Buff Pecs and scientists go hand in hand. I mean look at Shockwave , that's one of the best pectorals in G1 alongside Prime , Megatron, Soundwave and Ironhide/Ratchet. I would imagine pectoral augmentation is an experiment many scientists would gladly use themselves as guinea pigs for. Heck even Banner is the poster boy for jacked scientists , I know he ain't mad , but the Hulk sure is.
Would’ve liked them to have fur detail on them though, it would carry over the “realistic” animal modes that the Kingdom toys had. Still it is good that they gave us more show accuracy than real.
Apparently Tarantulas was designed by Shogo Hasui (or at least he was one of the designers) the same guy who had a hand in designing/designed SS86 Grimlock, Core Soundwave, Earthrise Wheeljack, Earthrise Cliffjumper and Earthrise Starscream
@@PerspectiveEnd You say that Earthrise Cliffjumper's terrible... Yeah, not sure if you did a review on GI Joe Crossovers Megatron, but that makes the Cliffjumper mold look like a masterpiece...
Super happy you found one. I just went into target with my pregnant wife by circumstances and found myself in the transformers section. It was just sitting there. What can I say, I got lucky, and it blends in so well with my Halloween decorations 🤪
Yeah, it is a bit odd that they changed the type of Spider he was, because he was a relatively accurate Tarantula before. I think they did it because they wanted it to have more eyes, and Tarantulas are Cyclopes.
Since we finally got the beast wars season 1 crew,I hope for the transmetal designs to get new figures,or a characters from the original toyline or the idw 2006/2021 comics,like polar claw(he sadly got cancelled from kingdom),and nyx,skold and scourge,bonecrusher,spittor and B'boom etc....
to be honest,I think we should get a new roadbuster to recreate that scene from idw were trantulas pops out from roadbuster's head,what a terffying violent scene !
Maybe the reason why Shockwave and Tarantulas have never been a team is because their personalities are such polar opposites. Shockwave is an apathetic, logical thinking scientist, and Tarantulas is a crazy, sadistic, spawn of Unicron of an inventor.
Oh my god I am so glad that this was the first transformer I got that I could actually appreciate. Honestly one of the best toys to play with and transform, and the spider mode doesn't even trigger my arachnophobia that much! solid toy, even solider video.
I’m not even that big of a Tarantulas guy and I love how this mold looks. Definitely want him. Also you forgot the TFCC and BotCon Tarantulases, but considering they weren’t at general retail, I get why you wouldn’t include them. A shame, really- TFCC Tarantulas looks SICK.
Apart from the ugly slit in the middle of the torso this is perfect, I guess it helps that the og beast wars tarantulas was so good too (even for today's standards)
This thing looks sick! I can't wait to have him. And you're right, we need at least a short story of him and Shockwave interacting. If I have to make it myself, so be it.
Yep not much else to say. He's great. Glad he's actually a nice dark purple than the pinkish color the promotional photos appeared to be, then again he did look kinda pink depending on the lighting in the show sometimes so maybe that was the same thing here. Can we just point out though this dudes first solo episode involves him preparing to cannibalize Cheetor? Unicron spawn indeed
This was the last figure I needed for my beast wars season one collection. He fits in well with the other predacons and the engineering is very good for a deluxe and the transformation is fun
Do you have like a representation of Rampage, and Depthcharge for it as well, or do you have a more limited scope for your BW collection than "All the show characters?"
@@PerspectiveEnd I limit myself to only one version of a figure so I won't get the Netflix cheetor or the premium finish. Also for my collection if hasbro makes any in legacy I'll like to get characters that aren't in the show. If hasbro does make more characters from the later seasons I will get them that includes transmetals (maybe ones like transmetal 1 megatron I don't want to get because he's just a metal version of his alt mode) I will get characters like Rampage if they get released in Legacy or the toyline after
Wave 2 of Legacy’s once again proven why it’s the best wave so far in the line, Tarantulas being one bit of evidence. Pretty much everything’s flawless with this figure, but there are still a few things in the sculpt that you’ve pointed out. That aside though Tarantulas is just an epic figure with great paint, plastic usage, transformation and accessories. I’d say that the most insulting thing though is that on his toy bio on Hasbro’s TF website his intelligence is 4 out of 10 when we all know that his is way higher!
Outstanding review PersepectiveEnd!!! Tarantulas was at the top of my list of Legacy figures to collect. :D Fingers crossed that BW Inferno gets released ahead of the other Legacy Wave 3 figures so we can complete our cast of BW season 1 Predacons. Keep on being amazing.
@@PerspectiveEnd I agree. Going by the fact that Amazon has wave 2 deluxes street dated for Dec. release, but they are showing up now, with Legacy wave 3 street dated for Feb. 2023, I have a feeling that Legacy wave 3 is going to get released during November, just in time for the Christmas shopping season.
Legacy tarantulas reminds me of why I love the beast wars predacon designs and... God how could I forget this figure existed. welp time to get one I guess. Great vid mate!
I mean yeah but there's something so badass about the insect/arachnid designs that tickles my fancy... Well excluding black arachnia. Too much spider tibby... And that's a thought I shouldn't have put into my head
@@PerspectiveEnd yeah it was a box set recreating the Tripredicus combiner from Beast Wars and it had Cicadacon Ramhorn Ravage Sea Clamp and Tarantulas plus the whole theme of Botcon 2016 was Beast Wars
I don’t care much about beast wars, but this just looked cool. Very happy I picked it up. As well as everything you mentioned here I’m impressed the spider legs can hold it up in beast mode and even give him an about to jump/attack angled pose. Great review 👍
Tarantulas is easily one of the best characters in the show. One of my favorites. Not sure I'll get this figure though, or at least specifically seek him out. Like you said it's borderline perfect but I vastly prefer his transmetal form. I won't turn him down if I come across him though.
