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Magmatron (BW)

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:''Magmatron is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].

[[File:Magmatronbm.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Part robot, part 3 different prehistoric animals, and he can ''dance''.]]
As befits a decorated Warrior-General, '''Magmatron''' (マグマトロン ''Magumatoron'') is capable of both elegant, reasoned judgment and wild, vicious action. Once he has set his sights on a goal, his drive to achieve it is unwavering and he will accept nothing less than total victory. Despite these attributes, and prodigious physical power, Magmatron's greatest advantage often lies in his charismatic leadership. Revered and admired by his soldiers, Magmatron fits the title "[[Emperor of Destruction]]" better than most.

On the surface, Magmatron seems to have much in common with [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. Both are schemers and planners, willing to subvert the established Predacon power structure to suit their plans and ultimate ambition for power, and possessing the strength to fight off any who challenge them. Their key difference lies in their relationships to that power structure. Megatron is at heart a rebel, working outside existing society. Magmatron, on the other hand, values his position of power and eminence in the current Predacon hierarchy, and though he schemes to someday stand at the top of that body, he is unwilling to risk his current high standings any more than he must to achieve those future goals. Also, while Megatron is more openly abusive and harsh with his troops, Magmatron operates with more military professionalism when interacting with his own soldiers. This aspect of Magmatron's personality may also be due to his more professional background, as opposed to Megatron's more rogue-ish ways.

Magmatron possesses a [[mitotic spark]] which allows him to separate into three dinosaur forms called '''Landsaur''', '''Seasaur''', and '''Skysaur''', or merge them into a single monstrosity called '''Magmasaur'''.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Show Ryuzanji]] (Japanese)|[[Kwan-cheol Kim]] (Korean)}}

[[File:Magmatron cartoon.jpg|left|thumb|No, the toy isn't this cool.]]

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Big Convoy, Move Out}} {{storylink|Chase the Mysterious Capsule}} {{storylink|Burning Heart Below Freezing}} {{storylink|Hang in There, Stampy}} {{storylink|Mirage of the Sand}} {{storylink|Dinosaur Combiner Magmatron}} {{storylink|Duel in the Labyrinth}} {{storylink|The Black Hole Crisis}} {{storylink|Sub-Commander Longrack}} {{storylink|Waa! They Got Eaten}} {{storylink|Planet of Time}} {{storylink|Lonely Hydra}} {{storylink|Break Is a Predacon?}} {{storylink|Ship's Log}} {{storylink|Mach Kick Voluntarily Enlists!?}} {{storylink|Planet of the Ultimate Weapon}} {{storylink|Troubled DNAVI}} {{storylink|Attack! Randy}} {{storylink|Bump the Physicist}} {{storylink|Hardhead Is Hardheaded}} {{storylink|Personal Combat in the Deep Sea!!}} {{storylink|The Stolen Gung Ho}} {{storylink|Survive the Hot-Blooded Instructor}} {{storylink|Assemble! New Warriors}} {{storylink|Mysterious Beast Warriors!?}} {{storylink|The Stolen Capsules}} {{storylink|Pursue the Blentrons!}} {{storylink|Angry Magmatron}} {{storylink|Illusion? Lio Convoy}} {{storylink|Unicron Revived!?}} {{storylink|Unicron's Ambition}} {{storylink|The Final Battle (BWN)|The Final Battle}} {{storylink|Graduation Ceremony!!}}}}

===''Bom Bom'' manga continuity===
====''Beast Wars II'' manga====
Magmatron was a ''Giganotosaurus'' who led a gang of dinosaur rowdies on a primitive world in the [[7th Cosmos]]. After exposure to the Angolmois Capsule that crashed on the planet, the gang became more ferocious and killed [[Big Convoy#Beast Wars Neo comic|Big]]'s friends. The gang attacked [[Lio Convoy]], who had just arrived on the planet by accident, but failed because of Big's interruption. The gang followed Lio Convoy and Big's trails to the site where the capsule fell. Big pushed the gang into the valley, where the ''Giganotosaurus'' and its minions were caught in the explosion of the Angolmois Capsule and evolved into Transformers. The ''Giganotosaurus'' was fused with a ''Quetzalcoatlus'' and an ''Elasmosaurus'', becoming Magmasaur. The Magmasaur transformed into Magmatron, commanding his just-evolved minions to attack Lio Convoy and Big. Lio Convoy managed to defeat the henchmen with ease, but Magmatron took him out with one blast. With the power he now possessed, Magmatron claimed they would travel to various planets to kill every living thing. {{storylink|The Beast Wars "Neo" Begin!!!}}

====''Beast Wars Neo'' manga====
[[File:bwn-bigconvoy&magmatron-manga-06-riding.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The 5 Rookies}} {{storylink|There Are 7 Capsules}} {{storylink|100000000000000000 Grains of Sandron!!}}}}

Later, Magmatron again met Big, now the Maximal Big Convoy. During a fierce battle, Magmatron indicated they had a history but Big Convoy couldn't remember and was surprised by Magmatron's words. When Magmatron thought he gained the upper hand, he was surprised by multiple blasts from his foe's [[Big Cannon]]. {{storylink|Mortal Combat! Twenty Thousand Meters in the Sky}}

The badly wounded Magmatron now had to separate himself into the three dinosaurs and stay in healing chambers. He ordered his henchmen to go to the planet [[Jörmungandr]] to retrieve an Angolmois Capsule. The group, however, failed and was sucked into space. The mysterious [[Unicron|Black Ball]], which had been retrieved by Big Convoy's crew, suddenly appeared in the ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]'', offering his troops, the [[Blentron]]s, to Magmatron. {{storylink|A Battle Fought Alone}}

Magmatron and Big Convoy were tricked to an {{w|amphitheatre}} where the last capsule was located by the Black Ball. Magmatron commanded the Blentron to attack Big Convoy's crew. During the battle, Magmatron was attacked from behind by a Blentron. It was revealed that both Magmatron and Big Convoy were the last Angolmois Capsule, and thus the Black Ball, who was actually Unicron, desired to consume them to regain the energy. Magmatron saved his old rival, who was despairing upon regaining his memory,and convinced him to team up to fight Unicron and the Blentrons. Magmatron was eventually chewed up and spat out by Unicron. A dying Magmatron, now reduced to only a head, left his [[Magma Blade]] to Big Convoy as a "parting gift" and asked Big Convoy to give him an honorable "warrior's death" with his own sword. Big Convoy conceded to the request. {{storylink|Double Cross}}

Big Convoy later struck the blow that finished off Unicron's physical body with Magmatron's sword, avenging his death. {{storylink|Return to Zero}}

===''Beast Machines'' toy bio===
Magmatron was a member of the [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot faction]], revered and reviled in equal measure. He had been on an intergalactic quest for energy capsules, but when he returned to Cybertron he found it being overrun by [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon drones!]]

While he had the nickname "Emperor of Destruction", he served under [[T-Wrecks]].

