New Galleries: Beast Machines Tank Drone and Motorcycle Drone

The motorcycle drone looks great! I think troop building figures should be cheaper or come in packs, that way it's easier to build up an army.

Also is it me, or does the tank drone look like it's legends class size? It looks really small, even in comparison to the other basic class figures.

Wait a minute.. Who's that lighter blue Jetstorm? I can't seem to find him in any of the galleries.

Decepticon Stryker wrote:Wait a minute.. Who's that lighter blue Jetstorm? I can't seem to find him in any of the galleries.

Some of the figures are from upcoming galleries.

Aww man, I wish I had some of the BM Vehicons. Actually I'll go out on a limb and say Beast Machines was one of the most underrated toylines in general. There were quite a few stinkers but plenty of awesome toys too. IIRC HasTak actually collaborated with some fairly famous Japanese mecha artists for the design of some of the toys.

It always bothered me as a kid how two of the three Vehicon Drone toys didn't share the same name as they were called in the TV show, with the Tank Drone being the only one that did have a matching name between the show and the toys.

The Cycle Drone toy was named "Motorcycle Drone" and the Aero Drone toy was named "Sonic Attack Jet". As a kid, these names registered to me as the "wrong" names as they weren't what they were called in the show, which named the drones a full year before the toyline got did.

Ahhh Beast Machines. My beloved but terribly to scale series

Dr Va'al wrote:

Decepticon Stryker wrote:Wait a minute.. Who's that lighter blue Jetstorm? I can't seem to find him in any of the galleries.

Some of the figures are from upcoming galleries.

Aaahhh...

HOORAY MORE BEAST MACHINE GALLERIES! My wish has been granted.

Delta Magnus wrote:Actually I'll go out on a limb and say Beast Machines was one of the most underrated toylines in general.

Well delta, I'm throwing you a rope so you don't fall. I couldn't agree more. This line has always been one of my favs for it's pure toyeticness, and has been poopooed over the years, 'cause people just don't understand.

Can't wait for more of these galleries. Thanks Seibs!

@ Decepticon Stryker - they are indeed Legends size. they were Basic class, which is the same scale and price point as Scouts and now Legends.

Decepticon Stryker wrote:Also is it me, or does the tank drone look like it's legends class size? It looks really small, even in comparison to the other basic class figures.

Yup, he's about as big as today's Legends Class toys.

Decepticon Stryker wrote:Wait a minute.. Who's that lighter blue Jetstorm? I can't seem to find him in any of the galleries.

He is an aero drone, the mindless army that makes up Jetstorm's ait team. I am looking forward to the gallery sice I am currently writing a "top 5 best troop builders" list and he is on there.

And yeah Shajaki, the scale in that line is a nightmare. What I find really sucks is that Hasbro seems to homage how messed up it is by giving us a deluxe Tankor recently who is as big as rattrap. WTF?!

Decepticon Stryker wrote:Wait a minute.. Who's that lighter blue Jetstorm? I can't seem to find him in any of the galleries.

Aero Drone or Sonic Attack Jet, whatever Hasbro feels like calling him.

Emerje

Cobotron wrote::KREMZEEK: HOORAY MORE BEAST MACHINE GALLERIES! My wish has been granted.

Can't wait for more of these galleries. Thanks Seibs!

No problem, Cobotron. I actually photographed these guys 2 years ago in June 2014, along with some other Beast Machines galleries. When I went to add them to the site's database, I noticed that I hadn't added a Beast Machines gallery since May 2007 (over 9 years 2 months ... before the first live action Transformers movie). Kind of crazy!