The tfcc tarantulas which is a retool from the rts wreck gar make sense since his transmetal had a "motorcycle" and it has 2 spider drones which can turn into his claws which is genius
This has been my problem since kingdom. They left out some of the MOST important Core characters in favor of more G1. Hell there are even Beastformers in there who had much less of an Impact than Tarantulas.
I have a theory that Hasbro had deliberately left him out of Kingdom because they knew that having a core member of the Predacons in the sequel line which we all know as Legacy now would boost the chance for people to get hooked on the line. The same applies to BW Inferno as well.
So about a couple months ago, I just happened to be checking my local Walmart to see if I can find any new figures and I just happened to extremely lucky finding both tarantulas and elita 1 wrapped together in a two pack on sale with an even better discount price for both of them together.. originally the price was somewhere around what you would normally pay for one deluxe class, and the one that I found I just ended up paying seven bucks for both of them
I think they originally intended shockwave to be the alternate origin for tarantulas and the tri predacus council, as you said they are similar, both shockwave and the tripredacous concil both influence stuff on earth from cybertron, and even if the ark was destroyed shockwave would still be alive
That's a reasonable supposition Now. Back in the Day Shockwave wasn't a Mad Scientist. The whole Mad Science Angle really developed in the Dreamwave Comics in the 2000s.
Alt-mode reminds me of a face-hugger from Alien.. Ah, here's an idea for a TF Collab; Alien Vs Beast Wars. The set can consist of a Predacon that transforms into a Xenomorph! While I do like the look of this Tarantulas (which is spot on to the show model), I might wait to see if they do a redeco with OG toy colours; since it'll look more like the one I had as a kid.
The only accuracy issues I have with him is that the back of his head isn’t black with the yellow stripe and I’m pretty sure where his belly is shouldn’t be purple. I’m really happy with this guy though, even if his wrists are too high up they still look really great overall I also remember watching beast wars last year and remember disliking tarantulus’ design a lot, I found his transmetal form sooooo much better. But once I saw this figure I was just drawn to it. Idk how I like the design more here now but I do so yay
@@PerspectiveEnd yea I’m really not sure. Because this figure seems really accurate and I love it. I’m currently rewatching beast wars and I like the design so yea really not sure what I was thinking. Maybe because I liked his transmetal design so much and it made me dislike the original, idk
It's not a secret that I'm not a Beast Wars fan in the sense that when the show originally came out, I was a teenager more focused in chasing girls in high school instead of playing with toys or watching cartoons, but I've recognized more than once and I do it again that this is the ONLY figure from Beast Wars that I truly and madly WANT! ... He look so mean and mysterious (just like Shockwave do), and his alternate mode (beyond been creepy and terrifying) is just FLAWLESS!
Did you ever watch the Show after your teenage years? Mean and Mysterious are ways to Describe Tarantuals, but I don't feel like they give off his mad Tweaker Energy.
@@PerspectiveEnd yes I did, and I like the plot and the character development, however, I don't like the biological animal appearance for Transformers as a concept (no fur on my robots skin, thank you! 😆)... I prefer the traditional mechanical beasts look in general, but Tarantulas is an exception to that rule for me!
So I’ve started watching beast wars and well… it’s fucking awesome! I’m now even more excited for my tarantulas to arrive because I really like the character now
@@PerspectiveEnd well the chances of a new mold is still like a 50/50 split if it happening and it not. Look at jhiaxus, tarantulas, and the new cosmos. All are new molds, but if anything, i think if scrounge weren’t a new mold, it would probably be a remold and retool of cosmos like the last figure
On waffling, note that ABS parts can't be too thick at any point, or they need to spend a lot longer cooling in the mold to not warp. It's a money saving thing, but it's purpose isn't just to save on plastic. It's a legitimate design constraint if they want their factories to have any kind of decent throughput. I'm not saying Hasbro isn't being cheap 95% of the time, but on a figure like Tarantulas who has so many spindly parts you can't just solve the problem the classic way by splitting every part into multiple sections that screw together so all the hollowness is on the inside. You can see that they did do this on his thighs, which is nice because when Hasbro is being really cheap it won't even do that.
@@PerspectiveEnd You will rarely find many parts on a transformer where the walls of the plastic are more than a millimeter or two thick. When that does happen it's usually on something load bearing, like a waist joint, or short and stumpy, like a gun handle. Take a look at MMC Incursus's skirt armor, for example, and you'll see MMC glued in a filler piece instead of molding it all as one piece. I'm willing to bet Hasbro wasn't willing to do that on Tarantulas, not just because of the cost, but also because that'd be a choking hazard with how small the filler pieces would need to be. Mold degradation is absolutely a thing, but I'm willing to bet that often what people blame on mold degradation is actually just Hasbro not leaving the parts to cool in the mold for long enough. A bad mold will mess with tolerances and cause bleeding on the separation lines, but shouldn't cause excessive warping, which is what I often see on the line-filler and "impulse buy"-tier repaints where it's obvious Hasbro didn't give a damn.
To be honest, I am surprised we haven't gotten a Devcon in about 8 years, especially since the 22 86 Scourge mold, I would really want it in legacy. Heck, easy money for Hasbro, repaint iguanas, and call him Slizardo. It hurts when Hasbro doesn't do something obvious like that.