===3H comics===
Magmatron had become part of the new Dinobots, and was sent on a mission, given to them by the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], {{Storylink|Departure}} to the planet [[Arkus]]. The mission was a trap, however, and Magmatron and his Dinobots were attacked by [[energy vampire]]s and their master known as the [[Dweller (G1)|Dweller]]. {{storylink|Betrayal}} Magmatron fought off the Dweller long enough for the Dinobots to escape. When they returned to rescue him, they found nothing but his sword. {{storylink|The Wreckers: Finale Part 1}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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Magmatron made his way to prehistoric Earth, with the intention of raising an army out of the protoforms left behind by the Axalon's crew. He watched from afar as Optimus Primal's team launched from the planet aboard an Autobot shuttlecraft, with Megatron as their prisoner.
As one of his agents, Razorbeast, activated the stasis pods remotely, another one of his lackeys, Spittor, reported that one of the protoforms had been activated as a Maximal instead of a Predacon. Abandoning his cover as a Maximal double-agent, Razorbeast fled from Magmatron and into the wild. {{storylink|Shell Game issue 1|Shell Game #1}}

===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
According to one account, Magmatron was the result of one of many experiments conducted by the [[Tripredacus Council]] in the advent of protoform technology, after the signing of the Pax Cybertronia. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

[[File:Magmatron speech TheGathering1.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb]]

Another account has it that, during the early days of the [[Pax Cybertronia]], Magmatron endangered the fragile peace, being an indomitable general who would not accept defeat. When he was finally brought to heel by the [[Tripredacus Council]], he still chafed under the terms of the treaty and the council's apparent willingness to roll over for the Maximals. However, he accepted his change in status and maneuvered into a position on the [[Bi-Partate Committee for State Affairs]] alongside his old enemy, [[Big Convoy]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #2}}

Frustrated by the Council's decision to bide its time, Magmatron recruited a small band of disenchanted warriors and fostered a professional relationship with the Tripredacus agent [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] to keep abreast of the situation on [[Earth]]. With this information, he formed an elegant and tightly knit plan to travel backwards in time to prehistoric Earth and reprogram all of the remaining [[protoform]] Maximals into Predacons. Keeping his plans secret until the last moment, he revealed to his forces that the Council had ordered him to pick up the task where their previous agent failed: capture the rogue [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]].

[[Chronal phase|Chronically displacing]] his crew so that they could not be detected by the beast warriors who are already there, they set to work. He ordered [[Razorbeast]] to begin activating the [[stasis pod]]s while [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]], [[Manterror]], [[Transquito]], and [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]] reported on their progress. They witnessed the birth of three Predacons, but Spittor was greeted by the Maximal, [[Polar Claw]]. More Maximals were spotted, revealing Razorbeast as a spy, but the warthog escaped into the wilderness. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

Once his new army was assembled, Magmatron ordered them to hunt down the Maximals. [[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]] and Spittor, however, accompanied Magmatron on his personal quest to find Razorbeast. He located the spy and quickly gained the upper hand with his three dinosaur modes, but Razorbeast pulled a fast one, and buried the Predacon leader beneath a mountainside. Magmatron soon recouped his losses by recovering the spark of the Tripredacus agent, Ravage. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 2|The Gathering #2}}

[[File:Gathering3-Megatron Magmatron.jpg|right|upright=1.5|thumb|Insert "Megatron not pleased a BWN character is stealing his role" joke here.]]

Iguanus, having located a [[blank]] protoform, assisted Magmatron with rebirthing Ravage in a new, [[Transmetal 2]] body. Magmatron ordered Ravage to hunt down and terminate Razorbeast's Maximals. Magmatron proceeded to set forth on his next mission; locating and capturing Megatron to ensure the Tripredacus Council didn't catch on to his real plans. He confronted Megatron, and the two engaged in battle. Megatron insisted that Magmatron was foolish for coming after him alone, as Ravage did, but Magmatron was not alone— Iguanus and Drill Bit ambushed Megatron and disabled him. The Predacons brought Megatron to a [[transwarp]] platform they had set up and prepared to send Megatron into the hands of the Council, but they were interrupted by the wandering [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 3|The Gathering #3}}

[[File:MagmatronVGrimlock TheGathering4.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb]]

Magmatron engaged Grimlock in a vicious [[beast mode]] battle, and despite the Maximal's resilence, Magmatron eventually overwhelmed him. Grimlock was enough of a distraction, however, to let Razorbeast and [[Optimus Minor]] enter the camp undetected and steal a [[chronal phase facilitator]]. When Razorbeast confronted Magmatron in the open, the Predacon general saw an opportunity to settle an old score. But with Razorbeast using the facilitator to shift out of his chronal phase, Magmatron was unable to land a single hit on his smaller opponent. Optimus Minor removed the facilitator attached to the unconscious Megatron, returning the rogue to his proper chronal state. Magmatron lunged to stop it, and ended up falling onto the transwarp platform just as it activated. Razorbeast blasted the device, causing it to malfunction and send Magmatron to parts unknown. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 4|The Gathering #4}}

Razorbeast's meddling in Magmatron's transwarp shunt caused the Predacon commander to be consigned to a temporal limbo, able to traverse the whole of history but unable to affect any of the events he witnessed. Through this, he saw the eventual end of Cybertron as its inhabitants set upon each other with beastly fury while [[Shokaract]] summoned [[Unicron]] to devour the planet. Knowing that the roots of this catastrophic event were already beginning in his time, Magmatron turned to the enemy who had consigned him to this fate. Exerting what little influence he could, he stabilized the Transwarp carrier signal sent by the Maximals weeks earlier, allowing the time-lost distress call to be received by [[Lio Convoy]] and the [[Pack]]. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}}

[[File:Magmatron Ravage TheAscending2.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb]]

Magmatron's meddling effect on the timestream was noticed by Unicron, who dispatched [[Latolata|Rartorata]] to Earth to deal with the assembling combatants there. His ability to change the future was increased further, however, when during the confusion of the battle on Earth between the Maximal and Predacon forces, a playing 'possum Ravage made contact with the chronal displacement bands. Magmatron was able to use his limited influence to hold Ravage inside chronospace, where he was able to make contact with the former [[Decepticon]]. Magmatron briefed him on the apocalypse that could yet come, urging him to call a truce with the Maximals in an effort to stop the end of all things. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}

From his chronal prison, Magmatron watched his rival Big Convoy die at Shokaract's hands in the future, knowing that it was only a prelude to the destruction to come. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}} A combined group of Maximals and Predacons returned with Ravage to present-day Cybertron to battle Shokaract, arriving before Big Convoy could be killed. Ravage again briefed with Magmatron, who instructed him to send a Maximal to attach a chronal-displacement device onto Shokaract's body. This was eventually accomplished at the cost of many lives and Shokaract was brought to Magmatron within chronospace. Magmatron showed him Cybertron's future and the realization that he was a pawn of Unicron caused a distraught Shokaract to commit suicide, causing a "time-lash" that freed Magmatron from limbo.

