Alec willows the voice of beast wars tarantulas to attend. This toy is really interesting to transform because its a wasp. Airazor is the name of three fictional characters from the transformers series. During the spring cleaning for chinese new year recently, i decided to take out all the beast wars transformer toys that jared had when he was much younger the beast wars. Willows will be appearing all weekend meeting with attendees. I focus on the show, and have less love for nonshow figures.
It is the same mould as the original tarantulas, but it has a far better colour scheme and contains clearly the. Great deals on beast wars tarantulas action figures. Transformers l thundercracker gi joe, comic books art, comic art. Transformers universe beast wars transmetal tarantulas. Tarantulas was a deluxesized toy released in the first wave of beast wars figures in 1996 by hasbro. His beast form is a tyrannosaurus rex, then a transmetal tyrannosaurus rex, and later a transmetal ii dragon. Megatron is the commander of the darksyders, a gang of predacons the descendants of the decepticons, and the main antagonist of two of the transformers tv series, beast wars, and beast machines. The series was set in the future of the original transformers universe as a sequel to the first transformers series which has since been rebooted in limited comic book stories by dreamwave and idw. Powerhungry, cunning, and opportunistic, but somewhat lacking in the courage department, terrorsaur never misses a chance to improve his standing within the predacons. Today were having a look at the treacherous arachnid from beast wars 10th anniversary. Sadly, the beast wars sourcebook was best known for failing to deliver on almost every front. During the beast wars, tarantulas is depicted as the. Due to problems in trademarking the name, later releases of the character were called predacon tarantulus by hasbro.
A predacon serving under megatron, tarantulas can transform into a spider. Tarantulasthis super rare character first appeared in the beast wars. Tarantulas transformers, a predacon in the beast wars series that has appeared in the comic books based on the toy. One of my favorite figures from the beast wars toy line. Tfcon is proud to announce that alec willows will be a guest at the 2017 convention in toronto. Not a car or a truck or a plane or any other automobiles. Known to transformers fans as the voice of tarantulas in beast wars, mr. On the specs he was a stealthy ninja of average intelligence who liked to feed on humans. Beast wars tarantulas action figures for sale ebay. Mar 07, 2017 beast wars bringing toys to life almost by exvee on march 7, 2017 beast wars the tv show and beast wars the toys frequently didnt quite line up when it came to the look of the characters. Detailed robot figure changes to impressive predacon tarantulus beast and back again. From cutting deals with maximals to finding and keeping new. The beast wars and beast machines version of megatron is the main antagonist from the aforementioned parts of the transformers animated series, toy lines, and multiverse.
Dinobot is a tactician class playable character and enemy, he is also a 24 star rank character. And even if youre not, tarantulas is an excellent toy. Tarantulas is the cunning and treacherous scientist of the predacons, who serves as the secondary antagonist of the cgi series transformers. The original airazor was introduced in 1997 as a main character in the beast wars television series, voiced by pauline newstone. The beast wars sourcebook is a 4issue limited series by idw publishing, featuring expanded profile entries for most pre beast machines transformers from the beast era toy lines including hasbro, takara, microverse, fastfood, and convention exclusive characters. Tarantulas beast wars action figures action figures for sale ebay. Beast wars sourcebook is a 4issue limited series by idw publishing, featuring expanded profile entries for most pre beast machines transformers from the beast era toy lines including hasbro, takara, microverse, fastfood, and convention exclusive characters. Spiderrobot, spiderrobot, does whatever a ah, never mind. Transformers classics wolfang predator mini con 2009 complete beast wars universe 25th beast wars. Nov 19, 2010 one of my favorite figures from the beast wars toy line. Beast wars tarantulas 1996 micro machines microverse tarantulas 1997 tarans 1997 transmetal tarantulas 1998 metals tarans 1999 fox kids transmetal tarantulas 1999 beast wars 10th anniversary predacon tarantulas 2006 robot heroes predacon tarantulas 2008 timelines transformers collectors club figure subscription service v3. It was produced by the nowboughtout mainframe entertainment, hot on the heels of its predecessor, reboot in fact, its first season aired as part of the syndicated power block distributed by hasbros claster tv firm alongside reboot, g. He was the only beastformer in the halls initial year, with the other four icons optimus prime, megatron, bumblebe.
Big convoy, which is both the stupidest and also the greatest name for a character ever. Then there was beast wars neo which is a sequel to beast wars ii and follows the anime naming convention. Popular features include daily news, toy galleries, a message board, a podcast, and more than meets the eye. Also, it is undeniable that fans love japanese characters, and including them also allowed us to expand the idw beast wars verse beyond the television show. Episode 2 event, and could be recruited by by collecting 250 units of cybermetal, 75 units of transmetal, 35 event cores, and 10 cores of this character. He is one of the six original predacons of megatrons crew, who stole the golden disk before crashlanding on earth along with the maximals. The toy company hasbro has a trademark on the name airazor. The transmetal driver is an alien artifact from the beast wars. Transformers universe is the title of several comic book series based on the transformers series by hasbro. All version of airazor are depicted as heroic flying transformers. Transformers beast wars tarantulas transmetals complete spider 1998. Beast wars optimus primal cartoon tv, cartoon shows, path.