I cannot wait for my copy of this figure! The only bummer is that, since I live in Croatia, I had to order him from a croatian website so I can get him. Unfortunately it takes 10-14 days to get to me, so it will miss my birthday by a couple of days. But at least it will make up for it by being an awsome figure. Also i got ROTF deluxe Soundwave as an early birthday gift, and I have to say that he is great! (I reccomend it)
Happy Birthday in a few days. 14 days is pretty typical for shipping, that's not too much worse than a lot of what I have to deal with if I'm not buying through Amazon.
My brother had this theory that the majority of the original beast wars characters were descendents of some of G1 characters. For instance: -cheetor -> hot rod -primal -> prime -rattrap -> bumblebee (somehow haha) -tarantulas -> shockwave -terrasaur -> starscream
I had a feeling that the Wave 2 Legacy figures were going to be covered next (now that I think about, and I don't want to rush you, is there going to be a What's the Best: Legacy Wave 1?). And I'm thinking about getting Legacy Elita-1. (I still have no interest in the rest of the Legacy line (because I'm thinking about scaling down the collecting for a bit), especially since I have the Kingdom Blackarachnia.)
I'll answer that question. Because Hasbro can't go two days without another cup of G-1 cup. Anyway, I need this figure. Tarantulas was one of my favorite characters from Beast Wars, and this looks amazing.
Yes you do need this, Tarantulas was awesome, one of the best ACTUAL villains from Beast Wars, and not just an Idiot being manipulated for Megatrons benifit.
you know what sucks ? I LOVE tarantulas, hes my all time favorite transformers character, and when they revealed this figure i was hyped, and this is from everyone i hear a great figure, and yet he havent arrived here once, most of wave 2 didnt make it here and even when i went outside of my country i still never found him
The accuracy is amazing, but that tarantula mode is what truly sold me on this figure. I can use that to scare sooooo many people. My girlfriend is def gonna hate it. I can't buy it rn cuz I'm no longer working while I'm in college, but it'll be worth the wait for when I am able to buy it :)
@@PerspectiveEnd I thought it would be like with Blackarachnia, where the transformation would be weird, and it wouldn't end up looking right, and now after this review, non-blast-compatible-legs aside ... It's a pretty good figure. And, you know... Purple green and black is a jam
Unrelated but. I’m kinda pissed at this in the shattered glass line. Way too many autobots compared to decepticons. We got megatron and starscream. The only other ones we have are flamewar, but they could’ve released her as a regular universe version, what about her design makes her different for shattered glass? And then slicer, a nothing character that I’m surprised wasn’t just wheeljack. Give us soundwave, shockwave, maybe even a galvatron, or cyclonus. Someone who is an actual character
I am just loving chug again now. I know people love kingdom, but I was so disinterested because my stores would never get the good figures. But legacy is just what I want in a line.
I mean swap the inferno’s and pipes with tarantulas then we have more beast wars in kingdom. I’m super excited for this to arrive cause it looks so cool in bug mode and to get the transart version. Also a steal for being a deluxe
I mean that would be true, but that still means that Kingdom was more about G1 than it was Beast Wars when the numbers shouldn't even have been close. It should have been like 20 maybe 30% about G1. Not over 50.
I did have the chance to pick this up at a mall when I got Wild Rider and Knock Out, but they were charging essentially Voyager prices for them due to mall overhead/scarcity so I had to leave Tarantalus and Elita-1 for the future, plus it would probably be unfair to deny another collector as they had only one of each out at the time.
It’s not bad; some minor issues with the joints [specifically in the hips] wanting to stay in set positions without having soft ratchets. A minor step down from Drag Strip but worth it, at least for me.
Over the past couple of years it’s honestly been so cool to get Beast Wars characters again. Even with Kingdom making the alt mode “accurate to real animals” I’m still so grateful that Hasbro is giving Beast Wars a shot again. It was so weird that after Beast Wars basically saved Transformers they were so afraid to do anything with it besides Wasp and Black Arachnia in Animated. But even though Kingdom the show was an embarrassment it’s so cool getting these figures of all these characters. I hope that after they make all the beast wars characters they want they start using other series Designs in shows again so that way other transformers fans can have there favorite transformers series too. Even though Legacy is doing this so far with including at least 1 character from ever series ever I think that having a line of like let’s say Aramada again would be pretty cool. Though not anytime soon as right now Transformers is in need of originality with there shows and designs.
It has been cool to get beast wars again, don't get me wrong it's kind of a dream come true, but at the same time I can't help but feel slighted. The whole WFC was an Embarrassment, Kingdom was just worse for taking a perfect story and trying to puppet it's corpse around for easy credit. Transformers more than anything needs a good show, weather or not it's original, or not, it just needs to be uncompromisingly good.
The sculpting on this figure makes Tarantulas look like the most jacked scientist in all of Transformers.
I mean he always kind of was a bit big for a mad scientist.
@@PerspectiveEnd mad scientists get mad gains
@@olchapplobro5258 Next thing you know, the next Transformers show will make everyone buff.
Buff Pecs and scientists go hand in hand. I mean look at Shockwave , that's one of the best pectorals in G1 alongside Prime , Megatron, Soundwave and Ironhide/Ratchet.
I would imagine pectoral augmentation is an experiment many scientists would gladly use themselves as guinea pigs for.
Heck even Banner is the poster boy for jacked scientists , I know he ain't mad , but the Hulk sure is.
Wheeljack wishes he was him
I didnt even notice the hollow spider legs until you pointed it out,
Thats how good tarantulas is
Yeah, and that's me looking for things to comment on, and I only barely noticed.
