Niagara Base

[sic]

The Niagara Base (ナイアガラベース Naiagara Bēsu) is a Maximal outpost on Gaia, concealed behind a waterfall. The Yukikaze is marooned there and so the falls have been fortified by Diver with all manner of armaments and booby traps. Heavy cannons and a launching bay for the Tako Tank are hidden behind the falls, while giant Venus flytraps are scattered about the cliffs.

It's silly, but it works.

Toys

Beast Wars

• Diver & Niagara Base (1998)
  • ID number: X-2
  • Accessories: Two cannons, missiles (x5), leaves (x7), play mat

Released exclusively with Beast Wars Diver, the Niagara Base is a playset of a plastic mountain. It has multiple tree plumes, two projectile-launching cannons and a Venus fly-trap (with a pressure panel that causes it to snap shut when pressed) that can be attached in various ports on the mountain. Also included with the playset is a plastic play mat with water and Earth terrain printed on it to place underneath the playset.

The mountain itself has no molded water details or paint operations, but instead has a divot on top which is intended to be filled with actual water which collects in a molded basin at the bottom of the mountain, to emulate an actual waterfall.

• More information on the Niagara Base (with Diver) at TFU.info

Notes

• The Niagara Base has long been reported to be a recommissioned toy from Takara's Microman line. We have yet to get official confirmation of this fact, though. It bears a slight resemblance to the domed Microman Rescue Base. At the very least, it clearly wasn't designed with contemporary Transformers toys in mind, not even Basic-sized ones, as the base interior is designed around a considerably smaller scale of figure.
• Obviously, the Niagara Base is named after the real-world Niagara Falls. Though said falls are way, way, way bigger.