Title:
Tidal Wave With Ramjet Ram Jet 2nd Dark Fleet Robot Mode
Description:
Tidal Wave with Ramjet (Giga-Con, 2003)
Takara ID number: MD-06
Takara release date: July 17, 2003
Accessories: 2 missiles. Ramjet Ram Jet Minicon
Released in the fourth wave of Armada Giga-Cons (the first with the "Unicon Battles” branding), Tidal Wave is a robot made up of three different aquatic vehicles, collectively called the "Dark Fleet”: an aircraft carrier, a Cybertronic double-bowed battleship, and a troop-landing craft. All three can combine to form a single gigantic warship, which from there can transform to robot mode without having to separate. Each smaller craft has its own gimmick; the carrier has a working storage elevator for Tidal Wave’s Mini-Con partner Ramjet, the battleship can launch two projectiles and has Mini-Con Powerlinx-activated swiveling cannons (also usable in robot mode), and the landing craft opens up to reveal seats for Mini-Cons to sit on.Tidal Wave can also combine with Megatron (and the Galvatron redeco), with Tidal Wave’s aircraft carrier and battleship clipping onto Megatron’s arms and his troop transport clipping onto Megatron’s back (after the turret has been positioned in "Full Blast Mode” configuration) as a jetpack. The connectors for his arms are compatible with the sockets on Cybertron Megatron and Optimus Prime toys used to attach Leobreaker, which allows for some rather funky combinations.The Takara and Hasbro versions are considerably different. Takara’s "Shockwave” replaces all the green plastic with purple, uses darker grays, and has several of the paint colors altered. These differences were made to align the toy more closely to the cartoon’s appearance, though they’re not completely accurate. Hasbro’s original color scheme for Tidal Wave was supposed to match the animation more closely, but the Hasbro design team thought there was already too much purple between the Decepticons on the store shelves at the time, thus they changed some of Tidal Wave’s colors around.
Takara ID number: MD-06
Takara release date: July 17, 2003
Accessories: 2 missiles. Ramjet Ram Jet Minicon
Released in the fourth wave of Armada Giga-Cons (the first with the "Unicon Battles” branding), Tidal Wave is a robot made up of three different aquatic vehicles, collectively called the "Dark Fleet”: an aircraft carrier, a Cybertronic double-bowed battleship, and a troop-landing craft. All three can combine to form a single gigantic warship, which from there can transform to robot mode without having to separate. Each smaller craft has its own gimmick; the carrier has a working storage elevator for Tidal Wave’s Mini-Con partner Ramjet, the battleship can launch two projectiles and has Mini-Con Powerlinx-activated swiveling cannons (also usable in robot mode), and the landing craft opens up to reveal seats for Mini-Cons to sit on.Tidal Wave can also combine with Megatron (and the Galvatron redeco), with Tidal Wave’s aircraft carrier and battleship clipping onto Megatron’s arms and his troop transport clipping onto Megatron’s back (after the turret has been positioned in "Full Blast Mode” configuration) as a jetpack. The connectors for his arms are compatible with the sockets on Cybertron Megatron and Optimus Prime toys used to attach Leobreaker, which allows for some rather funky combinations.The Takara and Hasbro versions are considerably different. Takara’s "Shockwave” replaces all the green plastic with purple, uses darker grays, and has several of the paint colors altered. These differences were made to align the toy more closely to the cartoon’s appearance, though they’re not completely accurate. Hasbro’s original color scheme for Tidal Wave was supposed to match the animation more closely, but the Hasbro design team thought there was already too much purple between the Decepticons on the store shelves at the time, thus they changed some of Tidal Wave’s colors around.
Theme:
Armada
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2003
Date Added:
2022-09-24 13:43:46
Date Added:
2022-09-24 13:43:46
