Well it’s been a few years since we got a Transformers-themed Wrist Rest Mouse Pad. In early 2017 we saw pads made of Arcee and Windblade, followed several months later by Elita-1. Now nearly two full years later we have the latest one, and it’s the character that near everyone predicted would be next. So let’s look at the Blackarachnia Mouse Pad.
The Artwork
The first Transformers Wrist Rest pads that came out were definitely Anime themed in their artwork. The follow up one of Elita-1 was more G1 Cartoon/Comic themed and even those who abhor these Mouse Pads admitted it was excellent artwork of her (from the neck up at least). This Mouse Pad definitely goes back to an Anime style, and is rather indicative of the artwork from the comic included with the Legends Blackarachnia figure.
An odd inclusion in the artwork is her licking a claw with an organic tongue.
The Physical Attributes
The dimensions and… er… squidgyness… of the Mouse Pad are on par with what has come before.
What is a shame is that unlike the other Mouse Pads, this one does not come packaged in a hard plastic shell, making it harder for those who choose to display them rather than put them to conventional use.
An Already Busty Character
It’s rather ironic that these Mouse Pads accentuate the female chest, yet the Legends Blackarachnia toy and box art actually show Blackarachnia with an even bigger bust than the Mouse Pad has! The previous Mouse Pads got a lot of scorn from certain sections of the fandom for giving a Transformer breasts. It will be interesting to see if those sections get angry again here, considering Blackarachnia has always been portrayed in cartoons, comics and toys as actually having breasts. In fact the original Beast Wars toy had massive mammaries!
Why these silly little Mouse Pads cause such controversy has always been a bit beyond me, since they are representations of fictional shape-shifting alien robots. Plus pick up any DC or Marvel comic and you’d be hard pressed to find any artwork showing a single female Super Hero rocking something smaller than Double D’s. Funnily enough the outrage often seems to be more from male rather than female Transformer fans, who tend to find the whole thing bemusing. But to each their own and it’s understandable that this kind of product is not everyone’s cup of tea.
So there ya go, the latest in the line of Transformer Wrist Rest Mouse Pads and something to sate fans until the Masterpiece Blackarachnia figure is released later this year. For those of you that entered the competition on this site, well done, nearly every one of you predicted this would be the next Mouse Pad created! So keep tuned to see which Femmebot will get the Wrist Rest treatment next.
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