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Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:57 am

So, I was given several Beast Wars/Machines toys (Optimal Optimus, Savage/Noble, BM Cheetor, Mega Class Tankor, Ultra Class Jetstorm, BM Silverbolt, and Tigerhawk), and I like them quite a bit. So, obviously I'm looking to get some more. Which ones would you recommend? Thank you for the input.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:18 pm

TM2 Megatron, heck, any Megatron. Especially the Purple T-rex. That's one of the best TF's ever, IMO. Inferno is cool and gorilla Primal is pretty sweet as well. BW rocks.

News Credits: 241 · Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:24 pm

I mainly own Beast Wars toys from the Japanese lines, but since some are similar if not the same as their US counterparts, I can help a bit. I hope you're open to funny limbs.

Any spring-loaded Basic
Only Terrorsaur and Rattrap of this group appeared in the show, but any of them is just plain fun. The best would have to be Terrorsaur mold, I have the Japanese blue variaty called Hydra.

Claw Jaw / Scuba
Both are the same toy down to colors, but it's still a good mold if you like tentacles for hands. Trivia: in the Japanese BWII, Scuba was being chased by a G1 Tentakil repaint called Scylle. Squid + squid

Spittor
His transformation is nothing more than a displacement of limbs and flipping down the head, but that's what makes him charming.

Scorponok
He's a BW toy done right, if you don't mind the claw hand and the tail. Unfortunately, on mine the claw holding the Bee broke... Somebody help?

Ultra Optimus Primal
The essential Prime toy. Full of fun, more than barrel of monkeys (except he's an ape).

Transmetal Cheetor
Cheetor may get the shaft in some design aspects, but this one's the best attempt even if he is mechanical.

D-40 Metals Megatron
I'll have to diverge from listing only US releases. He's great and all having two hands for once (funnily enough, T-Rex is on the right, and the Dragon is on the left. Hmmm...) but the US version suffers from a fatal flaw that splits the figure in half. A variant of Gold Plastic Syndrome plus a design flaw is to blame, but the Japanese version uses a different plastic that negates the problem.

BM Deluxe Jetstorm / Sonic Attack Jet
I know you already have its larger more show-accurate cousin, but the Deluxe deserves a mention too.

Battle Unicron
If you can find him for cheap, go for him. He's unique in the fact of being a unicorn, but he also has a nice clean transformation, which says a lot with the rest of the Maximal cast.

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

If you have the dough to pony up, I would HIGHLY recommend getting the Tako Tank from Neo (I think it was BW Neo anyways). That's the most fun I've had with any TF set in the last 5 years.

News Credits: 6 · Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:02 pm

Depthcharge and Rampage, Tigerhawk, Transmetal 2 cheetor, Air Attck Primal (In the toyline, he's technically RID, but it's from Beast Machines!) Transmetal 2 Turantulas, Transmetal 2 Blackarachnia (aside her HUGE Shoulders, she IS fun...) Transmetal Airazor, oh, and ANY VERSION OF WASPINATOR! (yes, BM thrust counts....)

News Credits: 2 · Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:04 pm

Rampage (Takara or Hasbro version, though the Takara version is colored more accurately to the show).

X-9 Ravage is awesome if you can find him, he's a remold of Transmetal Cheetor.

TM2 Megatron (Dragon) is an awesome figure

Telemocha Optimus Primal (the most screen accurate/feature accurate version based on the show)

Beast Wars II Lio Convoy is an awesome figure, though a bit hard to find/expensive these days

There were a lot of really cool figures (in my opinion) in the Beast Wars Neo line:

Big Convoy (a woolly mammoth that turns into Optimus Prime, it was incidentally the first Optimus to include an actual Matrix of Leadership)
Magmatron (re-released in the US in the Dinobots line of Beast Machines)
Longrack (a kibblicious giraffe, but in my opinion, he uses the kibble well and has a neat gimmick)

There's tons more really, but I have most of those lines myself and the above are my favs for the most part (though many of my favs were also named above such as Inferno, Scorponok etc.).

News Credits: 60 · Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:32 pm

Big Convoy, Lio Convoy and Magmatron

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Depth Charge

News Credits: 6 · Tue Sep 13, 2011 4:42 pm

Blurrz wrote:Depth Charge

That's the only one you could vouch for?

News Credits: 20 · Tue Sep 13, 2011 5:47 pm

Razorbeast is really fun IMO. Beast Wars Reborn Optimus Primal and Megatron two pack is great too. They released the same thing here in the states as a TRU two pack. Most, if not all of the telemocha reissues were improvements on previous versions and are worth picking up. I really like the basics with the autochange gimmick as well. Not because of the gimmick but because they're pretty posable little guys.

Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:50 pm

Definitely spring for BW2 Lio Convoy, the 1998 version, not the RM one. I am a really big fan of Rampage and Depth Charge also.

Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:59 pm

Beast Machine Dinobots, some of the best molds, great new paint jobs, and you can never have enough Dinobots!

Tue Sep 13, 2011 7:44 pm

Beast Wars - Optimal Optimus, TM2 Megatron, Tigerhawk, TM2 Blackarachnia, Rampage, Depthcharge, TRU 2 Pack Optimus Primal and Megatron, and Inferno

Beast Machines - Ultra Jetstorm, Deluxe Jetstorm, Mega Tankor, Battle Unicorn, Night Viper, Scavenger, Night Slash Cheetor, and Megabolt Megatron (the one released under the RID Banner).

Japanese Beast Wars - Long Rack, Stampy, Killer Punch, Lio Convoy, Big Convoy, Galvatron, Starscream & BB, Telemocha Corhada (spelling?), and God Neptune

I'll give an honorable mention to 6 inch Titanium Cheetor because he's probably the best iteration of BM Cheetor ever produced. Even though he's not technically a Beast Machines release, he fits in really well with a Beast Machines display.

News Credits: 3 · Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:29 pm

Definitely Tripredacus, one of my favorites. Couldn't figure out how to transform
Ram Horn back into a bug for like 6 months

. It was like a Rubik's cube, gratifying to finally figure it out.

Also Transmetal Primal and Megatron and Scavenger has an awesome ant mode

I'm gonna second Beast Machines Thrust as well.

Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:44 pm

All versions of megatron and optimus
dinobot, grimlock, same mold both awesome
I personally love all the cheetor toys
All the little flip changer ones those are fun to play with
ok so... I like most of the beast wars haha I love animals and transformers
best combination ever..

News Credits: 4 · Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:15 am

TM2 Cybershark, Depthcharge for sure and I've just got beast machines blackarania, she can have 4 legs as an in-between mode. How cool is that, it resembles those half human/spider fantasy creatures.

Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:42 am

Any of the combiners: Magnaboss, Magmatron, or Tripredicus.

TM2 Blackarachnia, 10th anniversary Optimus Primal and Megatron (TRU pack), Tigerhawk, TM2 Megs, Rampage, Inferno, I could go on and on. There's lots of great figures from those lines.

News Credits: 20 · Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:51 am

Menasorwheels wrote:Any of the combiners: Magnaboss, Magmatron, or Tripredicus.

As much as I like Beast Wars and combiners in general, those are crap. I have them and they're either ridiculously fiddly to combine or things simply take far too much precision for a child's toy to create the larger robot. I like them but they frustrate me to no end. They look cool though, yes. I wouldn't ever suggest them as good/great BW era toys though.

Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:04 am

Pretty much any of the Megatron and Primal toys - special mention to the original Ape and T-Rex as they got me back into TF's after 10 years out - and the usual suspects: Depthcharge, Rampage, TM Ratrap, TM Tarantulus, Razorbeast, Terrorsaur, Razorclaw, Iguanus, Scorponok, Ravage, Big Convoy, Silverbolt, quickstrike heck the list goes on and on but these would make a very cool start.

Just not Retrax. That Toy sucks.

News Credits: 10 · Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:52 am

[quote="Flux Convoy"]... Beast Wars Reborn Optimus Primal and Megatron two pack is great too. They released the same thing here in the states as a TRU two pack. ... /quote]

Agreed here. Get that two-pack. >:oP

Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:45 am

Thank you for the recommendations. I'll be looking for these, and most likely splurge due to my straight As in grad school. :-B

Thu Sep 15, 2011 5:31 pm

Basic Terrorsaur

Transmetal Waspinator

TM Scourge

Basic and Transmetal Iguanus

Basic and Transmetal Spittor

The RID Predacon Trio

TM Megatron/ Armada Predacon

Robotmasters Optimus Primal

Fri Sep 16, 2011 12:13 am

Cliff Jumper wrote:So, I was given several Beast Wars/Machines toys (Optimal Optimus, Savage/Noble, BM Cheetor, Mega Class Tankor, Ultra Class Jetstorm, BM Silverbolt, and Tigerhawk), and I like them quite a bit. So, obviously I'm looking to get some more. Which ones would you recommend? Thank you for the input.

Here's my list of stuff I like & I'd reccomend:

TM2 Tigerhawk

TM1 Rampage

TM1 Megatron

1996 ultra sized megatron the 10th aaniversary editio with the new robot head sculpt & better paint job.

1996 deluxe chetor.

bw 2nd lioconvoy

bw2nd galvatron

bwneo magnotron