I just remembered Beast Wars
>>215311537I had this model. It was peak
>>215311537twas kino have a bunch of the transformers from it but the decepticons were clearly the cooler ones >>215311785i lost his tail i think
Well that's just Prime
>>215311537I remember seeing this in 1997 and thinking animation wasn't going to get better than this and that this was the peak. This looked realistic to my 11 year old eyes.
It's amazing how media went from the truly amazing Beast Wars to whatever the fuck it is now.
>>215311785>>215311803I sold all mine recently, I kind of regret it since it was my childhood but they were just wasting away in storage
>>215311868its kinda funny to think about how selling toys used to drive shows and even the toys were better quality back then because that was the main purpose
>>215311841It took a room full of SGI workstations weeks to render a single episode.>Indigo2 - $15,000+>Octane - $20,000+
What a great show.
Beast Machines was fucking trash though.
what a life
>>215311927>its kinda funny to think about how selling toys used to drive showsIt made sense. The better the show and the better the characters the more toys you will sell. Now it's just>make everything trans to get DEI grants
>>215312144It really was. Shockingly bad.
>>215312152Shame Rhinox, the best character, never got upgraded to get another toy.
I’m sorry that happened to you. You have my condolences.
>>215312144i liked the dark cityscape setting so much i forced myself to watch it thinking it HAD to be good if it was so dark and edgy but eventually i gave up. awful models too
>>215312193What? It's such a nice thing to remember.
>>215312189I always wondered why this never happened. From what I've read Hasbro was on the writers constantly to introduce new characters or change existing ones. Maybe the Rhinox toy was selling well?
Had such great range. The comedy was great, but it also did serious moments so well.
>>215311537it was always on right before i had to leave for school. i always missed the last 10 minutes. (talking about the weekday reruns)loved this show
>>215312189most of the upgrades were really downgrades thoughever and they looked stupid. cheetor didn't have handsrattrap on wheels was kind of funny though. i liked how he was paired up against megatron in the first episodes after the upgrade and they charged at each other and he swerved in the last second and tripped megatron with his tail kek
For me, it's when Ravage joined up with Predacon Megatron and screamed "Decepticons Forever!"
>>215311841No. Fuck you.Fuck you with that terrifying bullshit
You know why black arachnea is such a realistic character? She is literally based on a stripper the animaters knew
>>215312189They still sold a Transmetal Rhinox even though it didn't exist on the show. Also, Transmetal 2 Cheetor was so good.>>215311841Outstanding episode. I had Depth Charge and Rampage toys, but no idea if they ever may one of the "prototype" character or whatever it was called.
>>215312286yeah i hated those "upgrades". they all looked so stupid
>>215312332>They still sold a Transmetal Rhinox even though it didn't exist on the show.Interesting. It must have been part of the show plan at one point, but they clearly never got to it
>>215312286>>215312366I agree the upgrades were poor. But it was all the show could do. It was either change the current characters or introduce endless new characters like in G1 season2.
>>215312144Cheetor finally becoming a responsible leader was the only thing I liked.
>>215312444Should have originally included the pic, but a friend of mine had it. Rhinox had some kind of snowmobile vehicle form and his horn as his new weapon instead of the guns, I think.
>>215311785>>215311875OP's image is the Masterpiece toy from 2019
Netflix did a good Transformers show called "War For Cybertron". I was excited for the Beast Wars season (season 3) but it was fucking shit. The Maximals were fucking assholes and pred Megatron was a simp to g1 Megatron (when in reality pred Megs would have been scheming against g1 Megs)
>>215312719this is the original from 1996
>>215312750>War For Cybertron>good
I remember Beat Wars, Beast Machines, Transformers Armada from my childhood, not sure if there was any more from that era
>>215312719>>215312767I had the original, the water gun worked great
>>215312781>>War For CybertronI like it.What didn't you like about it>characters looked like G1 counterparts>good action>Optimus Prime not loved by all the Autobots>Megatron given some nuance
>>215312847Play the actual good war for cybertron series
>>215311785I had the ratman and rhino
>>215312911https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyW5KMMDjZwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3E358n7pcIkino games
>>215311785Same. I had him and Optimus. I BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF THEM. Like chucked huge rocks at them to simulate battles, had them fall down hills...never broke. Not even a small piece broke. Idk what fucking kind of plastic they used but it wasn't cheap.
