My introduction to transformers was Beast Wars: Transformers. I know that for the majority of people transformers is about robots hiding as modern machinery. But for me transformers will always be animal/robots.
Beast Wars and Beast Machines were actually really good, and I felt like they kind of flew under the radar for a lot of people. And I believe Beast Wars was the second show to be fully CGI? Reboot was the first. So they were breaking new grounds. Crazy stuff looking back after all these years.
@@asquirrelplays "To Mend And Defend...." Beast Wars/Beast Machines (which I loved, and I grew up watching the G1 series) probably didn't hit with fans because everything *looked* artificial, whereas Mainframe was a completely fabricated world, so the textures and physics were accepted as that world's reality. I know that was *my* reaction to both cartoons.... ReBoot wasn't the first full CGI cartoon...exactly. "The Incredible Crash Dummies" was the first full CGI cartoon released as an animated special in 1993, "VeggieTales" followed (released as direct-to-video) later that same year. The first full CGI *series* goes to France for "Insektors" (January 1994), with Canada producing "ReBoot" almost a full year (September 1994) later; YTV aired the series in Canada, ABC did so in the US.
@@thomasmallory4629 well shoot I'm just all kinds of wrong. I thought that was Reboot's big thing. Never watched that or even really heard of it till way later. I remember seeing some pictures here and there of it, but never really came across my view. Beast Wars/Beast Machines did though, but only when I got to spend the night at a friend's house to catch it the next morning. We didn't have cable or anything at home. I did notice though that Beast Wars is (or was not long ago) available on UA-cam. Worked my way through a few episodes. Still good stuff.
When your sophisticated friends come over, just keep the dice in your pocket and randomly drop them. "Oh man, how did this AMAZING DECEPTICON D20 get in my pocket? That's so weird". As for the bundle, I only grabbed the digital goods. I'm not sure if the core rule book in physical format was an option. If I remember right, the $40 was the highest tier, so you got everything they had to offer. If I had found the bundle sooner neither one of us would have had to rush buy it!
Walk into the room. Trip and the d20 flies out of your hand. Lands on the table; nat 20. Decepticon sigil staring them in the face. Jaws hit the floor. "Where'd that monocle come from?!"
My introduction to transformers was Beast Wars: Transformers. I know that for the majority of people transformers is about robots hiding as modern machinery. But for me transformers will always be animal/robots.
That blows my mind.
Beast Wars and Beast Machines were actually really good, and I felt like they kind of flew under the radar for a lot of people. And I believe Beast Wars was the second show to be fully CGI? Reboot was the first. So they were breaking new grounds. Crazy stuff looking back after all these years.
@@asquirrelplays "To Mend And Defend...."
Beast Wars/Beast Machines (which I loved, and I grew up watching the G1 series) probably didn't hit with fans because everything *looked* artificial, whereas Mainframe was a completely fabricated world, so the textures and physics were accepted as that world's reality. I know that was *my* reaction to both cartoons....
ReBoot wasn't the first full CGI cartoon...exactly. "The Incredible Crash Dummies" was the first full CGI cartoon released as an animated special in 1993, "VeggieTales" followed (released as direct-to-video) later that same year. The first full CGI *series* goes to France for "Insektors" (January 1994), with Canada producing "ReBoot" almost a full year (September 1994) later; YTV aired the series in Canada, ABC did so in the US.
@@thomasmallory4629 well shoot I'm just all kinds of wrong. I thought that was Reboot's big thing.
Never watched that or even really heard of it till way later. I remember seeing some pictures here and there of it, but never really came across my view.
Beast Wars/Beast Machines did though, but only when I got to spend the night at a friend's house to catch it the next morning. We didn't have cable or anything at home.
I did notice though that Beast Wars is (or was not long ago) available on UA-cam. Worked my way through a few episodes. Still good stuff.
When your sophisticated friends come over, just keep the dice in your pocket and randomly drop them. "Oh man, how did this AMAZING DECEPTICON D20 get in my pocket? That's so weird".
As for the bundle, I only grabbed the digital goods. I'm not sure if the core rule book in physical format was an option. If I remember right, the $40 was the highest tier, so you got everything they had to offer. If I had found the bundle sooner neither one of us would have had to rush buy it!
Walk into the room. Trip and the d20 flies out of your hand. Lands on the table; nat 20. Decepticon sigil staring them in the face. Jaws hit the floor. "Where'd that monocle come from?!"