 or 14 I remember being on yt kids and watching all those show and tell channel vids of non transforming transformers
Shockblast in _Energon_ was a real maniac, even going so far as to usurp control of Unicron from Megatron. (Believe me, we all know what happened next.) I mean, the moment Shockblast declared to the universe that he would control Unicron, we had the same reaction as Inferno ("Hm? Aren't they on the same side?) when he overheard said declaration in Episode 25.
Shockblast had high ambitions, but maybe his one eye was bigger than his stomach 😂. I just realized, Shockblast was more like G1 Starscream than the actual Starscream in Energon.
The Yolopark Shockwave is a 12 inch/30cm tall model kit, 90% same parts as their Bee Optimus kit because the CGI models recycled parts. It released a few years ago, and retails around 200 dollars, not counting greedy resellers. Hass like 800-900ish parts and is an extremely detailed model, although it'd take a fair while to assemble, I want to get it because Yolopark's kits are awesome, I can't wait for their large scale Optimus and Megatron DOTM kits
I didn’t realize the Yolopark Shockers coming out was a rerelease and not a new toy! That’s so cool, now I’m really looking forward to messing with him!
@@ronbondujon9690 Yeah, I typically see it for around 200 bucks on Amazon, although idk about availability and price in non US regions. Their Optimus is a solid kit, nothing really fiddly on him except the head construction, so Shockwave should be just as solod since they share the same frame and various other parts, also the size and presence of a 30cm robot is great to display, no glue required either, just nippers and a fair amount of time. They're basically the closest you'll get to having replicas of the designs that isn't a Prime1 statue that costs like almost a year of rent lol. I hope Yolopark keeps the license to make these super detailed TF movie kits
@ oh they didn’t design him with Ratchet joints , other people who have him Also say he needed Ratchet Joints , the friction joints are pretty good, but over till will were-out, especially since he is like MP size
Not sure if you’re familiar with but mostly Star Wars Black Series. I just finished my kitbash/revamped Bad Batch Echo, a shadow shoretrooper, an ARC pilot with blue camo paint scheme a few days ago. I’ve been working on a cyberpunk figure with leftover parts from Marvel Legends, GIJoe and Overwatch. My next project will be repainting Legacy Metalhawk so quite a lot 🤣
@@ronbondujon9690 Yeah mine too, Rouge One is probably the only modern SW media that I really enjoy besides The Mandalorian and it introduced some of the best Stormtrooper designs. I also added a cloth cape for him to make him a commander, I made this custom with the inspiration from Helldivers in mind.
I have a picture I took of last time. I played fall of Cybertron where when shockwave was being projected he was completely upside down and glitching through. I guess the projector and it’s hilarious.
Shout out to whoever designed the Cyberverse (cartoon) Tiny Turbo Changer shockwave who turns into his drones that scale with the Cyberverse Deluxe so you can have his little drone army 😍. Being able to give him an Android Army just feels so right for shockwave. It’s probably my favorite part of my Cyberverse shelf even after the cool generations Cyberverse figures
It amazes me that they thought to do that! A great mini Shockwave in their own right, yet they scale perfectly to be used with the bigger figures, it was wonderful!
@ The reasons you love the Tiny Turbo Changer Shockers is similar to why I liked those beast weaponizers from ROSB. You know, the ones that were just beast modes that would turn into weapons for Deluxes? I love them because, if we’re going by original beast wars, they’re the only in-scale maximal son comparison to Autobots on the market. It’s easy to forget, but Primal would essentially be targetmastee sized.
Personally, I like to use/play with the “sky sleigh” mode of siege Shockwave’s armor parts as a security hover drone that Shockwave utilizes. Much like his spider drones from Cyberverse.
Honestly thank you for this video! I have been watching your shockwave reviews and this should help narrow down what shockwave i want to add to my shelf. Hes always been one of my favs but the only one i ever had as a kid was the shockwave/grimlock robot heroes. Ive been pretty tempted to get the alternators now. Have you considered doing a powerglide or seaspray many toys of? I think they could always use a little more love.
I recently owned Animated Shockwave but after getting the Studio Series BBM Shockwave, I put the Animated one away. I hope in the future we might get a new Legacy or Age of the Primes Shockwave from Animated in either his purple or grey Color scheme.
Oh, an idea for a "the many toys of" video. A bit unconventional, but how about "The Many CROSSOVER Transformers Toys"? I feel that could be a fun one. Maybe for a subscriber milestone or something.
A 3P one that was not included I feel the need to mention is the FOC shockwave made by Second Chance. Planet X basically killed Second Chance. Second Chance made a FOC Optimus, and Planet X forced theirs out ahead of schedule to beat them. Then when second chance made shockwave they did the same thing again, and killed the company before it had any chance to get off its feet. Their toys are really cool, I have their Optimus, I’m yet to find shockwave but I’m hoping to get him soon.
