I know it sounds silly, but its actually very interesting. There is no denying that this is the focus of the toy. Suddenly from the sky the giant wasp appears, revealing its monstrous face and bulging eyes as it streaks down for an aerial attack. Transformers generations waspinator beast wars comic book ebay. Several of the early figures in the beast wars toy line had a feature that fans dubbed mutant heads, which were. Expand your options of fun home activities with the largest online selection at. Robot masters series, he was named beast megatron for this purpose. He is nevertheless a formidable foe, fighting with a good deal more finesse and speed than terrorsaur. That made it easy it ignore the line completely, but now hasbro is trying to pull us all back in. The packin comic book is a disappointment, though im not counting it in my rating its a free extra, not part of the product. Dinobot has been given a place in the transformers hall of fame in 2010, as the fifth most iconic transformers character of all time. 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.
Like most of the other fox kids redecoes, his color scheme was altered significantly, consisting primarily of slate blue and greengold plastic, with dark blue barely translucent parts. He is nevertheless a formidable foe, fighting with a. Sideshow toys beast machines splash zone transformers optimus optimus prime transformers energon primate cultura pop. He has a laid back attitude toward the beast wars, he sees the necessity of it all but doesnt think he personally needs to be involved all that much. The traditionallyanimated japanese series beast wars ii and beast wars neo were created to fill the gap while the second and third seasons of beast wars were being translated into japanese called beast wars. His design is based on his classic appearance in the beast wars cartoon, but he can pass for his appearance in idws robots in disguise comics if you want. It is one of the many planned spin off movies to the transformers movie franchise.
The rocket pack mounted on his back in beast mode allows him to travel up to. This toy is really interesting to transform because its a wasp. This means that the war of the autobots and decepticons is far from over. This was followed by a second volume titled transformers. Waspinator was the funny, loony, comic relief of the beast wars. While the days of optimus and megatron are in the past there is a new war, this time between the maximals and the terrorcons. He truly is a beautiful figure and so show accurate looking. The universe may hate waspinator, but you shouldnt. The action figure of the character came out before fans saw him on the tv show, but once they did he was actually so popular the figure was hard to find for a little while not very long though since the figure was issued twice in its original form. The idw beast wars comics, which shoehorn characters from beast wars ii and beast wars neo, along with most of the toy. When the beast wars transformers television show as being conceptualized and sketched out, the designs for the initial beast wars toys had already been planned. Now waspinators story arc was one of the best bits of beast wars i dunno if it was super deep but seriously, moment like waspinator knows is.
However, he was ultimately unused and only appeared in footage taken from the beast wars cartoon. Transformers generations waspinator 30th anniversary beast wars gun weapon. I stole the above quote from the page about rattrap on tfwiki on one of my many visits to that particular site to further confirm in my mind that i love rattrap to bits. Waspinator was such a favorite with fans during beast wars that plans to kill him off at the start of the second season were changed. He was of the same type as bumblebee, whom he attended boot camp with.
This was a deliberate decision, as the female wasp carries a stinger that serves as an effective weapon, and such a mode would fit the male and continually putupon waspinator. Jul 30, 2014 the predacons and maximals end up in a battle, but neither side can use guns thanks to a truce between the two. Transformers generations deluxe class waspinator figure by. Popular features include daily news, toy galleries, a message board. Transformers thrilling 30 deluxe waspinator bigbadtoystore. Jul 21, 2017 having such a legacy and impact, its not hard to imagine that there are more than a few mysteries and hidden facts about this classic series, so were here to help you out with this list of the 15 things you didnt know about beast wars. Transformers beast wars telemocha series waspinator waspitas reissue toy gallery image of i finally got a waspinator. The series that revived the transformers franchise after a yearslong recession, note beast wars was a fully cganimated series that premiered in 1996. Id like to share some of my fan art with the tf community. He was always getting blasted to scrap metal and beat on by his own comrades. It is a near perfect representation of how waspinator appeared in the beast wars cartoon, bar a few things. The beast wars tv series was the first transformers series to feature computeranimated characters, and was produced by mainframe entertainment. 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 among. Characters from this show tend to perform well in various official fan polls and surveys.
In the toy line, waspinator was a deadly and efficient aerial warrior, who ended up becoming a transmetal with a tertiary mode of a fighterjet. Waspinator is the inspiration for buzzerbot from gobots and wasp from transformers animated. Waspinator was originally slated to appear in the very first beast wars video game, and even had a character model built. Jan 27, 2020 deangelo epps is a writer that has been a huge fan of various comics, movies, anime, manga, and video games all his life. There have been three main publishers of the comic book series bearing the name. Wasps pompous, smarmy personality leaves something to be desired, but he had a lot going for him as a soldier, being highly skilled in the use of his stingers and knowing just how to tow the line with the drill sergeant. Hasbro released the first wave of beast wars toys, along with a minicomic.
The beast wars cartoon changed these forms to gorilla and trex in an homage to king kong and the toy continuity was retconned. I have so little interest in the toy being in beast mode. 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. Also it comes with this totally awesome waspinator comic book. 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. In the botcon exclusive comic book dawn of futures past, which revealed what occurred on cybertron before the start of the beast wars series, it is shown that airazor whose chasis was a. Waspinator s drawback is that he is easily distracted, flighty one might say. The predacons and maximals end up in a battle, but neither side can use guns thanks to a truce between the two. Transformers spin off and one of my favorite shows from the id like to share some of my fan art with the tf community. Transformers spin off and one of my favorite shows from the 90s see more. He was the only beast former in the halls initial year, with the other four icons optimus prime, megatron, bumblebe.
