Editing Beast Machines: Transformers (section)

==Toys==
The Hasbro toys for Beast Machines gained notoriety for bearing little resemblance to the show's characters, both in shape and color. Additionally, they were disproportionately scaled. The discrepancy arose because the show creators and toy creators developed the characters independently in the first year, leading to the release of slightly more show-accrue.

Many of the characters created as toys never made it on the television series, although some did appear in the comic books. Oddly, the transforming plant Botanica from the television series was not made into a toy for any of the related toy lines.

Another characteristic of this toy line was its packaging. Unlike other Transformers lines, wherein each toy had a photo or illustration of themselves on the front of the packaging, almost all ''Beast Machines'' packages had an illustration of Cheetor on the front – regardless of character or faction. The one exception was Nightscream.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/resources/beast-machines-vehicons-147/jetstorm-ultra-603/ TFW2005.com – Ultra Jetstorm] – See gallery for box packaging</ref>

The toys released in the ''Beast Wars Returns'' (a release of ''Beast Machines'' in Japan) toy line by Takara were recolored to more closely resemble the show colors. Molds from the drones in the Vehicon Army, which bore more resemblance to the Vehicon Generals, were recolored and used as the Vehicon Generals instead in the ''Beast Wars Returns'' toy line.

A line of simple McDonald's ''Beast Machines'' toys was sold which did look more like the show characters, and this line was recolored for release in other countries by other fast-food restaurants.

===Non-show groups===
A number of toy sub-groups didn't make it into the animated series, but had small stories on their toy boxes.
* Beast Riders
:Two deluxe sized vehicles that resembled the heads of animals and could be ridden by larger figures. Both were redecorated once each, but their boxes remained unchanged.
* Deployers
:Three sparkless Maximal drones transform into weapons for larger toys, with their boxes remaining unchanged despite being redecoed in new colors. The dark blue recolor of Rav represents the character Chro in the 3H Comic series, where the original-colored Deployers also appeared.
* Dinobots
:A set of Maximals, all recolors of older toys from the Beast Wars and Beast Wars Neo lines, was commanded by Magmatron and T-Wrecks. Members included Airraptor and others, and like the Deployers, they appeared in the 3H Beast Machines comics.

===Non-show characters===

A number of characters appeared in the ''Beast Machines'' toy line who didn't make appearances in the television series. These included:

* [[Blastcharge]] – A Vehicon who turns into a six-wheeled missile truck. The character does appear in the Wreckers comics.
* Buzzsaw – A Maximal who transforms into a wasp. The character does appear in the ''Transformers: Universe'' comics.
* [[Battle Unicorn]] – A Maximal who turns into a unicorn.
* Che – A Beast Rider whose form is a cheetah head. The character was to appear in the un-produced Wreckers #4.
* Chro (Name given to purple Rav repaint) – Appears in Wreckers comics.
* Dillo – A Maximal Deployer who turns from an armadillo into a weapon. The character does appear in Wreckers comics.
* [[Geckobot]] – A Maximal who transforms into a flying lizard.
* [[Hammerstrike]] – A Maximal who transforms into a hammerhead shark.
* [[Longhorn (Transformers)|Longhorn]] – A Maximal who turns into a bull. The character was to appear in the un-produced Wreckers #4.
* Mechatron – A Beast Rider whose form is a dragon'a head.
* [[Mirage (Transformers)|Mirage]] – A high speed Vehicon race car. The character appears in Apelinq's War Journals, his drones appear in Wreckers comics.
* Mol – A Maximal Deployer who turns from a mole into a weapon. The character did appear in Wreckers comics.
* [[Nightviper]] – A Maximal who transforms into a cobra.
* [[Primal Prime]] – A repaint of ''Beast Wars'' Optimal Optimus. The character does appear in the Wreckers comics.
* [[Quickstrike]] – A Maximal who transforms into a wolf. The character does appear in the ''Transformers: Universe'' comics.
* Rav – A Maximal Deployer who turns from a bird into a weapon. The character does appear in the Wreckers comics.
* [[Scavenger (Transformers)|Scavenger]] – A Vehicon Demolitions expert. The character does appear in the Wreckers comics.
* [[Skydive (Transformers)|Skydive]] – A Maximal who turns a pterodactyl. The character was to appear in the un-produced Wreckers #4.
* [[Snarl (Transformers)|Snarl]] – A Maximal who turns into a lion. The character does appear in the un-produced Wreckers #3, and the ''Transformers: Universe'' comics
* [[Spy Streak]] – A Vehicon stealth jet. The character does appear in the Wreckers comics.