BEAST WARS TRANSMETAL TARANTULAS

This figure is from 1998. He is a Predicon. He appeared in the Cartoon Beast Wars series 2 Episode 2 Coming of the Fuzors part 1. Tarantulas always had something going on behind the scences. He has to be one of the most trecherous Predicons ever. He seems to have his own base as a science lab. It was only in seires 2 when he became a Transmetal that he becamee a rougue. He is a litenant in the Predicon secret police. In the Agenda he disabled the Predicon base "The Dark Side" defences so Ravage could capture Megatron. Tarantulas was responsible for creating a couple of other Predicons. Black Arachnia and Inferno. He also created a load of other gadgets to use against the Maximals. One being a Tranformation freezing lense which he used aginst the Maximals in the series 1 episode "The Probe" Tarantulas eventually met his end at the end of series 3 when he captured Tiger Hawk who had been possessed by the Vok.. The Vok left Tiger Hawks body and attacked Tarantulas. He tried to shoot the Vok but it went right through them and he hit the lazer turret and it spun round and blasted him to bits.


FUNCTION; Ninja Warrior

BIO;
There are few Predacons spinning webs of violence and deceit as skillfully as the eight legged ninja warrior Tarantulas. After the quantum surge, Tarantulas was delighted to discover himself as a meched out arachnid with motorcross vehicle like capabilities. Instead of constantly relying on stealth and surprise, Tarantulas now races into battle on his wicked new wheels, converting into a new animalized robot mode that makes him virtually unstoppable in battle!

MOTTO; Unknown

STATS; Unknown

Robot mode

Spider mode front

Spider mode side

Motor bike mode

His spider mode looks great. He has some nice details on the top of his abdoman that look like pipes. The Neon green really works well on this figure especially on the eyes.
His legs are posable.
Likes all Transmetal he has a bonus vehicle mode. His is a motor bike. It is basically a spider with motor bike wheels but it got him around quicker in the cartoon. The wheel actually turns.
The moulding on the side of his abdomen looks like pipes.
The dark blue, maroon and chrome work really nicely along with the green. He is very attractive.
It says Tarantulas written on his abdomen as with all the Transmetal figures.
His spider mode is great and realistic. If there was a cyber spider then I think it would look something like this.
His robot mode is pretty impressive looking. He is certainly going to stand out on the shelf. I wish he had a visor though instead of just two eyes.
The shoulder pads are rotated further up than the cartoon. Each circle on the shoulder are rocket launchers. You can rotate them but they will flop around as there is no where to plug them in.
You can do what you want with the spider legs. You can make him look pretty evil.
The front wheel of the motorbike forms a saw blade weapon which can also be his gun.
He does not really have hands but three claws. I would have liked them to look more hand like as they look a little strange to me.
On his abdomen you have the maroon fading to black. There is a techno organic look to him with hairs on his legs etc.
He good for posability.
He is really nice and should definatly be in your Beast Wars collection. He was repainted twice. There was a white and black repaint that fox kids did later on in the Beast Wars line as an exclusive. There might have been a pure red repaint as well but not sure when it was released. I think this is the best though.
Make sure the chrome is in tact though. Mine is pretty much Ok. Go for it.