Posted December 29, 2005 at 8:21 pm
I told ya I'd get some photos of the Beast Wars 10th Anniversary toys next to their decade-old counterparts. And with marginably better quality! The new ones are in front to the left, and the old ones are in back to the right.
Cheetor -- BWX Cheetor looks like someone dunked the original dirty water. Both the yellow and the blue are desaturated. The spot pattern is the same, though the lines on the cheetah face are thinner. As noted before, BWX Cheetor is actually less show-accurate than the original, since they've changed his previously gold forearms and toes blue. (...I think I left BWX Cheetor's gut gun at my dad's. D'OH.)
Rhinox -- Similar to BWX Cheetor, BWX Rhinox's colors are darker than his predecessor, albeit not in the same way. His brown is much richer and the paintspray is reddish. The green is also darker. New gold paint detailing is on his head to better match the show's CGI model. Though, sadly, that's really all they could do for him, other than some slight color hue changes. The show's CGI model for Rhinox dropped the samurai motif completely, not to mention the "mutant head" gimmick, so you'd have to remove those parts to move him closer to that representation. (Which I plan to do, now that I've got my photos taken. The mutant mask halves will go bye-bye, as will the flip-down crotch piece. Both come off their hinges easily.)
Waspinator -- Now this is the prize of the set. Even Graham, who hates show-accurate tinkering, thought Waspy looked nice. Now, the original Waspinator I have is actually the Japanese version, which had some small changes from the original American release. (American Waspinator had lighter gray and a more olive-y green on the shoulders.) BWX Waspinator altered many things. It changed the light green color to a drab yellow and the gray to a medium green. There are now several paint applications on his head and even some paint detail on his robot legs which approximate corresponding details on the show's CGI model. The gold and black stripes in his wasp mode are now in a very metallic shiny paint. He shines. I love him. (What I don't love is that dinky Pred symbol on his wasp back. That would have looked so much better if it were scaled up to fill the whole area.)
Mmmm. Bring on wave 2!
Cheetor -- BWX Cheetor looks like someone dunked the original dirty water. Both the yellow and the blue are desaturated. The spot pattern is the same, though the lines on the cheetah face are thinner. As noted before, BWX Cheetor is actually less show-accurate than the original, since they've changed his previously gold forearms and toes blue. (...I think I left BWX Cheetor's gut gun at my dad's. D'OH.)
Rhinox -- Similar to BWX Cheetor, BWX Rhinox's colors are darker than his predecessor, albeit not in the same way. His brown is much richer and the paintspray is reddish. The green is also darker. New gold paint detailing is on his head to better match the show's CGI model. Though, sadly, that's really all they could do for him, other than some slight color hue changes. The show's CGI model for Rhinox dropped the samurai motif completely, not to mention the "mutant head" gimmick, so you'd have to remove those parts to move him closer to that representation. (Which I plan to do, now that I've got my photos taken. The mutant mask halves will go bye-bye, as will the flip-down crotch piece. Both come off their hinges easily.)
Waspinator -- Now this is the prize of the set. Even Graham, who hates show-accurate tinkering, thought Waspy looked nice. Now, the original Waspinator I have is actually the Japanese version, which had some small changes from the original American release. (American Waspinator had lighter gray and a more olive-y green on the shoulders.) BWX Waspinator altered many things. It changed the light green color to a drab yellow and the gray to a medium green. There are now several paint applications on his head and even some paint detail on his robot legs which approximate corresponding details on the show's CGI model. The gold and black stripes in his wasp mode are now in a very metallic shiny paint. He shines. I love him. (What I don't love is that dinky Pred symbol on his wasp back. That would have looked so much better if it were scaled up to fill the whole area.)
Mmmm. Bring on wave 2!
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