Would’ve liked them to have fur detail on them though, it would carry over the “realistic” animal modes that the Kingdom toys had. Still it is good that they gave us more show accuracy than real.
Apparently Tarantulas was designed by Shogo Hasui (or at least he was one of the designers) the same guy who had a hand in designing/designed SS86 Grimlock, Core Soundwave, Earthrise Wheeljack, Earthrise Cliffjumper and Earthrise Starscream
Well... That's something... He's got 3 AMAZING winners there, and then 3 absolute pieces of Trash... Well Wheeljack is Tolerable but not good.
@@PerspectiveEnd You say that Earthrise Cliffjumper's terrible... Yeah, not sure if you did a review on GI Joe Crossovers Megatron, but that makes the Cliffjumper mold look like a masterpiece...
So it seems like the quality of the toys that he designs seems to be a complete crapshoot.
Super happy you found one. I just went into target with my pregnant wife by circumstances and found myself in the transformers section. It was just sitting there. What can I say, I got lucky, and it blends in so well with my Halloween decorations 🤪
So you have a Tarantulas? Congrats man. It's a great little guy and perfect for Halloween this year.
@@PerspectiveEnd yeah I have it set up with my decorations lol
What's interesting about his alt mode (at least this version) is that he's not even a tarantula, he looks more like the Australian Huntsman spider.
Yeah, it is a bit odd that they changed the type of Spider he was, because he was a relatively accurate Tarantula before. I think they did it because they wanted it to have more eyes, and Tarantulas are Cyclopes.
Well they have the same amount of eyes, but they're a lot closer together and smaller.
@@PerspectiveEnd He is a Tarantula Wolf Spider. The OG Tarantula
Cheetor: They never learn!
Tarantulas [in the shadows]: But when will YOU learn, Pussycat?
You gotta love just how Bad Tarantulas Messes up Cheetor.
Since we finally got the beast wars season 1 crew,I hope for the transmetal designs to get new figures,or a characters from the original toyline or the idw 2006/2021 comics,like polar claw(he sadly got cancelled from kingdom),and nyx,skold and scourge,bonecrusher,spittor and B'boom etc....
I hope so too. I'd love to see Toy only characters, and The Transmetals.
@@PerspectiveEnd your voice is so annoying, Cringey and you talk like a annoying & Cringey yappy headed Fanboy
to be honest,I think we should get a new roadbuster to recreate that scene from idw were trantulas pops out from roadbuster's head,what a terffying violent scene !
Yes, but only if he has an Exploded Head Gimmick.
I did that with mmc roadbuster it works well
Maybe the reason why Shockwave and Tarantulas have never been a team is because their personalities are such polar opposites. Shockwave is an apathetic, logical thinking scientist, and Tarantulas is a crazy, sadistic, spawn of Unicron of an inventor.
after getting my copy, there appears to be a really well camouflaged predacon logo on his right thigh
indeed there is. Very hard to see.
I'm really excited about this guy. He's one of my favorite characters and they did a great job with him here.
Yeah Tarantulas was AWESOME, and this is a great version of him.
Oh my god I am so glad that this was the first transformer I got that I could actually appreciate. Honestly one of the best toys to play with and transform, and the spider mode doesn't even trigger my arachnophobia that much! solid toy, even solider video.
I’m not even that big of a Tarantulas guy and I love how this mold looks. Definitely want him.
Also you forgot the TFCC and BotCon Tarantulases, but considering they weren’t at general retail, I get why you wouldn’t include them. A shame, really- TFCC Tarantulas looks SICK.
I flat out did not know that thing existed period. It is so weird.
Apart from the ugly slit in the middle of the torso this is perfect, I guess it helps that the og beast wars tarantulas was so good too (even for today's standards)
His abbs are a bit gross looking.
"It's a big f**k-off spider."
That is honestly the best way to describe him in Spider mode.
It's the only correct way to describe a spider.
I NEED THIS. Don’t have much else to say about him, he just looks freaking amazing.
He is amazing indeed.
This thing looks sick! I can't wait to have him. And you're right, we need at least a short story of him and Shockwave interacting. If I have to make it myself, so be it.
Yeah it would be awesome to see the two of them hanging out.
I think you really hit it out of the park with this review. Thank you for putting this guy on my radar
I'm glad to hear that you think this was was done so well. I think you will enjoy it if you get it.
I got my tarantulas yesterday alongside three siege reflectors and boy o boy o boy does he capture the feeel and personality of tarantulas
I'm happy to hear I didn't steer you wrong.
Thank you for saying, “stand in his own ass.” That is hilarious. 😂
Glad someone appreciated that.
I saw the face in the backpack for the first time in this video and I cannot unsee it.
Yeah it funny looking.
Yep not much else to say. He's great. Glad he's actually a nice dark purple than the pinkish color the promotional photos appeared to be, then again he did look kinda pink depending on the lighting in the show sometimes so maybe that was the same thing here. Can we just point out though this dudes first solo episode involves him preparing to cannibalize Cheetor? Unicron spawn indeed
Huh? Yeah, I didn't even notice that before, glad they got the correct colors.
I’m honestly surprised they didn’t try to charge Voyager price for this guy. For $25 this Turantulas is absolute must have figure.
I'm just happy they aren't trying to Gouge us.
i love his earthspark design with the Australian accent
I had yet to hear him in the show, so I didn't know he had an Australian accent?
