Beast Wars, Transmetals
Transmetal toys appeared to stores at the same time with fuzors and unlike unlike original beasts were metallic animals that transformed into robots. As a new thing toys were triplechangers and had also vehicle mode, which unfortunately are in many cases rather poor. Thematically toys are closer to original toys from 80's and early 90's and are quite popular. Of course many great molds are part of the reason for the popularity of transmetals.
Basics
Basic sized transmetal toys weren't made, but some of the original beast were rereleased in "transmetal" colours and card and sold as transmetals. Claw Jaw and Spittor released only in some parts of Europe, not in Nordic countries, and included a VHS-tape showing an episode from the second season of cartoon.
Claw Jaw 1
2
Spittor 1
2
Deluxes
Cheetor 1
2
3
Hasbro rereleased mold in new colours as a "Fox Kids" version and in "Armada" line.
Cheetor & Cheetor & Cheetor 1
2
3
Takara released remolded version as "Jaguar" (Ravage) in "Beast Wars Metals" line.
Cheetor & Jaguar 1
2
3
Rhinox 1
2
3
Hasbro rereleased mold in new colours as a Fox Kids version.
Rhinox & Rhinox 1
2
3
Tarantulas 1
2
3
Hasbro rereleased mold in new colours as a Fox Kids version.
Tarantulas & Tarantulas 1
2
3
Airazor 1
2
3
Rattrap 1
2
3
Hasbro rereleased mold in new colours as "Wal-Mart" and "Fox Kids" versions.
Rattrap & Rattrap & Rattrap 1
2
3
Rattrap, Wal-Mart exclusive 1
2
3
Terrorsaur 1
2
2b
3
Waspinator 1
2
3
Hasbro rereleased mold in new colours as a Fox Kids version.
Waspinator & Waspinator 1
2
3
Megas
Megatron 1
1b
2
3
Takara released slightly different coloured version in "Beast Wars Metals" line and Hasbro rereleased mold in new colours in "Transformers Armada" line.
Megatron & Megatron & Predacon 1
2
3
Optimus Primal 1
1b
1c
2
3
It's not certain if Scavenger was sold or not in Nordic countries.
Scavenger 1
2
3
Ultras
Depthcharge 1
2
3
Hasbro rereleased the mold in new colours in "Transformers Universe" line.
Depthcharge & Depth Charge 1
2
3
Rampage 1
2
2b
3
Super
Optimal Optimus was not sold in Nordic countries, propably because of the high price.
Optimal Optimus 1
2
2b
3
4
Hasbro rereleased mold in new colours in "Beast Machines" line.
Optimal Optimus & Primal Prime 1
2
3
4
Personally I like most of the toys in this line. Unfortunately metallic paint chips off quite easily and one has to be careful when transforming the toys.
Basics
Deluxes
Megas
Ultras
Original beasts
Transmetals
Group pictures robots
animals
My BW Neo collection is limited. Scans of Japanese BW Neo toy catalogue can be found from Tfarchive.
C-29 Longrack 1
2
3
D-29 Guiledart 1
2
3
My collection of BW Metals toys is and most propably will be rather incomplete. Useful list of toys with their Hasbro counterparts can be found from
Tfarchive.
C-40 Convoy 1
1b
2
3
D-40 Megatron 1
1b
2
3
Hasbro Nordic stopped importing Transformers toys in Nordic countries after the first wave. Some batches of Beast Machines toys were seen in some stores later on, but those were stores' own imports. After this Transformers toys were not be available in wider distribution in Nordic countries until the start of Armada line. You can check information of US releases from Tfarchive.
Maximal toys were generally a disappointment for most people, and I haven't been that impressed either despite the few excellent molds. Slowly I've started to appreciate the line more. Vehicon toys are in general more to my liking and though some of those have no beast mode, I've taken pictures of those as well.
Deployers
Dillo 1
2
Basics
Deluxes
Megatron Megabolt is actually Megatron from Beast Machines line but released in RiD line, so it's linked in both lines.
Megas
Ultras
Super
Supreme
Beast Riders
Che 1
2
Deluxes
Ultras
BR-04 Black Widow 1
1b
2
Line wasn't sold in Nordic countries, unless one counts "Tiny Tins" spychangers and 3 RiD trains Tradeka imported to Finland for Christmas in 2003.