@ronbindujon9690 it’s a very obscure one, I would’ve been shocked if it was in the video. Their toys had such a limited production run. I only know about them because I bought their Optimus at TFcon when I was like 13. I don’t think I’ve actually ever met anyone else who knows the company. And thank you! My best friend is an artist, she made the pfp for me (well, she drew Grand Convoy for me actually for a larger piece of artwork, I added the USA flag)
@@Katarn84 I have to ask- just because Alternators have been around the entire time I’ve been a fan- was there any resistance to Alternators when they came out? Like, we’re they generally embraced by the fandom, or did people not dig the redesigns?
I wont lie i laughed at bingo toys shockwave's alt mode since I saw the reveal live at tfcon so it just went unlike mldx it transforms and just that first image of the alt mode is really funny
I don't know if it would work in this format, but I'd love to see 'The Many Toys of Devastator/Constructicons' or 'The Many Toys of Defensor/Protectobots'. Like I said, I don't know if a full team would work but I figured fun to at least research.
I’ve been thinking about it a lot, especially for Devastator and Menasor since they get requested a lot. If I did a list for Combiners, I would focus almost entirely on combined modes, and would only give a little attention to individual bots. I would give more focus to individuals in their own videos. My first combiner video will be Devastator. I want to wait until we get full-painted prototype pics of SS86 Devi first, though.
Yes, they’re rereleasing it with better plastic. I misunderstood the rerelease for it being the first release. That was just a total mistake on my part!
I just thought of perfect characters you can do for this series when reaching a special subscriber milestone in the future: • Deathsaurus (a case where the poor lad had appearances in media, but not many toys • Megatronus Prime/The Fallen (probably wait until the Age of The Prime figure comes out 😅) • Unicron (Going Big!)
0:06:41. If I was to display multiple Shockwaves (since he clones himself in some continuities) I would have this guy be the one the other Shockwaves transfer their emotions to so they can be unemotional and logical.
@ronbondujon9690 I intend to only get about 16 of them, but 15 others is still a lot. 7 is still pretty bad if I got Senator Shockwave to split the load, and Shockblast got most of the negative emotions (anger, fear, paranoia, etc...).
Still think it would be interesting to reinvent Energon Sixshot into a recolor of Shockwave called Shockblast (using the latter's name from the Unicron Trilogy)
I’ve been trying to hunt for animated voyager shockwave even though I love the bumblebee movie studio series version but the animated shockwave, lugnut and blitzwing will be my holy grails
Yeah, I totally got my ship names mixed up in the recording 😅. Maybe my brains just hardwired to call Decepticons ships the Nemesis. Also, cool pfp! Is that a custom BW Silverbolt?
So, first of all I have a question that has nothing to do with the topic of the video. What's the name of the song that started playing when you were talking about Comic Edition Shockwave? Secondly, I just have to say.... Holy Christ, I knew there were a lot of Shockwaves, but I had no idea just how many there really were. God speed to anyone trying to actually collect all these things.
I really wish I could tell you which song it was. I can tell you it came from Purple Planet, and I’m pretty sure it was under the category of intense. Also, yeah! If you think Shockers had a lot, wait for Jetfire in a few weeks! 😱
Fun fact: the original Shockwave toy spray-painted silver was used as miscellaneous medical equipment in the movie Aliens.
Really?
@FRENCHIE_REVIEWS Yep, it was more than likely the RadioShack version (Shackwave as I like to call him)
I’ve never heard of that! Shockwave is one of my favorite movies of all time! That’s amazing!
When? Wich scene?
@@DragmaKerp it’s when Ripley and Newt are in the medical lab, you can see them hanging from the ceiling
Shockwave just has one of those designs that absolutely bleeds cool. As long as he has his few trademark design cues he’ll almost always look dope as hell.
Totally agree! It’s amazing how universal Shockwave’s design, both in terms of fitting into many aesthetics and looking good at the same time.
12:11 I think the reason Shockwave turned purple is because those are his true colors, while the grey he had was for his disguise as Longarm. Once his mission was complete and he returned to Megatron's side, the disguise grey paint scheme was no longer necessary.
Pus, it was possibly an homage to his G1 colors.
You’re right on both counts! I just thought it would be funny to say he just randomly swapped colors. Shockwave even drops a line about serving Megatron under his true colors, which has the dual meaning of him now just being himself and also him reverting to his purple color scheme.
I like how "maybe he's all those things" is put over a clip of Cyberverse Shockwave, because he really is lmao
I’m glad you caught my meaning there! Cyberverse Shockwave is way too slept on!
literally just got ordered by Megatron to end himself to corrupt the Matrix and he just went "aight" and did it. Cyberverse Shockwave was something else
@ Bro stood on business 😂
Getting out of school to one of these videos is the best
Sick! I hope you enjoy this one!
I did 😁
@ Awesome!
That was me almost 20 years ago with Optibotimus, Robot Adventures, Biker Trash Wolf, and a few other reviewers
@@TechWizard28 I think those guys were a bit before my time. The main reviewers I obsessed over were TJOmega, Thew, Glenn Webb, and Vangelus. Good times.
I think IDW shockwave started sympathetic and shows how emotion makes a man/cybertronian and how cruel logic can be. He’s also just the best shockwave because he did no much shit just to fuck with people
IDW was my favorite Shockwave, too! I love the twist of his origin story, it made him such a more interesting character.
