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News Credits: 4878 · Sat Sep 05, 2020 8:04 pm

Dominus Prime wrote:Just submitted news on kingdom black arachnia with pics and possible Ark playset. Hope I did it right lol

Thanks, that really helped!

News Credits: 1 · Sat Sep 05, 2020 8:21 pm

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News Credits: 1 · Sat Sep 05, 2020 8:51 pm

Titan Class Ark, eh?

Alright, Hasbro. I'll play your game, you rogue.

Sat Sep 05, 2020 9:43 pm

i think an ark would be cool but i think it would be hard to display on a shelf with the other figures
maybe hang it from the ceiling and also they should do the nemisis as well

Sat Sep 05, 2020 10:21 pm

In TonTon's review, it seems that Blackarachnia has a swappable(?) facemask:

based on the standard face of the Blackarachnia/Tarantulas mold that was never used in media, since the show gave Tarantulas the mutant head and made up a new head for Blackarachnia:

Sat Sep 05, 2020 10:29 pm

I hope the Ark can transform. But dang it’s a bit of a let down compared to other titans so far

News Credits: 12 · Sat Sep 05, 2020 10:50 pm

Black Arachnia looks incredible. I especially like the mutant mask (and hope it stays for the final figure).

Conversely, the Ark will need to be INCREDIBLE for me to get it. At this poiint I've accepted that it won't be Animated Omega, so hey, at least the $150 that would have gone to the titan can go to the Beast Warriors :lol:

News Credits: 54 · Sat Sep 05, 2020 10:53 pm

Ah god that Spider mode is a tad too realistic for me, I have a major Spider phobia so I can't add her to my collection, as much as I like how the show and how these Beast Wars figures look I'm thinking of skipping them anyways and I don't want to start a collection and not finish it, to me there is no point in having a Beast Wars collection based off the show but not having Blackarachnia and Tarantulas (if he comes out) in said collection.

I might still get Cheetor if only because of Cyberverse since I didn't get the Cyberverse Cheetor figures.

News Credits: 462 · Sat Sep 05, 2020 11:03 pm

The current rumor is that the Ark will have a Last Autobot/Vector Prime-inspired robot mode.

News Credits: 32 · Sat Sep 05, 2020 11:05 pm

Sabrblade wrote:The current rumor is that the Ark will have a Last Autobot/Vector Prime-inspired robot mode.

I'd buy that!

News Credits: 20 · Sat Sep 05, 2020 11:15 pm

For anyone wondering why Blackarachnia doesn't have the well known hourglass-shaped marking on her alt mode, it is accurate to the real-world spider. Black widows have some variation of a three spot pattern on the topside of the abdomen, just like this toy. The hourglass marking is instead on the underside of the abdomen, where you'll only find arms on BA.

Pretty much confirms that real-world accuracy is the priority for the beast modes of Kingdom, if it wasn't obvious with Rattrap and Cheetor.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Sep 05, 2020 11:23 pm

i know it'll never happen, but i hope that ark is an Animated version of omega supreme. i just always liked that design.

News Credits: 462 · Sat Sep 05, 2020 11:25 pm

megamanfan wrote:i know it'll never happen, but i hope that ark is an Animated version of omega supreme. i just always liked that design.

Sabrblade wrote:The current rumor is that the Ark will have a Last Autobot/Vector Prime-inspired robot mode.

News Credits: 31 · Sat Sep 05, 2020 11:50 pm

Definitely digging that blackarachnia. I actually digging the spider mode, and the robot mode looks good too, with a pretty wide range of articulation. Also, her backpack seems the most compact among wfc fembot molds so far.

News Credits: 65 · Sun Sep 06, 2020 12:02 am

Wow! It's a good thing that Kingdom Blackarachnia comes with a second face, because she's just blown mine clear off! :lol:

That is a great looking figure in robot mode, though more paint apps can always help. Maybe they'll sneak her into the Netflix line too like Cheetor? The spider mode is good for a Deluxe Class toy. I accept the yellow robot parts just hanging out under the abdomen. The Masterpiece version didn't do any better (and may have done worse, in fact). I can even overlook her butherface her butt face in spider mode. I can't wait to see Optimus Primal now.

News Credits: 12 · Sun Sep 06, 2020 1:00 am

Have we had any rumors of a new Scorponok? I know Tarantulas, Inferno, and Terrorsaur haven't had anything, but I can't remember if Scorponok's had anything

Sun Sep 06, 2020 1:25 am

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Have we had any rumors of a new Scorponok? I know Tarantulas, Inferno, and Terrorsaur haven't had anything, but I can't remember if Scorponok's had anything

He was among the Deluxe listings when JTprime17 leaked the rest of the Deluxe listings back on like August 20th or 21st.

