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william-james88 wrote:Just wanted to go back to the Blackarachnia discssion for a bit. The Legends/Generations one we got 2 years ago might not be perfect, but I really dont think its a bad choice to the point that we should concentrate on another toy of her rather than another character and this pic shows what I was thinking:



Looks the part enough in a generations line.

Plus I remember when there were 4 chan rumours of a Beast Wars subline in Power of the Primes (which turned out false), part of the rumours was that Hasbro would be releasing Takara's Legends Blackarachnia and lots of fans were happy. So to see all this disdain for that same toy now seems odd.

Problem is she's supposed to be the same size as Rattrap, not a giant like Rhinox. There are some things I can forgive, but that isn't one of them. If they were to make a new Silverbolt figure he would most certainly be a Deluxe figure and she would tower over him, there's just nothing right about that. For me an ideal figure would be a small Deluxe, not a giant one.

And I wonder if the people excited about the prospects of the Legends figure being released here actually understood how massive she is.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:And I wonder if the people excited about the prospects of the Legends figure being released here actually understood how massive she is.

Emerje

That would make sense if it was a new mold, but its a retool of a mold the US got and is now almost 10 years old so I doubt its that. People just like Beast Wars Blackarachnia and Takara released the best one so far so of course they woudl want it too.

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:And I wonder if the people excited about the prospects of the Legends figure being released here actually understood how massive she is.

Emerje

That would make sense if it was a new mold, but its a retool of a mold the US got and is now almost 10 years old so I doubt its that. People just like Beast Wars Blackarachnia and Takara released the best one so far so of course they woudl want it too.

It is the best one we have so far but I'm not expecting anything new for a while

LG Blackarachnia looks good and I do want her, but I don't think she's definitive. That said she is one of my favourite BW characters and more spider bots is always a good thing IMO. I'll agree she perhaps doesn't need a new figure quite as desperately as some others but eh.

I'd like to say BW Rampage but short of taking the old figure, reworking the articulation a bit (specifically the legs to give him thigh swivels and better ankles), relocating the crab leg kibble in robot mode and maybe making his treads be linked plastic assemblies rather than rubber loops, I can't see how he could be improved without a drastic character redesign. The BW toy was mostly on the money anyway and is IMO a superb toy.

That Thrust works so well.