Transformers beast wars magnaboss toy gallery image of magnaboss beast wars see more. Generation 2, which ran for 12 issues starting in 1993. First it was dinobot, now its waspinator finding himself in a world thousands of years distant from the one he once knew, waspinator did the only thing he could found someone strong and put himself under their command. A perfect collectible for any beast wars fan to place on his or her collectors shelf. Having such a legacy and impact, its not hard to imagine that there are more than a few mysteries and hidden facts about this classic series, so were here to help you out with this list of the 15 things you didnt know about beast wars. Wasps pompous, smarmy personality leaves something to be desired, but he had a lot going for him as a soldier, being highly skilled in the use of.
He is definitely my favourite character from the transformers beast wars show and if you love beast wars too then you will definitely want to have this figure in your collection. 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. Transformers in canada, is a cg animated television series that debuted in 1996, serving as the flagship of the transformers. Great memorable quotes and script exchanges from the beast wars. Now waspinator s story arc was one of the best bits of beast wars i dunno if it was super deep but seriously, moment like waspinator knows is just. This toy is based off of a character from the 90s transformers cartoon, beast wars, and looks incredibly accurate in both of his modes to that characters design. Deluxe class waspinator transformers, beast wars, predacon. In the past, a few fans have referred to him as megatron ii to distinguish him from the original character of the same name. One issue of the european g1 comics showed ravage, optimus prime, and megatron before the dawn of the great wars, with ravage the protector of the last planetary leader, with an autobot counterpart named nightstalker.
Transformers generations deluxe class waspinator figure. The character recently has become a central figure in the idw publishing comic book series, making now the perfect time for him to return to the transformers toy line. If you are on a parent topic, click on the child topic in the list above to get more concise results. Beast wars takes place in the far far future of the world of the robots in disguise. Database listings may be incomplete and or out of date and is not meant to be a complete listing of all toys. The first series was produced by marvel comics from 1984 to 1991, which ran for 80 issues and produced four spinoff miniseries. Not only that, they also released a character from a line that its reboot back in 2008 was long forgotten, waspinator of beast wars.
The movie is shot in live action and the characters are brought to life by cgi and motion capture. At first glance its hard to not admire how accurate waspinator is to his cartoon representation. Hes an avid reader, fighting game fan, and as you can see here a writer as well. After an accident involving the transmetal 2 driver, cheetors body mutated into a new form. Oh, i guess hes also a good representation in how he appears in the idw comics.
Both robot and alt mode are done very nicely and with great attention to detail. Popular features include daily news, toy galleries, a message board, a podcast, and more than meets the eye. Transformers is a 2019 live actioncgi animated movie based on the transformers toy franchise and 90s animated series of the same name. Transformers in canada, is an americancanadian computer animated television series that debuted in 1996 and ended on march 7, 1999, serving as the flagship of the transformers. Wasp, who later becomes the predacon waspinator, was originally an autobot. Unfollow transformers beast wars waspinator toy to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Transformers generations waspinator beast wars comic book. These transformers generations thrilling anniversary figures commemorate the. The goto source for comic book and superhero movie fans. Waspinator is a brandnew deluxe class sculpt that is proof that there is indeed a god, and that he loves fans of beast wars. Like a rattlesnakes tail before an attack, a chilling sound buzzes in the distance as if to forecast approaching danger. This is a nicely made toy, and works well in both modes much better than the original toy, so if youre a fan of beast wars, get this waspinator. Beast wars is based on no one version of the g1 continuity. Transformers based on the toy lines of the same name.
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 original waspinator toy was recolored as buzz saw, then remolded into dirgegun in the japanese beast wars ii tv show. Transformers generations deluxe class waspinator figure, figures. The gathering, saw megatrons old rival from cybertron, magmatron, travel back to the time of the beast wars shortly after megatrons failed attempt at killing optimus prime at the behest of the tripredacus council. Details about transformers generations waspinator beast wars comic book. Not a car or a truck or a plane or any other automobiles. Waspinators drawback is that he is easily distracted, flighty one might say. One of the most beloved characters from the beast wars series was waspinator.
The beast wars cartoon may have had good writing, but the toys were garbage. As a writer at comic book resources, he hopes to put his skills to the test to bring the best content possible. Buy transformers generations deluxe class rattrap maximal figure. Several comic books and video games were also produced. The series featured the maximals and predacons, descendants of the autobots and decepticons respectively, and was set in the future of the original. Here the beast wars sourcebook witch has everything characters from tv shows anime toys and botcons and is a pretty good find as well. Many not know beast wars, some even call it an abomination for me personally, beast wars had on of the best storyline of all the transformers series. Transformers generations deluxe class rattrap maximal figure. To all the beast wars fans who are wondering what kemono friends is, basically its a 3d anime that takes place in abandon park where all the animals have transformed into animal girls. Transformers beast wars waspinator transmetal predacon function.
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