This was the last figure I needed for my beast wars season one collection. He fits in well with the other predacons and the engineering is very good for a deluxe and the transformation is fun
Do you have like a representation of Rampage, and Depthcharge for it as well, or do you have a more limited scope for your BW collection than "All the show characters?"
@@PerspectiveEnd I limit myself to only one version of a figure so I won't get the Netflix cheetor or the premium finish. Also for my collection if hasbro makes any in legacy I'll like to get characters that aren't in the show. If hasbro does make more characters from the later seasons I will get them that includes transmetals (maybe ones like transmetal 1 megatron I don't want to get because he's just a metal version of his alt mode) I will get characters like Rampage if they get released in Legacy or the toyline after
Love this! My preorder for this arrived at the store, i was planning to get this later... I am getting it ASAP thanks to you!
Nice! Congrats! I know you will love it.
Legacy (Beast Wars) Inferno looks like another micro masterpiece!!
Wave 2 of Legacy’s once again proven why it’s the best wave so far in the line, Tarantulas being one bit of evidence. Pretty much everything’s flawless with this figure, but there are still a few things in the sculpt that you’ve pointed out. That aside though Tarantulas is just an epic figure with great paint, plastic usage, transformation and accessories. I’d say that the most insulting thing though is that on his toy bio on Hasbro’s TF website his intelligence is 4 out of 10 when we all know that his is way higher!
I don't know that we've gotten enough of wave 2 yet to really make that call.
I’ve been going back and forth on buying this guy for a while, but DAMMIT, now you’ve convinced me to get him
I think you will enjoy him in the end.
Outstanding review PersepectiveEnd!!! Tarantulas was at the top of my list of Legacy figures to collect. :D Fingers crossed that BW Inferno gets released ahead of the other Legacy Wave 3 figures so we can complete our cast of BW season 1 Predacons. Keep on being amazing.
Inferno needs to be released some time this decade damn it.
@@PerspectiveEnd I agree. Going by the fact that Amazon has wave 2 deluxes street dated for Dec. release, but they are showing up now, with Legacy wave 3 street dated for Feb. 2023, I have a feeling that Legacy wave 3 is going to get released during November, just in time for the Christmas shopping season.
Can't wait for the true best Legacy figure:
Star Saber!
Can't wait for you to review him!
Facts
Well that's more of haslab not legacy
@@razorshark6790 Its marketed under Legacy
@@Starshine13131 it is?
It's not a Legacy Figure though, it's a Haslab figure. Doesn't matter if it's marked as Legacy, that's just cause it took this long to come out.
I got tarantulas recently and I absolutely love him he’s a perfect spider for Halloween
Absolutely an Incredible Halloween boi.
Legacy tarantulas reminds me of why I love the beast wars predacon designs and... God how could I forget this figure existed. welp time to get one I guess. Great vid mate!
Do you not love the Beast Wars Maximal Designs?
I mean yeah but there's something so badass about the insect/arachnid designs that tickles my fancy... Well excluding black arachnia. Too much spider tibby... And that's a thought I shouldn't have put into my head
I will point out there was a Tarantulas released at Botcon 2016 as a repaint of Rook in the Tripredicus box set if you want to count that
I never heard of this thing before.
@@PerspectiveEnd yeah it was a box set recreating the Tripredicus combiner from Beast Wars and it had Cicadacon Ramhorn Ravage Sea Clamp and Tarantulas plus the whole theme of Botcon 2016 was Beast Wars
I don’t care much about beast wars, but this just looked cool. Very happy I picked it up. As well as everything you mentioned here I’m impressed the spider legs can hold it up in beast mode and even give him an about to jump/attack angled pose. Great review 👍
Thank you very much! Have you watched the show?
@@PerspectiveEnd I watched some of it back in the day, but don’t think we got half the episodes in Australia.
Tarantulas is easily one of the best characters in the show. One of my favorites. Not sure I'll get this figure though, or at least specifically seek him out. Like you said it's borderline perfect but I vastly prefer his transmetal form. I won't turn him down if I come across him though.
A lot of people REALLY love his Transmetal Form and don't care for his Bug mode. I've always really liked both.
@@PerspectiveEnd That's fair. He's a great character regardless.
Ferocious Showdown: Dinobot vs. Tarantulas
They are painted quite well.
After seeing this video, I am looking forward for this figure a lot more than I was originally!!!
I hope you love it as much as I do.
Also, have you noticed that the Tarantula face looks like Aragog the Spider from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets!?!
The tfcc tarantulas which is a retool from the rts wreck gar make sense since his transmetal had a "motorcycle" and it has 2 spider drones which can turn into his claws which is genius
Its not the 2016 predacus set where he was a retool from rook, the tfcc toy came out in 2014
I have NEVER EVER heard of this figure. Man that things weird.
@@PerspectiveEnd which is weird the predacus set or the tfcc tarantulas?
How could kingdom skip on Tarantulas? He’s like one of the most important cast members in the show.
This has been my problem since kingdom. They left out some of the MOST important Core characters in favor of more G1. Hell there are even Beastformers in there who had much less of an Impact than Tarantulas.
I have a theory that Hasbro had deliberately left him out of Kingdom because they knew that having a core member of the Predacons in the sequel line which we all know as Legacy now would boost the chance for people to get hooked on the line. The same applies to BW Inferno as well.
Here because PE predicted the Shockwave/Tarantulus Combo team we’ve been waiting for in EarthSpark
I don't know how I keep doing this.
Its my first beats wars characters figure and i couldnt get a better one to start of
Are you saying that it's Mid? And if you ware what do you mean a better one to start?