Basics
Deluxes
Megatron Megabolt is actually Megatron from Beast Machines line, so pictures are linked in both lines.
Ultras
Armada toys proved to sell better than expected. Hasbro decided to release slightly modified, to make possible the idea behind minicons linking to bigger robots, Beast Wars Transmetals molds because of high demand. New animal molds were not made for Armada.
Hasbro Nordic did import Rhinox and Terrorsaur, but three other "Armada beasts" weren't available in Nordic Europe. The reason for this is Hasbro Nordic's irritating habit to skip late waves of series to make room for the next main line, in this case Energon.
Rhinox & Armorhide 1
2
3
Dinobots are somehow supposed to be Dinobots from the original series, but with little success. Wrong dinosaur modes for, copyrights for some names lost being the biggest reasons. Hasbro also decided to replace "dinobot spark crystals" used in BM Dinobots with ugly autobot symbols and even worse put clearly visible symbols on the dinosaur modes.
Grimlock 1
2
3
For some reason Hasbro has decided to change maximals and predacons to autobots and decepticons. Irritating detail is that spark crystals are covered with uglier autobot or decepticon symbols. A somewhat comical thing about Razorclaw (decepticon) is the visible molded maximal symbol in decepticon's chest while the hidden maximal spark crystal is covered with a decepticon symbol.
Black Arachnia 1
2
Battle Ravage 1
2
I had to consider if Sharkticon fits the animal theme, but decided to include it in the end. Deluxe sized decepticon, so Sharkticon like other decepticons has "hypemode".
Also ultra-sized Scorponok must be considered having an animal alternate mode. Animal characteristics are pretty well hidden though, and Scorponok's alt modes are more like an alien construction vehicle and an aeroplane than an animal. Scorponok's design is a nod to original series same named character.
Few toys are based on characters that had animal modes in the original series. Battle Ravage even has a jaguar head, which is based on his appearance in Beast Wars cartoon.
Scouts
Deluxes
Voyager
Ultra
Beast Wars, Transmetals2
Transmetal toys proved to be more popular than fuzors and Hasbro continued the line to that direction. Concept was changed a little and the next wave of toys was called Transmetals2. In practice this meant that with smaller toys third modes were abandoned and more was focused on small details. Toys also became "mutated" and were not symmetric, for example animal mode's sides were different. Transmetalss line was the first one to carry "spark crystals" as a faction symbol.
Optimus Minor 1
1b
2
Scarem 1
2
Sonar 1
2
The second wave of basics wasn't sold in Nordic countries.
Nightglider 1
2
Hasbro rereleased mold in new colours in Robots in Disguise line.
Nightglider & Dark Scream 1
2
Spittor 1
2
Hasbro rereleased mold in new colours in Robots in Disguise line.
Spittor & Slapper 1
2
Stinkbomb 1
2
Hasbro rereleased mold in new colours in Robots in Disguise line.
Stinkbomb & Gas Skunk 1
2
For some reason Prowl and Dinobot2 were released as two different versions. Prowl's two versions are completely different coloured, but with Dinobot2 it's more a matter of clear tone differences. I've taken both individual and together pictures.
Cheetor 1
2
Hasbro rereleased mold in new colours as "Tripredacus Agent".
Cheetor & Tripredacus Agent 1
2
Dinobot, darker white version 1
2
Dinobot, bright white version 1
2
Dinobot, both versions 1
2
Ramulus 1
2
The second wave of deluxes wasn't originally sold in Nordic countries, as Hasbro Nordic has an irritating tendency to skip the latest releases from lines. Fortunately for Finns, Kesko (Finnish chain store) imported later some leftover toys from Middle-Europe area. This batch included all the transmetals2 (except Wal-Mart store exclusive Tripredacus Agent) and some Beast Machines deluxes. My Ramulus, Cackle, bright white Dinobot2 and Scourge are from this batch.
Cackle (Europe) / Jawbreaker (North-America) 1
2
2b
Iguanus 1
2
2b
Hasbro rereleased mold in new colours in "Transformers Universe" line.
