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Beast Wars Variations page

This is it: the Beast Wars Variations page with pictures of all the different American variants that have surfaced. (Japanese variations and repaints have not been included, because, frankly, I do value my sanity.) There are two kinds of variants: packaging and mold variants. Packaging variants reflect changes in the packaging design, and mold variants reflect changes in the actual figures themselves. I'm sure some people will disagree with some of them (especially the chrome changes in the TM line) and more will be brought to my attention. In any case, it's a useful guide for knowing what's what.
Most of the variants have been pretty well documented and have been around for long enough that most people are familiar with them. But, starting with the release of the Transmetals, the number of variants has sky-rocketed. Slight changes in chrome color has kept serious collectors on their toes. And, if left in a room together to discuss which chrome changes actually constituted variants, I'm sure things would get violent. A lot of the chrome changes are very subtle, and do not photograph well. I've seen most of them with my own eye, and there is a difference, like it or not.
Special thanks -- in no particular order -- to Fred's Workshop, Paul Wais, Jeff Morris, and Lewis Brooks III for their help with pictures and information on this page!!
And for the sake of the Beast Wars hobby, this list is not provided to make everyone need to collect every single variant out there! That has already happened in the POTF2 market, and it's not pretty. Just collect what you like, open the packages, enjoy the figures, and don't worry about it! :-)

This page is divided into three sections for ease of navigability. Yes, that's a word. :-)
 

Transformers & Beast Wars links of the people who helped make this page

Fred's Workshop: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/7730/tfs.html
Paul Wais: http://members.xoom.com/lynxis6/toyframfram.htm
Jeff Morris: http://mypage.iu.edu/~jbmorris/tftrade.html
Lewis Brooks III: http://www.aworldtransformed.com/

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