This does not include characters only appearing in collectors club or conventionrelated comics from 3h or fun publications, or toy only characters. The vehicle mode is nothing too special, but both the robot and the beast mode are quite good and an excellent likeness to the tv incarnations. It is the same mould as the original tarantulas, but it has a far better colour scheme and contains clearly the predacon symbol showing his allegiance. Beast wars bringing toys to life almost by exvee on march 7, 2017 beast wars the tv show and beast wars the toys frequently didnt quite line. So if youre a fan of beast wars, especially the villains, this is a musthave for you. Alec willows english, scott mcneil english, portions of other. Terrorsaur is a predacon from the beast wars portion of the generation 1 continuity family. The series was set in the future of the original transformers universe as a sequel to the first transformers series which has since been rebooted in limited comic book stories by. Deluxe class tarantulas transformers, beast wars, predacon. Honor and glory are the only two things worth dying for, a belief truly.
Jul 21, 2017 abandoning cars and jets for gorillas and tarantulas, transformers. The series that revived the transformers franchise after a yearslong recession, note beast wars was a fully cganimated series that premiered in 1996. The character of tarantulas as seen on the television series was very different from how hasbro originally depicted him on his tech specs. Transformers toy line was released by hasbro between 1995 and 2000 and discovered that we. The following text is an excerpt from the official beast wars story bible, written by bob forward and larry ditillio.
Beast wars stickers featuring millions of original designs created by independent artists. Since this comic was developed before the television show, it remains as an interesting artifact of beast wars history, representing a time unaffected by the tv show that would air months later. With 2016 being the 20th anniversary of beast wars i thought it would be fun to revisit this comic book and include scans for your viewing pleasure. In addition to woefully amateurish design and layout workfeaturing massive amounts of whitespace surrounding undersized pictures and small clusters of textthe book was plagued by coloring errors and artwork that was either mismatched or missing outright, arbitrary rewriting of character. Entries are in a format roughly borrowed from the dreamwave productions more than meets the eye profile books and. Characters from this show tend to perform well in various official fan polls and surveys.
Transformers beast wars transmetals tarantulas 100 complete. Expand your options of fun home activities with the largest online selection at. Tarantulas transformers neo encyclopedia wiki fandom. The toy i purchased on amazon was tarantulas, a character from the beast wars. Abandoning cars and jets for gorillas and tarantulas, transformers. He was the only beast former in the halls initial year, with the other four icons optimus prime, megatron, bumblebe. An epic tale of baking, betrayal, romance, mafia connections, and parentteacher conference infiltration ensues, loosely following the plotline of the original beast wars series. Dec, 2015 beast wars toysaction figures that i have and love or would love to have and a couple i could care less about. Tarantulas is a member of the predacon secret police, he acts as. Beast wars is a transformers toyline released by hasbro between 1995 and 2000, and a daytime emmy award winning fullcg animated television series spawned by it that debuted in 1996. Also, it is undeniable that fans love japanese characters, and including them also allowed us to expand the idw beast warsverse beyond the television show. This is a sortable list of characters and toys in the beast wars franchise, part of the larger transformers franchise, from hasbro.
The caption comic a change to the agenda claims that the crapsack uprising universe came about because this is an alternate universe where beast wars megatron successfully killed optimus prime and in retaliation blackarachnia poisoned g1 megatron with her cybervenom. Great deals on tarantulas beast wars action figures action figures. The toy gives a very good showing depicting this fun villain. It appeared in season 3 in the possession of megatron, seemingly from nowhere. Along with images of tarantulas you can also find information about this transformers figure including and subgroups and alternative names. Robot masters series, he was named beast megatron for this purpose.
In the past, a few fans have referred to him as megatron ii to distinguish him from the original character of the same name. Dinobot has been given a place in the transformers hall of fame in 2010, as the fifth most iconic transformers character of all time. Transformers toy line was released by hasbro between 1995 and 2000 and discovered that we had actually amassed quite a collection. Expand your options of fun home activities with the largest online. At first he used it to produce cyborg velociraptors made to hunt down protohumans, but later used it to produce a transmetal 2 clone of the deceased dinobot, using the interior of rampages spark. Without optimus prime leading the autobots, the battles they had with the. Transformers in canada, is an americancanadian cg animated television series that debuted in 1996, serving as the flagship of the transformers. While the toyline was remarkable, it was the accompanying television show that left the greatest mark. The first comic book was printed in 1986 by marvel comics as a character guide, while later series printed by 3h enterprises contained fiction for the transformers.
Tarantulas reissue beast wars 10th anniversary toy. By that point, the decision had been made to use japanese characters in the gathering, so using beast wars the second and beast wars neo characters was a no brainer. This includes characters appearing in an animated series, comics or video games. Jan 9, 2014 transformers beast wars transmetals tarantulas 100 complete spider. The beast wars tv series was the first transformers series to feature computeranimated characters, and was produced by mainframe entertainment now known as rainmaker studios of canada, specifically vancouver.