Iguanus & Reptilion 1
2
2b
Prowl, white version 1
2
Prowl, black version 1
2
Prowl, both versions 1
2
Scourge 1
2
Tripredacus Agent (Wal-Mart exclusive) 1
1b
2
2b
Most likely transmetals2 megas were not sold in Nordic countries.
Cybershark 1
1b
2
2b
Hasbro rereleased mold in new colours in Robots in Disguise line.
Cybershark & Sky-Byte 1
1b
2
2b
Black Arachnia 1
1b
2
2b
Ultra-sized transmetals2 toys were not sold in Nordic countries.
Megatron 1
2
2b
3
Hasbro rereleased mold in new colours in "Robots in Disguise" line.
Megatron & Cryotek 1
2
3
Tigerhawk is actually a combination fuzor and transmetal gimmicks. Tigerhawk is an amalgam of two old characters Airazor (hawk) and Tigatron (tiger) with transmetal2 properties. The way I look at it, Tigerhawk has three modes: robot, "tiger" (land) and "hawk" (aerial attack mode). Animal modes aren't "pure" and for example "tiger" mode has hawk's hind legs.
Tigerhawk 1
2
3
4
Hasbro rereleased mold in new colours in Transformers Universe-line.
Tigerhawk & Razorclaw 1
2
3
Beast Wars, Fox Kids
Cartoon's most popular characters with hard to find toys were rereleased as Fox Kids repaints. There were 10 of these repaints and they were selected from original beasts and transmetal deluxes. To my knowledge these were only available in North America.
Cheetor (no pictures)
Dinobot 1
2
3
Rhinox 1
2
3
Waspinator 1
2
3
Airazor 1
2
3
Cheetor 1
2
3
Rattrap 1
2
3
Rhinox 1
2
3
Tarantulas 1
2
3
Waspinator 1
2
3
Beast Wars, Mutants
Mutants were characters that didn't have robot mode, but two animal modes. Robots were sort of trapped in their mutated bodies and the hidden robot head is supposed to show that. These toys were released very late in Beast Wars line and were not sold in Nordic countries. Mutants seem to be rare in North America as well and I have had trouble finding toys from this line.
Icebird (no pictures)
Poison Bite 1
2
3
Razorclaw 1
2
3
Soundwave (no pictures)
Beast Wars, 10th Anniversary
In year 2006 Hasbro rereleased toys for some of the most popular characters in the cartoon. Colour schemes were improved and made look more like their show appearance. In addition with these six deluxe sized toys came a part, which combined became Transmutate, a character from the cartoon.
Cheetor 1
2
3
Dinobot 1
2
3
Predacon Tarantulas 1
2
3
Rattrap (transmetal) 1
2
3
Rhinox 1
2
3
Waspinator 1
2
3
-> Transmutate 1
2
3
Hasbro also rereleased slightly remolded (by Takara) hultra-sized Megatron and Optimus Primal toys as "Toys R Us" exclusives. Recommended figures, especially if you can find them at the original $40 price.
Megatron 1
2
3
Optimus Primal 1
2
3
Beast Wars Neo
Beast Wars Neo was second line aimed exclusively to Japanese and Asian market. What makes this line more interesting than it's predecessor is the fact that most of the molds are new instead of repaints. Molds are also imaginative and well designed. Many of my favourite BW molds can be found from this line. Luckily for western transformers fans Hasbro has later released many of the molds in different sublines.
C-30 Corahda 1
1b
2
2b
3
C-31 Stampy 1
2
3
C-32 Break 1
2
3
4
C-34 Randy 1
2
C-35 Big Convoy 1
1b
2
3
C-36 Mach Kick 1
2
C-37 Sharpedge 1
1b
2
2b
C-38 Bump 1
2
Hasbro released mold in new colours in "Beast Machines Dinobots", "Dinobots" and "Universe" lines.
Guiledart, Triceradon, Triceradon & Triceradon 1
2
3
D-31 Sling 1
2
3
Hasbro released mold in new colours in "Dinobots" line.
Sling & Sludge 1
2
3
D-32 Dead End 1
2
D-33 Hydra 1
2
D-34 Crazybolt 1
2
D-36 Archadis 1
1b
2
Hasbro released mold in new colours in "Beast Machines Dinobots" line.
