Goktimus' thoughts on Beast Wars vs Animated

[GoktimusPrime]

Um... <cough>Transmetal Scavenger</cough>. He's probably still sitting on a David Jones shelf somewhere.

Liar. TM Scavenger would've sold better if Hasbro hadn't screwed up and named it "Inferno" as it was obviously meant to be (Takara later released this toy in Japan as Metals Inferno). I think Scavenger's a pretty neat toy... being a Unicron lookalike was funny. Terrorsaur and Waspinator as my least favourite TM moulds (yet they reused TM Terrorsaur for Armada...).

Anyway, that wasn't the point I was making. What I'm saying is that Animated has several different versions of the same character in the same incarnation. TM Scavenger doesn't count because it's a different incarnation (i.e.: Transmetal upgrade) of Inferno. It's different from say Bulkhead where children and their parents can choose between an Activator, Voyager or Leader of the same character in the same incarnation. If I were a parent I'd encourage my child to get the cheapest one.

Now naturally cheaper toys will always move faster than dearer ones... but geez... you should check out TRU Parramatta - look up the very top and behold the plethora of Animated Leaders up there. It's nearly touching the ceiling - I've never seen so many! More expensive figures should be produced/distributed in smaller quantities to avoid them shelfwarming as dead stock. Again, this is purely anecdotal based on my observation and from what I've heard from other fans - I don't have access to any solid sales or distribution data.

[Sky Shadow]

Terrorsaur and Waspinator as my least favourite TM moulds (yet they reused TM Terrorsaur for Armada...).

I agree with Transmetal Waspinator - awful toy and a huge disappointment. I love Transmetal Terrorsaur though - he has cool undocumented turny-bits on the side of his chest and a backward-flyer mode!

Anyway, that wasn't the point I was making. What I'm saying is that Animated has several different versions of the same character in the same incarnation.

Yeah, I did get what you meant, but you mentioned "There's like a truck load of Ultra Magnuses/Magni at my local TRU", and Ultra Magnus's shelfwarmth is no different to Scavenger's - neither of them have/had any other incarnations as competition. They're just unloved.

[loophole]

At the moment i would say that i like the BW show more then Animated but i dont think you can really compare the two until Animated has finished its run, i mean if you compare just the first season of both there probally about the same level of interest but when you add season 2 to the playing field BW i think leaps ahead in storyline and charcter development.

As for the toys i like animated way better than BW because i find the Animated toys more fun to play with, but the Beast Wars stuff is more sentimental to me because of the characters in the show and the love i have of those characters.

[Lord_Zed]

I agree with Transmetal Waspinator - awful toy and a huge disappointment. I love Transmetal Terrorsaur though - he has cool undocumented turny-bits on the side of his chest and a backward-flyer mode!

I to am a huge fan of Transmetal Terrorsaur, I thought he was just plain fun, Rhinox is my least favourte because he's a hassle to transform.

Alas I have no comment on Animated vs Beast Wars, as try as I might I can't get in to the Animated cartoon and the only toy I bought to sample the line was a flop. Other than Activators that is, I do like them.