However, Magmatron has his own agenda - to create his own army from the stasis pods the Axalon ejected in the pilot episode of Beast Wars. The mini-series focuses on Magmatron, sent by the Tripredacus Council to capture Megatron after Ravage's failure. Other characters who appear are Grimlock in his Beast Wars body (a recolored Dinobot toy) and Ravage in his Transmetal II "Tripredacus Agent" incarnation. Main article: Transformers: Beast Wars (comics)Ī mini-series takes place parallel to the third season of Beast Wars and introduces characters who are not shown in the original series such as Magmatron, Razorbeast, and Injector. However, although some cover art did appear on the internet, Dreamwave entered bankruptcy before one issue could be published. Brad Mick and Adam Patyk were originally planned to write the series until they left Dreamwave after not being paid for several projects. Beast Wars won.ĭreamwave Productions had plans to release a Beast Wars comic in early 2005, which would have been done by the War Within creative team of Simon Furman and Don Figueroa. The comic had a survey as to whether Dreamwave's new comic would be Robots In Disguise or Beast Wars. It introduced three new characters, Optimus Minor, Bonecrusher, and Wolfang. In the Primeval Dawn story, Tarantulas comes back from the dead alongside Ravage, Spittor, Iguanus, and Razorclaw to complete the mission he set out to do, while the Vok create Primal Prime to stand in his way Primal Prime teams up with Airazor, Tigatron, and Ramulus, who have come back from the dead as well.ĭreamwave Productions released a Summer Special which contained a Beast Wars story. This also serves as an introduction for Apelinq, and the only appearances of Windrazor, Sandstorm, Antagony, and Cataclysm. In the Omega Point storyline, several events lead up to a tremendous battle against Shokaract, a Predacon fueled by the Dark Essence of Unicron himself. In the BotCon comics, two particular Beast Wars storylines are tapped. The writers of the series adopted this position in order to pick and choose the best elements of the discrete Generation 1 continuities. Officially, the Beast Wars and Beast Machines series exist as the future of Generation 1 universe, and not specifically the original cartoon series or Marvel Comics series. Beast Machines was also imported to Japan in 2004 under the title Beast Wars Returns, though it did not gain very much popularity. The second and third season of Beast Wars and its toy line only lasted a few months before being replaced by Transformers: Car Robots in the following new year, in which several unused Transmetal 2 molds were used as Destrongers (Predacons). Whereas the cybernetic transmetal Beast Wars Transformers sold well in Western markets, Japanese fans preferred more realistic looking beast modes thus, Beast Wars Metals was not as successful with Japanese fans. The Beast Wars Neo toyline was created to cater to the Japanese market. Beast Wars II spawned a theatrical movie. Unlike the original Beast Wars series, Beast Wars II and Beast Wars Neo used traditional animation and were aimed at a much younger audience. The characters originate from the future that the Beast Wars teams left, but the events of the series take place in the far future. The Japanese series Beast Wars II and Beast Wars Neo were created to fill the gap while the second and third seasons of Beast Wars were being translated into Japanese (called Beast Wars: Metals). With the whole planet empty, and all of the Transformers missing, Optimus Primal, Cheetor, Rattrap, and Blackarachnia begin a new crusade, this time to free the entire planet. These were created and controlled by Megatron. They were without memory of what happened previously, and fighting for survival against mindless drones called Vehicons. The Maximals find themselves back on Cybertron, malfunctioning and trapped in their first beast modes (the ones they had at the beginning of Beast Wars). Beast Wars was succeeded by Beast Machines, a new series with a new creative team in charge of production.
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