The restored Magmatron informed the assembled Maximals and Predacons that the threat had ended. He also reported that his old foe Razorbeast had died on Earth and respectfully declared the Maximal worthy of a momument. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
[[Vector Prime]] and his [[Time Warrior (AVP)|Time Warrior]]s prevented Magmatron from falling prey to the [[X-Dimension]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/12}}

===Waspscream continuity===
In [[Primax 208.06 Zeta]], Magmatron and the [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]]s were among the resistance groups against [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]]'s [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] rule of Cybertron. After the defeat of the Vehicons, Magmatron formed a new High Council with [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspscream]], [[Icebird]], and [[Rodimus Primal]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:BWU Magmatron.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]

Magmatron was chief engineering specialist aboard the ''Dinosaur'', overseeing junior engineers [[Crazybolt (BWN)|Crazybolt]] and [[Dead End (BWN)|Dead-End]]. During the launch of an away mission to [[Metascan Omega|LGC-8803]], the ''Dinosaur'' was attacked by an [[Intruder]] craft, putting Magmatron to work maintaining the integrity of his ship.

He had little time to spare when [[Killer Punch]] came by with a tale of the hallways moving on him and [[Hydra (BWN)|Hydra]] possibly being killed. Still, the intelligence specialist's sensor logs were compelling, so Magmatron arranged for a localized brown-out so that Killer Punch could reach the laboratory the ship seemed dedicated to keeping from him. It was only due to Killer Punch's paranoid comms channel that Magmatron saw what happened next. The Builder political officer [[Synapse (BWU)|Synapse]] bragged about killing Hydra before having Killer Punch killed as well. An uprising had begun on Cybertron, and Synapse couldn't have the proto-former crew getting any sympathetic ideas.

Magmatron rallied the remaining members of the crew on board in a plan to reach the captain's chambers and disable the ship's internal defenses. He and [[Guiledart]] made their way to the captain, only to find [[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]] wasn't responsible for the attacks on the crew. He had been severed from control of the ''Dinosaur'', actually the [[Titan (group)|Megamaster]] war criminal once known as [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Additional damage done by the [[Destructon]] intruders only made the situation more perilous, forcing the chief back to engineering to keep the ship in the air long enough to seize control of it. Once Dead-End disabled Trypticon's higher consciousness, Magmatron and Full-Tilt were able to preserve the ship's integrity long enough to crash it on LGC-8803, opening the starship up into a new colony dubbed [[Dinosaur City]].

Leaving Full-Tilt, first officer [[Longrack (BWN)|Longrack]], and others behind on Dinosaur City, Magmatron manned a shuttle with a contingent of his crew who wished to return to Cybertron and fight in the [[Grand Uprising]]. {{storylink|Intersectionality}}

{{charstubfiction| {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}} {{storylink|Derailment}}}}

===''Legends'' comic===
Magmatron of the [[Legends World]] was the principal at a school. When [[Big Convoy|Big]] suggested changing the "HR" for "home room" to "TF" for "''Transformers''" during a staff meeting, Magmatron asked what he was going to do during "TF" period. When the teacher said he'd talk about ''Transformers'', Magmatron noted that was he already was doing and considered firing him. {{Storylink|LG59 Blitzwing Prologue: Big-sensei#Very Strange|Very Strange}}

After the Legends World was destroyed, Magmatron ended up on [[Beast (planet)|Beast]], where he became a full-fledged Beast Warrior through [[Transformers sickness]] and helped fight against [[Galvatron II]] and his [[Nemesis (BWII)|Nemesis]]. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3}} When the Legends World was restored, Magmatron returned to it, and was present when [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] announced he was leaving the universe. He later was present for the graduation ceremony of Big's class. {{Storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BM Magmatron Toy.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|My entire body is hinges!]]
*'''Magmatron''' (February 1999)
**''ID number:'' '''D-35'''
**''Accessories'': Sword-hilt/launcher, sword blade, left & right Skysaur missiles, 2 Seasaur missiles

: ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#BWN|Beast Wars Neo]]'' Magmatron is an Ultra-sized figure that transforms from a massive robot into three prehistoric reptiles—a ''{{w|Quetzalcoatlus}}'' ("Skysaur"), a ''{{w|Giganotosaurus}}'' ("Landsaur"), and an ''{{w|Elasmosaurus}}'' ("Seasaur"). These three beasts can also combine into some horrible, chimeric dragon-like creature. In [[robot mode]], Magmatron has free-rolling wheels on his feet, for some unknown purpose.

: The Landsaur unit features a spring-loaded launcher in its mouth, enabling it to fire any of the five missiles the toy comes with. The launcher/throat assembly disconnects for robot mode, forming a sword-hilt primarily for use with the sword-blade missile. The hilt can also be converted into a pistol by flipping out an extra handle from the side. The Seasaur's lower body forms a shield that mounts on Magmatron's left arm; it also contains two grey missiles, and features a spring-loaded gimmick that causes the front paddles to flap when the rear ones are squeezed together. The Skysaur's wings feature a spring-loaded flapping action, triggered by pulling on its tail, and also hide a pair of smooth red blade/missiles.

: [[Sonokong]] also released this figure with no differences other than the packaging in Korean markets.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Destron/Magmatron/magmatron.htm More information on Magmatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Big Convoy-VS-Magmatron-Boxset.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
*'''Cosmic Showdown: Big Convoy VS Magmatron''' (Vs pack, February 1999)
**''ID number:'' '''VS-35'''
**''Accessories'': Sword-hilt/launcher, sword blade, left & right Skysaur missiles, 2 Landsaur missiles

: Magmatron was available in Japan both in an individual box, and in a massive "Cosmic Showdown" (大宇宙の対決 ''Daiuchū no Taiketsu'') two-pack with [[Big Convoy#VS35|Big Convoy]]. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

:This vs-pack was also released in new packaging in Korea.

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[[File:Gold_Big_Convoy_and_Magmatron.jpg|thumb|250px|]]
*'''Kinpika Magmatron''' (1999)
**''Accessories'': Sword-hilt/launcher, sword blade, left & right Skysaur missiles, 2 Landsaur missiles

:This gold [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum metallized]] Magmatron was featured as a [[Lucky Draw figure|Lucky Draw]] giveaway.

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*'''Black Magmatron''' (1999)
**''Accessories'': Sword-hilt/launcher, sword blade, left & right Skysaur missiles, 2 Landsaur missiles

:This figure is a [[Black repaint|black]] [[redeco]]ed Magmatron and is a Lucky Draw item.
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===''Beast Machines''===
[[File:BM-toy Magmatron.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|He keeps talking in that crazy alien language! Let's break his neck!]]
*'''Magmatron''' (Ultra Class, 2000)
**''Accessories'': Sword-hilt/launcher, sword blade, left & right Skysaur missiles, 2 Seasaur missiles.

