Transformers (2007) [DVD] [2017]

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Rise of the Beasts’newest Transformer characters come from Beast Wars: Transformers, which aired for three seasons from 1996 to 1999. The show represented a rapid departure from previous Transformers media. Though a sequel to the franchise’s first generation, the show takes place hundreds of years after the events of Generation 1, with almost entirely new characters. Narratively, the series focuses on the battle between the Maximals and the Predacons, the descendants of the Autobots and the Decepticons, respectively. While the first generation’s characters famously transform into automobiles, the Maximals and Predacons transform into a diverse array of animals, from Optimus Primal’s ( Garry Chalk) gorilla to Megatron’s ( David Kaye) tyrannosaurus. Additionally, the series also changes the traditional animation style previously used to bring the Transformers to life as one of the first fully computer-animated programs. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge.

In the first season of Beast Wars, Cheetor ( Ian James Corlett) is introduced as the overly eager youngster of the Maximals. He reveres Optimus Primal as a leader, but desperately wants to prove himself as a hero in his own right. He learns much about being a warrior from his fellow Maximals, and after he mutates into his transmetal form in Season 2, Cheetor becomes a successful, self-sufficient fighter. After surviving a feral transformation in the show’s third season, Cheetor takes to teaching two prehistoric children how to use tools, demonstrating his evolution over the course of the series from student to teacher.

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