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Activate Your Alt Mode
On July 25, 2025, Hasbro announced Activate Your Alt Mode at San Diego Comic-Con alongside a video uploaded to the Hasbro Pulse YouTube channel featuring franchise-legend Frank Welker.[1] Welker explained that the winner of the vote was to receive a new toy with a fan-selected alternate mode. The voting was held using Instagram's poll feature and was split into 3 rounds over the course of 16 days[2]
The first round was to decide which character would receive a new alt-mode, starting with the Autobot contenders on August 12, pitting Grimlock against Mirage.[3] The Decepticon contenders were chosen on August 13, pitting Shockwave against Starscream.[4] The last day of round 1, August 14, saw Grimlock against Shockwave. [5]
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Grimlock vs Shockwave |
Shockwave was announced the winner of round 1 on August 15.[6]
Round 2 began on August 18 and ran for three days to determine which alt-mode direction would be chosen.[7]
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Wildcard started out in the lead the first day,[citation needed] but was quickly overtaken by sea, which was announced as the winner of round 2 on August 22.[8]
Round 3 began on August 25 and ran for 3 days to determine which specific sea-based alt-mode Shockwave would turn into.[9]
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The Transformers Instagram revealed that "creature" had won round 3 on August 29, and that the design would be revealed on Transformers Day of that year, held on September 17, 2025.[10]
After a few teasers, the design for the new Shockwave toy was finally revealed on September 17 by a video posted on the Transformers Instagram, once again featuring Welker to announce the figure.[11] In the video, concept-art was revealed of a Shockwave design capable of transforming into a mechanical whale! Fitting! More refined concept art was revealed the following day, as well as scrapped concepts for shark, manta-ray, and squid Shockwaves.[12] The figure is set to release as a fan-channel exclusive in 2026.[13]
- ↑ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NctR0LWttjA
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/transformersofficial/p/DNN6DCcyhmp/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/transformersofficial/reel/DNQYBeVtvg-/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/transformersofficial/reel/DNTDi8LtgPm/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/transformersofficial/reel/DNVhltLNI7n/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/transformersofficial/p/DNXxxI0ttwV/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/transformersofficial/p/DNfjJ-mOz6Y/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/transformersofficial/p/DNp9DGEt3Lo/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/transformersofficial/p/DNx9_pQ2pa9/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/transformersofficial/p/DN74hnrDQq1/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/transformersofficial/reel/DOt8SNcieUi/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/transformersofficial/reel/DOwJWpeia-Q/
- ↑ https://tfwikicommunity.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/a-stampede-of-hooves-and-tires-my-saturday-with-the-hasbro-team-mcm-comic-con-25/
