McDonald's Beast Wars Transformers galleries ... and the origin of Seibertron.com?
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Awesome story. So much came back to me while reading that. While I never worked at McDonalds (My crappy job at the time was a dishwasher), I remember buying the McDonald's toys. I didn't know at the time that I could just buy the toys without the food, so I was actually buying the happy meals themselves (heh). I only managed to snag the Panther and Rhino though. I never really paid much attention to what the box said, so in my mind Panther was just an updated Ravage. Cool stuff.

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i remeber my first beastwar. i was wierded out by an animal transformers, (having been born 2 years after the g1 predicons) but im glad i took the chance
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I HAVE HAD IT WITH THESE MOTHER F***ING SNAKES ON THIS MOTHER F***ING TRANSFORMER!Seibertron wrote:Godmodule wrote:So dude, Ryan, tell me 2 things:
One: What is the secret sauce?! Is it really thousand island?
Two: Why the hell was the arch deluxe bacon round?
On another note, that's a really cool story. Seriously.
enough was enough.

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Wow that brought back alot of memories. I remember getting my first Beast Wars Figure. It was Dinobot. I was at walmart with my dad. We walked by the toy section and he said "beast wars transformers? hey look new transformers." I was so happy that TFs were back. I didnt care that they were animals.Transformers were back! No more power Rangers for me. I saw Dinobot and got him. I dont even thik i really looked at the others.I got DB Because of the name (Dinobot=grimlock=G1) and that he was a raptor. After that i got Igunas and Terrorsaur. A few months after that the show aired and i was hook on Transformers once again. Then all my money went into Beast Wars. Those were the good old days.
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I really enjoyed reading your article. It was a nice to see a little bit of the origins of the site revealed.
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That's a really interesting story, Ryan! I've always loved to hear the stories of how people got back into TFs after "the day."
. . . and the McD BW TFs have inspired a great website! Keep up the great work!
. . . and the McD BW TFs have inspired a great website! Keep up the great work!
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That's awsome Ryan. The whole story of how I began my hunt for Transformers knowledge began with the Beast Wars and my father telling me of remembering an older Transformers cartoon. And I owe a whole lot of gratitude towards you because this site is where I found a great place to gather knowledge and talk to other fans about the Transformers. Thanks to you Ryan, and I can't wait for more stories like this.
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Whooo!! You worked at McDonald's!! YES!! >.< Go McDonald's crew people!! XD Dude! We had a bomb threat just this morning (Saturday, May 5). Anyone from Louisiana? It was the MD in Kinder.
Tell me "Hi" one day! lmao
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Leonardo wrote:Ryan, do you still have the mini-comic book? If so, could you can it into the VSD perhaps?
Hey Leonardo,
I most certainly do have the mini-comic. One day when I do the catalogs I might scan it in.

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happy meal toys
coincidentally i live in wyoming mi and about that time i was looking too but im a bit younger than you siebertron i came in when beast wars was airing on the week days in the early afternoon
but the thing that brought me in was the waspinator figure he was my first
but the thing that brought me in was the waspinator figure he was my first
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slugslinger-beta wrote:coincidentally i live in wyoming mi and about that time i was looking too but im a bit younger than you siebertron i came in when beast wars was airing on the week days in the early afternoon
but the thing that brought me in was the waspinator figure he was my first
Ah, good ol' Wyoming, MI. Before I moved to Chicago, I lived in the Grand Rapids area. I lived at Ramblewood for about a year off 44th st across from Damen's and then moved to the apartments across the highway near Walmart, Burger King and Cracker Barrel (Brookfield?) for about 3 years. River Town Crossings mall is probably the best mall I've ever been to. My Dad and I stopped by TGI Friday's to have a couple of beers on Saturday en route to Holland for the Tulip Time parade.
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Re: McDonald's Beast Wars Transformers galleries ... and the ori
This is kind of a deja vu for me, since my first figure was a TF:Armada McDonald's Hot Shot, and then I went out and bought the Deluxe version.
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Re: McDonald's Beast Wars Transformers galleries ... and the ori
Unicron94 wrote:This is kind of a deja vu for me, since my first figure was a TF:Armada McDonald's Hot Shot, and then I went out and bought the Deluxe version.
lol, bet the McDonald's version was better. :p
My first TFs from the Beast Wars line was the 2 pack of Megs and Op Primal too.











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Re: McDonald's Beast Wars Transformers galleries ... and the ori
My first was actually a Sixshot at Goodwill, and I was five, and i did'nt know it was a TF, so I lost it, and it was $6. I can't beleave I did that!

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Re: McDonald's Beast Wars Transformers galleries ... and the ori
I also remember watching BW and BM on tv in '99.
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Oh... I remember Trans-Forum -- #1 place for G1 screen grabs.
I remember when you first got the Transformers (Cartoon) Movie on DVD and had nice screen grabs from it, including Laserbeak transforming (I believe a series of frames on that).
I remember forum goers like Cerebros and later when it became Seibertron.com, there was Shrapnel and Brendacon and others...
Ahh... memories.
I remember when you first got the Transformers (Cartoon) Movie on DVD and had nice screen grabs from it, including Laserbeak transforming (I believe a series of frames on that).
I remember forum goers like Cerebros and later when it became Seibertron.com, there was Shrapnel and Brendacon and others...
Ahh... memories.

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Re: McDonald's Beast Wars Transformers galleries ... and the ori
I remember when threads didn't get pointlessly revived after 10 months...
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