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''Beast Machines'' was the followup cartoon and toyline to ''[[Beast Wars]]''; like its predecessor, it was animated entirely in [[
The story opens with Optimus Primal in his original ''Beast Wars'' body, awakening on Cybertron to find the planet deserted and himself being pursued by Vehicons, a strange race of sparkless Transformers under the control of Megatron, who, as it's further revealed, has somehow managed to conquer Cybertron. Unable to transform, Optimus runs, and manages to find some of his fellow surviving Maximals. Deep beneath the surface of Cybertron, they manage to find the Oracle supercomputer, which reformats them into 'technorganic' beings, a perfect blend of biological and technogical parts. From then on, they embark on a mission to restore organic life to Cybertron and bring down Megatron.
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''Beast Machines'' tried to tackle such concepts as loyalty, individuality, the merits of freedom vs. chaos, and the challenges of living in an increasingly technological society. This over-ambitious aim, coupled with the [[Continuity Lock Out]] and the radical departure in tone from its predecessor, as well as some ''massive'' departure from the ''Beast Wars'''s characterizations in some cases, turned this show into one of the most hated ''Transformers'' incarnations of all time when it aired; the sheer backlash over it at the time led to Hasbro [[What Could Have Been|scrapping]] a planned [[Sequel Series]] named ''[[Transformers Trans Tech|Transtech]]'' in favor of dubbing ''[[Transformers Robots in Disguise]]''. However, with the subsequent release of the (generally lower-quality) [[Unicron Trilogy]] as well as readier access to Japanese post-[[Transformers Generation 1|G1]] series, coupled with the gap from the Beast Wars continuity and new fans watching it as a work of its own; ''Beast Machines'' is now looked upon somewhat more favorably, though it's hardly universal.
The toys were a mixed bag. The Vehicons had a living machine theme, and the toys were generally pretty good, but [[Show Accuracy, Toy Accuracy|looked nothing like the characters on screen]]. The Maximals aimed for a technological animal feel, but were of mixed quality and exceedingly show-inaccurate. Better quality, show-accurate toys were later released as part of the "Battle for the Spark" Beast Machines subline, and a few were held over until the ''[[Transformers Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' line.
It has a [[Beast Machines/Characters|character sheet]].
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