:Released [[exclusive]]ly through [[Target]] stores in the USA as part of Hasbro's ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' toyline, Magmatron was brought over in a box that reflected his Japanese origin, with Japanese text and other elements from the ''Beast Wars Neo'' packaging added. He was slightly changed from his original release, with his missiles and sword "rounded off" to better conform with [[For safety reasons|United States safety laws]], and overall has a less "metallic" sheen to his plastic. Another more prominent difference is a duller-mustard shade of yellow paint being present on the pelvis of the robot mode, whereas the original has bright yellow.

: His [[bio]] card describes him as a Maximal, and also places him on [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]-dominated Cybertron. However, his separate [[beast mode]]s still retain their Predacon [[spark crystal]]s.
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==Notes==
*Magmatron's Maximal on-package bio gives his quotation as "Til all is won", an obvious reference to a similar [['Til all are one|phrase]] that pops up in numerous other places in ''Transformers'' lore.
*Magmatron's ''Beast Machines'' instructions also erroneously call Landsaur a "raptor", and it also calls Skysaur a ''Pteranodon''. The combined beast mode is termed as a "Monster mode".
* The ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' incarnation of Magmatron is a "virtual redeco" of the revived ''[[Diaclone]]'' line's [http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/pictorial-review-of-diaclone-reboot-diabattles-v2/35531/ Dia-Battles V2] toy. A transformation video of that toy can be [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYOjNZI12uU seen here.]

===Foreign names===
*''Korean:'' '''Magmatron''' (메그마트론 ''Megeumateuron'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Yán Chōng Tiān''' (炎冲天, "Soaring Flame")

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Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)

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LordBombshell: This should be everyone that was not correctly directed to the toy section. expectations the Totally canceled Deluxe Obsidian which doesn't have a corresponding entry on the toy section of his page. BRWCheetor Doesn't have entry unlike others

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[[File:Crosssell-bm.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Freaks of nature.]]

'''Beast Machines''' was the toyline successor to ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'', running from ''very'' late 1999 to early 2001. It featured the [[Maximal]]s as smoothly [[Technorganic|techno-organic]] beasts, pitted against the futuristic war machines of the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]]. ''Beast Machines'' signaled the full-fledged return of vehicular Transformers, after an absence of nearly four years.

Though ''Beast Machines'' was the primary series in 2000, [[Hasbro]] continued to release ''Beast Wars'' case assortments, whose contents ranged from new redecos to promote [[Fox Kids]] running the series, to the new-mold ''[[Mutant (BW)#Toys|Mutant Beast Wars]]'' figures, to straight-up re-releases of [[Transmetal 2]] toys.

The line seemed to underperform to expectations, and combined with Hasbro's financial troubles (primarily due to excessive ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]] Episode I'' product glut), the second year of ''Beast Machines'' product was cut short to make way for another heavy reworking of the ''Transformers'' concept...

Unlike ''Beast Wars'', the line did not run concurrently in Japan, but would get a short run there in 2004.

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==Overview==
''Beast Machines'' continued many of its predecessor's elements, retaining the Maximal faction and a number of its main characters. Both factions tended toward unorthodox designs; the toys also made frequent use of translucent plastic and chrome finishes. [[Spark crystal]]s appeared on most toys. Aesthetically, the smooth, curvaceous designs of the Maximals is a further evolution of the earlier [[Transmetal]] design styles, seamlessly blending the mechanical and the organic. The Vehicons had emphatically Cybertronian vehicle forms, often with articulated "sensors". They likewise featured some unorthodox robot modes, often with inhuman faces, odd-shaped limbs, and unusual forms of locomotion.

[[Show-accuracy]] (including inter-character [[scale]]) was widely variable across the entire toy line. Show production house [[Mainframe Entertainment]] apparently began animating the characters from early concept sketches, designs that by necessity changed a great deal during the translation into toy form. Thus many characters' (initial) toy and cartoon depictions bear relatively little resemblance to each other.

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The ''[[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobots]]'' subline, consisting of [[redeco]]ed molds from both the Hasbro ''Beast Wars'' and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#1999 (Beast Wars Neo)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' lines, shipped in the same packaging assortments with the normal figures.

The back end of the ''Beast Machines'' toyline, starting in 2001, featured the first full-on [[subline imprint]] for ''Transformers'', called "''Battle for the Spark''", reflecting the storyline of the cartoon's second season. This also tied in with a unifying theme for the new-mold toys, where action features are activated by pressing on the [[spark crystal]]s. By this time, many toys were designed to emulate their show models, and did so to an impressive degree.

Due to apparent under-selling (plus they had hit the sixth year of "Beast" product), it was decided to cancel the last few waves in development, abandon plans for the sequel series ''[[Transtech]]'', and [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|re-vamp the franchise from the ground up]]. Takara's ''Car Robots'' series was quickly ported over as "filler" under the name ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'', giving Hasbro and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] the time needed to coordinate on the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|next series]]. Not ones to waste the effort put into the canceled figures, all three finished-yet-unreleased toy molds were eventually released as part of the ''Robots in Disguise'' toyline.

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==Hasbro ''Beast Machines'' toyline==
===Standard retail line===
<big>'''Basics</big>'''

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Buzz Saw (BW)#Beast Machines|Buzzsaw]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Mirage (BM)#Toys|Mirage]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Scavenger (BM)#Toys|Scavenger]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Longhorn#Toys|Longhorn]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Obsidian (BM)#Toys|Obsidian]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Geckobot#Toys|Geckobot]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Quickstrike (BM)#Toys|Quickstrike]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Night Viper#Toys|Night Viper]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Silverbolt (BW)#Beast Machines|Silverbolt]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:BM Longhorn-toy.jpg|thumb|250px|Basic Longhorn]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' (BftS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Hammerstrike (BM)#Beast Machines|Hammerstrike]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Tank Drone#Basic|Tank Drone]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' (BftS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-vh|[[Cycle Drone#Toys|Motorcycle Drone]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Spy Streak#Toys|Spy Streak]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' (BftS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Battle Unicorn#Toys|Battle Unicorn]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''Canceled'''''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Screechwing#Toys|Screechwing]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Spiketail#Toys|Spiketail]]}}
|}

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<big>'''Deluxe</big>'''

: In addition to regular ''Beast Machines'' toys, the Deluxe assortment also included ''[[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobots]]''-branded product.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Beast Machines|Optimus Primal]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Jetstorm (BM)#Toys|Jetstorm]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-bd|[[Airraptor#Toys|Airraptor]]}}
{{Bp-bd|[[Triceradon (BM)#Toys|Triceradon]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-bd|[[Dinotron (BM)#Toys|Dinotron]]}}
{{Bp-bd|[[Striker#Toys|Striker]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Beast_Machines|Blackarachnia]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Thrust (BM)#Toys|Thrust]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=3|[[File:BM-toy Thrust.jpg|thumb|250px|Deluxe Thrust]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Snarl (BM)#Toys|Snarl]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-vh|[[Blastcharge (BM)#Toys|Blastcharge]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Skydive (BM)#Toys|Skydive]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-vh|[[Aero Drone#Toys|Sonic Attack Jet]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 8''' (BftS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Noble (BM)#Toys|Beast Changer]]}}
{{Bp-bd|[[Rapticon (BM)#Toys|Rapticon]]}}
{{Bp-bd|[[Terranotron (BM)#Toys|Terranotron]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 9''' (BftS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#BMNSC|Night Slash Cheetor]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Strika (BM)#Toys|Strika]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''Canceled''''' (used later)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Bruticus (RID)#Toys|Cerberus]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Megatron (RID)#Megabolt|Megatron]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''Totally canceled'''''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-vh|[[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]]}}
|}