This is going off the path a bit, but the 3rd party (4th party?) Nitro Zeus figure deserves an honorable mention as it comes with a swappable Shockwave head and arm cannon hose, and it really does look like a proper Shockwave figure.
I didn’t even see that! That’s such a great addition for that toy!
9:18 “This Earth vehicle seems logical to my schematics. And I’m very drawn to it.”
- Shockblast (Alternators)
This! This all day! That would be peak fiction! 😂
@ I would be drawn to it too. It was a great car for its time.
@ It a slick set of wheels, that’s to be sure.
One of the things that I love about Shockwave is while his personality varies from continuity to continuity, his design is always incredibly similar. The singular eye, the head-fins/antenna, and the cannon arm all remain in one form or another. The shockwaves fhat i have are the Fall of Cyberteon toy and the Gen Selects SEIGE figure that has him in the Galactic Man colors. Both ar real fun figures, with the FOC one having a fun alt mode and a sweet gimmick to give him the cannon arm, and the SEIGE armorments that not only fill out his vehicle mode, but tools him out in all sorts of fun ways.
I love those toys! Also, it is amazing that Shockwave’s design never changes all that much. Even the movie kept all the hallmarks of a Shockwave.
Indeed, I think we can all feel very fortunate that “thick in all the right ways” shockwave is not lacking for great toy options across a range of scales.
Our boy ate good!
I've always loved Shockwave. He just SCREAMS cool regardless of incarnation.
Also, to add to the third party list, there was Warbotron X-Ray. A sort of legends-plus figure you built as model kit, who could be used with Warbotron itself. At the time, this was before the 3P legends scene really took off, so he was pretty cool.
I completely forgot about the Warbotron Shockwave! I love how that toy looks!
Wow shockwave didn't get a lot of figures till after 2010. It's werid that he wasn't that prominent in the toys
He did a reverse Jazz! It’s weird, both him and Soundwave used to be rare to see in a toyline. Maybe Hasbro realized they could make both Waves consistent parts of the franchise.
the combiner wars one was among the very first transformers i ever bought when i started collecting as an adult (when i was 18). i got sooooo much nostalgia for this bugger.
He’s an ace little toy! I still think he’s one of my favorites!
Great tribute to Shockwave. My two top versions are his Energon twins having his sadistic and scientific personalities split into Shockblast and Six Shot and the Animated Shockwave/Longarm spy who went to extremes to achieve his plans. The IDW Senator Shockwave prior to Empurata is my third favorite.
Senator Shockwave Pre-Empurata? That’s so cool! People sleep on Senator Shockwave way too much. I love him! Also, I more than echo your love for Energon Shockblast and Animated Shockwave!
On that long list of toys I wish I still had I have to include my original release G1 Shockwave that I got for Christmas in the 80's. Man, it would be wild to be reunited with all the Transformers I had as a kid in the 80's!
I know the feeling. There are still a few childhood toys I haven’t found again, it’s hard to remember the ones you lostz
In my head cannon is that shock blast is a clone of shockwave and legacy should make a repaint of shockwave to be shock blast that
I’d take a repaint, but I would honestly prefer a new mold that could capture all of Shockblast’s great design!
I would love to see a Shockblast. With armada and cybertron getting new figures, I hope we get energon figures
@ Hopefully, hopefully, hopefully.
Shockwave called, he found this video compilation Logical
Keep up the content man!!
Thanks, man! Also, I’m honored that this video is Shockwave approved 😂
Thank you for making this i love Shockwave him and Optimus Prime are my favorite transformers.
Thank you for watching! Shockwave is one of my favorites, especially in the comics. As for Optimus, there’s nothing like a good Optimus.
Oh also my favorite Shockwave toy is the Siege:War For Cybertron toy.
@ He’s such a great mold, and his power-up mode is fun!
Oooooo as a huge Shockwave fan this video is right up my alley and perfect for filling out my collection of what I’m missing
That’s awesome! I’m always happy when these videos can help people and their collecting! Also, sick Marx PFP! I love Kirby.
Love the vid! Gatoraider would be a cool and random video, but any The MANY Figures of video would be amazing.
That would be fun! Maybe a video overlooking all the Action Master partners!
Jeez, I wonder how many kids were given nightmares by some of those images.
0:41 Especially that one.
I feel like we need more genuinely scary stuff in Transformers.
I can vouch for Q-former shockwave, he is pretty adorable and was one of my pocket toys for a good while.
I’m dying to get into Q-Transformers. I just hate how expensive they’ve become online.
@@ronbondujon9690if it makes you feel any better I spent 10-12 for most of the ones I have
Oh dang, enjoyed watching this (as always!). Made me want a bunch, including the Animated one. I put together the big Yolopark Bumblebee Shockwave model (paid less than $200) as the first version came out a couple years ago I think - took forever but I love it!
I didn’t realize it was a rerelease! I though the Yolopark Shockers was a completely new model kit coming out. Thank you for letting me know! Also, I share your pain about not having Animated Shockers. I’m hoping to have it soon, though!
