Quote Originally Posted by kup
Yeah I know the Japanese felt that way but that doesn't make the robotic 'beast' modes not beast modes.
You're right, but I initially said "true" beast modes. Robotic and cybernetic beast modes aren't "true" realistic beast modes.

At the OzFormers 2003 convention when we had the Beast Wars toy diorama on display, Jhiaxus and I saw some youngin's come up to the diorama and talk about Beast Wars with the same nostalgia that fans our age would talk about G1. Jhiaxus turned to me and said, "You know we're getting old when we're hearing these guys talk about Beast Wars in a nostalgic way!" - and it was so true...

Now I often drop TF quotes when I'm talking IRL and I made a Beast Wars reference in the middle of a Year 10 class last year and one boy immediately recognised it as Beast Wars, and started talking about Beast Wars with a tone of fond nostalgia in his voice! Now considering that I was in uni when BW came out... that made me feel thoroughly ancient!

I wouldn't go as far as to say that BW dethroned G1, but it's the closest we've ever seen to a dethroning of G1 thus far IMO.