>>215312831Holy fuck I forgot about the weird hip launchers. >water gunLiterally never knew that was a thing
>randomly casually dies and is never mentioned again
>>215312911>Play the actual good war for cybertron seriesNo. Don't care. The show was good.>>215312953This looks nothing like G1. Looks more like Bayformers shit
>>215312120Lmao saved
>>215312992Poor man's starscream. Got mogged by Tarantulas as the traitorous henchman.
>>215312987Yeah the hip launchers worked great too, they would shoot at least half a meter, the water gun is the red tongue thing you see in the mouth. The only things I was missing were the black face guards
>>215312847>What didn't you like about itthe writing was shitthe animation was shitthe voice acting was shit (which i blame on the directors, not the actors themselves)nothing cool happens in all of siegeliterally only one cool thing in all of earthriseliterally only one cool thing in all of kingdom
>>215311537why were they beastwars, exactly?
>>215313379The plantet they crash on is full of unstable crystalline energon deposits, which emit radiation that's harmful to their robotic bodies. They take on organically shielded beast modes to survive.
>>215313342>the writing was shitWhat was shit about it?>the animation was shitLooked good to me. The best 3D G1 look there's been yet.>the voice acting was shit (which i blame on the directors, not the actors themselves)They cheaped out and got non union voice actors and it shows>nothing cool happens in all of siegeThis is just a lie. You sound like a retard.
>>215313587Buddy I hate to break it to you, but it's a pretty popular opinion that the WfC cartoons were dogshit. Because they were.You are very much the odd man out, here.
>>215312144It blows my mind how good they had it with BW, just to make a sequel by stripping it from all the character development from the previous show, no great backgrounds despite having better technology, and fucking up in the character-to-toys designs so bad that they had to launch repaints from Beast Wars Neo's Predacons as Dinobots to get some sales.Plus, the way they massacred my boy Rhinox with that shitty plot twist. What a dumpster fire.
>>215314025It's unironically Dan DiDio's fault.Well, except for>and fucking up in the character-to-toys designsYou've got it mixed up. The toy designs came first.
>>215312145If you didn't learn how to die well from him than that's on you. KINOEST of deaths!
>at some point Inferno was gonna be Megatron’s new form>that didn’t pan out so they just made a goof scene where both of then swap heads brieflyIt’s kinda nuts how Inferno used to be a maximo
>>215313731>Buddy I hate to break it to you, but it's a pretty popular opinion that the WfC cartoons were dogshitWow, so the "popularity" of zoomer retards on tiktok is important now? I heard they think The Godfather is "boring" and Mr. Beast vids are le epic.You can't even say 1 thing that's bad about it without being vague.>reddit spacingkys faggot
>>215314150I would dread to be the kind of person that makes a post like this and sees nothing wrong with it.
>>215314174>I would dread to be the kind of person that makes a post like this and sees nothing wrong with it.More vague shit. Well done faggot.>"it's a pretty popular opinion that this thing is bad so it must be bad!"
whatever happened with all that ancient alien shit? i'm pretty sure it never got resolved or properly explored within the show but was it elaborated on in other media?>>215314150>>reddit spacinganother gullible newfag outs himself
>>215314231>another gullible newfag outs himselfOh wow the "HERR DERR DOUBLE SPACING ISN'T TECHNICALLY REDDIT SPACING NEWFAG!"Again, kys you reddit spacing retard.
https://voca.ro/1hKBu9x4Hmr6https://voca.ro/1eydKrxlmGmbhttps://voca.ro/1iNU4iv44rlo
>>215314245it is time for medication before you have a full on melty
>>215314320Oh wow the "HERR DERR U NEED MEDS" and " melty" too.Still can't name one bad thing about the Netflix Transformers show other than "other retards on social media don't like it so it must not be good".
>>215314025They killed off all the Predacons at the end of BW to make room for new characters.Only for the new characters to actually be old characters.And all the old characters act nothing like how they were in BW.......Just..... why make it a sequel!?
>>215314347i haven't seen that at all, do you know how 4chin works newfriendo?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQzXdox9wbQkino
>>215314281Kino
>>215313483lol, lmao
I remember watching just the first Bayformers movie and thinking it was okay. Should I give them a try? What's your opinion on them?
