While it's true that the Japanese Headmasters' show models were more toy accurate, I don't agree that they were as toy accurate as Beast Wars. As for Operation Combination... that was a comic story, never a cartoon - so it's a moot issue.

 

 

At any rate - this doesn't change my original point, which was that the Beast Wars show models were based on the toys - toy accurate or otherwise.

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I said Headmasters through Op. Combo wich includes masterforce Victory, Zone and Battlestars as well

Uh, that's not necessarily what a hyphen means when used in text (it's usually used in specific conjugations, e.g. "self-destruct" doesn't mean "self through to destruct") - anyhoo...

 

Although later G1 cartoon/comics saw great improvements in toy accuracy, I would still argue that Beast Wars had better toy accuracy - part of this reason is because the BW toys themselves weren't the blocky bricks that a lot of later G1 toys were.

 

IMHO there's far less underlying artistic changes between the toys and show in BW compared to later G1. Fundamentally speaking, most artistic/creative changes made to a lot of later G1 figures in the show and comics were done to compensate for a lot of the toy's cosmetic short-comings (e.g.: brick factor) - mostly to streamline the characters and make them more anthropomorphic and dynamic in poise. Compare toys like God Bomber, Star Sabre and Dai Atlas with their show/comic counterparts. On the other hand, this was done to a far lesser degree, and most visual modifications were made for largely aesthetic reasons.

 

But to make a fair comparison, if we make this comparison in context of when these respective toy lines were released, as well as the inherently different capabilities of cel vs CG animation, I would say that both later G1 and BW enjoyed a relatively equal level of toy accuracy in the show/comics.

Megatron's alligator toy came out in 1996, being the only rock blister toy to come out in 1996. There was no Megatron toy in 1995, when the other rock-blister toys came out.

No Megatron toy in 1995? What do you call this?

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That is not a Beast Wars toy.

Megatron's alligator toy came out in 1996, being the only rock blister toy to come out in 1996. There was no Megatron toy in 1995, when the other rock-blister toys came out.

No Megatron toy in 1995? What do you call this?

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That is not a Beast Wars toy.

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You didn't specify, you just said "There was no Megatron toy in 1995", as we can see above.  :tftongue