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<blockquote data-quote="LBD &quot;Nytetrayn&quot;" data-source="post: 178970" data-attributes="member: 20"><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]31393[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The winner of the "Activate Your Alt Mode" Fan Vote has been decided, and the winner is going to <em>SHOCK </em>the world!</p><p></p><p>That's right, it's the Shockmaster! </p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]31392[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Er, I mean, Shockwave!</p><p></p><p>Here's legendary voice actor Frank Welker announcing the winner:</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[MEDIA=youtube]dyVM2f2Fj6k[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>Via <a href="https://collider.com/transformers-shockwave-activate-your-alt-mode-video/" target="_blank">Collider</a>, Hasbro has presented us with a better look at the new alt mode for the classic <em>Transformers </em>villain:</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]31391[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>That's right -- it looks like you really <em>are </em>what you eat!</p><p></p><p>As animalistic alt modes go, the whale is a rare one. The first instance to be recalled offhand is for the Maximal base Orcanoch in the <em>Beast Wars</em> portion of Hasbro's <em>MicroVerse </em>toy line, but seeing as that toy was never really given much time in fiction, one can question whether it counts as a character at all. (Even <a href="https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Orcanoch" target="_blank">TFWiki</a> uses both "it" and "he" to describe it, but most fiction seems to have it as a simple ship/base.)</p><p></p><p>The other, perhaps more prominent instance was only in fiction, as Tidal Wave took it on as an alt mode in lieu of his usual Dark Fleet form in IDW's <em>Sins of the Wreckers</em> mini-series. Ironically, the original <em>Armada </em>Tidal Wave's name in the Japanese version, <em>Micron Legend</em>, was "Shockwave." So in a way, it's like coming full circle!</p><p></p><p>But as for our favorite one-eyed, one-handed flying purple space gun, his connection to the animal is a bit more... grim. See, in Skybound's Transformers comics, he [ISPOILER]basically sucked a whale (and a bunch of other oceanic life) into an energy feeder to covert their organic matter into energon. It's like Mr. Burns' "omni-net" on a Cybertronic scale! Yum![/ISPOILER]</p><p></p><p>Perhaps this is his way of cutting out the middleman -- er, middle-machine -- from the process. After all, that does sound... logical.</p><p></p><p>So, what do you think? After all these years of being a giant floating space <s>gun</s> ship/submarine-thing, does this refresh work for you? Tell us in the comments below, or sound off in the "<a href="https://www.allspark.com/home/threads/transformers-age-of-the-primes-toyline-discussion-update-stock-renders-of-upcoming-alpha-trion-micronus-flatline-fireflight-skydive.3040/unread" target="_blank">Transformers: Age of the Primes toyline discussion || update: stock renders of upcoming Alpha Trion, Micronus, Flatline, Fireflight, Skydive, ++</a>" thread in our forums, where the discussion seems to have found a home!</p><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><a href="https://www.allspark.com/home/forums/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.allspark.com/home/attachments/allspark-png.24401/" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://www.allspark.com/home/forums/" target="_blank">Allspark Forums</a></td><td><a href="https://discord.gg/allspark" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.allspark.com/home/attachments/discord-png.24402/" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://discord.gg/allspark" target="_blank">Discord Server</a></td><td><a href="https://twitter.com/AllsparkNews" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.allspark.com/home/attachments/xformerlytwitter-png.24403/" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://twitter.com/AllsparkNews" target="_blank">Twitter/X</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.facebook.com/theallspark" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.allspark.com/home/attachments/facebook-png.24404/" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/theallspark" target="_blank">Facebook Page</a></td><td><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/allspark.com" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.allspark.com/home/attachments/bluesky-png.24405/" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/allspark.com/" target="_blank">Bluesky</a></td><td><a