Arachnoid

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An Arachnoid is a type of drone from the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Arachnoids^[1] are drones which serve Tarantulas. They assist him in his various evil schemes, such as scouting out locations for him, stealing Maximal bases, and reassembling him after he gets blown up.

1 Fiction
- 1.1 Beast Wars cartoon
2 Toys
- 2.1 Timelines
3 Notes
- 3.1 Foreign names
4 References

Fiction

Beast Wars cartoon

Voice actor: N/A (English), Nobuyuki Hiyama (Japanese)

Terrorsaur, Waspinator and Blackarachnia used a number of arachnoids as lights as they tried to burrow under the Axalon. A Better Mousetrap Arachnoids tended to be common near Tarantulas's lair. The Low Road After Tarantulas was blown up during the destruction of Ravage's Transwarp cruiser, some arachnoids collected up his body parts and fixed him. Still more of them assisted Rampage in an attempt to pull the Axalon off the cliff it was resting on, pulling it via ropes. Optimal Situation

A couple of arachnoids spied on Cheetor as he tried to teach Chak and Una about levers. When the Predacons found they needed an organic to help complete their latest weapon, Tarantulas knew just where they could get one. Go with the Flow Tarantulas used a bunch of arachnoids as weapons to incapacitate Tigerhawk via electrical shocks delivered through their arms. As Cheetor ventured into Tarantulas's lair, he was confronted by arachnoids. They didn't last long. Other Victories

Toys

Timelines

Tarantulas (TFSS 3.0, 2015)

Part of the third Transformers Figure Subscription Service, the Timelines twin Arachnoid figures are pre-assembled redecoes of the Prime Arms Micron Ida mold and can each transform from a robot spider to a bladed shield-like weapon. As a redeco of an Arms Micron, each Arachnoid is covered in 5 mm posts and holes as part of the Arms Micron gimmick, allowing them to combine with other Microns to form bigger and more ridiculous "Combo Weapons" and "Super Combo Weapons".

The Arachnoids (and Tarantulas) are much lighter in color than the preview seen at BotCon 2014.

Notes

Two different types of arachnoid are seen during the show. The second type, seen from "Optimal Situation" onwards, differ from the first type in a number of details including an extendable manipulator arm and a Tarantulas insignia.