Transformers Kingdom News with Blackarachnia Video Review and Possible Glimpse at Titan Class Ark
Saturday, September 5th, 2020 8:03PM CDT
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We also have what could be our first glimpse at the Titan Class ark toy that will be released in the Kingdom line. We see it in ark mode and we see Teletraan 1. The image comes from Marco Madrys.
We thank fellow seibertronians Wonko-the-sane, Sabrblade, Dominus Prime and Sol magnus for informing us of these two awesome pieces of news.
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Posted by william-james88 on September 5th, 2020 @ 8:04pm CDT
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!
Posted by Brokebot on September 5th, 2020 @ 8:21pm CDT
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on September 5th, 2020 @ 8:51pm CDT
Alright, Hasbro. I'll play your game, you rogue.
Posted by Ultra Markus on September 5th, 2020 @ 9:43pm CDT
maybe hang it from the ceiling and also they should do the nemisis as well
Posted by Jeddostotle7 on September 5th, 2020 @ 10:21pm CDT
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:
Posted by mech_dh on September 5th, 2020 @ 10:29pm CDT
Posted by Sentinel_Primal on September 5th, 2020 @ 10:50pm CDT
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
Posted by Deadput on September 5th, 2020 @ 10:53pm CDT
I might still get Cheetor if only because of Cyberverse since I didn't get the Cyberverse Cheetor figures.
Posted by Sabrblade on September 5th, 2020 @ 11:03pm CDT
Posted by -WonkoTheSane- on September 5th, 2020 @ 11:05pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:The current rumor is that the Ark will have a Last Autobot/Vector Prime-inspired robot mode.
I'd buy that!
Posted by Tuned Agent on September 5th, 2020 @ 11:15pm CDT
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.
Posted by megamanfan on September 5th, 2020 @ 11:23pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on September 5th, 2020 @ 11:25pm CDT
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.
Posted by bacem on September 5th, 2020 @ 11:50pm CDT
Posted by Wolfman Jake on September 6th, 2020 @ 12:02am CDT
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.
Posted by Sentinel_Primal on September 6th, 2020 @ 1:00am CDT
Posted by Jeddostotle7 on September 6th, 2020 @ 1:25am CDT
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.
Posted by Ultra Markus on September 6th, 2020 @ 1:46am CDT
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
Posted by blackeyedprime on September 6th, 2020 @ 3:16am CDT
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).
Posted by Jeddostotle7 on September 6th, 2020 @ 3:28am CDT
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.
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on September 6th, 2020 @ 4:07am CDT
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.
Posted by blackeyedprime on September 6th, 2020 @ 4:56am CDT
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
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on September 6th, 2020 @ 4:57am CDT
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
Posted by TheAmazingBrave on September 6th, 2020 @ 6:42am CDT
Oh uh yeah Arc sounds cool too.
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on September 6th, 2020 @ 6:47am CDT
X2TOYS BG-A2 Teletraan 1
Posted by Otaku-mus Prime on September 6th, 2020 @ 8:18am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on September 6th, 2020 @ 8:30am CDT
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on September 6th, 2020 @ 9:39am CDT
Posted by blackeyedprime on September 6th, 2020 @ 10:11am CDT
*forearm kibble must do something...hoping it does anyway.
Posted by griftimus prime on September 6th, 2020 @ 10:12am CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on September 6th, 2020 @ 10:16am CDT
Posted by Hellscream9999 on September 6th, 2020 @ 10:17am CDT
blackeyedprime wrote:*forearm kibble must do something
It sits there and bugs you
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on September 6th, 2020 @ 10:17am CDT
Posted by aronjlove on September 6th, 2020 @ 12:33pm CDT
Posted by ZeroWolf on September 6th, 2020 @ 12:43pm CDT
While not the first update this classic character has received, this one looks to be the most faithful to the toy and the animation model from the G1 cartoon.
We have embedded the review below for your convenience:
What do you think of Warpath? Will you be getting him? Ley us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!
Posted by sol magnus on September 6th, 2020 @ 1:03pm CDT
Warpath is probably not as good as I would have liked him to be, but not unacceptable. He's definitely shorter than Moist.
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on September 6th, 2020 @ 1:24pm CDT
Posted by AcademyofDrX on September 6th, 2020 @ 1:42pm CDT
Posted by blackeyedprime on September 6th, 2020 @ 1:49pm CDT
I'm happy with it size wise and it will probably look good in tank mode paired with Omega Supremes base mode.
If Hasbro do a MP of this guy I'm sure it will more than rival third partys.
No shield or parts forming, not sure if it could have benefited from it but it looks fairly good as is.
Posted by WeatherManNX01 on September 6th, 2020 @ 2:22pm CDT
Posted by -WonkoTheSane- on September 6th, 2020 @ 2:22pm CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:Greetings Seibertronians! Thanks to the keen eyes of fellow Seibertron users, Praxiusprime77, Hokutron and Aronjlove, we've learned that YouTube toy reviewer, TonTon Reviews has uploaded another Transformers Kingdom review! This time, it's everyone's favourite tank minibot, Warpath! Kapow!
While not the first update this classic character has received, this one looks to be the most faithful to the toy and the animation model from the G1 cartoon.
We have embedded the review below for your convenience:
What do you think of Warpath? Will you be getting him? Ley us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!
Posted by ZeroWolf on September 6th, 2020 @ 2:31pm CDT
Posted by Emerje on September 6th, 2020 @ 2:50pm CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:I wonder what all the talk of a parts forming shield was all about with regards to Warpath
I'm guessing the leaker saw his butt flap pop off and just assumed it turned into a shield.
