Beast Machines Transformers

In early 2000, Beast Machines toys came into stores around the U.S, and soon afterwards came into other countries as well. This line of Transformers offers a combination of both cyber-animal transformers (Maximals) and vehicle transformers (Vehicons). Both of these sides now battle it out for the future of Cybertron! Many of the new features include a "spark orb" like the Transmetal 2s, and the use of transparent plastic in the robot eyes to make them appear as if their eyes were "glowing". Beast Machines Transformers also offers a new transformers size, even bigger than Optimal Optimus: Supreme!
One of the downsides to Beast Machines Transformers, however, is that the toys do not resemble their TV show counterparts as closely as the original Transformers and the Beast Warriors toys did. Because of this fact, I have included an extra little stat in the toy reviews of the Beast Machines that are on the show; it's entitled "Similiarity to counterpart". This will have a rating by it, depicting how closely this toy resembles the TV version. Here are the different ratings:

?- Little relation
!- A moderate amount of relation
!!- A good amount of relation
!!!- Looks almost exactly like the TV counterpart

Blackarachnia
Blastcharge
Buzzsaw
Cheetor (Mega)
Cheetor (Supreme)
Geckobot
Jetstorm (Deluxe)
Jetstorm (Ultra)
Longhorn
Megatron
Mirage
Nightscream
Night Viper
Obsidian
Optimus Primal (Deluxe)
Primal Prime
Quickstrike
Rattrap
Scavenger
Silverbolt
Skydive
Snarl
Sonic Attack Jet
Tankor
Thrust
 

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