I wonder at times what the future holds for the Beast Wars Transformers, if any. It was the series that seemed to bring Transformers back from extinction, featuring innovative designs and alternate modes never before seen, and in some cases not seen since. Sure, Beast Wars didn't have the success of the current movie line, but it didn't have a movie behind it (at least not in the United States). It did have an Emmy-award winning television series that featured amazing CGI for it's time and characterization unparalleled to any other Transformers cartoon.

Sure, we just had the 10th Anniversary toys, but that was it. The shame about that line, in my opinion, is that it left out a number of key characters in the Beast Wars series. Sure, we had our first (and so far only) build-a-figure in Transmutate, but where was Airazor? Tigatron? Blackarachnia? Inferno? Depth Charge? Rampage? The Transmetal and Transmetal 2 versions of some characters? There was a lot of potential to celebrate Beast Wars turning 10 years old.

When Optimus Primal and crew turn 20 or 30, will anyone really care? Have we forgotten those who possibly saved Transformers from dying off in stores across the country, across the world? I don't know about anyone else, but when I think Inferno, I think of the Beast Wars character first and the G1 character second (and the Mini-Con third). These characters and their story need to be remembered. They may have divided a fandom, but they paved the way for the current line and I feel they deserve some notable credit. I'd love to see the line reimagined, the equivalent to the Classics line only for Beast Wars characters. For the love of Mike, let's get Rhinox a decent toy, eh?