Beast Machines

Beast Machines does not come up often in Transformers news.  The series was the follow up to the very popular Beast Wars Transformers and proved divisive among Transformers fans.  One thing that is for sure is that its soundtrack was very different than the one used in Beast Wars.  Beast Wars had a "rock and roll" styled soundtrack with lots of guitar and drum work.  When Beast Machines came around, it took on a more techno/club music type feel which aligned with its scifi/Cybertronian setting.

Name: Apelinq
Function: Squadron Commander
Motto: "Download this!"

General Information:
Release Date: June 19, 2014
Price Point: $139 (In a bagged set with Flareup and Alpha Trizer)
Retailer: Botcon Exclusive
Accessories: Hoverboard, Missile, Cyber Key

General Information:
Price Point/Size: Basic
Retailers: General (K-Mart, Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, Kay Bee)
Release Date: May 2001
Accessories: Axe Weapon

General Information:
Release Date: 2001
Price Point: $9.99 (depending on retailer)
Retailer: General Release (Kay Bee, Toys 'R' Us etc.)
Accessories: Missiles x 2

Mechatron is one of the Beast Riders, vehicles meant for use as accessories with the Beast Machines Transformers figures. Each vehicle is specialized towards one character. Mechatron is specialized for the dragon Megatron. This is specialization is mainly focused on the appearance of the toy.

It's another visit to the past as I have restored my review of the Beast Machines Sonic Attack Jet with all new photos!  Check it out here.

The Sonic Attack Jet (a.k.a. the Aerodrone) is the first release of a Vehicon drone from the television show in toy form. This toy is a repaint of the deluxe Jetstorm Beast Machines toy. For a complete review of the toy, please read the Jetstorm toy review. This review will cover the redeco on this toy as compared to the original.