@@ronbondujon9690 It was my first big model and I didn't do a great job so bits of him fall off. But he's got such presence! :D
@ Hey, you’re paint job is showing off his battle damage!
I just got back in to collecting Transformers for the first time since I was a kid, and my local Walmart had the Bumblebee movie Voyager Class Shockwave so I picked it up, I absolutely adore it!
That’s a great Shockwave! I wasn’t super big on it at first, but it has grown on me so much over the last few months. I think he’s one of the better Shockwaves ever released.
@ I love how sturdy it feels and the subtle weathering! I’m also a huge sucker for the Bumblebee movie designs, so I had to get it lol. I also love the light piping in the head, reminds me of Bionicles
@ It’s that head that always gets me. The eye is so much larger than it usually is for a Shockwave, and it honestly gives the BBM Shockers such an unsettling energy. I also really enjoy how much of Prime Shockers is in his tank mode.
Nice I love him been looking for him for months and found him on Saturday at a Walmart in the small town I was visiting that weekend he honestly looks so good with ravage and Soundwave and I’m sure he would look awesome with star scream too I just don’t have him
@ In all honesty, the Bumblebee Movie figures make for one of the nicest collections of bots I’ve ever seen!
Well, I guess I should thank you for this lengthy video.
I REALLY want to get a Shockwave, but I can't decide on which one I want, so seeing ALL of his toy history in one, giant video is going to be of great use to me.
I've watched all of your "The MANY Toys of..." videos and these are so fun to watch.
I really love seein' all those different versions of characters shown and compared right next to each other and as I said, it's really helpful for people who can't decide which version they want to get.
Really love your channel, Ron.
I will be waiting on that "The MANY Toys of Ratchet" video that's inevitably coming...
Oh, Ratchet will be getting a video, trust me! Thank you so much for comment. I’ll be honest, I’m as feeling kind of down today. It makes me so happy that people are not only enjoying these videos, but it’s helping them with their collections! Thank you for making me feel better today!
@@ronbondujon9690 Trust me man, you made me feel better as well, while watching this video.
I did have quite a busy day due to All Saint's stuff and I had a pretty rough week with not much time for myself, so finally having the opportunity to chill out in the evening, watching this vid helped me relax and just enjoy it in peace.
@ I’m so happy to hear that! I feel so lucky that so many cool people out there like my stuff. It gives me something to look forward to, you know?
Fabulous video and some amazing figures for Shockwave, for sure the Shockblast RX-8 is the most fetching one and what a great character in Animated.
Thanks, man! I’m always happy to see your name pop up, and I’m doubly happy you liked this Shockwave video! I know it’s not Wheeljack quite yet, but at least it’s a fellow mad scientist! Im really excited, my buddy was able to nab an Animated Shockwave for me from TFCon. I can’t wait to mess with that thing!
Firstly great video of my favorite Transformer! I have 90% plus of those Laserwave/Shockwave/Shockblast toys. My favorite version to mess with is the TF Prime one (was able to meet the voice actor via Zoom conference). The best character version is from IDW more specifically the Dark Cybertron storyline. The one I want to track down the most (although not official) is the Cloud 9 Quakeblast version. So many Shockwaves, so little time:]
That sounds like an awesome collection! Also, totally jealous you got to meet a Shockwave VA! That’s so cool!
your description of shockwave personna is fantastic! you are a poet!
You’re way too kind! I’m just a nerd who really likes Shockwave 😂
@ronbondujon9690 well, you know your stuff!
For some reason I really appreciated your mention of the fragile waist joint for Energon shockblast, I owned his sixshot redeco years ago and it broke at that joint, still upset about it to this day, I hope Hasbro one day does a redo of this figure as a new Voyager.
I try to mention QC issues like that when I’m aware of them. I’d love to see this design as a new toy one day, especially with modern articulation.
Shockblast, the absolute unit of a bot! I have also thought he has whirl’s head shape for a while now, such a fun amalgamation of looks
I wish we would see a return a Shockwave in that style. I honestly like parts of it way more than his evergreen look.
My personal 2 favourite designs for shockwave is TFA at #2 and then BBM at #1 I found the voyager at a small town walmart on Saturday I love it so much
Those are both great Shockers! I’m so excited, my buddy picked up Animated Shockers for me at TFCon, I cannot wait to mess with him!
NO WAY,i apear in the video man,and the best part is im not american,im brazilian,just thanks man you make my intire week
Thank you for suggesting Shockwave, dude! I’m happy I brought you some joy with this one, I adored making this Shockwave video! Also, amazing to know I have an audience in Brazil! That’s so cool!
my original dotm shockwave ive had since i was a kid, hes been dressed up for halloween, gone so many places, i love the bastard. his sword and entire gun arm have been mising for over 5 years now, i kinda wanna get a new complete one but i cant ever fully replace my original one. right now he has a frankensteined together arm to replace it, its freakish and great.
combiner wars shockwave is also great, i made an adapter to put him on titans return blitzwing's tank turret and it rocks.
my brother made a custom alternators shockwave out of buzzworthy silverstreak for me this year, i cherish that thing
That’s an awesome custom! I’d love to see new version of the Alternators designs! Also, I know your pain of having childhood toys that aren’t complete anymore. I usually buy really beat up version of them, take the good pieces off and put them onto my childhood copy. That’s what I did with my Oil Slick, Bombshell, and Classics Optimus.
