That, plus his clawed hands in robot mode.welcometothedarksyde wrote:Maybe this is totally obvious, but I think those microns are supposed to be his flashlight minions from the show.
Allow me to clarify.TK415 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:It still amazes me how the Club decided to do a pre-beast Tarantulas over a non-beast Tarantulas at a time when they want to focus more on the latter concept instead of the former.
Who/what would have been a non-beast Tarantulas. I can't see a difference between pre-beast and non-beast. I'm not arguing with you Sabrblade, I'm just curious.
The Club defines the distinction between "Dawn of Future's Past" and Beast Wars: Uprising as the former being "pre-beast" versions of the BW cast (meaning the cartoon cast prior to their acquiring their beast modes in the show) and the latter being "non-beast" (meaning a new continuity in which a different history plays out that doesn't have these characters gaining beast modes or even partaking in any "Beast Wars").*
At BotCon 2014, a question was raised at the TCC Panel's Q&A session about the possibility of more "pre-beast" toys for these characters, and the Club answered by saying that they want to instead focus more on the "non-beast" versions of the Uprising series. But did note that there could be some more overlap between the two, toy-wise.
Therefore, I find it interesting that they're making this toy with the intent of it being a "pre-beast" version of Cartoon Tarantulas instead of a "non-beast" Uprising Tarantulas.
* - It is for this reason that I wish they hadn't used the name "Beast Wars" in the title of Uprising since it may confuse people into thinking of it as another "pre-beast" series instead of a "non-beast" series. But I understand why they used the name since it's a new continuity based on Beast Wars like how IDW's comics are a new continuity based on G1.
Well, "Hoist the Flag" revealed that the Wings Universe also contains a version of the 3H Beast Era continuity, which itself contains the Beast Wars and Beast Machines cartoons. "Dawn of Future's Past" is part of the 3H continuity due to its relationship with other Beast Era media (if you'd like, I could explain this notion further), so that puts the DoFP story (or at least a version of it) also existing in the Wings Universe.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I think we should take the "pre-Beast Wars" at face value. Didn't his bio mention Sky-Byte, Jhiaxus and clones, therefore placing it in the Wings Universe? Last I remember, Dawn of Future's Past was canon to Beast Wars proper, not to an alternate timeline.
The bio for this Tarantulas figure reinforces that notion, but now it does raise a new question. If DoFP is meant to be the definitive prequel to all English versions of the BW cartoon, then I wonder if this Wings Universe-based backstory of Tarantulas (and the Tripredacus Council) for this DoFP toy is likewise meant to be the definitive backstory for all English versions of Cartoon Tarantulas as well.
Though, frankly, that's a whole different can of worms.
Something like that, yes.Midnight_Fox wrote:I think what Sabrblade means is that he's confused as to why they did a toy for DoFP(where they're eventually going to become beasts/part organic) while the club is currently running Uprising(where there's no indication that they'll ever become something other than vehicles). Basically, why is this Tarantulas a BW prequel figure rather than an Uprising figure?
You got it. Though, which continuity conflicts are there between the G1 cartoon and BW? The only one I can think of would be how the Ark crashed being different.Midnight_Fox wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I think we should take the "pre-Beast Wars" at face value. Didn't his bio mention Sky-Byte, Jhiaxus and clones, therefore placing it in the Wings Universe? Last I remember, Dawn of Future's Past was canon to Beast Wars proper, not to an alternate timeline.
I think the Club has decided to retcon DoFP(and thus the BW shows) into Wings despite the continuity conflicts between BW and G1. That groundwork was kinda lain in the Pirates vs Knights story, too.
I ask because some of these may have been fixed by the Wings Universe's greater continuity as far as Wings is concerned.
That deco looks so much better!LOST Cybertronian wrote:The original news story has been updated with a new revised image of Tarantulas.
I don't quite get what you mean.SW's SilverHammer wrote:That either makes Wings better by relating to beast wars, or beast wars worse because that makes wings interpretation of G1 all "cannon".