Brontosaurus Weapon Design Schemes

Tyco apparently debated several different weapons schemes for the Brontosaurus.  Judging by the picture of the Brontosaurus in the 2nd Series comic book, Tyco had yet to finalize the design by that time.  It seems that some of the designs that Tyco was considering were illustrated in the cartoon episode, "Battle for the Brontosaurus."  In that episode, Questar asks Turret to show him some different design schemes that he had been working on.  Several different variations were shown:

In the cartoon, the Dino Riders chose the following design:

It seems that Tyco was set on this same design for the toy by the time the 2nd Series comic came out.  Notice the similarities between the cartoon diagrams and the prototype picture in the comic: 

For whatever reason, Tyco decided to change the weapons for the final production version of the Brontosaurus:

Incidentally, this weapon scheme was also featured in the cartoon in the "Ice-Age Adventure":

Which do you think is better?