Animated

• Blackarachnia (Deluxe Class, 2008 / 2010)

• Takara ID number: TA-09
• Accessories: Grapnel-hook
• Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro), Alex Kubalsky (TakaraTomy), more»

Part of the second wave of Hasbro's Animated Deluxes, Blackarachnia transforms into a mechanical spider with some organic aesthetic. Many of her pointier parts are molded in softer plastic to keep unfortunate children from putting their eyes out. She comes with a grapnel hook accessory with a jointed claw at the end of it; pulling out the string then pressing a button o the base's top quickly pulls the string back in. It may be mounted under her abdomen in spider mode or on her back in robot mode, via two different sets of pegs. There is also a peg hole in each wrist, for web-slinging action.

The spider's head is mis-transformed in the package, making the first step of her instructions initially confusing. Furthermore, the pedipalps will easily come off if manipulated too much, and her transformation requires that they be turned around completely. Because of this, they will often fall off over, and over, and over....

Blackarachnia was released in the first wave of Takara's Animated line in 2010. Oddly, despite the sheer amount of metallic paint applied to virtually every other toy in the first few waves, Takara Blackarachnia is basically identical to the Hasbro version, down to the gold Decepticon symbol on her collar.

This toy was later repurposed as the IDW incarnation of Blackarachnia, and was remolded and given a Beast Wars cartoon-accurate deco for the Legends toy.