First Look at Transformers Animated Blackarachnia In-Package

Dude...

I really am starting to like this TF:Ani line. She LOOKS evil...does anyone remember who is voicing her?

Outstanding job! A must-get.

First-Aid wrote:Dude...

I really am starting to like this TF:Ani line. She LOOKS evil...does anyone remember who is voicing her?

cree summer does the voice... shes done lots of other voicework although nothing comes to mind right now off the top of my head...

also whats a grapnel hook? (look at the bottom right of the package)..lol

King Henrik wrote:

First-Aid wrote:Dude...

I really am starting to like this TF:Ani line. She LOOKS evil...does anyone remember who is voicing her?

cree summer does the voice... shes done lots of other voicework although nothing comes to mind right now off the top of my head...

also whats a grapnel hook? (look at the bottom right of the package)..lol

Yeah Cree Summer has done alot of shows like Disney's Gargolyes

Blackarachinia is one of the Animated figures I can tolerate. Overall the robot mode impressed me but the alt looks very lacking and dumb. I was only able to get the BM version of this character so I’ll be happy to add this one to my collection.

Already posted twice today. Can someone please merge the threads!

earlier thread

Very nice. But I'd rather see pics of her out of package. I see she's got some kind of grappling device like her original form. I hope we get more Beasties in Animated. If we can't get them as Universe Classics, at least we can get them in Animated.

I hate to be picky but... does anyone else think her front legs are too short?

frickin rad

Caelus wrote:I hate to be picky but... does anyone else think her front legs are too short?

not necessarily some spiders have proportionately small front legs and huge rear ones so i cant see why a toy one cant!

http://www.swiftinverts.com/pix/King4.jpg

http://www.slithercity.com/Home/Arachni ... Baboon.jpg

her two front leg pairs become her back robot appendages, so this perhaps gives a better looking robot mode.

microclone wrote:

Caelus wrote:I hate to be picky but... does anyone else think her front legs are too short?

not necessarily some spiders have proportionately small front legs and huge rear ones so i cant see why a toy one cant!

http://www.swiftinverts.com/pix/King4.jpg

http://www.slithercity.com/Home/Arachni ... Baboon.jpg

her two front leg pairs become her back robot appendages, so this perhaps gives a better looking robot mode.

The short pair of 'legs' in the first pic are pedipalps, technically mouthparts, but the second picture is a solid illustration of what you're saying.

But it's not that the design is implausible/unrealistic that bothers me, just that it is aesthetically displeasing.

That and the combination of the legs proportions and the apparently fused thorax and abdomen makes me think of a far less intimidating arachnid.

As far as the legs in robotmode, I'm sure you're right, although I wouldn't have minded a pair of longer legs on her back Techmarine style.

When will be the new Animated episodes? According to Cartoon Network Schedules, the next episodes are: feb.3: Home is where the spark is and feb.9-10: Total Meltdown.

Caelus wrote:

microclone wrote:

Caelus wrote:I hate to be picky but... does anyone else think her front legs are too short?

not necessarily some spiders have proportionately small front legs and huge rear ones so i cant see why a toy one cant!

http://www.swiftinverts.com/pix/King4.jpg

http://www.slithercity.com/Home/Arachni ... Baboon.jpg

her two front leg pairs become her back robot appendages, so this perhaps gives a better looking robot mode.

The short pair of 'legs' in the first pic are pedipalps, technically mouthparts, but the second picture is a solid illustration of what you're saying.

But it's not that the design is implausible/unrealistic that bothers me, just that it is aesthetically displeasing.

That and the combination of the legs proportions and the apparently fused thorax and abdomen makes me think of a far less intimidating arachnid.

As far as the legs in robotmode, I'm sure you're right, although I wouldn't have minded a pair of longer legs on her back Techmarine style.

you are correct, the first pair of appendages are the pedipalps and less to do with locomotion than sensory perception. The first three pairs of legs are significantly smaller than the rear pair though, i own four of these beasties so know first hand! and that other arachnid you link to, looks rather like a flea to me

microclone wrote:and that other arachnid you link to, looks rather like a flea to me

Doh fleas are insects aren't they? I always want to think they're arachnids like ticks.

