Beast Machines

Here is a real blast from the past. Via the Futaba image board we can share some images of a packaged sample of Megatron Megabolt from the Beast Machines line with you. For those not familiar with this toy, it was originally intended for a release in 2001 as a part of the Beast Machines Battle for the Spark line, but the line was cancelled before it ever made it to retail (the toy would later be released, repackaged, under the Robots in Disguise line). What we have here for you is a rare look at a packaged sample of the Battle for the Spark Megatron Megabolt, a toy which like the Generation 2 Stunticons or Megatron ATB only exists in very small (probably single digit) quantities.

Take a look and enjoy!

Whoa Hasbro! That’s two days with two reveals… Oh yes, you read the title… here’s the story from your favorite Transformers Website:

Hasbro has applied for a brand-new Trademark (at the United States Patent & Trademark Office) under 2 categories:

Toyline: toy action figures, toy vehicles and toy robots convertible into other visual toy forms.

Cartoon Series: entertainment services, namely, an on-going animated television series for children.

And the Trademark is… Beast Hunters.

Fans of the Beast Era would immediately recognize the new trademark as the original working title for Beast Machines.

We don’t know how this will eventually turn-out to be… but we do know that there are thousands of TFW2005 Beast Era fans dancing at the moment. Party tonight, people?

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's e-mail newsletter "The Insider" reported that Beast Machines will be released in the United Kingdom next Monday, July 16th. Play.com provides more information on this release with their pre-orders. Only Season 1 (First 13 of 26 episodes) will be released at this time, in three separate releases. Artwork for each release can be seen in their respective pre-order page. Complete Season 1 Season 1 Part 1 Season 1 Part 2 These DVDs will be encoded for Region 2 and thus will only work on Region 2 DVD players or multi-region players.

Just a reminder, the Beast Machines DVD Boxset has officially been released today. The boxset contains all 26 episodes of the Beast Machines cartoon and also has interviews withDavid Kaye, Bob Skir, Susan Blu and more. The MSRP is $59.99, but places like Deep Discount DVD have it for as low as $35.88.

Notices have already started going out from DeepDiscountDVD.com that the Beast Machines complete series box sets are now shipping. Havent ordered yours yet? You can get it for 35.88 with free shipping by clicking here.

ASMZine had obtained an advance copy of the Beast Machines: The Complete Series DVD collection. They have done a review of the set that covers discs and packaging, video, audio, and special features which include commentary by Bob Skir, Marv Wolfman, Susan Blu and David Kaye. You can check it out by clicking here. The release date for this set is February 28th.

We now know what the inside inserts of the upcoming Beast Machines DVD Boxset will be. To check both images out, just click here.

Thanks to TVshowsonDVD.com for making available statements from Rhino on why the upcoming Beast Machines DVD release will not be in widesreen format. You can read the article by clicking here.

Thanks to The Allspark for the news.

UPDATE: Check out images of Beast Machines box set inserts courtesy of Sidecutter of our 2005 boards by clicking here.

New episodes of Transformers Cybertron and Beast Machines are now available for viewing on Hasbro Action. You can check out the Cybertron episode 16 entitled "Savage" by clicking here and Beast Machines episode 25 entitled "When Legends Fall" by clicking here.

DeepDiscountDVD.com has a new listing for the Beast Machines DVD box set. The listing contains a new release date of February 28, 2006. You can see the page by clicking here.

Beast Machines Episode 2 and Cybertron Episode 10 are now online at Hasbro Action. Beast Machines Episode 2 "Master of the House" is available for viewing HERE, and Cybertron Episode 10 "Search" is available for viewing HERE.

Draxhall Jump has put concept art online for some designs they did for Beast Machines. You can check them out by clicking here and then selecting the Draxify link at the bottom. Thanks to The Allspark for the news.

You can discuss this here on our 2005 boards.

According to Tim Finn of the Allspark Forums, Rhino is now delaying the release of the Beast Machines DVD Boxset until sometime in early 2006. According to his post, Rhino had some issues with the original masters, and they are adding in even more comments by Bob Skir, Steven Melching and Marv Wolfman. See the original post Here.

Rhino has added a listing for Beast Machines: The Complete Series which gives us the first look at the box art for this set. You can see the listing by clicking here. The entry also informs us of some of the special features including interviews with cast and crew and commentary by writers Bob Skir and Steven Melching.

Thanks to The Allspark for the news.

A new listing on DVD Planet reveals the long awaited release date of Beast Machines Complete Series on DVD as November 15th. You can see the listing by clicking here.

Thanks to Paladin of our 2005 boards for the news.