Beast Machines Tank Drone 417 2016-07-26 00:41
Beast Machines Motorcycle Drone 895 2016-07-26 00:40
Beast Machines Snarl 51315 2007-05-12 17:42
Beast Machines Airraptor 88061 2007-04-24 09:31
Beast Machines Night Viper 109883 2006-08-16 22:01
Beast Machines Striker 42925 2006-07-04 22:04
Beast Machines Triceradon 51183 2006-07-04 13:14
Beast Machines Rapticon 75131 2006-06-20 21:48
Beast Machines Dinotron 54279 2006-06-18 20:42
Beast Machines Terranotron 57747 2005-12-29 21:28
Beast Machines Hammerstrike 90697 2005-11-30 21:20
Beast Machines Rattrap 148370 2005-11-20 16:30
Beast Machines Cheetas 147945 2005-11-20 16:30
Beast Machines Supreme Cheetor 65912 2005-11-20 16:29
Beast Machines Jetstorm 112761 2005-09-18 02:21
Beast Machines Jetstorm 94268 2005-09-18 02:20
Beast Machines Black Widow 49543 2005-08-30 22:08
Beast Machines Black Widow 69939 2005-08-30 22:06
Beast Machines Silverbolt 69416 2005-08-29 20:51
Beast Machines Silverbolt 60919 2005-08-29 20:51
Beast Machines Strika 67576 2005-04-20 21:39
Beast Machines Blastcharge 65710 2005-04-19 23:17
Beast Machines Primal Prime 132922 2005-04-09 19:44
Beast Machines Air Attack Optimus Primal 265386 2005-04-09 19:43
Beast Machines Savage Noble (Beast Changer) 134526 2005-04-09 19:39
Beast Machines Nightscream 109322 2005-04-09 19:38
Beast Machines Megatron 108208 2005-04-09 19:36
Beast Machines Optimus Primal 89748 2005-04-09 19:35
Beast Machines Night Slash Cheetor 65736 2005-02-22 00:19
Beast Machines Megatron Megabolt 104839 2004-04-28 23:11
Beast Machines Blast Punch Optimus Primal 88129 2004-04-28 23:11

Seibertron wrote:

Cobotron wrote::KREMZEEK: HOORAY MORE BEAST MACHINE GALLERIES! My wish has been granted.

Can't wait for more of these galleries. Thanks Seibs!

No problem, Cobotron. I actually photographed these guys 2 years ago in June 2014, along with some other Beast Machines galleries. When I went to add them to the site's database, I noticed that I hadn't added a Beast Machines gallery since May 2007 (over 9 years 2 months ... before the first live action Transformers movie). Kind of crazy!

Beast Machines Tank Drone 417 2016-07-26 00:41
Beast Machines Motorcycle Drone 895 2016-07-26 00:40

Will you be doing the sonic attack jet (jet drone) too? I didnt see him on the list.

Really wish i picked these 2 up back in the day, they look pretty damn good. Beast machines was such a great toyline, it reintroduced the classic transformer look with the vehicons and made beastformers interesting again. I miss having variety like that, now all hasbro cares about is how many repaints they can do. They really need to do something like beast machines again cause im getting sick of nothing but vehicle and object alt modes.

Just an FYI ... I finished two more Beast Machines galleries for today on my flight back from California on Saturday, but my laptop quit recognizing that it was plugged in so it wouldn't charge my batteries. It's currently at the repair shop. Hopefully I will have it back in the next few days, fingers crossed. Depending on when I get it back, those galleries might just be delayed for this week or I'll use them for next Tuesday's Beast Wars related galleries.

Bummer.

Is it a dead/dying battery not holding or able to charge or is a charging plug/pack issue? Hopefully it'll get fixed soon! You have my sympathies.

Tyrannacon wrote:Bummer.

Is it a dead/dying battery not holding or able to charge or is a charging plug/pack issue? Hopefully it'll get fixed soon! You have my sympathies.

Unfortunately, no. I have 3 batteries and two chargers (mostly for my business related travel trips) which enables me to test multiple configurations. You can test whether or not it's a battery issue by plugging in the laptop and removing the battery. If the laptop remains powered, then it's not a battery issue. The laptop isn't recognizing that the charger is connected. No errors or anything **, which leads me to believe that the issue is with either the DC Port or the motherboard itself. I'm pretty adept at disassembling computers (especially the extremely easy to disassemble MSI laptops that are extremely modular) but soldering is currently above my skill level, which is what's required for the DC port. Hopefully the DC port is what needs to be fixed and the motherboard is not what needs to be replaced. Fingers crossed!

** For the past 4 to 6 months, the laptop has been randomly turning itself off. Another symptom of a power related issue. Once I go get back into windows, there's usually a "critical thermal error" in the Windows error logs. I've extensively cleaned out the inside of the laptop, verified that the fan is working appropriately, removed the old thermal paste in two locations and replaced with fresh thermal paste, updated drivers, disabled the Nvidia GeForce drivers, and many other changes to no avail over the past few months. At some point, it's just a hardware issue and something needs to be replaced on a 4.5 year old power house gaming machine (MSI GT70 OND) that I use extensively every day and which gets a lot of abuse.

Seibertron wrote:

Tyrannacon wrote:Bummer.

Is it a dead/dying battery not holding or able to charge or is a charging plug/pack issue? Hopefully it'll get fixed soon! You have my sympathies.

