So back in 1984, when I-Man and I were just wee little tots, we got a shitload of Transformers for Christmas, one of them being Shockwave (the purple gun thing). The young and impressionable I-Man thought to have Ironhide attack the Shockwave figure, and in the process knocked the Decepticon from a table some 15 inches to a carpeted floor. I guess Shockwave was defective, 'cause his head and at least one of his limbs came off. Anyway, mom returned him and we never saw a new one.
Then back in like '92 or '93 I found a Shockwave at a yardsale my scout troop was putting on. For fifty cents I got one that was in damn near mint condition except for a missing battery cover and a frayed rubber hose around the wires leading from his chest to his gun. Man, what a steal!