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<big>'''Mega</big>'''

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Beast Machines|Cheetor]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Tankor (BM)#Toys|Tankor]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-vh|[[Megatron (BW)/toys#Beast Machines|Megatron]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3''' (BftS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Rattrap (BW)/toys#BMMega|Rattrap]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4''' (BftS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#BlastPunch|Blast Punch Optimus Primal]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:BMtoy-MegatronMega.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Mega Megatron]]
|}

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<big>'''Ultra</big>'''

:Like the Deluxes, the Ultra assortment also included ''[[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobots]]''-branded stuff.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-vh|[[Jetstorm (BM)#BMUltra|Jetstorm]]}}
{{Bp-bd|[[T-Wrecks#Toys|T-Wrecks]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Nightscream (BM)#Toys|Nightscream]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''Canceled'''''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-vh|[[Megatron (BW)/toys#BMCanceled|Megatron]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:BM ultra Jetstorm toy.jpg|thumb|250px|Ultra Jetstorm]]
|}

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<big>'''Super</big>'''
:'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
: {{Bp-m2|[[Primal Prime#Toys|Primal Prime]]}}

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<big>'''Supreme</big>'''

:A new price point for the line, the Supreme class featured the biggest/tallest ''Transformers'' toys since 1987's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Toys|Fortress Maximus]] (if not the most massive).
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#BMSupreme|Cheetor]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''Canceled''''' (used later)
{{Bp-m2|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Robots in Disguise (2001)|Air Attack Optimus Primal]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:BM Supreme Cheetor.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Supreme Cheetor]]
|}

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<big>'''Deployers</big>'''

:A Basic price point, the [[Deployer (BM)|Deployer]]s are small robo-beasts to turn into weapon emplacements with spring-loaded transformations. The Wave 2 [[variant|running change]] [[redeco]]es were originally meant to be renamed as new characters: these names were revealed through retail listings<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20001206140100/http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/news.asp</ref> as "Trench," "Burro," and "[[Chro|Cro]]", with the latter eventually being [[repurposing|repurposed]] as a new character.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Dillo#Toys|Dillo]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Mol#Toys|Mol]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Rav (BM)#Toys|Rav]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2''' (redecos)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Dillo#red|Dillo]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Mol#green|Mol]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Rav (BM)#Blue|Rav]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:BeastMachinestoy-Mol.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Deployers Mol]]
|}

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<big>'''Beast Riders</big>'''
:An unusual addition to the line, [[Beast Rider]]s are combat chariots that can carry Basic-class figures, and convert into an attack mode. Like the Deployers, the Beast Riders got new decos for a second ([[Shelfwarmer|pegwarming]]) round.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Che#Toys|Che]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Mechatron#Toys|Mechatron]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2''' (redecoes)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Che#Black|Che]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Mechatron#Purple|Mechatron]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:BM Che toy.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Beast Rider Che]]
|}

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===Exclusives===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Target]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-bd|[[Magmatron#BMTarget|Magmatron]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[BotCon 2000]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Apelinq (BM)#Toys|Apelinq]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

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===Fast food promotions===
<big>'''McDonald's</big>'''

:[[McDonald's]] ran a ''Beast Machines'' promotion in 2000. It came in two different cardboard "Happy Meal" boxes (which were co-branded with ''[[Hello Kitty]]'')

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|The line-up:
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#BMMcD|Blackarachnia]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#BMMcD|Cheetor]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Jetstorm (BM)#McDonalds|Jetstorm]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-vh|[[Megatron (BW)/toys#McDonald.27s|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Nightscream (BM)#McD|Nightscream]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#McDonaldsBM|Optimus Primal]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Beast_Machines|Rattrap]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-vh|[[Tankor (BM)#McD|Tankor]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Thrust (BM)#McDonalds|Thrust]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:BMtoy-NightscreamMcD.jpg|thumb|250px|McDonald's Nightscream]]
|}

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<big>'''Red Rooster</big>'''
[[File:BMtoy-RattrapRedRooster.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

:In 2001, four of the McDonald's molds were [[retool]]ed to be simpler (which is hard to imagine but there you go) and [[redeco]]ed by the Australian chain [[List of Transformers restaurant promotions|Red Rooster]] for their "Little Red Rooster" meals. Each one came in four different colorations: red & green, blue & light blue, and color-swaps of those two.

: {{Bp-m2|Nightscream (actually the [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Red_Rooster|Megatron]] mold)}}
: {{Bp-vh|[[Jetstorm (BM)#RedRooster|Jetstorm]]}}
: {{Bp-m2|[[Rattrap (BW)/toys#RedRooster|Rattrap]]}}
: {{Bp-vh|[[Tankor (BM)#RedRooster|Tankor]]}}

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<big>'''Jollibee</big>'''
[[File:Jollibeebm1.jpg|thumb|250px|right]]

:In 2009, Philippine fast food chain Jollibee sold three ''Beast Machines'' figures as part of their "Jollibee Kids Meals", each one based on their original mainline toys. That was kind of weird.

: {{Bp-m2|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Jollibee|Optimus Primal]]}}
: {{Bp-vh|[[Megatron (BW)/toys#Jollibee|Megatron]]}}
: {{Bp-m2|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Jollibee|Cheetor]]}}

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==Takara ''Beast Wars Returns'' toyline==
In Japan, ''Beast Machines'' did not see release until 2004 (the only figure to make it to Japan during the series' lifespan was [[Primal Prime#Toys|Primal Prime]]). The entire line was [[Toys"R"Us]]-[[exclusive]], and limited to about 3,000-4,000 units apiece. As such, some of these items command high prices on the secondary market, especially [[tail-ender|tail-end]] items.

