Agreed. To me, the changes to the beast mode are significant enough to reduce cartoon accuracy, and those aesthetic changes also carry over to the bot modes as well. The BW updates we've been getting are absolutely highly referential of the old toon designs, yet at the same time there are enough deviations where I cannot consider them to be cartoon accurate. Hell, to name off a few inaccuracies in bot mode alone among some figures, without even touching some peoples complaints about Rhinox:
Cheetor: wrong positioning for his cheetah head
Rattrap: missing 2 rat feet on his back
Megatron: hand is exposed on his tail arm, shape of dino head is wrong

Anyone who thinks the Kingdom BW updates are actually show accurate isn't paying attention to the finer details.

 

What annoys me about that isn't the inaccuracy, but the fact you can tell at some point the tail was planned to come off his forearm and serve as an accessory with a 5mm port and then....possibly for stability reasons? They ditched it.

 

Damn budget cuts....

 

Ah right I remember this. Their goal was to provide character updates that are updates in robot mode but more real world accurate accurate beast mode ( accurate to real animals not the show while the robot mode are fairly accurate to the show)

 

Yea, that always bugged me as well

 

I don't think it's even that. It seems like the peg/hole is still there of anyone was brave enough to try busting it apart.

 

Not brave enough here.  

 

Bad news, chief. I got it in hand and it's only made things worse.

 

Hauler was so horrified in that moment that his face broke, and he was stuck with that expression forever.

 

On a serious note, Inferno in hand is great. The beast head transforms in such a way that there's no visible bot parts from top or bottom, and the ant legs are super stable. On top of that, the ant-butt pegs together around the legs, which also peg together. The whole thing is *super* stable.

Also, for any JP BW fans or even JP-curious....this guy could totally pull off a great Transquito/BigMos.

 

One of the greatest shelfwarmers of Beast Wars getting redone and then remolded into one of the other greatest shelfwarmer of Beast Wars would be incredible. But as someone who unironically loved Transquito as a kid, that would be a day 1 preorder.

 

I can't put him down, he's awesome and I love the beast mode.

 

"Feeling cute. Might get blown up later idk..."

 

Mine arrived yesterday. I love him.

 

I absolutely love the beast mode. It’s just so deeply satisfying to have him stand so tall and not collapse under his own weight like the original. Fantastic detail and the eyes are just so wonderful expressive.



Bot mode is certainly elevated by the fantastic head sculpt and it’s great to see that fourth hidden butt flap. I know some are put off by the faux legs, but they push all the right nostalgia buttons for me.

 

He's a great toy. I love the opening mouth and the great ant mode

 

Got mine at target today!

 

I need to go out and hit some Targets tomorrow....

 

Okay, that was fun, but how about we go search for Inferno now?