lol Funny enough, Beast Wars is actually what stole my interest away from Power Rangers. I was a huge PR fan, but was getting a little tired of them changing things up every year. I still was buying PR toys, but it was a little hard to keep up when you are a 14 year old getting $10 a week for your allowance. As such, I decided to move on to Beast Wars in 96 because I could at least buy one figure a week instead of buying a giant robot once every month and a half. Not to mention getting all of the rangers, monsters, etc. It also did not help that PR was in Turbo when Beast Wars in the middle of its first season, which is where I really started to question my love for PR. Space was actually the last series I had bought the toys to, and I only bought the 5 rangers and the 5inch Astro Megazord.

Little did I know I was going to just love the yearly change several years later when I got into the Jp versions.

Fansproject Smart Robin
Arms Change Zangetsu
Arms Change Pine and Ichigo pack
Several Chima Legend Beasts

Who needs Christmas!

Just got this in about 15 minutes ago.

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...psj23ittod.jpg

via ToyArena on eBay, 74.99 with free shipping. Everything looks to be in order, too.

Last arrival before Christmas, my first gunpla in years...

http://i.imgur.com/rqZXtVv.jpg

If that guy had been blue instead of green I'd be all over it like caramel on an apple.

As I said last night (sort of) good man!

I was burnt out on Gunpla for a while after Age, loved the show but didn't care for the High Grades. However I am sorely tempted to pick up at least the Build Strike and Build Mark II. The show being as excellent as it is, it's selling me massively on the line.

I'm already planning to get the Sengoku Astray, the Bearguy III and the Kampfer Amazing early next year. Should probably get some version of the Build Strike too I guess :lol

Funny how the model kit Gundam show hooked me way more than the "real" ones :lol

I've been slowly watching through Beast Wars with my daughters, having never seen it before. I think I even picked up the DVDs from somebody here, was it you DenO?

Anyway, the animation is complete and utter crap. I'm only two discs in, i think, but I barely even notice the terrible CG anymore, because the writing is pretty solid, and the characters are interesting.

My only real problem with it, is there doesn't ever seem to be any consequence to any of the violence. A few episodes ago Optimus Primal was damaged and I thought he said he'd never be able to fly again, but he's been flying ever since. in the episode we watched last night, Rattrap shot Terrorsaur's head off, and the body wandered around looking for the head, and the head could still speak. My girls thought it was funny, but should he be deactivated without a head? and I'm sure he'll be fine next time.
I won't be buying any of the toys, I'll be sticking with 3rd Party stuff right now, and not a lot of that either, cuz money, but it's neat that Hasbro is finally releasing good BW figures.

Oh guys trust me, I have seen Beast Wars, I just dont hold the nostalgia to it like I do the Unicron Trilogy. Hell I own the Shout Factory release for all 3 seasons, I have seen it probably two times all the way, I love the series. Scott McNeil voicing all of my favorites helps :lol

It's CG from 1996 dude, what did you expect? :lol

As for the damage they talk about that fairly regularly. The Axalon has a CR chamber for healing. You stick em in there for a few hours so and they're good to go. I honestly can't believe you've never seen it, it's by far one of the best things in the franchise. I still think it looks good even by todays standards, an excellent show.