The toys have been redecoed to (theoretically) better match the show models, some more extensively than others.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1''' ([[November 18|11-18]]-[[2004]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|BR-01 [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Returns|Convoy]]}}
{{Bp-m2|BR-02 [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Returns|Cheetus]]}}
{{Bp-m2|BR-03 [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Returns|Rattle]]}}
{{Bp-m2|BR-04 [[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Returns|Blackwidow]]}}
{{Bp-vh|BR-05 [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Returns|Megatron]]}}

|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2''' ([[March 31|3-31]]-[[2005]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-vh|BR-06 [[Tankor (BM)#Beast Wars Returns|Vehicon Tankor]]}}
{{Bp-vh|BR-07 [[Jetstorm (BM)#Beast Wars Returns|Vehicon Jetstorm]]}}
{{Bp-vh|BR-08 [[Thrust (BM)#Beast Wars Returns|Vehicon Thrust]]}}
{{Bp-m2|BR-09 [[Nightscream (BM)#BWR|Nightscream]]}}
{{Bp-m2|BR-10 [[Silverbolt (BW)#Beast Wars Returns|Silverbolt]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3''' ([[April 14|4-14]]-2005)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|BR-11 [[Noble (BM)#Beast Wars Returns|Noble Savage]]}}
{{Bp-vh|BR-12 [[Megatron (BW)/toys#MegaheadMegatron|Megahead Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-vh|BR-13 [[Strika (BM)#Beast Wars Returns|Vehicon Strika]]}}
{{Bp-vh|BR-14 [[Obsidian (BM)#Beast Wars Returns|Vehicon Obsidian]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Lucky draw'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#BMJBlack|Cheetus Black Version]] (Perfect Choice exclusive)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:Blackarachniabeastwarsreturnstoy.jpg|thumb|250px|''Beast Wars Returns'' Blackwidow]]
|}

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==Post-''Beast Machines'' releases==
Even after the original ''Beast Machines'' toyline ended, several cast members saw new toys released in other ''Transformers'' lines.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Titanium Series]]'''''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Titanium Series|Cheetor]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Primal Prime#Titanium Series|Primal Prime]] (''canceled'')}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|''Universe'' (2003)]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Universe (2003)|Blackarachnia]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Blastcharge (BM)#Universe (2003)|Blastcharge]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Universe (2003)|Night Slash Cheetor]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Snarl (BM)#Universe (2003)|Snarl]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Skydive (BM)#Universe (2003)|Skydive]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Strika (BM)#Universe (2003)|Nemesis Strika]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Striker#Universe (2003)|Dinobot Striker]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Tankor (BM)#Universe (2003)|Tankor]] & [[Obsidian (BM)#Universe (2003)|Obsidian]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Triceradon (BM)#Universe (2003)|Dinobot Triceradon]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Robot Heroes|Cheetor]] & [[Tankor (BM)#Robot Heroes|Tankor]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Robot Heroes|Optimus Primal]] & [[Jetstorm (BM)#Robot Heroes|Jetstorm]] (''Canceled'')}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Generationstoy-Tankor.jpg|thumb|250px|''Generations'' Tankor]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[BotCon 2013]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Obsidian (BM)#Timelines_2|Obsidian]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Strika (BM)#Timelines|Strika]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Blastcharge Strika Drone#Toys|Blastcharge Strika Drone]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Transformers Collectors' Club]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|[[Thrust (BM)#Timelines|Thrustinator]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'''''
{{Bp-vh|[[Tankor (BM)#Generations|Tankor]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Platinum Edition|Optimus Primal]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[BotCon 2014]]'''
{{Bp-a1|[[Apelinq (BM)#Timelines|Knight Apelinq]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Primal Prime#Timelines|Primal Prime]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Tiny Titans]]'''''
{{Bp-a1|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Tiny Titans|Cheetor]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'''''
{{Bp-m2|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Encore|Returns Convoy]]}}
|
|}
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==Notes==
[[File:RoverTheHellhound.jpg|thumb|200px|Concept art for "Rover the Hellhound", who would become [[Bruticus (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' Bruticus]].]]
* The [[Deployer (BM)|Deployers]] and [[Beast Rider]]s were developed by (now-defunct) [[Hasbro Direct]], [[Hasbro]]'s department normally devoted to store exclusives and other retailer-oriented projects, hence their rather dubious compatibility with the rest of the ''Beast Machines'' line.
* A practice at the time of ''Beast Machines'' was to often have one concept artist design the robot mode and another design the beast/vehicle mode, leading to two forms that are startlingly different from each other... and probably leading to some hellish nightmares for the engineering department.
* On Takara's end of the design process, some design and engineering work was subcontracted out to the designer [[Junichi Akutsu]], alias BEE-CRAFT.
* Around December 2000, the online retailer [[BigBadToyStore]] put up a list of upcoming ''Transformers'' product from Hasbro. Although the main point of interest was a ''[[Transtech]]'' assortment listing, it revealed several tail-end and unreleased ''Beast Machines: Battle for the Spark'' toys.

===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''''Ani Machines''''' (France), '''''Mécanimaux''''' (Canada)
*''Spanish:'' '''''Mecanibestias''''' (Latin America)

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Machines| Beast Machines (toyline)]]
[[Category:Toylines]]

Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)

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[[File:Crosssell-bm.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Freaks of nature.]]

'''Beast Machines''' was the toyline successor to ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'', running from ''very'' late 1999 to early 2001. It featured the [[Maximal]]s as smoothly [[Technorganic|techno-organic]] beasts, pitted against the futuristic war machines of the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]]. ''Beast Machines'' signaled the full-fledged return of vehicular Transformers, after an absence of nearly four years.

Though ''Beast Machines'' was the primary series in 2000, [[Hasbro]] continued to release ''Beast Wars'' case assortments, whose contents ranged from new redecos to promote [[Fox Kids]] running the series, to the new-mold ''[[Mutant (BW)#Toys|Mutant Beast Wars]]'' figures, to straight-up re-releases of [[Transmetal 2]] toys.

The line seemed to underperform to expectations, and combined with Hasbro's financial troubles (primarily due to excessive ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]] Episode I'' product glut), the second year of ''Beast Machines'' product was cut short to make way for another heavy reworking of the ''Transformers'' concept...

Unlike ''Beast Wars'', the line did not run concurrently in Japan, but would get a short run there in 2004.

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==Overview==
''Beast Machines'' continued many of its predecessor's elements, retaining the Maximal faction and a number of its main characters. Both factions tended toward unorthodox designs; the toys also made frequent use of translucent plastic and chrome finishes. [[Spark crystal]]s appeared on most toys. Aesthetically, the smooth, curvaceous designs of the Maximals is a further evolution of the earlier [[Transmetal]] design styles, seamlessly blending the mechanical and the organic. The Vehicons had emphatically Cybertronian vehicle forms, often with articulated "sensors". They likewise featured some unorthodox robot modes, often with inhuman faces, odd-shaped limbs, and unusual forms of locomotion.

[[Show-accuracy]] (including inter-character [[scale]]) was widely variable across the entire toy line. Show production house [[Mainframe Entertainment]] apparently began animating the characters from early concept sketches, designs that by necessity changed a great deal during the translation into toy form. Thus many characters' (initial) toy and cartoon depictions bear relatively little resemblance to each other.

[[Image:BMBattleforthespark.png|right|300px]]

The ''[[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobots]]'' subline, consisting of [[redeco]]ed molds from both the Hasbro ''Beast Wars'' and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#1999 (Beast Wars Neo)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' lines, shipped in the same packaging assortments with the normal figures.

The back end of the ''Beast Machines'' toyline, starting in 2001, featured the first full-on [[subline imprint]] for ''Transformers'', called "''Battle for the Spark''", reflecting the storyline of the cartoon's second season. This also tied in with a unifying theme for the new-mold toys, where action features are activated by pressing on the [[spark crystal]]s. By this time, many toys were designed to emulate their show models, and did so to an impressive degree.