“And I’d like a fillet o fish please, with fries LOT’S OF FRIES” Alec willows taurantulas voice actor botcon 2000
I don't think I've seen that particular QnA.
Yeah someone asked him and cheetor and black arachinas voice actor to read a McDonald’s menu
Now this is figure of the year material
It's probably going to be in there yeah.
So about a couple months ago, I just happened to be checking my local Walmart to see if I can find any new figures and I just happened to extremely lucky finding both tarantulas and elita 1 wrapped together in a two pack on sale with an even better discount price for both of them together.. originally the price was somewhere around what you would normally pay for one deluxe class, and the one that I found I just ended up paying seven bucks for both of them
I was really excited for this figure
And I’m so relieved to know that it’s actually good
Yes, it actually live up to what it needed to.
I think they originally intended shockwave to be the alternate origin for tarantulas and the tri predacus council, as you said they are similar, both shockwave and the tripredacous concil both influence stuff on earth from cybertron, and even if the ark was destroyed shockwave would still be alive
That's a reasonable supposition Now. Back in the Day Shockwave wasn't a Mad Scientist. The whole Mad Science Angle really developed in the Dreamwave Comics in the 2000s.
Alt-mode reminds me of a face-hugger from Alien.. Ah, here's an idea for a TF Collab; Alien Vs Beast Wars. The set can consist of a Predacon that transforms into a Xenomorph!
While I do like the look of this Tarantulas (which is spot on to the show model), I might wait to see if they do a redeco with OG toy colours; since it'll look more like the one I had as a kid.
I can see that.
And yeah that would be cool.
I'm sure they are going to do a toy colors like everyone else.
Transmetal 2 Dinobot really looks like a xenomorph, he has a second mouth in dino mode and his legs and tail look very similar, plus he's a predacon!
Oooh, I think kingdom megatron is about to have some competition
He does a bit yes.
Hey man, just gotta say; get 86 wheelie. Just a little fiddly desk thing, lovely little guy
He is remarkably fun yes.
This guy was more of a second in command in season 1 than scorponok (like the marvel comics shockwave)
Traitorous, dangerous and sometimes managing to top their megs except that shockwave was more succesful than tarantulas
Yeah, he was definitely more RELIABLE than the actual Second in Command.
They got a good amount of these kingdom/legacy beastwars guys right.
Some I wish were better for sure. Tarantulas they nailed. Can't wait to get one
Yeah, some of them really could have been better like Rhinox, or Scorponok, but Tarantulas, I couldn't ask for more.
Man this has been a great two years for beast wars here’s to hoping that hasbro will eventually give us season 2 characters
Yeah it's been the best 2 years for Beast wars in the last 25.
@@PerspectiveEnd 👏👏👏great job hasbro, nailed it👏👏👏
Finally got him, his insect legs are strong enough to support his body!
Indeed they are. How are you enjoying it otherwise?
@@PerspectiveEnd It's great, except two of the legs love to fall off, and the basically hidden Predacon symbol.
So my tarantulas arrived and it’s just as good as you said I cannot keep my hands off of it
I am so happy to hear that.
@@PerspectiveEnd good
The best Legacy deluxe so far as it should be. Great review.
Thank you! And yeah it probably is.
The only accuracy issues I have with him is that the back of his head isn’t black with the yellow stripe and I’m pretty sure where his belly is shouldn’t be purple. I’m really happy with this guy though, even if his wrists are too high up they still look really great overall
I also remember watching beast wars last year and remember disliking tarantulus’ design a lot, I found his transmetal form sooooo much better. But once I saw this figure I was just drawn to it. Idk how I like the design more here now but I do so yay
Huh, now that you mention it yeah that is missing.
I wonder what caused you to not like this initially.
@@PerspectiveEnd yea I’m really not sure. Because this figure seems really accurate and I love it. I’m currently rewatching beast wars and I like the design so yea really not sure what I was thinking. Maybe because I liked his transmetal design so much and it made me dislike the original, idk
I’ve been watching beast wars and you’re right about everything I don’t notice the animation anymore and I’m only on episode 3
well I guess that both you and roadbuster would agree that this figure is...
...MINDBLOWING
That's a great Ba Dum Tsch moment.
I want this guy, I’m mildly arachnophobic but I feel like this guy being purple & lime green might counteract that
I feel like there are just Purple Spiders out there though. I suppose you don't have to put him in bug mode though.
All hail the true king of your Discord server, for his 8 legged legacy shall be eternal!
All hail!
This is a pretty exceptional figure. I'm glad you liked him. I've been flat out an got like two weeks worth o your shiz to catch up on.
What do you mean you've been flat out?
Anyways I hope you have a good time with your catch up.
@@PerspectiveEnd hahaha that must be an Australian colloquialism. Short for flat out like a lizard drinking. It just means real busy.
It's not a secret that I'm not a Beast Wars fan in the sense that when the show originally came out, I was a teenager more focused in chasing girls in high school instead of playing with toys or watching cartoons, but I've recognized more than once and I do it again that this is the ONLY figure from Beast Wars that I truly and madly WANT!
... He look so mean and mysterious (just like Shockwave do), and his alternate mode (beyond been creepy and terrifying) is just FLAWLESS!
Did you ever watch the Show after your teenage years?
Mean and Mysterious are ways to Describe Tarantuals, but I don't feel like they give off his mad Tweaker Energy.
@@PerspectiveEnd yes I did, and I like the plot and the character development, however, I don't like the biological animal appearance for Transformers as a concept (no fur on my robots skin, thank you! 😆)... I prefer the traditional mechanical beasts look in general, but Tarantulas is an exception to that rule for me!
