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Transformers: Prime (toyline)

2011-06-26T22:29:48Z

75.243.8.194: /* Toys */

{{Nav-Prime}}

The '''''Transformers: Prime''''' toyline hits shelves on [[December 1]], [[2011]]. Beforehand, there had been much doubt as to whether there would be a toyline, partially because of the complex CG designs, and [[Hasbro]] considered releasing Optimus, Bumblebee and Starscream in the ''[[Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' line before deciding the show warranted its own label.<ref>[http://toyfair11.asmzine.com/companies/hasbro.html ASM'S Toy Fair 2011 coverage]</ref>

==Toys==
===Cyberverse===
*[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]]
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]

'''Legion'''
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]]
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]]

'''Commander'''
*[[Ironhide (Prime)|Ironhide]]

===Deluxe class===
'''SDCC Exclusive'''
*[[Matrix of Leadership]] Optimus Prime

'''Entertainment pack'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]
*[[Jack Darby]]
*[[Miko Nakadai]]
*[[Raf Esquivel]]

[[Image:Primetoy-ArceeDeluxe.jpg|thumb|Arcee, a Wave 1 Deluxe figure]]
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]]
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]] Cliffjumper
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]

'''2012 waves'''
*[[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]]
*[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]]
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]

===Voyager class===
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]
*[[Airachnid]]

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

==External link==
*[http://tformers.com/transformers-botcon-2011-live-blog-2011-hasbro-toys-with-the-brand-team/15844/news.html BotCon 2011 panel]

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Airachnid (Prime)

2011-06-26T22:19:50Z

75.243.8.194: /* Notes */

{{faction|decepticon}}
:''Airachnid is a self-styled ex-Decepticon from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)| Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:Airachnid.jpg|thumb|400px|Shelob gave dieting a go after seeing how much weight her director lost.]]

Long ago, '''Airachnid''' was with the [[Decepticon]]s, where her cruel, cold-sparked, murderous demeanor served her well. But after the [[Great Exodus]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], she decided to go solo. Nevertheless, she still feels a sort of kinship with her former allies, so if a [[MECH|group of humans]] attempted to, so to say, disassemble a [[Breakdown (Prime)|Decepticon]], she would take offense to it.

These days, Airachnid spends her time engaging in her new hobby: collecting [[Airachnid's specimens|endangered species]]. Well, parts of endangered species. Mostly the heads.

And if a species ''isn't'' endangered? Oh, they will be. She'll make ''sure'' of that. And she'll make sure it's a slow, painful process.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor'': [[Gina Torres]] (English)

During the war for Cybertron, Airachnid managed to capture [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] and her partner [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]]. Quickly realizing that Arcee would resist the physical torture she used, Airachnid decided to employ a simpler threat: Tell her the attack coordinates, or Tailgate dies. Arcee insisted she didn't know the coordinates, but Airachnid didn't believe her and killed Tailgate. Moments later, [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] and [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]] burst into the holding room, killing the two [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s and rescuing Arcee. Airachnid, however, escaped.

Following the [[Great Exodus]], Airachnid concluded that the war was over, meaning she needed a new way to spend her time. Abandoning the Decepticons, she decided to hunt sentient species, then wipe them out after getting a trophy. Eventually, Airachnid crash-landed [[Airachnid's ship|her ship]] on [[Earth]]. She initially laid her optics on a lone camper, but was ambushed by Arcee. While Arcee gained the upper hand, she was distracted by her human partner, [[Jack Darby]], and Airachnid webbed her to a rock. Having learned of Cliffjumper's recent demise, Airachnid decided that making Jack her next trophy would be a delicious way to hurt Arcee before finally snuffing out her [[spark]]. She chased Jack back to her ship, but discovered too late that the human had snuck out the underside. She spotted Jack ''just'' in time to see him hurl a flaming stick into a pool of [[Energon (fuel)|energon]] that was leaking from her ship. Airachnid barely managed to escape the explosion, but she was wounded and ''really'' pissed. She managed to web the fleeing Jack to a tree, but before Airachnid could deliver the killing blow, Arcee came to the rescue and absolutely wiped the forest floor with the Decepticon. Deciding she had endured enough for one night, Airachnid drilled into the ground and fled. {{storylink|Predatory}}

{{spoiler|Crisscross|July 9, 2011}}
[[Image:Crisscross-helicopter.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Finally a use for those helicopter cockpit halves on her shoulders!]]
Learning of [[MECH]]'s treatment of [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]], Airachnid engineered a distress call which lured [[Silas]] to the forest. She made a deal with the MECH leader to give him Arcee —at least, what would be ''left'' of her— if he could deliver Jack to her. Silas used the [[Internet]] to track down information on Jack and have [[June Darby]] kidnapped so Airachnid cocooned her and dangled her from a building in the disused [[Jasper]] factory MECH was occupying. When Jack arrived, Airacnid gave him six minutes to rescue his mother. She followed Jack around the factory and, when he eventually found June and claimed victory, she pointed out the task was to ''rescue'' mom, not just find her. Before Airachnid could start with the dismemberment, Arcee arrived to attack her and the two enemies fought at length around the building's structure. During the fight, Airachnid was thrown into a container and coated with concrete, but managed to get free and web Arcee to the ground. She was about to finish off Arcee when she was attacked by [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]'s helicopters, and was forced to [[scanning|scan]] one so she could escape. {{storylink|Crisscross}}

==Notes==
* Airachnid is in [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] non-Deluxe [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] colors.
* Airachnid went her entire introductory episode without transforming into a true [[alternate mode]], only from biped-mode to spider-legs mode and back.
* Unlike real spiders, Airachnid has [[wikipedia:compound eyes|compound eyes]].
* The existence of the name "Airachnid" was first revealed when Hasbro filed an intent-to-use [http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77892423 trademark application] for the term with the US Trademark and Patent Office. However, the application was eventually denied for registration<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/beast-wars-2/case-closed---goodbye-airachnid-170451/ "Case Closed - Goodbye Airachnid"]</ref>, so whether Hasbro will still use the name for the toy is unknown.
* She is not [[Blackarachnia (disambiguation)|Blackarachnia]]. Deal with it.
* Intended or not, her head is reminiscent of [[wikipedia:Disney Princess|Disney]]'s 1959 ''[[wikipedia:Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'' villainess [[Wikipedia:Maleficent|Maleficent]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]

Transformers: Prime (toyline)

2011-06-26T22:07:46Z

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