3:54 just a few ideas’ onslot’ nitro Zeus’ Mohawk’ dread bot’ hatchet’ and crank case oh and I forgot skids and mudflap mind wipe + hardshell 5:00
Depth Charge’ nyx ‘ skold’ snapper’ crasher’treds’ tiger hawk’ hooligan’ and lastly acid storm
Got them all on the list now!
Nice
58:38 Seaspray getting supremely snubbed not even being on the list is diabolical disrespect.
He’s on the list now! 😂
Perfect timing as I was looking for a video just like this
Sick! I’m hope this is able to help you out! Also, I did your Shadow Bonnie PFP.
Thanks, man
Btw, which of the cyberverse shockwave molds do you think is the best or which to get based on what you're looking for?
@ For Cyberverse? I love the original Warrior figure, but I think the deluxe is a better and more accurate toy overall. If you don’t mind the orange, both those figures are now the Earthspark Shockwave toys, so you can still find them in stores!
29:16 don’t tell me you just mowed
I was overcome with how adorable it is 😂
Ok, that Shockwave/Longarm/Jazz is wildly intriguing
He’s a mystery wrapped inside a riddle wrapped inside an enigma wrapped inside of a RTS Jazz 😂
@ronbondujon9690 Oh, for sure. This is being added to my list of ridiculously contrived TF lore to explain to non TF fans (list including: current geo-political/legal landscape of the Go-Bots, IDW Sunder, How Prowl died like 9 times in G1 (Prowl, Prowl 2, Mini Prowl, prOWL, BW Prowl, etc), Super God Masterforce , etc)
@@Cassette-Cryptid Don’t forget the reasons Megatron can’t be a gun anymore, the fact that Bluestreak is silver while Silverstreak is blue, and the Jetfire/Skyfire debacle with Macross.
@@ronbondujon9690 Macross Jetfire/Skyfire is always on the list (I love Macross), The G1 Megs was always my firat go to so everybody I know also knows, Bluestreak/Silverstreak is a good one tho
@ Oh, the joys of all the legal mumbojumbo in Transformers. It reminds me, do you know about how Hasbro lawyered tried to drop the trademark for Megatron in Transformers Energon?
I suddenly looked down at the Timer to see an 1 Hour Long and I was happy
😂
Amazing video...I think there was 1 or 2 added uses/recoloring of toys of Energeon Shockblast that would be great if added to the video. Thanks for your work.
You’re on point! The toy was repainted into his brother, Sixshot, and then there’s a unique deco from Japan.
Can't improve over perfection! Design and character
Sick!
Thank you for making this video!👍
Thank you for suggesting it! I hope you enjoy it!
@@ronbondujon9690 yeah it was great! Also I made a post thanking you, go check it out if you haven’t already
@ Sure!
Cloud 9 is my favorite Shockwave overall, but I'll go with Dramatic Capture as my favorite official Shockwave. In my headcanon, Galactic Man is a good guy who just happens to look like Shockwave - I have to justify having him on the shelf somehow!
I love that! I also enjoy the idea that Galactic Man is a clone of Shockwave that’s on the fritz, just constantly glitching and lashing out.
My Favorite Shockwave: The Siege molds, the deco it's the DCS deco.
That’s a sharp looking Shockwave! It’s hard to go wrong with Siege mold, all four of them look amazing!
This is awesome man!
Thanks, man! Always an honor to be get complimented by someone related to THE Lockdown 😂
@ 😂
Spectacular character overview! 👏
PS. Personal fave: Takara SuperLink Destron Laserwave. It's awesome to have him posed front and centre as a warmongering general leading hordes of Terrorcons of various ilk into battle!
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I adore that design for Shockwave. It’s the most like a warrior Shockwave has ever felt, just a hulking sadistic warlord on the frontlines.
@ronbondujon9690 🤩👍💫
26:46 I think it was released in 2015 or 14 I remember being on yt kids and watching all those show and tell channel vids of non transforming transformers
That sounds about right! I remember seeing him around 2016, so the timelines are adding up here.
Shockblast in _Energon_ was a real maniac, even going so far as to usurp control of Unicron from Megatron. (Believe me, we all know what happened next.)
I mean, the moment Shockblast declared to the universe that he would control Unicron, we had the same reaction as Inferno ("Hm? Aren't they on the same side?) when he overheard said declaration in Episode 25.
Shockblast had high ambitions, but maybe his one eye was bigger than his stomach 😂. I just realized, Shockblast was more like G1 Starscream than the actual Starscream in Energon.
DANG? A WHOLE HOUR?
Will be seated fr
GIVE ME PICTURES OF SHOCKWAVE!
