Beast wars Red megatron (pulling my hair out)

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lowcarbs
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Beast wars Red megatron (pulling my hair out)

Post by lowcarbs »

Hello transformerland community,

Long time reader first time poster as I was hoping someone would be able to help me gather some information on one of my beast wars Megatron Pieces.

From My understanding the red repaint of Megatron into T-REX happened in 1999, same sculpt but repaint of the original grey Megatron and Just a name change.
However my Megatron is RED, and the inside date stamps clearly read

1995 HASBRO INC
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
TAKARA 1995
MADE IN CHINA

I was really hoping someone could just shed some light on this version I have. I can not find any information on a red version on any of the pages across the internet , however there was a seller on ebay.com listing it as a rare but the information he gave in the description told me none of its history.

I would really love some information if anyone knows about a red Red Beast Wars Megatron release in 1995



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Post by LD2062 »

Sorry I cannot help any with dates. But are you sure its beast wars?

They recolored the megatron mold into beast machine t-wrecks. That figure is uncommon. But not particularly valuable. About the same as the original BW megatron figure.
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Post by lowcarbs »

I took some photos this morning and will post the links here, all my instincts tell me that its just a repaint but the 1995 date just throws me way off.
The original grey T-rex was released in 1995 - I have that toy and the stamp is identicle to the red release.

here are the links to the photos


http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i34 ... G_5202.png

http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i34 ... G_5198.png

http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i34 ... G_5199.png
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Post by lowcarbs »

OK Im going to call it a lost cause, and just run with him as I am pretty sure now it is just the Beast machines repaint. However I did discover one interesting thing, in 1996 the game Primal Rage had a character called Diablo looks oddly familiar ;)

http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i34 ... 2uXTIL.jpg

http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i34 ... images.jpg

However i still would like to know how it ended up with a 95 stamp date on it
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Post by Minerva »

Welcome to the forums, lowcarb!
Yes, it certainly looks like you've got a T-Wrecks there.
I'm not entirely sure, but my guess is that the stamp says "1995" because it's a recolor of BW Megatron which came out back then.
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Post by SentinelPrime »

It is simply are repaint of the Beast Wars Megatron. It is rare for the fact that this paint version is hard to find. Get if you can, it is worth it. I have this version in my collection. :D
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