Unfortunately, no. I have 3 batteries and two chargers (mostly for my business related travel trips) which enables me to test multiple configurations. You can test whether or not it's a battery issue by plugging in the laptop and removing the battery. If the laptop remains powered, then it's not a battery issue. The laptop isn't recognizing that the charger is connected. No errors or anything **, which leads me to believe that the issue is with either the DC Port or the motherboard itself. I'm pretty adept at disassembling computers (especially the extremely easy to disassemble MSI laptops that are extremely modular) but soldering is currently above my skill level, which is what's required for the DC port. Hopefully the DC port is what needs to be fixed and the motherboard is not what needs to be replaced. Fingers crossed!

** For the past 4 to 6 months, the laptop has been randomly turning itself off. Another symptom of a power related issue. Once I go get back into windows, there's usually a "critical thermal error" in the Windows error logs. I've extensively cleaned out the inside of the laptop, verified that the fan is working appropriately, removed the old thermal paste in two locations and replaced with fresh thermal paste, updated drivers, disabled the Nvidia GeForce drivers, and many other changes to no avail over the past few months. At some point, it's just a hardware issue and something needs to be replaced on a 4.5 year old power house gaming machine (MSI GT70 OND) that I use extensively every day and which gets a lot of abuse.

As are my own hopes in this scenario that it's something that can be fixed and something like the DC port. I do have some familiarity here with what you're saying. Before getting sick I used to do computer repair before my health issues hit me really hard and I had to back off of things. When I got my settlement I switched from a laptop back to a desktop. I actually walked my dad through how to build a PC (and he did phenomenal) with it. I couldn't myself because of the side effects of my medication at the time. I still have my laptop, although I don't use it much now for things as often. I'm on my desktop more commonly now, which is good I guess.

Beast Machines had some interesting designs and choices, and I like some of them. That bike drone catches my eye pretty nicely!

Seibertronians, it's time again for Beast Wars Tuesdays! The feature where the main man himself, Seibertron, gives us a brand new gallery of one or two classic Beast Wars or Beast Machines toys. This time, we're taking a look at Beast Machines Tankor (this time around in his Red and black color scheme) and Thrust! Indulge in some 90s cheese below, and click on the respective links to see the full galleries!

Beast Machines Tankor (148 images) - Mega Vehicles












Beast Machines Thrust (191 images) - Deluxe Vehicles











And, as always, Keep it tuned to Seibertron.com as we continue to pay homage to Beast Wars!

Those are both pretty sweet toys. Not bad at all

Bronzewolf wrote: some 90s cheese

Heeeeey! I resemble that remark!

Great toys for the sake of toys. That Tankor is among one of my most favorite TFs of all time. Gallery looks great!

Cobotron wrote:

Bronzewolf wrote: some 90s cheese

Heeeeey! I resemble that remark!

And I stand by it.

Now i have some lists to update now that we have a nice Tankor Gallery! Also I am thinking of adding this Mega Tankor to my list of top 5 TFs who's original toys are better than their updates. I mean all the gen tankor has over this one is a likeness to the TV show (not in scale though) while this Mega Tankor is such a superior toy in every way.

They're so delightfully retro-futuristic! I'm not usually for Cybertronian modes, but I think I'll have to eventually track these Vehicons down.


Thrust is also a lot more... wasp-like than on the show. I wonder why.

I've alwaysed liked the look of the old Tankor mold but for some reason I'm not a fan of either of the decos it's gotten. Would've been nice to see it in that dark blue he is in the show, I feel like it would've looked really nice on it. There probably is a customizer that's done that...

Beast Wars Tuesdays continues! We return to the Seibertron.com series of galleries showcasing the products of the 90s that had to do with Beast Wars, Beast Wars II, Beast Wars Neo - given the anniversary of the first series this year - with the three amigos from Beast Wars II: DJ, Gimlet and Motorarm, and their combined form, Tripledacus.

The Jointron brothers are the Japanese counterparts to the Hasbro Tripredacus set (Ram Horn, Sea Clamp and Cicadacon), and feature cicada/torso DJ, legs/lobster Gimlet, and arms/beetle Motorarm, each with a new deco and available as both a gift set and as single figures - probably for the best, given their obnoxious characterisation in the animated series. Check out the full galleries by clicking on any of the images below!

Beast Wars II Tripledacus (124 images) - Combiners, Jointrons














Beast Wars II DJ (123 images) - Combiners, Jointrons








Beast Wars II Motorarm (108 images) - Combiners, Jointrons








Beast Wars II Gimlet (118 images) - Combiners, Jointrons

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh. Such great toys. In any color.
I love Tuesdays.

