Perfect Effect's PE-01 Shadow Warrior Revealed

Interesting, veeerrry interesting.

Looks like it has potential, but for it's (my guess) small size it should be a set of 2, one in red and one in blue, with no names attached so the argument can continue!

Nice. Assuming it fits in the old-school Soundwave's chest I'll take a few.

Now where's our updated Laserbeak/Buzzsaw?

metaphorge wrote:Nice. Assuming it fits in the old-school Soundwave's chest I'll take a few.

I doubt it. This dude looks scout-sized.

I'll get 4:
RIRFIB
SGRIBSGFIR

Well shut my mouth wide open. Not Hasbro like I thought. Looks pretty impressive. I'll take 2 please. One Red, one Blue. Kthnx.

--B-- wrote:Looks like it has potential, but for it's (my guess) small size it should be a set of 2, one in red and one in blue, with no names attached so the argument can continue!

Wheelie, is that you?


Depending on the price, and whether they paint it before they sell it (I hate unpainted figures) I may get a set.

Iiiinteresting indeed. Those accessories look amazing! I would like one in red, since I don't collect both characters. I really hope these are reasonably-priced.

I definitely will be looking forward to seeing how this works out. Both in final product and color combinations.

I like the looks of this so far. Now, the deciding factor will be the size. If it is in scale with the other classics characters, then I'm all over it.

Hopefully we get some sweet looking piledrivers for Rumble. And by Rumble, I mean the blue one.

WANT! oh and RIBFIR! They should come with attachable piledrivers for Rumble.

Not bad, but ... I'd like to see an alt. mode before getting all excited.

Chaoslock wrote:

--B-- wrote:Looks like it has potential, but for it's (my guess) small size it should be a set of 2, one in red and one in blue, with no names attached so the argument can continue!

Wheelie, is that you?


Depending on the price, and whether they paint it before they sell it (I hate unpainted figures) I may get a set.

B say
rhyme away!

Ugh, I can't believe I didn't notice that as I typed it.
Either way, I'd like to hope that if they included piledrivers they would be a neutral color that either could use, if it were to be a set of 2.

I'd be cool with a 4 pack of Rumble, Frenzy, Rewind and Eject, with a minor head mold that is.

My question is... does it transform? If so, into what?

Mkall wrote:

metaphorge wrote:Nice. Assuming it fits in the old-school Soundwave's chest I'll take a few.

I doubt it. This dude looks scout-sized.

I'll get 4:
RIRFIB
SGRIBSGFIR

I guess the SG means shattered glass. SG Rumble and Frenzy are in Eject and Rewind colours including the orange faces. So SGRIBSGFIB (Rumble (R.I.P.) was black).



Back on topic, I wouldn't say no to a set of all four. Don't forget the red and blue version for Enemy as well.

Very nice. I'd love if they were in scale with DL Ravage and ML Soundwave, but I'd probably get them even if they're not because they look damn good.

Looking forward to seeing an alt mode and paint apps.

Wait, I only just realised... he has three guns?!

Oilspill wrote:Wait, I only just realised... he has three guns?!

and if you look at the gun in his hand you'll notice the barrel looks about like a weapon peg for some of the larger figures and the top is a hollowed out cylinder. I believe that is going to be part of a piledriver.
and it's Rumble in blue, Frenzy in red. Because FIR and RIB are words, RIR is not even though FIB is. just playin'

If this set is indeed to support the Shadow Commander armor, I would hope that he would transform into some kind of weapon for SC, like a gun. It would also be nice if it integrated into both modes of the set somehow.

DevastaTTor wrote:If this set is indeed to support the Shadow Commander armor, I would hope that he would transform into some kind of weapon for SC, like a gun. It would also be nice if it integrated into both modes of the set somehow.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. That he is an add-on to Shadow Commander (at first) then probably Blue for City Commander and Red for Powered Commander/D.I.A. What he transforms into is anybody's guess, but a gun/weapon isn't a bad idea. Those bots are already armed to the teeth, why not add a lil more firepower!!

Someone please help me out. What does Rumble and Frenzy have to do with Shadow Commander? I don't read the comics, so I think I am out of the loop on this one. The only tie-in I know of is that they are Soundwave's minions.

SJ21 wrote:Someone please help me out. What does Rumble and Frenzy have to do with Shadow Commander? I don't read the comics, so I think I am out of the loop on this one. The only tie-in I know of is that they are Soundwave's minions.

Nothing really, but if you don't have any of the Commander armors, you wouldn't know that the Fans Project fiction doesn't take place in TF universe. It's considered "Parallax", just to show that this has no corrolation to the Transformers universe(probably to avoid infringement), even though you need the Prime mold for the armor sets. In the box for Shadow Commander, you see a lil "Rumble-esque" guy (the pic above that Blurrz posted) inside the box art. I'm just assuming here, but I think Perfect Effect is playing off of the "Parallax" theme and hoping to make a unique figure that has some homages to Rumble/Frenzy. But if they will be added to the Commander armors, I don't think they will be like their G1 counterparts (cassettes). Just assuming...

Honestly, I think that the whole 'commander' bit is completely unrelated.

Personally I look at PE-01 and see an updated cassette warrior, with design aspects based on the original toys with elements for their animated versions. The inclusion of a character to the boxart is no more a random addition to the image as much as the head that Powered Commander crushes in the left panel.

