1996

«	1996	»

The year 1996 (MCMXCVI) is the thirteenth year of the Transformers brand.

For further information, see: Transformers timeline

Events

Non-Fiction

• Chuck Gammage Animation founded
• Moose Mountain Toymakers founded
• Volcano Entertainment founded

Beast Wars production

Season 1

• January 9 - Finalized Script of The Web
• January 9 - First Draft of Chain of Commmand
• January 12 - Finalized Script of Beast Wars (Part 1) and Beast Wars (Part 2)
• January 15 - Finalized Script of Chain of Commmand
• January 17 - Revised Script of Beast Wars (Part 1)
• January 19 - Revised Script of Beast Wars (Part 2)
• January 24 - First Draft of Gorilla Warfare
• January 26 - Revised Script of Chain of Commmand
• January 30 - First Draft of Double Jeopardy
• February 2 - First Draft of Fallen Comrades
• February 20 - Second Draft of Power Surge
• February 11 - Second Draft of Double Jeopardy
• February 18 - First Draft of Victory
• February 26 - Second Draft of Fallen Comrades
• February 28 - First Draft of Dark Voyage
• March 1 - Second Draft of Gorilla Warfare
• March 4 - First Draft of Double Dinobot
• March 7 - First Draft of The Spark
• March 12 - First Draft of Dark Designs
• March 13 - Finalized Script of Power Surge, Fallen Comrades and Double Jeopardy
• March 25 - Second Draft of The Spark
• April 5 - Finalized Script of The Probe
• April 9 - Second Draft of Dark Voyage
• April 25 - Finalized Script of Gorilla Warfare
• April 26 - Second Draft of Dark Designs
• May 1 - Finalized Script of A Better Mousetrap
• May 20 - First Draft of The Trigger, Part 1
• May 30 - Second Draft of Victory
• June 6 - Finalized Script of Victory and Double Dinobot
• June 12 - Finalized Script of Dark Designs
• June 14 - First Draft of The Trigger, Part 2
• June 19 - Finalized Script of The Spark
• June 19 - First Draft of Spider's Game
• June 20 - Revised Script of Double Dinobot
• July 16 - Second Draft of Spider's Game
• July 18 - Second Draft of The Trigger, Part 1
• July 19 - Second Draft of The Trigger, Part 2
• August 13 - Finalized Script of The Trigger, Part 1 and The Trigger, Part 2
• August 14 - Finalized Script of Spider's Game
• August 29 - First Draft of Call of the Wild and Other Voices, Part 1
• September 4 - First Draft of Possession
• September 11 - Second Draft of Call of the Wild
• September 16 - Second Draft of Possession
• September 20 - Finalized Script of Call of the Wild and Possession
• September 27 - First Draft of Law of the Jungle
• October 2 - Second Draft of Law of the Jungle
• October 9 - First Draft of The Low Road
• October 16 - Finalized Script of Law of the Jungle
• October 17 - Finalized Script of Dark Voyage and The Low Road
• November 5 - Second Draft of Other Voices, Part 1
• November 11 - Finalized Script of Other Voices, Part 1
• November 11 - First Draft of Other Voices, Part 2
• November 14 - Revised Script of Before the Storm
• December 5 - Second Draft of Other Voices, Part 2
• December 13 - Finalized Script of Other Voices, Part 2

Conventions

• BotCon 1996: July 12–14

Births

• ???? — Teknoyd
• January 21 — Jorge Lendeborg Jr.
• January 27 — Martina Tamburello
• March 31 — Liza Koshy
• April 2 — Brooke Goldner
• April 4 — Shinba Tsuchiya
• April 16 — Keita Tada
• May 8 — Lucas Wecker
• June 23 — Akira Takaki
• June 24 — Miyu Yamabe
• July 20 — Fernanda Vignolo
• November 15 — Beniamin Lewandowski
• November 25 — Katherine McNamara
• December 8 — Alan García
• December 11 — Hailee Steinfeld

Deaths

• February 26 — Georges Atlas
• March ???? — Frank Langford
• April 30 — Michael Tomack
• December 27 — Garcia Neto

Media

Television

• Beast Wars Season 1 episodes 1–17

Print

Comics

Comic BomBom (Japan)

• Transformers: G-2 (part 6, 6 parts)

Hasbro

• Optimus Primal vs Megatron!

Collections

Home Video

Alliance Atlantis (CAN)

VHS

• Beast Wars — A Feature Length Beasties Adventure
• Robots-Bêtes — Une Adventure Cybernetique

Malofilm (CAN)

VHS

• The Transformers — The Ultimate Doom
• Transformers — L'Ultime Piège

Takara (Japan)

Laserdisc

• Transformers: The Headmasters Set

Toys

Hasbro

Beast Wars

Maximals

Basic Class Rattrap Razorbeast Armordillo Optimus Primal vs Megatron! (Comic 2-pack)

Deluxe Class Dinobot Cheetor (multiple eye color variants) Rhinox Wolfang Tigatron

Mega Class Polar Claw

Ultra Class Optimus Primal

Predacons

Basic Class Iguanus Terrorsaur Insecticon Snapper Optimus Primal vs Megatron! (Comic 2-pack)

Deluxe Class Tarantulas Waspinator Blackarachnia Buzz Saw

Mega Class Scorponok Inferno

Ultra Class Megatron

Exclusives

BJ's Wholesale Club Deluxe Beast Assortment (Dinobot and Tigatron) Deluxe Beast Assortment (Rhinox and Blackarachnia) Deluxe Beast Assortment (Wolfang and Buzz Saw)

McDonald's Beetle Manta Ray Panther Rhino Under-3

BotCon 1996 Onyx Primal Onyx Primal (Dealer exclusive)

Takara

Beast Wars

Wave 1 (July ??) C-1 Convoy C-2 Whiteclaw C-3 Cheetus C-4 Dinobot C-5 Rattle C-6 Convobat		D-1 Megatron D-2 Scorpos D-3 Waspeeter D-4 Tarans D-5 Terrorsaurer D-6 Megalligator		VS-1 Strongest Beast Showdown: Convoy VS Megatron VS-2 Arctic Showdown: Whiteclaw VS Scorpos VS-3 Quickest Showdown: Cheetus VS Waspeeter		VS-4 Ferocious Showdown: Dinobot VS Tarans VS-5 Rocky Mountain Showdown: Rattle VS Terrorsaurer VS-6 Amazon Showdown: Convobat VS Megalligator
Wave 2 (October ??) C-7 Rhinox D-7 Shadow Panther VS-6 Wilderness Showdown: Rhinox VS Shadow Panther		Wave 3 (November ??) C-8 Tigatron D-8 Blackwidow VS-8 Deep Forest Showdown: Tigatron VS Blackwidow		Wave 4 (December ??) C-9 Howlinger D-9 Buzz Saw VS-9 Darkness Showdown: Howlinger VS Buzz Saw