Beast Wars Masterpiece Blackarachnia MP46

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by oku, Feb 9, 2019.

  1. Joalro

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    Absolutely. There is a lot to be improved on this beast mode. As I said twice now (god I always get so repetitive when I'm excited), my biggest complaint is just how the abdomen looks like from the front. If there was just a small panel that could pop out of the hourglass to fill in that front area, I'd bump the beast mode up a full notch (7.5-8). It is the most compromised beast mode (though Dinobot's beast legs being backwards bothers me a little too). But it's right at that acceptable limit. I'm not mad or disappointed, but I'm not jumping off the walls crying at the magic of Takara. I'm satisfied.
     
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    Is it perfect? No. Is it as good as we could’ve possibly expected? Yes.
     
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    Yup, she looks show accurate to me.
     
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    Spider mode is still a little rough but thankfully better than those first pics. Bring it on.
     
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    Either the smiling face is quite subtle or we haven't seen it yet or the cord. The 'poison anchor' is her grapple gun...cos it's shapped like an anchor ;) 
     
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    did we see this one already?

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  7. Joalro

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    The thing that is shaped like an anchor is the anchor missile, no?

    Yup, but no one is going to be overly bothered seeing it again!
     
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  8. ElekTriC

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    oke :p  then i missed it for some reason.. :( 
     
  9. Dachande

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    In the cross-legged pic specifically, and a few others, it seems as though she either has a waist rocker or an ab-crunch. In a few shots it looks like one hip is higher than the other.
     
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    Yes...ergo the poison anchor must be the gun itself.
     
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  11. Dev1160

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    Dang, these new photos are nice!
     
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    Can she change her faction logo?

    Wait....did she ever change her faction logo in the show?
     
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    Looking at it, it looks like one thigh is higher than the other in order to make it cross legged, but it looks like the crotch area can move up on either side in order to make room for the legs, like MP-36.
     
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    anything on her height?
     
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    Looks great to me in both modes. That spider on the web is excellent, and I may end up displaying her that way.

    Separately but relatedly, can we please lay off the anatomy comments? It’s not a good look and I can’t imagine that it comes across as welcoming to female members.
     
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    She's perfect!
     
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    Hard to tell and it might just be the angle, but the one pic of her (gray background, machine gun legs) looks like it might have a smirking face.
     
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  19. Joalro

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    I agree completely with this sentiment, but I actually haven't seen a lot of it. At least, not so much recently. Is this a general request, or did I miss something?

    Nevermind... I think I see it.
     
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  20. Sam

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    Though the ‘action figure’ element doesn’t apply that much to Blackarachnia, whose only articulation in beast mode are her mandibles and legs. While that might lead to ‘sacrifices’ in the beast mode of others, doesn’t seem to be the case for her. Blame those ‘sacrifices’ on her small size most of all, I suppose.
    I’d say if her thighs had been Dinobot sized they could’ve incorporated the clever folding out panels he has in his. Other such tricks the designers are used to using just can’t be applied at the smaller scale.

    I feel a little more confident that Rattrap and Terrorsaur won’t turn out so bad. And a lot less confident in any thing Takara puts out on display at a toy show.
     
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  21. MarikZero

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    No, as she doesn't change faction logo in the show.

    Btw it seems like I was pretty close :) 

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    Looks better to me. I'm a bit sad about the feet, tho'...I suppose they've colored them black to fit better in spider mode, but since her spider form is already compromised, wasn't it better to leave them purple and make her 100% show accurate?
     
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