Except I'm pretty sure today is Monday. Even in Italy

Andale! ¡Andale! Arriba! ¡Arriba! Yii-hah! ¡Jointrons muy fantástico! ¡Excelente! ¡Increíble! ¡Costa Rica! ¡Puerto Rico! ¡Tortilla! ¡Fajita! ¡Burrito!

The beetle looks like Jigsaw.

I wonder what the Botcon set figures would have looked like in those colors. And also to have a Mexico-themed accessory set would have been the icing on the cake.

Cobotron wrote:Ahhhhhhhhhhhh. Such great toys. In any color.
I love Tuesdays.

Except I'm pretty sure today is Monday. Even in Italy

It was Tuesday when I posted it. And it's Tuesday when the banner went up.

You and your limiting timezones.

You want racist stereotypes? Here you go! Cool decoes though.

It's time again to celebrate Seibertron's Beast Wars Tuesdays! Tis on this day we bring you new, fresh galleries of all your favorite classic Beast Wars and Machines toys, plus some really far-out variants. We might have one of the latter today as we take a look at the Takara Beast Wars C-5 Rattle (Or as you might know him, Rattrap!) That green sticker signifies and certifies him a variant, so he's fair game for Beast Wars Tuesdays! As with all other Seibertron galleries, a selection of photos has been presented below, and you can view the full gallery by clicking on any of them! Find all the Beast Wars Tuesdays galleries here!

And, as always, stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all the latest Transformers news!


New Gallery: Takara Beast Wars C-5 Rattle (Rattrap)

Beast Wars Rattrap (111 images) - Basic Beasts

In a sudden plot twist, that has nothing to do with international political scenarios, we bring you another instalment on Seibertron.com's Beast Wars Tuesdays... on a Wednesday!

Join us this week as we keep fleshing out the Maximal ranks with not one but two galleries from the loveable but deadly mechanical expert and spiritual core to the team: Rhinox. The rhinoceros alt-mode equipped character comes in two versions for the Japanese Takara Tomy Transformers release, both from 1996 - with C-7 as a standalone packaged toy, and V-7 as part of a two-pack with Predacon Shadow Panther. Both identical in their paint changes, which added black eyes and a grey coat to the Deluxe Hasbro release (check it out here). Click on any image below for the full galleries, and check out more Beast Wars Tuesdays news stories here!

Beast Wars Rhinox (168 images) - Deluxe Beasts














Beast Wars Rhinox (134 images) - Deluxe Beasts

I've never liked the two Japanese Rhinox, could never make sense of the gray backs. They look like they were left in a window for too long.

Emerje

I should note that either deco does not indicate a particular version (single vs. 2-pack). Rather, the tan one is the original release, while brown one is a running change.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I should note that either deco does not indicate a particular version (single vs. 2-pack). Rather, the tan one is the original release, while brown one is a running change.

Not necessarily true. If I understand Takara Rhinox correctly, the US version was originally released as C-7 Rhinox, then the one I have a gallery of here with the green sticker was the "running" change. The VS-7 two pack version is a 3rd version of the toy that was not available in the C-7 package as far as I'm aware. If I recall correctly, Sabrblade Powered Convoy pointed these variants out to me a while back while I was on my hunt for the Scorponok dark purplish/black variant (or just prior to, can't remember exactly): viewtopic.php?f=4&t=100772&p=1746131&hilit=rhinox#p1746131

Today we bring you some more gallery-tastic content on Seibertron.com, and we move over to Beast Wars II for a look at the Predacon Duke of Destruction, brother of Galvatron, and his later upgrade - Megastorm and Gigastorm, with Gigascouter! Part of the Ultra class of the line, Megastorm is a redeco of the G2 Megatron tank toy, the version here being the one from Showdown of Artillery: Apache vs Megastorm box set; the upgraded Arch-Duke of Destruction featuring the Full Tilt redeco into Gigascouter, on the other hand, is the Cyborg Beast Supreme class Trypticon repurposing, with new added nose horn.

Check out the galleries by clicking on any of the images below, and stay tuned for more Trypticon related content coming soon!


Beast Wars II Megastorm (128 images) - Ultra Vehicles














Beast Wars II Gigastorm (175 images) - Supreme Beast
















Beast Wars II Gigascouter (80 images) - Miscellaneous

"We're, uh, totally not Megatron and Trypticon, guys! Look how different we are!"

I hope Reprolabels does a Gigastorm set for TR Trypticon, especially since they now have parts in their conversion sets. Seems like it'd be so easy.

