william-james88 wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:william-james88 wrote:MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:I'm saddened there's not going to be a 20th anniversary line for Beast Wars
There is one from Takara. They are calling next year the year of the Beast Wars MP
While, in all seriousness, I would like one, I understand why one might not be happening for a while. The engineering on most of the rest of the cast would be nigh on impossible to create as well as Rhinox and Rattrap (I'm thinking specifically of blackarachnia, terrorsaur, dinobot - robots with lots going on design-wise and not much space in beast mode)
Don't get me wrong - I NEED this series in my life - but just thinking of how to cram all of terrosuars bot mode into the beast mode satisfactorily (if the bar is to be set at Rhinox, Rattrap, and Waspinator for beast mode quality and bot mode accuracy and scale) is making my
I think they were really onto something with that Universe Dinobot. The bot mode is spot on and it could be upscaled to voyager class for scale. The main problem was the robot kibble on the beast mode's chest (as is always the case with BW Dinobot). But I feel they could inspire themselves off that design as a starting point and do a better job. Cheetor could be based off his original toy but made sleeker (just like Waspinator seems based on it's original toy) and tarantulus as well. Blackarachnia and Terrorsaur are the tougher ones because their robot modes are so sleek. I doubt a perfect terrorsaur will ever exist, no way those wings can end up that small in bot mode.
Well, if we're going by show models, blackarachnia could pull an arcee with the bot abdomen forming parts of the beast head, then cram the rest of her body into the spiders abdomen, which is bulbous enough to hold the legs and head, then have the arms swing under for the beast legs and fangs, it wouldn't be super pretty but it would work.
As for terrorsaur, they could have the bot legs form the length of the body (they would fold into the bot chest and run the length of the body filling it out like tm airazor) and have the beast mode comprised of shells that could fold around to do what would be needed. then have part of the beast feet attached to the bot arms (still have no idea where to put them) and the wings would have to fold down as best as possible (we would just have to live with it)
Scorponok could be re-engineered/updated off of the original toy (just need better/bigger beast legs), optimus and megatron just need a slight overhaul (diff. beast head for o/p and a left hand for megs), cheetor could combine designs from the original and the classics, everyone else would need re-engineering to varying degrees.