Does anyone else only collect Megs & Prime ?

[Robzy]

I'm not a completist, but I definitely don't just focus on Prime and Megs!

[GoktimusPrime]

Tabias: you're not missing out on much by not watching the Japanese BW series - they're not very well written. But we did get some nice toys from those series - especially in BW Neo. The ending of Neo (Blentron arc) is the only part worth watching when (Spoiler) Unicron attacks Cybertron, leaps into Vector Sigma and possesses it in an attempt to transform Cybertron (his ancient enemy) into his new body! Lio Convoy and Big Convoy's Maximals all unite to fight Unicron with Lio Convoy and Big Convoy combining the power of their Matrices to defeat Unicron. I have no idea how to get eps in Australia though... I have eps on NTSC VHS taped off TV (alas I don't have the facilities to copy NTSC VHS - and these eps have no subtitles).

ive always considered optimus primal to be optimus prime and they just changed there names to suit the enviroment, like maximals and predicons.it was one of those things that did bother me in the series when they introduced optimus prime in the ark.so if hes not optimus prime who is he and how do's he come by primes face and name because,same as megatron. i always thought that the time line for beastwars was set somewhere after (about 500 to 1000 years) the original series but set in prehistoric earth.

It's kinda like this...

A. The Great Autobot-Decepticon War ended with the signing of the Pax Cybertronia treatise. The Autobot and Decepticon factions are formally disbanded with most of them going into retirement or being reformatted as Maximals and Predacons.

B. By the time of Beast Wars they had created the "Maximal Upgrade" - and evolution of Micromaster technology allowing Transformers to be more fuel efficient (but much smaller in size).

C. An uneasy peace exists between Maximals and Predacons for the next 300 years with Predacons feeling that they're grossly under-represented and marginalised in Transformers society.Spoiler: It is part of Unicron's plan to maintain disunity amongst the Transformers - as per the purpose of the Transformers' creation by their god Primus. Unicron has seeded several agents amongst the Transformers populace.

D. Several Predacons are bitterly disappointed and turn rogue. One of them is a Predacon who names himself "Megatron" after the great Decepticon leader. He travels to prehistoric Earth and begins the Beast Wars.

Optimus Primal is also not Optimus Prime. He is a Maximal who are descendants of the Autobots. Many Maximal leaders have heads which resemble Optimus Prime as a tribute to the Autobot leader, but none of them are him. Animators put a mouth on Optimus Primal in the cartoon to help further distinguish him from Optimus Prime. In Beast Machines Primal looks nothing like Optimus Prime.
e.g.:
Optimus Primal
Lio Convoy (right, Optimus Primal on the left)
Big Convoy
Great Convoy
Lio Junior

...I hope that wasn't too much for you to digest.

[Tabias Prime]

cool thanks for that.ive watch all of beastwars and most of machinewars so its a bit of a refresher and reminder.all the info was there just needed a prompting