*shockwave is the best decepticon scientist ever and yall can’t change my mind*
Them’s fighting words 😂
Action master colors -> safety orange for his laser blaster mode that’s incorporated into the aesthetic
also they’re just goated
SHOCKWAVE👏RESPECTS👏SAFETY👏
The Yolopark Shockwave is a 12 inch/30cm tall model kit, 90% same parts as their Bee Optimus kit because the CGI models recycled parts. It released a few years ago, and retails around 200 dollars, not counting greedy resellers. Hass like 800-900ish parts and is an extremely detailed model, although it'd take a fair while to assemble, I want to get it because Yolopark's kits are awesome, I can't wait for their large scale Optimus and Megatron DOTM kits
I didn’t realize the Yolopark Shockers coming out was a rerelease and not a new toy! That’s so cool, now I’m really looking forward to messing with him!
@@ronbondujon9690 Yeah, I typically see it for around 200 bucks on Amazon, although idk about availability and price in non US regions. Their Optimus is a solid kit, nothing really fiddly on him except the head construction, so Shockwave should be just as solod since they share the same frame and various other parts, also the size and presence of a 30cm robot is great to display, no glue required either, just nippers and a fair amount of time. They're basically the closest you'll get to having replicas of the designs that isn't a Prime1 statue that costs like almost a year of rent lol. I hope Yolopark keeps the license to make these super detailed TF movie kits
I love the Bingo Toys Shock Wave, he tall and very detailed the only flaw he has no ratchet joints for a guy his size
That’s so weird. I wonder if that was a factory error or if they were just never designed with ratchets.
@ oh they didn’t design him with Ratchet joints , other people who have him Also say he needed Ratchet Joints , the friction joints are pretty good, but over till will were-out, especially since he is like MP size
@ Yeah, ratchet joints almost become a necessity for bigger figures and quality of life.
Holy sheet! 1 hour! Putting this on while I customize my figures. Let’s go 👌🏻
What were you customizing? If you don’t mind my asking, of course!
Not sure if you’re familiar with but mostly Star Wars Black Series. I just finished my kitbash/revamped Bad Batch Echo, a shadow shoretrooper, an ARC pilot with blue camo paint scheme a few days ago. I’ve been working on a cyberpunk figure with leftover parts from Marvel Legends, GIJoe and Overwatch. My next project will be repainting Legacy Metalhawk so quite a lot 🤣
@@nhatanhhoangpham700 That’s sick! A shadow Shoretrooper would be awesome, that’s my favorite design for specialty Stormtroopers!
@@ronbondujon9690 Yeah mine too, Rouge One is probably the only modern SW media that I really enjoy besides The Mandalorian and it introduced some of the best Stormtrooper designs. I also added a cloth cape for him to make him a commander, I made this custom with the inspiration from Helldivers in mind.
@ Shoretroopers absolutely look like they’d be at home in Helldivers! I bet the cape makes the figure look lush.
Makes me feel good to have almost all of those DOTM burger king toys
I bet they make for a cool shelf!
@ronbondujon9690 especially the optimus and megatron only regret is not having the starscream
@@crdbtmn8232 How many figures did they do? Was it a big collection?
I have a picture I took of last time. I played fall of Cybertron where when shockwave was being projected he was completely upside down and glitching through. I guess the projector and it’s hilarious.
That’s so funny! Crazy how even a game as good and polished as FOC can have those bugs pop up.
Shout out to whoever designed the Cyberverse (cartoon) Tiny Turbo Changer shockwave who turns into his drones that scale with the Cyberverse Deluxe so you can have his little drone army 😍. Being able to give him an Android Army just feels so right for shockwave. It’s probably my favorite part of my Cyberverse shelf even after the cool generations Cyberverse figures
It amazes me that they thought to do that! A great mini Shockwave in their own right, yet they scale perfectly to be used with the bigger figures, it was wonderful!
@@ronbondujon9690 ikr it’s some crazy smart ingenuity! And I agree, as a tiny robot mode Shockwave the tiny turbo is adorable lol
@ The reasons you love the Tiny Turbo Changer Shockers is similar to why I liked those beast weaponizers from ROSB. You know, the ones that were just beast modes that would turn into weapons for Deluxes? I love them because, if we’re going by original beast wars, they’re the only in-scale maximal son comparison to Autobots on the market. It’s easy to forget, but Primal would essentially be targetmastee sized.
@@ronbondujon9690 omg that’s so true I never thought about that when I got them! I totally get what you mean though! That’s such a cool observation!
Great video for one of the G1 great designs
Thank you very much! It’s always amazing to talk about one of favorite characters!
Personally, I like to use/play with the “sky sleigh” mode of siege Shockwave’s armor parts as a security hover drone that Shockwave utilizes. Much like his spider drones from Cyberverse.
That’s how I always thought of it! Or like how Iron Man had that date little that could send down the Hulkbuster armor.
Honestly thank you for this video! I have been watching your shockwave reviews and this should help narrow down what shockwave i want to add to my shelf. Hes always been one of my favs but the only one i ever had as a kid was the shockwave/grimlock robot heroes. Ive been pretty tempted to get the alternators now.