No disrespect to Blurrz, but the whole comparison is simply personal subjection, with little merit. While the Commander artwork showcases a blue cassette (people know my views on the debate to state it again here would be counter-productive to the point I am making) I do not believe that it has anything to do with PE-01. Just as the Shadow Commander isn't holding a 'god sword' but an update based on the Black Convoy's/Scourge's "Sword of Fury", that was part of the Shadow Commander kit.

To go further than that, if you look at the prototype for PE-01, he has a large number of design differences to the Fansproject art, namely look at the lines on the legs, the difference in chest details, and addition of the classic back mounted guns.

There's even more images now, this time detailing a final colour scheme and showing scale. It appears that Shadow Warrior will stand about as tall as a scout-class figure.

Click here to see a couple more images.

Looks to be roughly the same size and mass as the Classics/Henkei Ravage it's sitting on, so it might yet fit into Soundwave in alt mode.

Edit: Yeah, it's not much taller than Nightstick:

Scout-sized my rear end.


If it can ride on top of Universe Ravage, that'd be more of an approximate to Mini-Con sizing.

I really do like the color scheme, but hopefully the price won't be like the God Swords.

Hard Hacker wrote:Scout-sized my rear end.


If it can ride on top of Universe Ravage, that'd be more of an approximate to Mini-Con sizing.

Yeah, I just fixed that.

This is some bad news. I hoped it wasn't a third party construct.
Now it'll probably cost tons with a limited release.
I really hoped that it was Hasbro/Takaratomy, then it would have a good release for every fan.
Maybe in the classics 2.0 line or the new one.

Now I hope it's good quality and has a proper paintjob of Rumble/Frenzy and them both in a two-pack for a reasonable price. Otherwise it's a pass, eventhough Rumble is my favorite Transformers character.

Anyone wanna take a quick snapshot of G1 Rumble next to Nightstick? I don't want to dig Nightstick out of the closet to do it.

I'm a little disappointed that the coloring doesn't match the Fansproject image but it does look pretty cool regardless. If it's not much more than 25 dollars, I'll consider it. If it gets into the crazy range (30 dollars +), forget it-that is, uless it's part of an overall package that's too good to pass up.

Now that we're seeing color images, I would expect pre-orders to pop up soon.

Universe Nightstick comes up to the waist of the G1 cassettes. This guy will be shorter than them. When I get my camera charged up I'll get a snapshot to compare all three.

I honestly have no use for a black and teal Rumble/Frenzy. I understand that it is shown in the comic, but that'a a pretty small number of potential clients, as not too many people have Shadow Commander.

I'm cool with the size though, just the right size to me. Again, very interesting, but price is a huge factor in a figure so small. (Note: no rhyming!)

i dont know but something tells me that it doesnt transform
he just looks do good and posable in robot mode
anyway he may be small but he is very cool!

Photo time. I have combined the official image with my own comparison. This new guy comes up to the top of the G1's forehead.



The new version is the perfect size for the universe line. I will take 5 right now please.

BTW, My Frenzy has been repainted into SG colours.

I wish hasbro made legends figure this well articulated.

Any guess on how much these will sell for?

Uh, nemesis colors? I'm all for black primes, but I have no interest in a Nemesis Rumble. If this thing isn't available in black and red, I'm not interested. And it's kinda small, too. Maybe they're trying to make it fit in the dual-cassette chest of the Soundwave reissue? Or better yet, the same size as a G1 tape.

Damn its not hasbro? Well there goes my hope of a Classics Soundwave. Depending on the price i might get one or two.

I'm pretty much up for as many Casseticons as can be thrown at us.

Blurrz wrote: In the box-art image is also three God Swords, made by Third Party Perfect Effect. And as PE is an acronym for the company, it can assumed that Shadow Warrior is Perfect Effect's product.

He doesn't mean in the second frame does he? Because that's not Perfect Effect's God Sword, that's the translucent sword that comes with Fan Project's Shadow Commander. In fact, the pictures of the God Sword show the Shandow Commander holding both the God Sword and their normal one.

If it is from Perfect Effect, I certainly like the design. I hope it is priced better than the swords were. Impressive as they are, I'm not breaking at that price.

lookin' forward to it

What is a "Shadow Warrior" ??? Take away the sugarcoating and its Rumble....Sheesh !!!

Nice figure though, I like.

Not digging the colors. If this gets released in Red & Blue, then I'm down to purchase it. Otherwise, no.

Cool design. Interested to learn more.

Well, I don't see much point in him being in those colours unless he does combine with Shadow Commander in alt mode (assuming there is one).

They look nice, but I don't have a Shadow Commander so I'll wait for the inevitable blue & red repaints.

kirbenvost wrote:Uh, nemesis colors? I'm all for black primes, but I have no interest in a Nemesis Rumble.

Its about time they made a toy of 'me'.

When this gets released I will be over it like chocolate on a fat kid.

Decepticlone Soundwave wrote:Not digging the colors. If this gets released in Red & Blue, then I'm down to purchase it. Otherwise, no.

Yea I agree with you there.

It is pretty awesome and I like the size, But I don't have any use for a "Nemesis" Rumble for my classics display.