Due to apparent under-selling (plus they had hit the sixth year of "Beast" product), it was decided to cancel the last few waves in development, abandon plans for the sequel series ''[[Transtech]]'', and [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|re-vamp the franchise from the ground up]]. Takara's ''Car Robots'' series was quickly ported over as "filler" under the name ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'', giving Hasbro and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] the time needed to coordinate on the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|next series]]. Not ones to waste the effort put into the canceled figures, all three finished-yet-unreleased toy molds were eventually released as part of the ''Robots in Disguise'' toyline.

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==Hasbro ''Beast Machines'' toyline==
===Standard retail line===
<big>'''Basics</big>'''

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Buzz Saw (BW)#Beast Machines|Buzzsaw]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Mirage (BM)#Toys|Mirage]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Scavenger (BM)#Toys|Scavenger]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Longhorn#Toys|Longhorn]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Obsidian (BM)#Toys|Obsidian]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Geckobot#Toys|Geckobot]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Quickstrike (BM)#Toys|Quickstrike]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Night Viper#Toys|Night Viper]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Silverbolt (BW)#Beast Machines|Silverbolt]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:BM Longhorn-toy.jpg|thumb|250px|Basic Longhorn]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' (BftS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Hammerstrike (BM)#Beast Machines|Hammerstrike]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Tank Drone#Basic|Tank Drone]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' (BftS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-vh|[[Cycle Drone#Toys|Motorcycle Drone]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Spy Streak#Toys|Spy Streak]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' (BftS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Battle Unicorn#Toys|Battle Unicorn]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''Canceled'''''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Screechwing]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Spiketail]]}}
|}

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<big>'''Deluxe</big>'''

: In addition to regular ''Beast Machines'' toys, the Deluxe assortment also included ''[[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobots]]''-branded product.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Beast Machines|Optimus Primal]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Jetstorm (BM)#Toys|Jetstorm]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-bd|[[Airraptor#Toys|Airraptor]]}}
{{Bp-bd|[[Triceradon (BM)#Toys|Triceradon]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-bd|[[Dinotron (BM)#Toys|Dinotron]]}}
{{Bp-bd|[[Striker#Toys|Striker]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Beast_Machines|Blackarachnia]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Thrust (BM)#Toys|Thrust]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=3|[[File:BM-toy Thrust.jpg|thumb|250px|Deluxe Thrust]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Snarl (BM)#Toys|Snarl]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-vh|[[Blastcharge (BM)#Toys|Blastcharge]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Skydive (BM)#Toys|Skydive]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-vh|[[Aero Drone#Toys|Sonic Attack Jet]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 8''' (BftS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Noble (BM)#Toys|Beast Changer]]}}
{{Bp-bd|[[Rapticon (BM)#Toys|Rapticon]]}}
{{Bp-bd|[[Terranotron (BM)#Toys|Terranotron]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 9''' (BftS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#BMNSC|Night Slash Cheetor]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Strika (BM)#Toys|Strika]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''Canceled''''' (used later)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Bruticus (RID)#Toys|Cerberus]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Megatron (RID)#Megabolt|Megatron]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''Totally canceled'''''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-vh|[[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]]}}
|}

{{-}}
<big>'''Mega</big>'''

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Beast Machines|Cheetor]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Tankor (BM)#Toys|Tankor]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-vh|[[Megatron (BW)/toys#Beast Machines|Megatron]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3''' (BftS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Rattrap (BW)/toys#BMMega|Rattrap]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4''' (BftS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#BlastPunch|Blast Punch Optimus Primal]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:BMtoy-MegatronMega.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Mega Megatron]]
|}

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<big>'''Ultra</big>'''

:Like the Deluxes, the Ultra assortment also included ''[[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobots]]''-branded stuff.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-vh|[[Jetstorm (BM)#Toys|Jetstorm]]}}
{{Bp-bd|[[T-Wrecks#Toys|T-Wrecks]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Nightscream (BM)#Toys|Nightscream]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''Canceled'''''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-vh|[[Megatron (BW)/toys#BMCanceled|Megatron]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:BM ultra Jetstorm toy.jpg|thumb|250px|Ultra Jetstorm]]
|}

{{-}}
<big>'''Super</big>'''
:'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
: {{Bp-m2|[[Primal Prime#Toys|Primal Prime]]}}

{{-}}
<big>'''Supreme</big>'''

:A new price point for the line, the Supreme class featured the biggest/tallest ''Transformers'' toys since 1987's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Toys|Fortress Maximus]] (if not the most massive).
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#BMSupreme|Cheetor]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''Canceled''''' (used later)
{{Bp-m2|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Robots in Disguise (2001)|Air Attack Optimus Primal]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:BM Supreme Cheetor.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Supreme Cheetor]]
|}

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<big>'''Deployers</big>'''

:A Basic price point, the [[Deployer (BM)|Deployer]]s are small robo-beasts to turn into weapon emplacements with spring-loaded transformations. The Wave 2 [[variant|running change]] [[redeco]]es were originally meant to be renamed as new characters: these names were revealed through retail listings<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20001206140100/http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/news.asp</ref> as "Trench," "Burro," and "[[Chro|Cro]]", with the latter eventually being [[repurposing|repurposed]] as a new character.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Dillo#Toys|Dillo]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Mol#Toys|Mol]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Rav (BM)#Toys|Rav]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2''' (redecos)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Dillo#red|Dillo]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Mol#green|Mol]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Rav (BM)#Blue|Rav]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:BeastMachinestoy-Mol.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Deployers Mol]]
|}

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<big>'''Beast Riders</big>'''
:An unusual addition to the line, [[Beast Rider]]s are combat chariots that can carry Basic-class figures, and convert into an attack mode. Like the Deployers, the Beast Riders got new decos for a second ([[Shelfwarmer|pegwarming]]) round.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Che#Toys|Che]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Mechatron#Toys|Mechatron]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2''' (redecoes)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Che#Black|Che]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Mechatron#Purple|Mechatron]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:BM Che toy.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Beast Rider Che]]
|}

{{-}}

===Exclusives===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Target]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-bd|[[Magmatron#Toys|Magmatron]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[BotCon 2000]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Apelinq (BM)#Toys|Apelinq]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

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===Fast food promotions===
<big>'''McDonald's</big>'''

:[[McDonald's]] ran a ''Beast Machines'' promotion in 2000. It came in two different cardboard "Happy Meal" boxes (which were co-branded with ''[[Hello Kitty]]'')

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|The line-up:
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Beast_Machines|Blackarachnia]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-vh|[[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Beast Machines|Optimus Primal]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-vh|[[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]]}}
{{Bp-vh|[[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:BMtoy-NightscreamMcD.jpg|thumb|250px|McDonald's Nightscream]]
|}

{{-}}
<big>'''Red Rooster</big>'''
[[File:BMtoy-RattrapRedRooster.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

:In 2001, four of the McDonald's molds were [[retool]]ed to be simpler (which is hard to imagine but there you go) and [[redeco]]ed by the Australian chain [[List of Transformers restaurant promotions|Red Rooster]] for their "Little Red Rooster" meals. Each one came in four different colorations: red & green, blue & light blue, and color-swaps of those two.