href="https://www.instagram.com/allspark_com/?hl=en" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.allspark.com/home/attachments/instagram-png.24406/" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/allspark_com/?hl=en" target="_blank">Instagram</a></td></tr></table> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></table></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LBD "Nytetrayn", post: 178970, member: 20"] [CENTER][ATTACH type="full"]31393[/ATTACH][/CENTER] The winner of the "Activate Your Alt Mode" Fan Vote has been decided, and the winner is going to [I]SHOCK [/I]the world! That's right, it's the Shockmaster! [CENTER][ATTACH type="full"]31392[/ATTACH][/CENTER] Er, I mean, Shockwave! Here's legendary voice actor Frank Welker announcing the winner: [CENTER][MEDIA=youtube]dyVM2f2Fj6k[/MEDIA][/CENTER] Via [URL='https://collider.com/transformers-shockwave-activate-your-alt-mode-video/']Collider[/URL], Hasbro has presented us with a better look at the new alt mode for the classic [I]Transformers [/I]villain: [CENTER][ATTACH type="full"]31391[/ATTACH][/CENTER] That's right -- it looks like you really [I]are [/I]what you eat! As animalistic alt modes go, the whale is a rare one. The first instance to be recalled offhand is for the Maximal base Orcanoch in the [I]Beast Wars[/I] portion of Hasbro's [I]MicroVerse [/I]toy line, but seeing as that toy was never really given much time in fiction, one can question whether it counts as a character at all. (Even [URL='https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Orcanoch']TFWiki[/URL] uses both "it" and "he" to describe it, but most fiction seems to have it as a simple ship/base.) The other, perhaps more prominent instance was only in fiction, as Tidal Wave took it on as an alt mode in lieu of his usual Dark Fleet form in IDW's [I]Sins of the Wreckers[/I] mini-series. Ironically, the original [I]Armada [/I]Tidal Wave's name in the Japanese version, [I]Micron Legend[/I], was "Shockwave." So in a way, it's like coming full circle! But as for our favorite one-eyed, one-handed flying purple space gun, his connection to the animal is a bit more... grim. See, in Skybound's Transformers comics, he [ISPOILER]basically sucked a whale (and a bunch of other oceanic life) into an energy feeder to covert their organic matter into energon. It's like Mr. Burns' "omni-net" on a Cybertronic scale! Yum![/ISPOILER] Perhaps this is his way of cutting out the middleman -- er, middle-machine -- from the process. After all, that does sound... logical. So, what do you think? After all these years of being a giant floating space [S]gun[/S] ship/submarine-thing, does this refresh work for you? Tell us in the comments below, or sound off in the "[URL='https://www.allspark.com/home/threads/transformers-age-of-the-primes-toyline-discussion-update-stock-renders-of-upcoming-alpha-trion-micronus-flatline-fireflight-skydive.3040/unread']Transformers: Age of the Primes toyline discussion || update: stock renders of upcoming Alpha Trion, Micronus, Flatline, Fireflight, Skydive, ++[/URL]" thread in our forums, where the discussion seems to have found a home! [TABLE] [TR] [TD][URL='https://www.allspark.com/home/forums/'][IMG]https://www.allspark.com/home/attachments/allspark-png.24401/[/IMG][/URL][URL='https://www.allspark.com/home/forums/']Allspark Forums[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://discord.gg/allspark'][IMG]https://www.allspark.com/home/attachments/discord-png.24402/[/IMG][/URL][URL='https://discord.gg/allspark']Discord Server[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://twitter.com/AllsparkNews'][IMG]https://www.allspark.com/home/attachments/xformerlytwitter-png.24403/[/IMG][/URL][URL='https://twitter.com/AllsparkNews']Twitter/X[/URL][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][URL='https://www.facebook.com/theallspark'][IMG]https://www.allspark.com/home/attachments/facebook-png.24404/[/IMG][/URL][URL='https://www.facebook.com/theallspark']Facebook Page[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://bsky.app/profile/allspark.com'][IMG]https://www.allspark.com/home/attachments/bluesky-png.24405/[/IMG][/URL][URL='https://bsky.app/profile/allspark.com/']Bluesky[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.instagram.com/allspark_com/?hl=en'][IMG]https://www.allspark.com/home/attachments/instagram-png.24406/[/IMG][/URL][URL='https://www.instagram.com/allspark_com/?hl=en']Instagram[/URL][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE]
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