After Trypticon got that sick mohawk.

I had no idea his colours were so much darker than Trypticons! I really like him!

Ah, Megastorm/Gigastorm. The one guy who was more of a Starscream in the series than the actual Starscream.

I always wished that Takara would have done a release of Megastorm retooled from the smaller, more articulated Hero Megatron mold so that he could scale better with the rest of his team instead of towering over all of them, as he was only the second-tallest Predacon in the show, second only to Galvatron in height (who himself was bigger than everyone else but not too much bigger).

Now, that all changed when he became Gigastorm, as by then he did supersede everyone's height, with only Magnaboss and Galvatron's dragon mode able to come near to his height.

In fact, because Gigastorm was so big, the cartoon actually made one of the very first uses of an official in-universe explanation for size-changing, years before Dreamwave or IDW would come up with the "mass-shifting", "parts compression", and "mass-displacement" explanations. In the show, Gigastorm had become so big that he could no longer fit inside the Predacon's fortress mothership. In order to make him fit inside, he would have be subjected to an "Elemental Particle Control Beam", fired at him by the ship, which would shrink him down to a more manageable size (roughly the same height as his brother). The effects of this beam would seemingly remain indefinite, or at least until he'd leave the ship. Whenever he'd be seen back outside the ship, he always be back to his original size, but we were never shown him actually regaining that size onscreen. We can only speculate that the effects either wore off whenever he left the ship, or were reversed by another size-changing method that he needed to be subjected to upon leaving the ship.

Though, one time, in an episode where Gigastorm finally made his ambitions to overthrow Galvatron known to his brother, as he and Galvatron fought each other, Galvatron punished Gigastorm for his treasonous behavior by subjecting him to a much greater dose of the Elemental Particle Control Beam, which shrunk Gigastorm down all the way to toy size. Galvatron picked up his pint-sized brother and starting pulling on his limbs and tail like how a child would improperly play with a toy, as part of further punishing Gigastorm. He was back to his normal height by the next episode, though, evidently having suffered enough punishment to fall back in line under Galvatron's thumb.

Va'al wrote:the upgraded Arch-Duke of Destruction featuring the Full Tilt redeco into Gigascouter, on the other hand, is the Cyborg Beast Supreme class Trypticon repurposing, with new added nose horn.

I recently learned that Gigastorm being a Cyborg Beast is a bit of a misnomer. Though he played a role in upgrading the Combatrons into the Cyborg Beasts, it turns out that he wasn't a Cyborg Beast himself in the original Japanese fiction. Only in the IDW Beast Wars Sourcebook was he declared a Cyborg Beast (or "Cyber Beast", as the Sourcebook called them), based on the longstanding (but mistaken) fan belief that he too was one of them.

Megatron is almost same size as gigtron never had him to know how big he was good scale comparison

From the lenses of Seibertron himself, we have an amazing new set of toy galleries to share with you! These Beast Wars toys are from the second year of the line, and consist of a roly-poly/potato bug, a mantis, a mosquito, a dragonfly, and an earwig! We are, of course, talking about Retrax, Manterror, Transquito, Jetstorm, and Powerpinch. While these galleries have been done for a few years, we're sharing them now, in the ongoing quest to get to 5,000 galleries! Take a look at the preview galleries below, and click on any picture to be taken to the full gallery.

Beast Wars Transquito (128 images) - Mega Beasts
























Beast Wars Jetstorm (84 images) - Deluxe Beasts
















Beast Wars Manterror (84 images) - Deluxe Beasts
















Beast Wars Retrax (104 images) - Deluxe Beasts




















Beast Wars Powerpinch (121 images) - Basic Beasts

Been needing these! Great job, they look awesome.

We thank Razorbeast for his sacrifices for these galleries.

Great pics!

I actually used to own Manterror and Powerpinch back in the day. They look just as good as I remember.

Great figures! (and Retrax...)

Still own Jetstorm (recently sourced his redeco too) and Powerpinch. Although I lost one arm/side of bug head, as his ball joint elbow grew too loose and I didn't know how to fix it back in the day.

Transquito was always a favourite too. I like how he and Jetstorm shared a similar head sculpt. Evoking an association between them, that was never elaborated on.

I got the BWII version of those Deluxe Insects, except for Powerhug/Retrax. Of those, Tonbot is dear to me because I love dragonflies I also adore the Bigmos antlion mode, but sadly I may have to source the original Transquito, as the BWII one has GPS in his teal plastic (and not the bronze, imagine that...)