Have you considered doing a powerglide or seaspray many toys of? I think they could always use a little more love.
Powerglide and Seaspray are both very high on my list! I just haven’t had the time to get them made up and sent out. We’ll get to them soon, though!
13:38 That I can attest, albeit my regular release is missing both leg panels
Man, that stinks. Second-hand woes, or did you just lose them over time?
@@ronbondujon9690 Overtime, given how thoughtless my younger self was back then.
Warbotron WB01-F Shockwave Model Kit was available to pair with their Bruticus figure.
I totally missed him! He looks great!
Shockwave approved✅
I adore your pfp! Shockwave is a scarf is TOO cute!
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32:33 this is the internet I fully expect 7 people have already told you what ship that actually is.
The Revenge
Yeah😂. When I was recording the audio, I misremembered it as the Nemesis. I knew the ship, I just got my names backwards!
this man loves his alternaters
Guilty as charged 😂
Kbb shockwave that you build yourself is kinda cool, comes with a gun for jinbao bruticus that breaks down into loads of weapons
I must have missed that one in my research! He seems interesting.
@ronbondujon9690 thanks for the mention, tried to post a link but it got deleted
I recently owned Animated Shockwave but after getting the Studio Series BBM Shockwave, I put the Animated one away. I hope in the future we might get a new Legacy or Age of the Primes Shockwave from Animated in either his purple or grey Color scheme.
Fingers crossed for Commander Class Animated Shockwave 🤞
Damn after this you need a break lol
As for a suggestion, maybe a Mini Bot like Seaspray, they don't have much toys but its nice to see what they had
I do like boats! I’ll add him to my list!
never thuoght I'd here someone call shock wave "thick in all the right spots"
It was only logical to do so at the time 😂
The 2004 Shockwave looks like the new Skeletor from the new animated toy line.
Huh, I can kinda see it. Especially with that arm of his.
Ain’t no party like a shockwave party
The Energon oil is only logical.
Oh, an idea for a "the many toys of" video. A bit unconventional, but how about "The Many CROSSOVER Transformers Toys"? I feel that could be a fun one. Maybe for a subscriber milestone or something.
You know, I’ve been thinking about something like that ever since the Spider-Man video!
This is great! Could you do Prowl one next?
Spinister and Magnus are going to be next, but Prowl is very high on my to-do list!
Its honestly a shame weve never gotten a senator shockeave figure
Believe it or not, we did! He’s an Amazon exclusive, and a good one at that!
A 3P one that was not included I feel the need to mention is the FOC shockwave made by Second Chance. Planet X basically killed Second Chance. Second Chance made a FOC Optimus, and Planet X forced theirs out ahead of schedule to beat them. Then when second chance made shockwave they did the same thing again, and killed the company before it had any chance to get off its feet. Their toys are really cool, I have their Optimus, I’m yet to find shockwave but I’m hoping to get him soon.
I totally missed Second Chance! He never came up in all the research I did, but I wish I had found out about him. Also, I love your pfp!
@ronbindujon9690 it’s a very obscure one, I would’ve been shocked if it was in the video. Their toys had such a limited production run. I only know about them because I bought their Optimus at TFcon when I was like 13. I don’t think I’ve actually ever met anyone else who knows the company. And thank you! My best friend is an artist, she made the pfp for me (well, she drew Grand Convoy for me actually for a larger piece of artwork, I added the USA flag)
@ It’s a shame how much of third party is basically lost media at this point. There’s just not database to keep record of so many of these toys.
Did you hear that Shockwave is likely getting a Siege retool in 86 in a few years?
I have! I would be interested to see that toy in animation colors!
I think the Alternators Shockblast was my first ever Shockwave.
Was it a childhood toy, or were you older when you got it?
@@ronbondujon9690definitely older. I’m as old as the brand.
@@Katarn84 I have to ask- just because Alternators have been around the entire time I’ve been a fan- was there any resistance to Alternators when they came out? Like, we’re they generally embraced by the fandom, or did people not dig the redesigns?
I wont lie i laughed at bingo toys shockwave's alt mode since I saw the reveal live at tfcon so it just went unlike mldx it transforms and just that first image of the alt mode is really funny
You can just tell that the transformation was something thrown in at the last minute.
I don't know if it would work in this format, but I'd love to see 'The Many Toys of Devastator/Constructicons' or 'The Many Toys of Defensor/Protectobots'.
Like I said, I don't know if a full team would work but I figured fun to at least research.
I’ve been thinking about it a lot, especially for Devastator and Menasor since they get requested a lot. If I did a list for Combiners, I would focus almost entirely on combined modes, and would only give a little attention to individual bots. I would give more focus to individuals in their own videos.
My first combiner video will be Devastator. I want to wait until we get full-painted prototype pics of SS86 Devi first, though.
The yolopark shockwave kit that's complete with an inner frame is out already for a few years now no?
Yes, they’re rereleasing it with better plastic. I misunderstood the rerelease for it being the first release. That was just a total mistake on my part!