>>215312567In exchange Primal became such insane zealot that I thought that it'll better for cybertron if Rhinox/Tankor could 've win and change everything back.
>>215314457The main problem is that all of them were ugly, they've made a cartoon to sell toys, but good guys looks like horrible monstrosities, and the bad guys looks lamer than gobots.
>>215312992Terrosaur and Scorponok's deaths were foul.They drop in a puddle of lava and that's it?It just feels weird as Predacons explode into particles every other episode and have freak regeneration anyway.
>>215312286I think most of them look worse too but when you're a kid you care a lot more about power levels. It's like how super saiyan 3 looks retarded but it's "cool" just because it's more strongererer.
>>215315230yea, massive redesigns out the ass. None of the same face or personality at all. When Rattrap in BW became transmetal, his head didn't change much. Megatrons face stayed the same. They had the sense to not make them so different you didn't recognize them. They should have just used Cheetor and Black Arachnia in BM. They were the only two to not be completely character assassinated. New main villains, not secretly old characters. Make it about saving Silverbolt and Rhinox. You could do basically the same show and not piss away the fanbase. Really, we should have just gotten season 4 and 5 of BW, we didnt need BM.
>>215315275The writers said they left their fate ambiguous to maybe bring them back. Since taking a swim in lava doesn't kill you. There were rumors of Scorponok getting a TM2 toy, but it's never been confirmed. The toys were developed first, then the scripts. Tigerhawk almost didn't get a toy cause hasbro realized he'd be in 2 episodes, but they did it anyway. A terrorsaur/scorponok combo to mirror tigerhawk would have been fucking nuts.
I still dont know wtf happened to airazor and tigertron and found it weird they just merged into an entirely different single person.
>>215315626Ravage blew them up with his ship, right before Rattrap blows Tarantulas, the ship, and Ravage up.
Bros, how do I get a Blackarachnia gf?
>>215311841
>>215316419Just be White
>>215316419Just be a dog
Kinobot
>>215311841This cgi cartoon has aged way worse than I remember, but I still like how dark and shiny it looks
>>215318397Visually, I don't really mind outdated cgi as long as the character designs are great. I think it's the main reason why I can't really stand watching Beast Machines. Most of the characters look ugly.
>>215311537Shit cartoonshit character designsshit CGIbut somehow really good story-telling that made it worth it
>>215318342Based clip poster.Thank you anon.
>>215318492that manta ray guy was cool as hell
>>215318525Yeah, clearly the creators of beast wars didnt have any expertise on cgi, and the show ended up looking uncanny as fuck. The curious thing about Beast Wars though, its that the toys are fucking amazing. I had that frog guy and I enjoyed how it looked.
>>215318613Truth about the toys, to my knowledge it's when they really started using ball joints with Transformers and taking advantage of itI got this giga nigga for Christmas
>>215318537But this is wrong. It has great character designs and amazing CGI at the time.
>>215318613Mainframe CGI was rough, but it's sitll a cut above other CGI shows on at the same time. Making TV shows on a CGI budget was a major task due to budget at the time
Beast Wars was my absolute shit growing up. Rampage was the GOAT set
>>215319251realistically how are you supposed to stop him?
As good as Beast Wars was, Shadow Raiders was just slightly better in almost every department, from plot, to characters, to action, even to soundtrack. But the character designs (and thus toys) were just way way lamer. Real shame, Shadow Raiders had a couple of more seasons in it, easily
Are the anime sequels worth watching?
>>215319269Energon blade
>>215313004I don't know how you can look at that and think bayformers but then again your opinions seem like shit all around
>>215319454Only thing I remember is they would call out their attack moves like it was DBZ and that turned me off from the whole thing
>>215318613Beast Wars was groundbreaking for its time despite Toy Story coming out two years earlier because they pioneered CGI (that was good for its time) for a television format, there was no tried-and-true workflow for computer animation. Season 1 was like 26 episodes, that's so many hours of animation. The show won an Emmy for its animation the year it came out.
>>215320421Exactly why I cut the creators of the show some slack. They were working with limited budget, and 3d animation was new grounds in the 90s. The toys ruled though
