Wolfman Jake wrote:Blackarachnia is a regression to the mean, not a drop in effort or quality. Megatron is a clear outlier in our limited data set.
Dinobot and Megatron are the only 2 I got, so this makes some sense to me
Wolfman Jake wrote:Blackarachnia is a regression to the mean, not a drop in effort or quality. Megatron is a clear outlier in our limited data set.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:william-james88 wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:I think, as it stands, her Beast Mode makes her potentially the weakest of the MP Beast Wars designs so far. Including Shadow Panther, that isn't even a Panther...
But there is no such thing as a panther species, it's just a toy deco homage.
sol magnus wrote:
A Panther is a black leopard. Not a cheetah.
Ironhidensh wrote:16200 yen = $147.79. They can get the **** out of here with that price.
Sabrblade wrote:The difference is that Megatron at least had a backpack of beast mode kibble in the show. Blackarachnia did not.ZeroWolf wrote:AllNews argument is that there would be panel folding shenanigans ala beast meg's backpack.
SW's SilverHammer wrote:Eat my ass funpub.
Burn wrote:And this is for taking Nemesis Maximo seriously.
*high fives Silly in the face*
carytheone wrote:I can't be assed to do any better right now.
ZeroWolf wrote:AllNews argument is that there would be panel folding shenanigans ala beast meg's backpack.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:william-james88 wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote: If they could achieve that way back in 1996/7/8, it is unacceptable to leave most of her gold legs visible on what should be a solid black abdomen.
I am with you on the dissapointment and I know where you are coming from but I do take issue with the text I bolded. It's apple and oranges because the toys came first back then. So of course it was fine. But then the character designer based her model on a stripper and made the character look nothing like the toy.
Now, we are basing the toy on the show model, which we can all agree is a rather peculiar one.
The better comparison, if you want to make one would be hod different the toy looks to the show model between then and now. This toy is inifitely better in that respect.
I was generalising the difference in aesthetic in Beast Modes, back then. Less so for individual characters. There was always some "cheetor" visible in his Beast Mode, as with the rest of the Maximals. Waspinator, Scorponok, Tarantulas etc Typically their bot legs were only visible if you turned the toy upside down.
william-james88 wrote:sol magnus wrote:
A Panther is a black leopard. Not a cheetah.
A black leopard is a black leopard. Diffrent species can have a black coat, like the Jaguar, which we should know since thats the animal G1 Ravage is based on.
So "black panthers" dont exist as a species with a truly specific body type and there is non such thing as an actual black panther with a plain black coat, like these toys, since all those real big cats still have visible spots.
The deco, as seen on shadow panther, is not found in nature, it only refetences the original toy. So i dont get why anyone would take issue with this toy not representing a species that doesnt even exist.
blackeyedprime wrote:Since I only ever had the repaint I never realised the toy colors were scorponocish. If this mp gets toy color I'll likely end up getting that too (way down the line when I can afford it). Not sure what repaint tarantulas could have, and whilst I never imagined him to be a tarantula, something like a joro spider might fit it better made up spider wise alt.
SpikeyTigertron wrote:blackeyedprime wrote:Since I only ever had the repaint I never realised the toy colors were scorponocish. If this mp gets toy color I'll likely end up getting that too (way down the line when I can afford it). Not sure what repaint tarantulas could have, and whilst I never imagined him to be a tarantula, something like a joro spider might fit it better made up spider wise alt.
technically Black Widow was the repaint of trantulus… but that obviously wouldn't work for the MP. They could pull a curve ball and do an "arcee" version that's white and pink.
blackeyedprime wrote:SpikeyTigertron wrote:blackeyedprime wrote:Since I only ever had the repaint I never realised the toy colors were scorponocish. If this mp gets toy color I'll likely end up getting that too (way down the line when I can afford it). Not sure what repaint tarantulas could have, and whilst I never imagined him to be a tarantula, something like a joro spider might fit it better made up spider wise alt.
technically Black Widow was the repaint of trantulus… but that obviously wouldn't work for the MP. They could pull a curve ball and do an "arcee" version that's white and pink.
Maybe an arcee version that or the one in animated that got turned into a spider, can't remember who it was now (I'm thinking she was blue and white) but tha might be a bit too obscure.
Barricade.it wrote:I hate the BW line.
This said, I think this figure is awful in beast mode: TRex Megatron and Cheetor are the only two figures worthy in this MP group, I think.
SpikeyTigertron wrote:Barricade.it wrote:I hate the BW line.
This said, I think this figure is awful in beast mode: TRex Megatron and Cheetor are the only two figures worthy in this MP group, I think.
Hate the line as Masterpieces or as an IP in general? Kenner basically saved the Transformers franchise with it... so even if it's not your cup of tea... it's worth giving credit where it's due.
I think Black Arachnia will be a lot better "in hand" once people start reviewing her. The beast modes were always secondary anyway for the most part... they're still extremely difficult to pose organically, but they're not *quite* the bricks the original toys were.
Early commercial/cross-sell toy colors!blackeyedprime wrote:Not sure what repaint tarantulas could have,
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:Early commercial/cross-sell toy colors!blackeyedprime wrote:Not sure what repaint tarantulas could have,
SpikeyTigertron wrote:Barricade.it wrote:I hate the BW line.
This said, I think this figure is awful in beast mode: TRex Megatron and Cheetor are the only two figures worthy in this MP group, I think.
Hate the line as Masterpieces or as an IP in general? Kenner basically saved the Transformers franchise with it... so even if it's not your cup of tea... it's worth giving credit where it's due.
I think Black Arachnia will be a lot better "in hand" once people start reviewing her. The beast modes were always secondary anyway for the most part... they're still extremely difficult to pose organically, but they're not *quite* the bricks the original toys were.
ZeroWolf wrote:
@Will do you still think that about the price after Emerje's calculations?
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