So I’ve started watching beast wars and well… it’s fucking awesome! I’m now even more excited for my tarantulas to arrive because I really like the character now
I am always thrilled to hear that someone became convinced to give the show a chance.
@@PerspectiveEnd thanks
As a shockwave collector, you've given me all the reason I need to collect this one.
He is something like the Predicon version of Shockwave yes.
This is honestly my favourite legacy figure
Fuck it
All the legacy figures i own are my favourite
I know how you feel.
Now fingers crossed for a marvel comics accurate scrounge
I mean the chances aren't 0 but I wouldn't expect him to be his own mold.
@@PerspectiveEnd well the chances of a new mold is still like a 50/50 split if it happening and it not. Look at jhiaxus, tarantulas, and the new cosmos. All are new molds, but if anything, i think if scrounge weren’t a new mold, it would probably be a remold and retool of cosmos like the last figure
On waffling, note that ABS parts can't be too thick at any point, or they need to spend a lot longer cooling in the mold to not warp. It's a money saving thing, but it's purpose isn't just to save on plastic. It's a legitimate design constraint if they want their factories to have any kind of decent throughput. I'm not saying Hasbro isn't being cheap 95% of the time, but on a figure like Tarantulas who has so many spindly parts you can't just solve the problem the classic way by splitting every part into multiple sections that screw together so all the hollowness is on the inside. You can see that they did do this on his thighs, which is nice because when Hasbro is being really cheap it won't even do that.
This is something I didn't know, but at the same time, these are some pretty thin parts, I cant see it as having been a concern here.
@@PerspectiveEnd You will rarely find many parts on a transformer where the walls of the plastic are more than a millimeter or two thick. When that does happen it's usually on something load bearing, like a waist joint, or short and stumpy, like a gun handle. Take a look at MMC Incursus's skirt armor, for example, and you'll see MMC glued in a filler piece instead of molding it all as one piece. I'm willing to bet Hasbro wasn't willing to do that on Tarantulas, not just because of the cost, but also because that'd be a choking hazard with how small the filler pieces would need to be.
Mold degradation is absolutely a thing, but I'm willing to bet that often what people blame on mold degradation is actually just Hasbro not leaving the parts to cool in the mold for long enough. A bad mold will mess with tolerances and cause bleeding on the separation lines, but shouldn't cause excessive warping, which is what I often see on the line-filler and "impulse buy"-tier repaints where it's obvious Hasbro didn't give a damn.
To be honest, I am surprised we haven't gotten a Devcon in about 8 years, especially since the 22 86 Scourge mold, I would really want it in legacy. Heck, easy money for Hasbro, repaint iguanas, and call him Slizardo. It hurts when Hasbro doesn't do something obvious like that.
I can't say I've ever been in the Market for a Devcon my self, but I'm sure people would pick it up.
Now I imagine shockwave asking him if he can borrow an optic
What but I need all... 1, 2.. 8, 9... 14... All 28 of them!
I cannot wait for my copy of this figure! The only bummer is that, since I live in Croatia, I had to order him from a croatian website so I can get him. Unfortunately it takes 10-14 days to get to me, so it will miss my birthday by a couple of days. But at least it will make up for it by being an awsome figure.
Also i got ROTF deluxe Soundwave as an early birthday gift, and I have to say that he is great!
(I reccomend it)
Happy Birthday in a few days.
14 days is pretty typical for shipping, that's not too much worse than a lot of what I have to deal with if I'm not buying through Amazon.
He’s so good that I might get the version in the Cliffjumper pack. I hope they fix the legs falling off because it is so annoying to deal with
Tarantulas is easily my all time favorite beast wars character and holy shit i need this figure, i will murder for it
I love him a lot, he was a ton of fun, but I can't say he's my favorite of the show.
epic hope they add cover for his chest and spider legs with blast effects for arachnia aswell
Im sure there will be an upgrade kit for this.
My brother had this theory that the majority of the original beast wars characters were descendents of some of G1 characters. For instance:
-cheetor -> hot rod
-primal -> prime
-rattrap -> bumblebee (somehow haha)
-tarantulas -> shockwave
-terrasaur -> starscream
Rattrap is actually confirmed to be descended from Arcee.
But yeah all of those do make sense.
“Umm actually it was shown in the show that waspinator is starscream” - 🤓🤓🤓
(I have genuinely never seen the show)
I had a feeling that the Wave 2 Legacy figures were going to be covered next (now that I think about, and I don't want to rush you, is there going to be a What's the Best: Legacy Wave 1?).
And I'm thinking about getting Legacy Elita-1. (I still have no interest in the rest of the Legacy line (because I'm thinking about scaling down the collecting for a bit), especially since I have the Kingdom Blackarachnia.)
Shame about arachnophobia.
At least Blackarachnia (and to an extent Airachnid) are total babes (when not in spider form).
And now I'm tempted to watch Charlotte's Web.
Yes, I plan there to be a Wave 1 but I keep forgetting about doing it. I'm dumb.
Airachnid didn't turn into a Spider though.
@@PerspectiveEnd Well, she did (as a triple changer) in the now-cancelled IDW2 continuity.
I'll answer that question. Because Hasbro can't go two days without another cup of G-1 cup.
Anyway, I need this figure. Tarantulas was one of my favorite characters from Beast Wars, and this looks amazing.
Yes you do need this, Tarantulas was awesome, one of the best ACTUAL villains from Beast Wars, and not just an Idiot being manipulated for Megatrons benifit.
