Airachnid

[GoktimusPrime]

I'd like to see a realistic beast mode... we haven't had a realistic beast moded Transformer in a long time. Robotic/cybernetic beast modes =/= robots in disguise. :/

I think this name is rather lame, but I'm used to lame names being assigned to Beast TFs
e.g.
"Cheetor" the cheetah
"Rhinox" the rhino
"Waspinator" the wasp
"K-9" the Doctor's faithful robotic dog
"Tarantulas" the tarantula (that's not a name, it's a plural!)
"Dinobot" the dinosaur who transforms into a robot but isn't a subgroup
"Insecticon" guess what he is?
...all incredibly LAME names. As much as I really love Beast Wars, it had some pret-ty poor names.

Could you imagine if we had such lame names in G1? We'd have:
Bumblebee = Volks
Starscream = Fi-Tor
Whirl = Cop-Tur
Wreck Gar = Cy-Kill
Beachcomber = Buggy Man
Astrotrain = Loco Spacey
That's right!

[MV75]

I'd like to see a realistic beast mode... we haven't had a realistic beast moded Transformer in a long time. Robotic/cybernetic beast modes =/= robots in disguise. :/

Funny how I see universe cheetor at my local Toyworld...... Saw it last week in fact.

"Insecticon" guess what he is?

A virus? Oh wait, Insecticon is what you said.

[GoktimusPrime]

Yeah alright, Universe Cheetor and Dinobot do have realistic beast modes. Although technically Dinobot isn't a realistic velociraptor, but neither was the original BW Dinobot either. Both are more based on the inaccurate image of the velociraptor as seen in Jurassic Park (which some people argue more closely (but still inaccurately) resembles a Deinonychus). Mutant Beast Razorclaw has a more accurate elongated snout and shorter stance, but still no feathers. What the pluck is up with that, eh? ;D

[Gutsman Heavy]

in JPs defence at the time it was written the Deinonychus was known as Velociraptor antirrhopus. But they didn't correct it for the film, fair enough since Velociraptor is a cooler name.

hmm that was kinda off topic.

So a new Spider-man TF?

[SMHFConvoy]

Astrotrain = Loco Spacey

Dude, that name deserves to be made into a toy!

[Verno]

Whats all this Beast Wars talk? Beast Wars is like The Matrix. It comes along and light the darkest hour of Transformers, re-energises the market. I hardly think Transformers has quite reached those depths again.

[1orion2many]

Whats all this Beast Wars talk? Beast Wars is like The Matrix. It comes along and light the darkest hour of Transformers, re-energises the market. I hardly think Transformers has quite reached those depths again.

After ROTF I think it has

[Paulbot]

I keep seeing this thread and thinking it sounds like an Animorphs character.

Animorphs 10th Anniversary line anyone?

[SilverDragon]

I keep seeing this thread and thinking it sounds like an Animorphs character.

Animorphs 10th Anniversary line anyone?

Nah, Animorphs tended to go with names that weren't word mashups. Well, the books did.

[MV75]

What? No word mashups like, well, I dunno, animorphs?