[Poison Shadow]

I saw some of the new TMNT variations recently, the RPG ones. Decided that, as much as I like them, I don't need 'em. Rocksteady is the last one I'll be buying, unless they make a Tokka to go with Rahzar.

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

Well Beast Machines took all of the well developed characters from Beast Wars who didn't die and completely changed them. Rhinox got killed and turned into a bad guy somewhere off-screen, Rattrap became a cowardly, selfish, sometimes traitor instead of a reluctant but loyal and good spy, Cheetor was suddenly bumped into leader position (sound familiar with the yellow kid friendly character becoming leader in the sequel show), I recall Optimus Primal being pretty flat and plain hippie leader who died at the end, and they made Silverbolt into a pink peacock. Bad times.

From what I saw of Wheeljack it seemed more like they wanted him to be Springer. Just like in that crappy Age of Extinction movie it seemed very much like Drift was just supposed to be Springer, I mean c'mon a robot who turns into a car and a helicopter who mainly uses a sword to fight.

I like Beast Machines. It really should have featured a new cast of characters, but regardless, I love the art style that the show had. I re-watch it about once a year. Some scenes are just beautiful. Aside from Rattrap's bot mode and Cheetor's lower half, a lot of the redesigns were great too. Again, they probably would have been better off as new characters though.