I just thought of perfect characters you can do for this series when reaching a special subscriber milestone in the future:
• Deathsaurus (a case where the poor lad had appearances in media, but not many toys
• Megatronus Prime/The Fallen (probably wait until the Age of The Prime figure comes out 😅)
• Unicron (Going Big!)
All solid picks! Megatronus might be coming soon if the schedule I have now works out!
Alternators Shockblast is still one of my favorites. I'm trying to get Siege Shockwave still, but no luck, lol!
YET.
Best of luck finding that Shockwave! He’s cool!
Do Crosscut, I developed a single minded cult obsession over his Legacy Deluxe and now I want the other 3 toys that came out.
Senator Crosscut, huh? He’d be fun to tackle! Maybe I could combine him with Road Rage!
Maybe the next one could be my boy Bulkhead? As he has had 3 incarnations there would be a lengthy enough video to cover them!
I have Bulkhead high, high, high up on my list! I just need to find a good time for him!
You forgot Micron Legend Shockwave!
Ok, jokes aside, this is quite the logical video.
Very logical! I actually did include Tidal Wave in an earlier version of this video, but it was just way too long!
We'll see The MANY Toys of Tidal Wave another day.
@ Exactly!
This whole video is very logical
It is logical that one known for logic would see the logic in this logical course of action.
A very logical video indeed
The creation of it was only logical!
I would have like if comic/cell shaded shock wave came with the extra parts in cell shaded, without them hes just naked
That would have been cool! At the same time, I like the Optimus head he came with.
Funny detail you did not include: In Japanese Dub Tidalwave was called Shockwave as he was given same purple. XD
I thought about it, but this video was long enough as it is 😂
0:06:41. If I was to display multiple Shockwaves (since he clones himself in some continuities) I would have this guy be the one the other Shockwaves transfer their emotions to so they can be unemotional and logical.
I like that! He’s totally insane because he feels all the emotions of countless Decepticons all at once.
@ronbondujon9690 I intend to only get about 16 of them, but 15 others is still a lot. 7 is still pretty bad if I got Senator Shockwave to split the load, and Shockblast got most of the negative emotions (anger, fear, paranoia, etc...).
@ The poor Senator never catches a break.
@@ronbondujon9690 At least he's getting the "positive" emotions.
@ Fair enough.
Still think it would be interesting to reinvent Energon Sixshot into a recolor of Shockwave called Shockblast (using the latter's name from the Unicron Trilogy)
That would be fun. I’d also just like a show where Shockwave and Shockblast are both around. Maybe Blast is a damaged clone, or something.
You sure Lemon Tree’s Shockwave transforms into the Nemesis? Looks more like the ship Unicron gave Galvatron in the movie for, I think, two scenes?
Yeah, I totally flubbed that. I remembered it as the Nemesis, and realized while editing that it was Galvatron’s ship.
@@ronbondujon9690I think it’s called the Revenge
@ That’s an awesome name for a ship!
I’ve been trying to hunt for animated voyager shockwave even though I love the bumblebee movie studio series version but the animated shockwave, lugnut and blitzwing will be my holy grails
My friend JUST found me a Shockwave! Like you, Blitzwing is my next big grail for Animated!
Oooh I also realized airachnid could also fit with the spider of Halloween
@ Yeah! That’s why the MANY Toys of Airachnid came out a few weeks ago, so that we could lead up to Shockwave.
that’s me!!!
Yep! Thank you again for suggesting the video!
10:25 senator shockwave also has 2 eyes and has a toy
Very true! When I said that, I honestly forgot Senator Shockwave had a toy. I added him into the video afterwards.
Isnt the minicon one of 2 two eyed shockwaves? Since the senator?
I won’t lie, when I wrote that, I forgot about Senator Shockwave 😂
I can't watch all of this cause I'm in hospital rn so when i get back I'll watch the full vid when I get home
It's CHRISTMAS TIME NOW HE HE HE🎄🎁
Dude, are you okay? Stay safe out there!
I just woke up I'm coming home today :)
@ That’s awesome! I’m glad you seem to be feeling better!
@@ronbondujon9690 thx
32:33 Actually that ships called the revenge
Yeah, I totally got my ship names mixed up in the recording 😅. Maybe my brains just hardwired to call Decepticons ships the Nemesis. Also, cool pfp! Is that a custom BW Silverbolt?
So, first of all I have a question that has nothing to do with the topic of the video. What's the name of the song that started playing when you were talking about Comic Edition Shockwave?
Secondly, I just have to say.... Holy Christ, I knew there were a lot of Shockwaves, but I had no idea just how many there really were. God speed to anyone trying to actually collect all these things.
I really wish I could tell you which song it was. I can tell you it came from Purple Planet, and I’m pretty sure it was under the category of intense.
Also, yeah! If you think Shockers had a lot, wait for Jetfire in a few weeks! 😱
Pls do the many toys of wheel jack, sideswipe, and springer or any triple changers
I’ve got them all on my list! Funnily enough, I’ve already done a Sideswipe video! It’s an older MANY Toys of, but it should be in the playlist!