1998 NEWS and UPDATES
The juicy stuff

Didn't your mother ever tell you it isn't nice to point?

12/15/98-Tech Specs of all the new Transmetal 2's have been added to the Beast Wars Ultimo Picture Archive. Check it out, check out the Beast Warrior of the Month, and make sure to sign my guestbook :)

12/14/98-The new Beast Warrior of the Month is up. You won't believe who it is! Check it out!

12/14/98-I have uploaded pics of the Basic Transmetal 2's in their packaging, so that when they hit your area, you'll know what to look for. Check your local Wall Mart, these seem to be popping up there before anywhere else. Click on their respective names for the pictures. Optimus Minor, Scarem, Sonar, sorry if the scans seem a bit dark. I just got my greedy little hands on the Deluxe TM2's at Toys R Us "Kids World" located in Fair Lakes Virginia, I got the ones with the roman numeral II packaging, and picked up an extra set to sell on e-bay, located at www.ebay.com. Personally, I like Dinobot the best. Ramulus just doesn't seem stable in beast mode, and Cheetor is just an abomination. I hope that the regulars are better.

12/9/98-Man, what's with all the wonderful updates lately? :) The Beast Wars Ultimo Picture Archive toy section has been updated with pictures of ALL the new Transmetal 2's. So if you don't know what they look like yet, check it out!

12/9/98-I have uploaded pics of the Deluxe Transmetal 2's in their packaging, so that when they hit your area, you'll know what to look for. Click on their respective names for the pictures. Cheetor, Dinobot, Ramulus. I have yet to get a good picture of the basic transmetal 2's, but when I find them, I'll make sure to post them here.

12/8/98-The Beast Wars Ultimo Picture Archive has been cleaned up. Updates include the transmetal 2's, and mega transmetal Blackarachnia. No pictures or tech specs yet of them, but they are listed. Check it out!

12/8/98-The Deluxe Transmetal 2's are starting to hit shelves all over the country, mainly at Toys R Us's. There was a sighting of the Basics in Orlando, Florida at a Wall Mart. Still none in Silver Spring, Maryland area, or anywhere in Maryland for that matter. A note on shipments, there is only one Ramulus per case of Deluxe Transmetal 2's, all the rest are Cheetor's and Dinobot's.

11/25/98-The new Beast Warrior of the Month is up! You won't believe who it is.

11/4/98-The problem with my guestbook has been fixed! So sign my guestbook everyone! :)

11/4/98-It appears that Bench Press comics will be taking on the difficult task of giving us fans a brand spankin new Transformers G1 and Beast Wars comic series. They are expected to arrive in comic stores around mid April.

10/25/98-Beast Wars season 3 premiered today with the explosive episode "Optimal Situation", in which the situation in "The Agenda" was concluded. The next new episode scheduled to air will be "Deep Metal", which supposedly will be when Depth Charge is introduced.

10/24/98-UPDATE_ Beast Wars has NOT BEEN CANCELLED. Season 4 (which will happen) will simply be done by a new writer. Bob Forward, and Larry Ditillio are leaving the BW team, and with them, they are ending their story arc that they have created. What does this mean for us TransFans? A brand spankin new story arc(not to be confused with "The Ark" :)

10/15/98-The brand new Beast Warrior of the Month is up, you still have to use the Beast Warrior of the Week icon on the main page to access it, but you won't be dissappointed.

10/8/98-It appears that Dinobot will be cloned for the third season as a predacon according to posts on A.T.T.

9/9/98-The new season of Beast Wars, apparently will be starting the weekend of October 25. That is the weekend when the T.V. stations are planning to run episode #40-"The agenda IV".

9/8/98-Some of the new Transmetals can be found on Toymania's site. The figures pictured are Cheetor II, Optimus Jr., and a bat figure. Also for your viewing pleasure are some pictures of the new Animorphs. In my opinion, the new Transmetals seem a bit awkward looking. Especially Cheetor, who looks nothing like a Cheetah, and doesn't seem to have a definitive beast mode. He looks like something out of Spawn.