I like it. The size is pretty much spot on, I wouldn't have been happy if he was the same size as Cliffjumper, but I know there's others that didn't want him to be the size of a normal deluxe so it's a fine compromise. Engineering-wise he has a nice sense of complexity compared to Cheetor (who didn't need to be that complex to begin with).
Emerje
Posted by Notimus Crime on September 6th, 2020 @ 3:02pm CDT
Posted by SciFi80sGameFan on September 6th, 2020 @ 3:07pm CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on September 6th, 2020 @ 3:10pm CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on September 6th, 2020 @ 3:17pm CDT
SciFi80sGameFan wrote:I'm so shocked with Hasbro - the king of repaints. They do not mske a mold unless they can milk at least 10 different versions of repaints out of it. So ypu would thibk they would have took the horrible waste of a chatacter slot of Earthrise Voyager Megatron and made him Warpath, right? That was my very first thought when I heard about this Megatron 6 months ago. It was an obvious no brainer they would reutilize the mold and actually give us what we want...A nice large sized g1 accurate non "H" tank, but one that has full treads. Hasbro, why on God's earth would you spend and waste money on a new smaller mold when all you had to do was add a new head and some red paint on Eathrise Megs and call it a day. I would have so wanted that. But now that you instead made this smaller mold, what are you going to do with it? How are you going to adhear to your cheap policies and reutilize this mold into more characters? The only one I can think of is Blitzwibg, but I wouldn't even buy that one because it would be too small. You should have just used Earthrise Voyager Megatron as a mold for Warpath and retool it for Blitzwing. Such a wasted opportunity and a waste of money developing a smaller mold for Warpath that cannot be reutilized for any other mainstream G1 character.
Honestly I think you could get more mileage out of this Warpath than Megatron. You can squeeze out obscure dudes like Gutcruncher (who I’m really hoping for) and Gobots Treds and maybe other characters. Megatron is so unique to himself that it’s hard to do anyone else other than different versions of himself, it was the biggest reason why I didn’t buy Combiner Wars Warpath. The recently revealed Selects G2 version is pretty good, and I could see them doing the purpley G2 Hero version as well, and if they’re feeling really saucey maybe even do a Robots in Disguise Bludgeon
Posted by blackeyedprime on September 6th, 2020 @ 3:21pm CDT
SciFi80sGameFan wrote: But now that you instead made this smaller mold, what are you going to do with it? How are you going to adhear to your cheap policies and reutilize this mold into .
Mean green is the obvious choice... Okay so I dunno his name but the ehobby dimension explorer guy would even fit the Kingdom theme.
Posted by Nemesis Primal on September 6th, 2020 @ 3:32pm CDT
Cheetor, Blackarachnia, and Warpath all look great, first off, I'm buying all of them. Ark would be cool, but I have yet to buy a Titan figure and I don't intend to start now.
In terms of a battle-damaged Netflix Cheetor, there is an advantage here over the repaints of the G1 guys in that there were episodes of BW where they actually had battle damage. If they do anything resembling the systems damage from Dark Voyage, that would I think be best case scenario.
Decepticon Stryker wrote:On another note, have there been any rumors of a Tarantulas figure? If there is one, it'd have to be either a new mold or very extensive retool of Blackarachnia.
Nothing on Tarantulas in the leak of the entire mainline, so he'll have to be an exclusive of some sort.
Emerje wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:I wonder what all the talk of a parts forming shield was all about with regards to Warpath
I'm guessing the leaker saw his butt flap pop off and just assumed it turned into a shield
Having gone and fact-checked the shield leaks:
Leaker 1 (OG Kingdom leaker): Shield exists, those unhappy about Cliffjumper won't like it
Leaker 2 (Credible from Siege/ER): Shield exists, more akin to Trailbreaker's in that it isn't a giant piece of his altmode, around buckler size, pegs into underside of tank to help hold it together, TonTon is missing the piece entirely or is going to make an entire second video about it because he missed it in this one like the Blackarachnia mask.
Mindmaster wrote:SciFi80sGameFan wrote:I'm so shocked with Hasbro - the king of repaints. They do not mske a mold unless they can milk at least 10 different versions of repaints out of it. So ypu would thibk they would have took the horrible waste of a chatacter slot of Earthrise Voyager Megatron and made him Warpath, right? That was my very first thought when I heard about this Megatron 6 months ago. It was an obvious no brainer they would reutilize the mold and actually give us what we want...A nice large sized g1 accurate non "H" tank, but one that has full treads. Hasbro, why on God's earth would you spend and waste money on a new smaller mold when all you had to do was add a new head and some red paint on Eathrise Megs and call it a day. I would have so wanted that. But now that you instead made this smaller mold, what are you going to do with it? How are you going to adhear to your cheap policies and reutilize this mold into more characters? The only one I can think of is Blitzwibg, but I wouldn't even buy that one because it would be too small. You should have just used Earthrise Voyager Megatron as a mold for Warpath and retool it for Blitzwing. Such a wasted opportunity and a waste of money developing a smaller mold for Warpath that cannot be reutilized for any other mainstream G1 character.
Honestly I think you could get more mileage out of this Warpath than Megatron. You can squeeze out obscure dudes like Gutcruncher (who I’m really hoping for) and Gobots Treds and maybe other characters. Megatron is so unique to himself that it’s hard to do anyone else other than different versions of himself, it was the biggest reason why I didn’t buy Combiner Wars Warpath. The recently revealed Selects G2 version is pretty good, and I could see them doing the purpley G2 Hero version as well, and if they’re feeling really saucey maybe even do a Robots in Disguise Bludgeon
There's also the leaked Slammer, which is currently theorized to be a retool of this Warpath, and a Voyager Warpath would have been too big anyway (unless this was a figure of WfC/FoC Warpath out of nowhere).
Posted by Munkky on September 6th, 2020 @ 3:55pm CDT