Archadis & Airraptor 1
2
D-37 Hardhead 1
2
Hasbro released mold in new colours in "Beast Machines Dinobots" line.
Hardhead & Dinotron 1
2
Beast Wars Metals
Takara released in Beast Wars Metals line toys from Hasbro's Transmetals, Fuzors and Transmetasl2 sublines. Most toys are almost identical to Hasbro versions, but in some cases paint scheme is closer to cartoon appearance.
C-41 Silverbolt 1
2
C-45 Airazor 1
1b
2
3
D-42 Waspitor 1
2
3
D-45 Quickstrike 1
1b
2
Takara remolded transmetal Cheetor mold and created a toy for Jaguar (Ravage). In the cartoon Jaguar/Ravage was destron/decepticon from the original series who had gone through an upgrade to destron/predacon.
X-9 Jaguar 1
1b
1c
2
3
Comparison for original Cheetor mold.
Cheetor & Jaguar 1
2
3
Beast Machines
Beast Machines was Hasbro's new transformers line after Beast Wars and as a series it had a different theme. The concept of cartoon was a battle between organic and technology on Cybetron. Maximals had become even more organic and were a mix of technology and organics, thus the term techno-organic. Predacons were no more and were replaced by Vehicons, purely mechanical robots, lead by Megatron. There are some exceptions though, but those have an explanation in cartoon's storyline.
Deployers were slightly smaller than basic sized toys. Deployers had no robotmode and they transformed from techno-organic animals to weapons. Toys were released as two different colour schemes.
Dillo (recolour) 1
2
Mol 1
2
Mol (recolour) 1
2
Rav (recolour) 1
2
Buzzsaw 1
2
Mirage 1
2
Hasbro rereleased mold in new colours in "Robots in Disguise" line.
Mirage & Mirage Gt 1
2
Scavenger 1
2
Hasbro rereleased mold in new colours in "Robots in Disguise" line.
Scavenger & Scavenger 1
2
Longhorn 1
2
2b
Obsidian 1
1b
2
Hasbro rereleased mold in new colours in "Robots in Disguise" and "Universe" lines.
Obsidian & Obsidian & Obsidian 1
2
Geckobot 1
2
Quickstrike1
2
Nightviper 1
1b
2
Silverbolt 1
2
Hammerstrike 1
2
Tank Drone 1
2
Battle Unicorn 1
1b
2
Motorcycle Drone 1
2
Spy Streak 1
1b
2
2b
Hasbro rereleased mold in new colours in "Robots in Disguise" line.
Spy Streak & Nightcruz 1
2
Optimus Primal 1
2
Jetstorm 1
1b
2
2b
Hasbro rereleased mold in new colours and also ultra sized Jetstorm in "Beast Machines" line.
Jetstorm, Jetstorm, Sonic Attack Jet 1
1b
2
Black Arachnia 1
2
Hasbro rereleased mold twice in new colours in "Transformers Universe" line.
Black Arachnia & Black Arachnia & Crystal Widow 1
2
Black Arachnia 1
2
Snarl 1
1b
2
2b
Hasbro rereleased mold in new colours in "Transformers Universe" line.
Snarl & Snarl 1
2
Thrust 1
1b
1c
2
Blastcharge 1
2
3
3b
Skydive 1
2
2b
Hasbro rereleased mold in new colours in "Transformers Universe" line.
Skydive & Skydive 1
2
2b
Sonic Attack Jet 1
1b
2
2b
Beast Changer (aka Savage/Noble) 1
2
Night Slash Cheetor 1
1b
2
2b
Hasbro rereleased mold in new colours in "Transformers Universe" line.
Night Slash Cheetor & Night Slash Cheetor 1
2
Strika 1
2
Megatron Megabolt 1
1b
2
Cheetor 1
2
Tankorr 1
1b
2
Hasbro rereleased mold in new colours in "Transformers Universe" line.