Dam he is a fantastic figure, perfect tarantulas
Indeed he is.
you know what sucks ? I LOVE tarantulas, hes my all time favorite transformers character, and when they revealed this figure i was hyped, and this is from everyone i hear a great figure, and yet he havent arrived here once, most of wave 2 didnt make it here and even when i went outside of my country i still never found him
I'm sorry to hear that, yeah they're not good at the distribution anymore.
Stuff takes years to get around the world now.
Such a great figure, I dont know if I can call this the best tho, speaking of best will you ever do a whats the best legacy wave 1?
I just need to remember to do it at some point and not have something Scheduled ahead of it.
"Hold my beer" had me lmao
Glad that I could get you going that early in the video.
Tarantulas is a good figure and yet the spider mode gives me nightmares
I mean that's what a proper Spider mode does.
The accuracy is amazing, but that tarantula mode is what truly sold me on this figure. I can use that to scare sooooo many people. My girlfriend is def gonna hate it. I can't buy it rn cuz I'm no longer working while I'm in college, but it'll be worth the wait for when I am able to buy it :)
That's the classic 90s Kid reason. So many toys were sold back then on the notion that they'd creep out girls.
Tarantulus is one that I didn't think I'd ever desire and now... I want. Badly.
Also I want that saw for reasons 👀
Why didn't you think you'd want tarantulas?
@@PerspectiveEnd I thought it would be like with Blackarachnia, where the transformation would be weird, and it wouldn't end up looking right, and now after this review, non-blast-compatible-legs aside ... It's a pretty good figure.
And, you know... Purple green and black is a jam
Unrelated but. I’m kinda pissed at this in the shattered glass line. Way too many autobots compared to decepticons. We got megatron and starscream. The only other ones we have are flamewar, but they could’ve released her as a regular universe version, what about her design makes her different for shattered glass? And then slicer, a nothing character that I’m surprised wasn’t just wheeljack. Give us soundwave, shockwave, maybe even a galvatron, or cyclonus. Someone who is an actual character
I am just loving chug again now. I know people love kingdom, but I was so disinterested because my stores would never get the good figures. But legacy is just what I want in a line.
How does legacy fix your stores not carrying a lot of the stuff?
@@PerspectiveEnd ok well my stores just skipped kingdom basically
its more like "hold my gold plastic"
I mean swap the inferno’s and pipes with tarantulas then we have more beast wars in kingdom. I’m super excited for this to arrive cause it looks so cool in bug mode and to get the transart version. Also a steal for being a deluxe
I mean that would be true, but that still means that Kingdom was more about G1 than it was Beast Wars when the numbers shouldn't even have been close. It should have been like 20 maybe 30% about G1. Not over 50.
I still haven’t even watched beast wars and I kind of want this
You need to watch it. It's on youtube for free in 4K.
He never skips chest day
His mouth reminds of DOTM Shockwave
Gonna say this is one of the best transformers that come out as of late. Cant wait for inferno and transmetal 2 megs.
I'd tend to agree, it's exactly what it needs to be.
Tarantulas hasn't arrived in the caribbean yet. Looks awesome.
I didn't know you lived in the Caribean, I've learned something new about you.
I almost wonder if the sawblade isn’t kind of supposed to fill in for the upcoming Knockout, sort of how soundwave came with megatrons back barrel
I don't know why that would come with this, when it's by far the more expensive mold to make, what with it being unique and all.
I did have the chance to pick this up at a mall when I got Wild Rider and Knock Out, but they were charging essentially Voyager prices for them due to mall overhead/scarcity so I had to leave Tarantalus and Elita-1 for the future, plus it would probably be unfair to deny another collector as they had only one of each out at the time.
I am not hearing good things about wildrider so that's a bit of a disappointment it sounds like.
It’s not bad; some minor issues with the joints [specifically in the hips] wanting to stay in set positions without having soft ratchets. A minor step down from Drag Strip but worth it, at least for me.
This figure looks so damn good, my only criticism is that in his tarantula mode he looks like the small and cute spider from Disney.
Are you talking about Lucas the Spider? I don't think that's from Disney.
@@PerspectiveEnd Ya Lucas the spider!
I love this figure so much.
As do I.
Over the past couple of years it’s honestly been so cool to get Beast Wars characters again. Even with Kingdom making the alt mode “accurate to real animals” I’m still so grateful that Hasbro is giving Beast Wars a shot again. It was so weird that after Beast Wars basically saved Transformers they were so afraid to do anything with it besides Wasp and Black Arachnia in Animated. But even though Kingdom the show was an embarrassment it’s so cool getting these figures of all these characters. I hope that after they make all the beast wars characters they want they start using other series Designs in shows again so that way other transformers fans can have there favorite transformers series too. Even though Legacy is doing this so far with including at least 1 character from ever series ever I think that having a line of like let’s say Aramada again would be pretty cool. Though not anytime soon as right now Transformers is in need of originality with there shows and designs.
It has been cool to get beast wars again, don't get me wrong it's kind of a dream come true, but at the same time I can't help but feel slighted.
The whole WFC was an Embarrassment, Kingdom was just worse for taking a perfect story and trying to puppet it's corpse around for easy credit.
Transformers more than anything needs a good show, weather or not it's original, or not, it just needs to be uncompromisingly good.
@@PerspectiveEnd I completely agree with that let’s hope Earthspark will be good
I really like this figure.... gonna get it sometime this year.
Happy hunting.
Tarantulas looks really cool. I'd say most of beast wars has good designs.
There are people who don't think so, but I love the designs.