: {{Bp-m2|Nightscream (actually the [[Megatron (BW)/toys#RedRooster|Megatron]] mold)}}
: {{Bp-vh|[[Jetstorm (BM)#RedRooster|Jetstorm]]}}
: {{Bp-m2|[[Rattrap (BW)/toys#RedRooster|Rattrap]]}}
: {{Bp-vh|[[Tankor (BM)#RedRooster|Tankor]]}}

{{-}}
<big>'''Jollibee</big>'''
[[File:Jollibeebm1.jpg|thumb|250px|right]]

:In 2009, Philippine fast food chain Jollibee sold three ''Beast Machines'' figures as part of their "Jollibee Kids Meals", each one based on their original mainline toys. That was kind of weird.

: {{Bp-m2|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Jollibee|Optimus Primal]]}}
: {{Bp-vh|[[Megatron (BW)/toys#Jollibee|Megatron]]}}
: {{Bp-m2|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Jollibee|Cheetor]]}}

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==Takara ''Beast Wars Returns'' toyline==
In Japan, ''Beast Machines'' did not see release until 2004 (the only figure to make it to Japan during the series' lifespan was [[Primal Prime#Toys|Primal Prime]]). The entire line was [[Toys"R"Us]]-[[exclusive]], and limited to about 3,000-4,000 units apiece. As such, some of these items command high prices on the secondary market, especially [[tail-ender|tail-end]] items.

The toys have been redecoed to (theoretically) better match the show models, some more extensively than others.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1''' ([[November 18|11-18]]-[[2004]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|BR-01 [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Returns|Convoy]]}}
{{Bp-m2|BR-02 [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Returns|Cheetus]]}}
{{Bp-m2|BR-03 [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Returns|Rattle]]}}
{{Bp-m2|BR-04 [[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Returns|Blackwidow]]}}
{{Bp-vh|BR-05 [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Returns|Megatron]]}}

|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2''' ([[March 31|3-31]]-[[2005]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-vh|BR-06 [[Tankor (BM)#Beast Wars Returns|Vehicon Tankor]]}}
{{Bp-vh|BR-07 [[Jetstorm (BM)#Beast Wars Returns|Vehicon Jetstorm]]}}
{{Bp-vh|BR-08 [[Thrust (BM)#Beast Wars Returns|Vehicon Thrust]]}}
{{Bp-m2|BR-09 [[Nightscream (BM)#Beast Wars Returns|Nightscream]]}}
{{Bp-m2|BR-10 [[Silverbolt (BW)#Beast Wars Returns|Silverbolt]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3''' ([[April 14|4-14]]-2005)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|BR-11 [[Noble (BM)#Beast Wars Returns|Noble Savage]]}}
{{Bp-vh|BR-12 [[Megatron (BW)/toys#MegaheadMegatron|Megahead Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-vh|BR-13 [[Strika (BM)#Beast Wars Returns|Vehicon Strika]]}}
{{Bp-vh|BR-14 [[Obsidian (BM)#Beast Wars Returns|Vehicon Obsidian]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Lucky draw'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#BMJBlack|Cheetus Black Version]] (Perfect Choice exclusive)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:Blackarachniabeastwarsreturnstoy.jpg|thumb|250px|''Beast Wars Returns'' Blackwidow]]
|}

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==Post-''Beast Machines'' releases==
Even after the original ''Beast Machines'' toyline ended, several cast members saw new toys released in other ''Transformers'' lines.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Titanium Series]]'''''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Titanium Series|Cheetor]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Primal Prime#Titanium Series|Primal Prime]] (''canceled'')}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|''Universe'' (2003)]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Universe (2003)|Blackarachnia]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Blastcharge (BM)#Universe (2003)|Blastcharge]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Universe (2003)|Night Slash Cheetor]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Snarl (BM)#Universe (2003)|Snarl]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Skydive (BM)#Universe (2003)|Skydive]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Strika (BM)#Universe (2003)|Nemesis Strika]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Striker#Universe (2003)|Dinobot Striker]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Tankor (BM)#Universe (2003)|Tankor]] & [[Obsidian (BM)#Universe (2003)|Obsidian]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Triceradon (BM)#Universe (2003)|Dinobot Triceradon]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Robot Heroes|Cheetor]] & [[Tankor (BM)#Robot Heroes|Tankor]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Robot Heroes|Optimus Primal]] & [[Jetstorm (BM)#Robot Heroes|Jetstorm]] (''Canceled'')}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Generationstoy-Tankor.jpg|thumb|250px|''Generations'' Tankor]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[BotCon 2013]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Obsidian (BM)#Timelines|Obsidian]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Strika (BM)#Timelines|Strika]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Blastcharge Strika Drone#Toys|Blastcharge Strika Drone]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Transformers Collectors' Club]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|[[Thrust (BM)#Timelines|Thrustinator]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'''''
{{Bp-vh|[[Tankor (BM)#Generations|Tankor]]}}
{{Bp-m2|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Platinum Edition|Optimus Primal]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[BotCon 2014]]'''
{{Bp-a1|[[Apelinq (BM)#Timelines|Knight Apelinq]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Primal Prime#Timelines|Primal Prime]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Tiny Titans]]'''''
{{Bp-a1|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Tiny Titans|Cheetor]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'''''
{{Bp-m2|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Encore|Returns Convoy]]}}
|
|}
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==Notes==
[[File:RoverTheHellhound.jpg|thumb|200px|Concept art for "Rover the Hellhound", who would become [[Bruticus (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' Bruticus]].]]
* The [[Deployer (BM)|Deployers]] and [[Beast Rider]]s were developed by (now-defunct) [[Hasbro Direct]], [[Hasbro]]'s department normally devoted to store exclusives and other retailer-oriented projects, hence their rather dubious compatibility with the rest of the ''Beast Machines'' line.
* A practice at the time of ''Beast Machines'' was to often have one concept artist design the robot mode and another design the beast/vehicle mode, leading to two forms that are startlingly different from each other... and probably leading to some hellish nightmares for the engineering department.
* On Takara's end of the design process, some design and engineering work was subcontracted out to the designer [[Junichi Akutsu]], alias BEE-CRAFT.
* Around December 2000, the online retailer [[BigBadToyStore]] put up a list of upcoming ''Transformers'' product from Hasbro. Although the main point of interest was a ''[[Transtech]]'' assortment listing, it revealed several tail-end and unreleased ''Beast Machines: Battle for the Spark'' toys.

===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''''Ani Machines''''' (France), '''''Mécanimaux''''' (Canada)
*''Spanish:'' '''''Mecanibestias''''' (Latin America)

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Machines| Beast Machines (toyline)]]
[[Category:Toylines]]