Tankorr & Tankorr 1
2
Megatron 1
1b
1c
2
2b
Rattrap 1
1b
1c
2
Blast Punch Optimus Primal 1
2
Jetstorm 1
1b
2
2b
Nightscream 1
1b
2
2b
Transmetal Optimal Optimus' mold was slightly remolded and rereleased in original Optimus Prime's colours. I like a lot of the original release, but I must add that the remolding in sound and missile launching mechanism plus new colours make this mold look much better.
Primal Prime 1
2
3
4
Supreme Cheetor was at the time the biggest transformer toy released (unless I'm mistaken). Unfortunately it really isn't worth the high price. On the contrary Air Attack Optimus Primal, which wasn't ready in time for Beast Machines line and was released Robots in Disguise line, is one of my favourite toys. As the toy is clearly BM Primal, pictures are placed here.
Air Attack Optimus Primal 1
1b
2
Cheetor 1
2
2b
Beast Riders toys were made for transport vehicles for smaller toys. Toys don't transform and in my opinion fit badly among Transformers toys. The closest thing for Beast Riders I can think of are larger Action Master vehicles and even those transformed. Toys were available with two different colour schemes.
Che 1
2
Mechatron 1
2
Mechatron 1
2
Beast Machines, Dinobots
Old dinosaur molds were also sold under Dinobots subline during Beast Machines. Some of the molds originally released in Japan were for the first time available from Hasbro. There were 8 different Dinobots available. As a nice detail Hasbro created a new "dinobot spark crystal" for this subgroup.
Airraptor 1
1b
2
Dinotron 1
2
2b
Striker 1
1b
2
3
Triceradon 1
2
3
Rapticon (no pictures)
Terranotron 1
2
3
T-Wrecks 1
2
3
Magmatron 1
2a
2b
2c
3
Beast Wars Returns
Originally Takara didn't release Beast Machines toys or cartoon in Japan. In year 2005 the series and some of the toys were released under title "Beast Wars Returns". Toys were released exclusively in "Toys R Us" stores and are hard to find and expensive outside Japan. Thanks to a NTFA member spending his exchange student year in Japan I have few toys from the line.
Takara modified colour schemes on smaller toys to be more show accurate. Unfortunately the same didn't happen with mega sized toys. but not with mega sized toys. Below you can see pictures of recoloured toys I have, which isn't very many. More detailed information of toys released in this line can be found from TFArchive listing.
BR-10 Silverbolt 1
2
BR-14 Obsidian 1
2
Robots in Disguise
"Robots in Disguise" was originally a Japanese "Car Robots" line that Hasbro decided to release as well. Toys in this line were a mix of new and old molds and featured robots transforming to both animals and vehicles. At least for now only toys with animal modes are included here.
Dark Scream, Gas Skunk and Slapper were actually released together and in mega price point. But as toys are actually basic sized, pictures are placed here.
Dark Scream 1
2
Gas Skunk 1
2
Slapper 1
2
Also some Beast Machines Vehicon molds were rereleased in new colours. Mirage Gt, Nightcruz and Scavenger in a three pack and as autobots.
Mirage Gt 1
2
Nightcruz 1
2
Scavenger 1
2
Obsidian 1
2
Bruticus' mold was originally meant for Beast Machines line.
Bruticus 1
1b
1c
2
Megatron Megabolt 1
1b
2
Megabolt 1
1b
2
Megabolt was a later recolour of Megatron Megabolt.
Megatron Megabolt & Megabolt 1
1b
2
Storm Jet 1
1b
2
2b
Despite instructions showing only six modes, Megatron actually transforms to ten modes. For more infromation check my review on TFArchive. Galvatron is the same mold in new colours.
Megatron robot
gargoyle
two-headed dragon
jet
transport
claw
griffin
flying dragon
elephant
boat
Galvatron robot
gargoyle
two-headed dragon
jet
transport
claw
griffin
flying dragon
elephant
boat
Megatron & Galvatron robot
gargoyle
two-headed dragon
jet
transport
claw
griffin
flying dragon
elephant
boat
Transformers Armada
"Transformers Armada" was the next mainline after "Robots in Disguise". In many ways Armada was a return to the past, but with a new twist. On the side of old and familiar Autobot and Decepticon factions was invented a group small robots called "Minicons". Robots transformed to vehicles again and animals were left out of the series.
