Sins of the Wreckers #3 Even though Tarantulas admitted having been the voice of "Mortilus" that drove Roadbuster mad, the terrified Hubcap went along with it, hoping to gain a stronger Chimeracon body for himself and seeing justice meted out against Roadbuster. In the Nintendo 64 version, there is a final battle with an upgraded version of Homecoming, The original Megatron, now inside the mind of Predacon Megatron after the latter planted the former's spark inside his body, berated the Predacon leader's failures—in particular, being led astray time and again by such treacherous subordinates as Tarantulas. Transformers Beast Wars 1998 Transmetals Tarantulas Figure. This character article is a stub and is missing information on their fictional appearances. Using obtenteum, he established a base within the Noisemaze he dubbed the Tor; inspired by the native wildlife, he turned the Tor into a laboratory for developing the perfect bio-disguise, a mass-shifting bodyform that formed the basis for the spark-shielding Chimeracon upgrade. Megatron's answer was to leave Starscream in charge of the Axalon, a decision which would come back to bite him later. Condition is very good, all parts in working order. You are here: Home / Transformers Toys Transformers Toys / Beast Wars Unfortunately for them, Dinobot had time to activate the base defenses, and Tarantulas was blasted into the distance by the auto-guns. Identity Politics. Cutting Edge However, around this time he was also working on another scheme: restoring the Nemesis, the flagship of the Decepticon fleet! Swearing revenge, Tarantulas transformed and attacked, and threatened to skin the Maximal alive. Apr 2, 2017 - Transformers Universe - Beast Wars Transmetal Tarantulas He is actually an agent of the Tripredacus Council, which is trying to coax the Beast Wars toward an unspecified goal, where neither Autobot or Decepticon won the Great War. In other words, the claws were somehow swapped during the assembly process and have remained as such on every version of the mold thereafter. LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter As such he was present for the resurrection of Trypticon. His beast mode is a Tarantula. Optimus Primal sacrificed himself to hijack Tarantulas's makeshift craft and destroy it in orbit, causing a Super Energon Transwarp Explosion which granted a Transmetal upgrade to many participants in the conflict as well as created the Fuzors. Beast Wars; Beast Wars II; Beast Wars Neo ; Beast Machines; Robots in Disguise (2001) Unicron Trilogy. Using this cover identity to amass money and resources, Tarantulas began developing what he considered to be his ultimate masterstroke: the Timemaze, a functional time machine that would allow him to use time travel to his advantage by repeatedly splintering the timeline by sending Overlord back in time and creating infinite new realities for him to experiment with. To do so, he became the patron of the post-war anarchist cell known as Mayhem; clad in Chimeracon bio-disguises, they became his private enforcers, operating from the Noisemaze and carrying out his orders. Continue? Bonus Edition Vol. Waspscream then convinced Tarantulas to decode Megatron's Golden Disk by promising to make Tarantulas his lieutenant upon returning to Cybertron and deposing the Tripredacus Council. Tarantulas participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. When Prowl still refused, he was placed in the company of his would-be rescuers: Verity, Springer, Roadbuster, and Arcee, their most shameful, damning thoughts opened bare to him thanks to Tarantulas's new invention, the guilt-extracting Impetus. Part of the first wave of Beast Wars product, Tarantulas transforms into an organic spider (NOT a tarantula). This collaboration yielded many of the weapons and technologies that the Autobots would use during the war, including stasis bullets, spark extraction, Decepti-Bombs, and positive reinforcement prisons; most notably, Mesothulas developed the guilt-detecting supercomputer known as Aequitas. Tarantulas participated in the Predacons' next attempt to retake the Ark, utilising his latest invention to allow Quickstrike to take control of Optimus Primal... and that was when he made his move, at last. At the pod, Tarantulas reprogrammed the new arrival into a Predacon, but was disappointed that a beast mode had already been chosen, and Inferno would not be another spider. When the Maximals discovered them, he engaged Razorbeast in combat briefly before Megatron called retreat and destroyed the lab. Tarantulas promptly tailed Terrorsaur to find out what his new power source was, and discovered it was a flying mountain topped with a cache of super energon. Bonus Edition Vol. Using the decoded coordinates, the Darksyde opened a transwarp portal, which it and the Axalon passed through. Aftermath With Blackarachnia's hard work and some serious-looking electrical arc generators, Tarantulas was restored to life. It's this focused perversity that turns off even his fellow Predacons. Megatron suspected he had ulterior motives, but was nonetheless pleased by the new soldier. He was tracked by Dinobot and Rattrap, but eventually turned the tables by getting the drop on them, only to be flattened by a huge boulder. Optimus Primal arrived and promptly stomped Tarantulas to death and blew his body to pieces. Wreckers: Finale Part II, A year after the Great Transformation, the influence of Unicron swayed an abducted Blackarachnia to the side of darkness. The Maximal's offensive push forced Tarantulas to retreat deeper and deeper into the annexed territory, until he finally returned to his own lair. It became clear to the council that this upstart would resume the offensive against the enemy forces despite being ordered not to, and so Tarantulas was sent back out into the field to try and prevent any further complications from arising out of the situation. He thought this was quite hilarious, but then, he thinks that about everything. After recovering, he took advantage of their incessant arguing by trying to get the drop on them again, only to be knocked unconscious by a double punch. Enraged by the death of his beloved, Silverbolt attempted to kill the scientist, but was thwarted by Rampage, who was later defeated by a revived—and Transmetalized—Blackarachnia. are only included if pictured. Unfortunately once there, the Maximals managed to retrieve Primal from the alien probe at the site, and Tarantulas was one of the first victims of the restored Maximal commander. The head of Tera-Kura Co.'s science department and an expert at building robots, he was responsible for production of their Nightbird clones. However, he had lost his patience. He had a hearty laugh at the expense of the Autobots' gullibility over this. now). Ultimately, with Blackarachnia's help, Tigatron's mind was freed, though Airazor died in the process, killed by the mind-controlled Tigatron. Figures marked as complete include all pieces, accessories, and missiles. Condition is "Used". Once Megatron had control of the construct, he terminated his alliance with Tarantulas, dropping the Predacon from a great height. Double Jeopardy After one of Scorponok's viruses turned Primal into a berserker, the Maximal leader broke into the Predacon base and, completely ignoring Tarantulas's attempts to stop him, pinned the spider to a wall using Tarantulas's own weapon.
