Beast Wars Reborn

Beast Wars Reborn was a (very small) Japanese Transformer franchise from 2006. The only toys released for Beast Wars Reborn were retools of the original Ultra toys of Optimus Primal and Megatron.

Fiction

Er—wasn't this a Beast Wars story?

A 4-part text story set after the events of Beast Machines, printed in Figure Ō magazine from February to May, 2006, provided a storyline revolving around the retooled Optimus Primal and Beast Megatron figures. The story and artwork were provided by Hirofumi Ichikawa.

1. The Mysterious Temple in Space
2. Master of the Game
3. ?
4. ?

Toys

• Convoy vs Megatron (2006)
  • Japanese ID number: BWR-01
  • Accessories: Two swords, four missiles, flail

This release is a retool of the original 1996 Ultra toy, with new beast and robot heads, plus a new robot chest piece sculpted to match the television series's portrayal. The color scheme was also altered to be show-accurate, changing the black to dark gray, much of the light gray to medium gray with hints of bronze, primary red to crimson, and blue to a more dull steel blue. All of the toy's previous gimmicks are retained with the sole exception of the "mutant head."

This figure came packaged with a similarly-remolded Megatron and a Golden Disk CD-ROM that contains control art for a number of Beast Wars toys.

Is it me, or does his tail-weapon-thing have teeth?

• Convoy vs Megatron (2006)
  • Japanese ID number: BWR-01
  • Accessories: Two missiles, water squirter

For the 10th Anniversary of Beast Wars, Takara retooled the original 1996 Ultra-sized Megatron toy, giving him a new head sculpt and a new paint scheme based upon the appearance of the CGI model used in the Beast Wars television series.

The 1996 Ultra-sized Optimus Primal was also retooled and redecoed in the same manner.

See also

• Beast Wars 10th Anniversary
• Beast Wars Telemocha Series

Notes

• Though it is meant to follow Beast Machines, the presence of Vector Prime and Soundblaster imply a relation to Transformers: Cybertron. Fun Publications's Transformers Collectors' Club #12 lists this continuity as an offshoot of the Unicron Trilogy, while Takara was busy trying to explain how Cybertron is and isn't part of any prior continuity. Guess who else gets the blame. Whether this explains Sky Shadow's story is inconclusive.

External links

• Translation of "The Mysterious Temple in Space"
• Translation of "Master of the Game"