Sun Sep 06, 2020 1:46 am

Sabrblade wrote:The current rumor is that the Ark will have a Last Autobot/Vector Prime-inspired robot mode.

thats cool
i wonder if they would do the nemisis and have it transform as well and i mean the real nemisis not the one from titans return trypticon

News Credits: 19 · Sun Sep 06, 2020 3:16 am

Not sure why real world animals are the focus for kingdom when wfcs vehicles weren't realistic for the majority. Black arachnia def looks better in some ways over the masterpiece but the fangs don't quite work and it's a bit of a let down the gun not contributing to her beast form or being a functioning Grapple. The paint on the gun kinda looks similar to what some of the paint she is lacking on her bot mode so dunno if they will netflix it or another telemocha version at some point. The mutant head wooop very happy and it's kind of weird that they include it for her and not cheetor (maybe just the predacons will have them? or just her). Her lower waist in bot mode looks better than mp too. Def buy, just a shame cheetor won't be and not having a complete team is going to be noticeable

The only way to display the Ark is by papermacheing some mountains to have it sticking out of. Robot mode will be wasted on it for me (unless it was animated omega).

Sun Sep 06, 2020 3:28 am

blackeyedprime wrote:Not sure why real world animals are the focus for kingdom when wfcs vehicles weren't realistic for the majority. Black arachnia def looks better in some ways over the masterpiece but the fangs don't quite work and it's a bit of a let down the gun not contributing to her beast form or being a functioning Grapple. The paint on the gun kinda looks similar to what some of the paint she is lacking on her bot mode so dunno if they will netflix it or another telemocha version at some point. The mutant head wooop very happy and it's kind of weird that they include it for her and not cheetor (maybe just the predacons will have them? or just her). Her lower waist in bot mode looks better than mp too. Def buy, just a shame cheetor won't be and not having a complete team is going to be noticeable

The only way to display the Ark is by papermacheing some mountains to have it sticking out of. Robot mode will be wasted on it for me (unless it was animated omega).

This actually isn't the mutant head Blackarachnia has, it's the "normal" head of the original BA/Tarantulas mold; the mutant head is what they used for Tarantulas in the show, and Blackarachnia's show head was made up.

News Credits: 6 · Sun Sep 06, 2020 4:07 am

It would be nice to see The Last Autobot, realised as a figure. Commander or Titan Class could work really well.

On the subject of BA and her original face.

I've seen a lot of this:

made up a new head for Blackarachnia

Which to me, highlights people that didn't have the original Tarantulas/BA figure. Ignoring the box art, her model face is on the original toy.

Compare: The crest on her forehead, the helmet/hair on the rest of the head. If it were, say, all the same colour? Plus the arch around her mouth, looks an awful lot like where the hinge was on the original toy, for flipping between the two heads. Even the two "horns" on the Mutant Mask/Tarantulas head, are on the back of BA's head in the show.

It was just recoloured, but her show face was always on the original toy. It wasn't "made up" from nothing. #-o

News Credits: 19 · Sun Sep 06, 2020 4:56 am

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:
On the subject of BA and her original face.

Pffft everyone knows the origins of Blackarachnias face is the result of a lovechild between Hexadecimal and Ray Harryhausens Talos

News Credits: 6 · Sun Sep 06, 2020 4:57 am

blackeyedprime wrote:
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:
On the subject of BA and her original face.

Pffft everyone knows the origins of Blackarachnias face is the result of a lovechild between Hexadecimal and Ray Harryhausens Talos

Sun Sep 06, 2020 6:42 am

Blackarachnia is an instant buy. I might even get a second one so I can paint up the first one to look more show accurate. I was even contemplating designing an alternate head for her before the reveal of the swappable face. I might even design two or three with different expressions. Homg this is everything I could ever possibly want and more.

Oh uh yeah Arc sounds cool too.

News Credits: 6 · Sun Sep 06, 2020 6:47 am

We say the Ark is going to be in this line, but would it be the whole thing? I've noticed they've started to push iconic corridors and stuff with the Star Wars line now. So could this be a painted backdrop with a couple of consoles and bits from the show? I know a 3P console already exists*. This might just be HasTak playing catch-up again with an official release.

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