9/7/98-Rampage and Depth Charge have started to pop up all over the country at Wal Mart's. I too, picked up the figures and I must say that they have been worth the wait.

8/30/98-Rampage's Tech specs can be found in the Picture archive under Tech specs. Courtesy of David Lau in Singapore. Check out his page for some good box scans.

8/29/98-Someone in New Jersey has found Rampage and Depth Charge at a local Target! He promises to scan in some pictures of the toys as soon as possible. Although I am skeptical as to whether or not he has these figures because of the delays, I am willing to sport the idea that there is a possibility. Keep posted for more details.

8/28/98-It appears that the new assortments of Transmetals will include a basic assortment. Some of the toys are a chimp(Optimus Jr.), frog, and beetle. I really hope they don't name it Optimus Jr. And the deluxe TM's Cheetor II, Dinobot II, and Ram. These should be available by Christmas and their pictures are available in Previews magazine.

8/27/98-BIG NEWS!!! The Ultra Transmetals have been delayed! For what reason is very unusual, but hopefully they will be out soon. Optimal Optimus is out just about everywhere.

8/8/98-The new Beast Warrior of the Week has been added. Check it out using the link above. Hopefully with the time allowed, I can keep it the Beast Warrior of the Week and not the Beast Warrior of the Month. Sorry for the delay.

8/6/98-Hello everyone, I just wanted to give a little note apologizing for the lack of updates. My computer has been down constantly and my time on the computer is limited. The Beast Warrior of the Week WILL continue as soon as I find some more time to do it. I am currently planning my college years so bear with me. I have cleaned up the Updates area to only reflect important information. In the meantime, check out the Picture archive, check out the older BW's of the week, and sign my guestbook. Remember, if you have ANY suggestions, please contact me using the link below.

8/5/98-Bantor and Buzzclaw's scanned tech specs have been added to the archive as well as the New Releases Tech Spec area. Check them out at your own risk!

7/27/98-It appears that the mysterious third line of Beast Wars is going to be a take-off on a take-off. Called Transmetals 2, the rumored new toys are Dinobot, Cheetor, and one called Ram. I called Hasbro, and they said that Ram must have been short for Rampage....just a computer error, but who knows.

7/21/98-FINALLY!!! The Beast Wars Ultimo Picture Archive is up and running. There, you will find pictures of your favorite Beast Wars toys, and their tech specs. The 1998 Botcon exclusives still have their pages up, but you have to access them through the Pictures archive. The Beast Wars Ultimo Web page just got a whole lot weirder, and cooler! Enjoy!!!

7/21/98-The Ultra Transmetals should be available within the next week according to Hasbro representatives, and Optimal Optimus will come at the end of the summer.

7/20/98-Bantor and Buzzclaw have penetrated most U.S. stores and are available most everywhere.

7/17/98-It appears that the Animorphs will be labeled Transformers, but Hasbro has no intention of tying them into the Transformers Universe. And thus they are simply toys that transform, and rightfully called Animorph transformers.

7/10/98-The Beast Wars Ultimo Guestbook has been added, use the link above to sign it, and view it.

6/20/98-BOTCON EXCLUSIVES HAVE BEEN REVEALED!!! The exclusive toys are a repaint of Powerpinch named "Vice Grip", dark blue with forest green highlights, pinchers, etc. and a female Inferno repaint named "Antagony", black with silver highlights and reddish eyes. You can view them in the pictures archive.

6/17/98-The new Beast Warrior of the Week has been added to this page. Use the link above to get detailed information that the tech specs couldn't mention, and the secrects that Beast Warrior doesn't want you to know.

6/15/98 - According to several posts on ATT, Season 3 of Beast Wars is theoretically supposed to begin in November. Which date in November it is scheduled to begin is up to speculation, but according to posts it will begin on November 22.

6/15/98 - My page is open, and will be updated frequently.

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