Terrorsaur & Ironhide 1
2
3
Airazor & Nighscream 1
2
3
Cheetor & Cliffjumper 1
2
3
Predacon & Side Burn ja Skid-Z 1
2
3Transformers Dinobots
Dinobots were rereleases of old Beast Wars and Beast Wars Neo molds in new colours. Toys were sold in two-packs (basic and deluxe sized toy) and on similar cards that was used for Armada toys. Before starting to use "Transformers Universe" line for repaints, Hasbro had released recoloured toys in their older "Robots in Disguise" line. In a way "Transformers Dinobots" can be considered a transition between those lines. "Transformers Dinobots" were Wal-Mart (US chain store) exclusives and were not available in Europe.
Slapper 1
2
Sludge 1
2
3
Snarl 1
2
3
Terranotron 1
2
Triceradon 1
2
3
Transformers Universe
"Transformers Universe" is Hasbro's current line for rereleases of old molds. If I've understood correctly these are only available in North America. I've bought some either because of interesting new colours or because they were included in a bigger lot.
Crystal Widow 1
2
Depth Charge1
2
3
Longhorn 1
2
2b
Nemesis Prime 1
1b
2
3
Night Slash Cheetor 1
2
Obsidian 1
2
Optimus Primal 1
2
3
Razorclaw 1
2
3
Reptilion 1
2
Silverbolt 1
2
Skydive 1
2
2b
Skywarp 1
2
3
3b
Snarl 1
2
2b
Striker 1
2
3
Tankorr 1
1b
2
Triceradon 1
1b
2
3
Transformers Energon
"Transformers Energon" is successor to "Transformers Armada" and in this line Hasbro and Takara released also new molds that had an animal alternate mode. These molds were in minority and most of them were basic sized robots called Terrorcons. Terrorcons were clearly mechanical and there's no hint of organics in them. Toys were sold in Nordic Europe.
Divebomb 1
2
Cruellock 1
2
Insecticon 1
2
2b
Command Ravage Command Ravage 1
2
Doomlock 1
2
Sharkticon 1
1b
2
3
Hasbro released two toys based on original Dinobots, Grimlock and Swoop in Energon line. Staying true to the gimmick used in Energon line, also these Dinobots combined, becoming Mega Dinobot. Combined mode leaves lot to desire and individual toys suffer from it as well. Not actually bad toys, but could have been better. Toys were sold together and were available in North-America only.
Grimlock 1
2
Swoop 1
1b
2
Mega Dinobot 1
Scorponok 1
1b
2
2b
3
Alternators
Mostly for adult collectors targeted line. More information can be found on The ultimate Transformers: Binaltech/Alternators resource page! site.
Battle Ravage (aka Ravage) 1
2
Grimlock 1
2
Robotmasters
"Robotmasters" is Takara's subline for rereleases of old molds and more importantly for new basic sized molds of popular characters. Convoy (Optimus Primal) and Megatron got new, more show accurate molds. Though these basics are very nice, they are no match for original ultra sized toys released in 1996.
RM-02 Beast Megatron 1
1b
2
RM-07 Bound Rogue 1
2
RM-09 Psycho-Orb 1
2
RM-11 Beast Convoy 1
1b
1c
2
RM-21 Lio Convoy 1
1b
1c
2
2b
3
Cybertron
Transformers Cybertron is Hasbro's mainline after Transformers Energon. Animal transformers are present also in this line, this time them being robots from Jungle planet. Some are clearly just robots with animal alternate modes, but there are signs of others being partly organic as well. The gimmick for this line is "cyber keys" that activate special functions in toys. This time animals are released in most sizes, but at least so far I only have smaller molds.
Undermine 1
2
3
Backstop 1
2
3
Wreckloose 1
1b
2
2b
3
Snarl 1
2
3
Brimstone 1
1b
2
3
Leo Breaker (no pictures)
Nemesis Breaker 1
1b
2
3
Scourge (no pictures)
Cryo Scourge 1
1b
2
3
Galaxy Force
Galaxy Force is Japanese version of Hasbro's "Transformers Cybertron" line. Flame Convoy was released as Scourge by Hasbro.
Flame Convoy 1
1b
2
3
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