Transformer toy in Aliens

[ecmagee1984]

I don't know if anybody would care about this, but a guy over from 2005 board notice that they use a ShockWave or a ShackWave toy for a prop in the movie.
Sorry for the picture being so big
G1 Shockwave toy featured in James Cameron's Aliens film - TFW2005 - The 2005 Boards

 

[Scapey]

Good eye!

 

[LDR]

Must have been the same people who used the megatron part on the aliens dropship helmet!

 

[EvilRocketeer]

hmmmm, i dont see the resemblance to the toy....

 

[JasonCash]

I agree very good eye...

 

[JasonCash]

 

[EvilRocketeer]

thanks for the pic of the figure, but i still dont see it...i see the small resemblance, but thats about it...

 

[Mechinyun]

Yep thats it. Hes upside down, facing towards ripley about halfway transformed.

There is another one too in that top pic, on the far left had side hanging down.

 

[asemblyrequired]

yes you can tell more by the handle as well.

 

[Scapey]

His arms are sticking out in the still...

 

[Pilot]

Turn it right-side-up and it's blatantly obvious. The upper body is in robot form with the arms stretched out while the lower body is still in gun form.

That's a hell of a catch, I don't think I ever would have noticed. There's a second one on the left of that still as well.

 

[SurferGeek]

More than meets the eye!

 

[slave1pilot]

The arms aren't open in this pic, but it's the right angle

 

[Wildunc1]

The arms aren't open in this pic, but it's the right angle

I just got this transformer for my son for christmas. It's it exactly. My son saw it as soon as he saw it. Pretty cool.

 

[Kingpin]

That's absolutely brilliant... thanks for the comparison picture, Slave1... my brother, who is a huge fan of Aliens has just laughed out loud more than I can actually remember, this discovery has made an already great film for him even better.

 

[Monteburns]

You have got a very good eye.

All the times I have watched this movie I never noticed that.

 

[Jedi2016]

Well, it's just set dressing, you're not really meant to notice it.

Neat catch, though. I used to have one of those when I was a kid, the "Shackwave" knockoff.

 

[MooCriket]

To think all this time, I have had an Aliens prop, and never knew it

 

[EvilRocketeer]

Thanks Nate,

now I definitely see it....that picture works a lot better

 

[superjedi]

Very cool find!
It looks like the pistol grip part is rotated 180 degrees in the film still. Is it possible to rotate the toy's pistol grip?