Well, anyway, that's what I think of when I look at that figure. A flea.

from what i can see from the package she has a big butt

anyway thie figure looks great i never seen the previous figures of blackaracnia from beast wars to beast machines but i do like the realaism that this figure brings into spider mode really not sure when but when i do pick up some of these figures blackaracnia will be one of them.

it looks like the graplener hook is attached to her some how in robotmode and in spider mode so it looks like shes swinging from branch to branch like other real spiders do when the make webs or to cocoon there prey.

I'm not as impressed with this figure as some of the others in this line so far, but a few out of package pictures will definitely help, as stated by somebody else in this thread.

I think part of the problem(for me, at least) is that the whole "Decepticon insect" concept really hasn't evolved much since the G1 Insecticons. It feels like if you've seen one, then you've seen them all since they really are just slight variations on the original Insecticon. I'm not saying that makes for a bad figure, but it's hard to get overally excited for it.

But again, some more pictures will help.

I dont want to see the crappy looking box i want to see bot and alt modes. It looks ok but until i see the bot mode im not passing judgment.

Wow. That's actually an impressive figure

Cree Summer...uhm...Kids Next Door, Batman Beyond, Rugrats, Tiny Toons, Gargoyles...Oh! And she was the voice of Penny on Inspector Gadget!

Anther cool character flushed away... what a shame

Nice looking figure, I will happily add her to my Animated collection!

Meh, I'm still deciding whether or not to get her, I'm going to need to see more pics of Blackarachnia out of the box before I make my final decision. Other than that, her beast mode looks fantastic, I can't wait to see her in action in the show now!

Are there any photos of her bot mode?

Raven Guard wrote:Are there any photos of her bot mode?

As of right now, no, but we are all waiting for the big reveal.

Though I think her beast mode could've used more buglike features for the head, like compound eyes or a slightly more organic design, our preview shot of the mold in 'bot mode should look great with the deco they chose. Specifically, it'll look like the Blackarachnia from Beast Wars which we never saw decently represented as a toy. Hurrah! I can't think of a line that has a higher percentage of toys I want in my collection than Animated. Only Alternators equals it for me in that regard.

its ok i guess. not that great

Blackarachnia is on my maybe list as I always wanted a better version of her origional form. Still I'd like to see more pics before passing judgement.

I'm not kidding I will without a doubt buy every toy in this line no matter what.
I really love these toys. I cant wait to get BB.

I need to see better pics.
the spider mode looks a little strange.
Still her bot mode is great.
Weird how the first time we see painted pictures is in package. And so late.
Maybe she's wave 2. Will we be seeing Ratchet soon?
Or possibly a Jazz ?
We got a weird decepticon line-up right now.
A head as a leader.
Starscream
Muscle car Bounty hunter.
Spider fembot voiced by Cree Summers.
Doesn't get weirder than that.

Even though I'm 90% against anything BW related, Archer did say this was his favorite design he's seen and played with in a long time. I'll bank that opinion when I end up picking it up. I have a good feeling about the way this figure will turn out.

I actually really like the look of the alt mode...
Bot mode looks good too, but not totally impressed.
Not to mention, I'm not a fan of BW.

This is one Animated fig. that I may skip to save up some money for the Classics.
We'll see...

well now that i have seen the picture of the beast mode, there goes my idea of the toy being a repaint of BW blackarachina (transmetal)

cool.

her face actually looks similar to her TransMetal form. i'm getting this if this is show-accurate; we can never have enough beastformers.

Whoa.
I just noticed what that claw does.
It retracts!
If she can use it in spider mode, that'd be the fucking shit

Eh... crappy - Animated Deluxes have really nice, fresh looking packaging though.