Talk:Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)

I think it's worthwhile to mention how show-accuracy was almost impossible given the 'magical' transformations on the show, which as far as I know are unique among transformers as not even paying attention to 'possibility.'

I think you haven't watch the G1 cartoon. --M Sipher 03:06, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/2034/1185613166721hp4.gif Interrobang 04:49, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

There's an obvious difference between simplifying the transformations for the sake of 1984 cell animation production values, and outright just morphing in 1999's CGI production values. That said, however, Beast Machines was hardly unique in having character models which bore little relation to their toy incarnations (look at the Stunticons, Rhinox, Dinobot, etc). The first series that really had nailed accuracy both ways, was Transformers: Energon. -TFVanguard 18:46, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Chro?

There isn't even a working link, but "Chro" is mentioned among the Deployers toys. Wasn't the toy later attributed to Chro called "Rav" on the packaging (as is the case with the other Deployer repaints)?--G.B. Blackrock 17:39, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Cro was a working name for the redecoration of the Rav toy. When the recolored names were eventually released, the new names were all dropped. The 'Cro' name, however, was kept for BotCon as Cyrotek's partner. -TFVanguard 18:46, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

The toy was sold as Rav, so that's how he should be listed on the toyline page. --ItsWalky 19:03, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

A small note, with 'Cro' in quotes afterwards, may help clarify matters. You can put the more detailed information as to WHY the 'Cro' name stuck around onto Rav's page... in fact, since I have a few minnows to kill... -TFVanguard 19:27, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

For what it's worth, the "Wreckers-official" spelling is "Chro", with an "h". See http://www.botcon.com/archive/story/characters/cryotek.html for an example.--G.B. Blackrock 15:05, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Machine Wars line

I remember at some point there was a Machine Wars line of Transformers. Where does that fall into with all these others. I thought it was either after or concurrant with Beast Wars. I remember that it has an Optimus with a plunger missle launcher.

We have an article about it.--Rosicrucian^Talk 23:15, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

"Overall success was seemingly limited"?

Most of Wikipedia's rules are garbage, but their frowning on "weasel words" is not. Anything can SEEM to be anything else. Do we have actual industry data showing a "limited" success for Beast Machines toys? Though I no longer own them--it's been 11 years, after all--I distinctly remember reading Tomart's articles that showed BM had the same sales rankings as BW always had, consistently in the top 3-5 action figure lines. A handful of tail-end toys were canceled, but that happened in Animated too and we sure don't "seem-ify" that into a failure. Wasn't 2000 the year of Hasbro's huge internal restructuring of TFs, when they moved offices and fired a lot of people and almost canceled Botcon? --Thylacine 2000 10:25, 5 August 2010 (EDT)

Totally Cancelled?

What are the details for the cancelled Obsidian figure? It's listed under cancelled Deluxes on this page. There's no "Proceed on your way to oblivion" entry on Obsidian's Toys section, but his Notes mention a Mega figure which didn't make it past pre-production. Same thing? --Xaaron (talk) 08:51, 3 March 2025 (EST)