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News Credits: 409 · by **Stormrider** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:01 am

Are Battle Beasts/Beastformers part of the Transformer universe? :???:

News Credits: 1 · by **Redimus** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:04 am

They were in Japan, they even featured in one of the Headmasters episodes.

No idea about outside Japan.

Like Exulted Unicron on Facebook · by **Exulted Unicron** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:38 am

its a yes and no answer.

Yes - they had several appearances in the Headmasters series.

No - despite being in several Headmasters episodes, they were a seperate line all together. They had their own comics both in the east and in the west. I did read they had plans for a western cartoon show ala Transformers, but it was scrapped.

by **Loki120** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:46 am

In Japan they were, but here in the US they they were released as Battle Beasts. The sticker thing on their chests were a rub sign, but instead of Autobot or Decepticon insignia that they had in Japan, they were fire, water, and wood. When you played, it would be like a game of rock, paper, scissors. Fire beat wood, wood beat water, and water beat fire. The line was also totally unconnected to Transformers here in the US.

News Credits: 5 · by **God Magnus** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:13 pm

Exulted Unicron wrote:its a yes and no answer.

Yes - they had several appearances in the Headmasters series.

No - despite being in several Headmasters episodes, they were a seperate line all together. They had their own comics both in the east and in the west. I did read they had plans for a western cartoon show ala Transformers, but it was scrapped.

Yep, and they were thrown into the latest Devil's Due TF/GI Joe crossover as a sort of homage to this loose connection.

by **Loki120** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:59 pm

God Magnus wrote:
Exulted Unicron wrote:its a yes and no answer.

Yes - they had several appearances in the Headmasters series.

No - despite being in several Headmasters episodes, they were a seperate line all together. They had their own comics both in the east and in the west. I did read they had plans for a western cartoon show ala Transformers, but it was scrapped.

Yep, and they were thrown into the latest Devil's Due TF/GI Joe crossover as a sort of homage to this loose connection.

Oh yeah, and they were also in Dreamwave's Transformers Summer Special a couple of years back. So I guess they are a part of US continuity in a homage kind of way.