There are so many issues with this figure that it's no surprise that I hate it. Not being able to stand in either mode is a major issue. I know there are folks who like this guy, but I can't see why.
@@sub-zero5433 Just found one for 4 dollars today. He's missing his tail and whatever part that connects the cheetah head to the torso, so he's always in bot mode. I've managed to get him to stand, although I don't expect to get any decent poses out of him. Tbh I might just sell it, since Beast Machines doesn't interest me too much
One of the biggest problems with this, other than the fact it exists, is the fact that they gave him a tail whip when in the show he had twin swords. This is why I'm frantically hunting the deluxe.
I got the McDonald's version of Beast Machines Cheetor when I was a kid. The toy's size is somewhere between the average Minicon and a modern-day (as of this writing) legends class and has a *heavily* simplified version of the above figure's transformation scheme. And no, you can't make it pretend it's Shinji Ikari in that one scene from End of Evangelion.
The eternal suffering of Spada Baltmatrix in this video is priceless. Shame too, because I feel that Beast Machines Cheetor looks incredible and he deserves a good figure. Ditto for BM Primal, who looks nothing like Primal but still looks cool.
Thanks for making such a great video baltmatrix. I got the mega class cheetor at toycon and it didn't come with instructions. By watching this video I was able to learn how to transform cheetor PURRfectly (pun intended). Keep up the great work.
Mine is absolutely awesome, someone has replaced the gimmick arm with another non-gimmicked arm. All his joints are tight which allows me to get him into some awesome poses.
I removed the gimmicks and did some custom work and now it looks better and is overall a better figure. The only thing I have problem is with the cheetah head during the transformation
these kinds of things were made to inact scenes from toy story 1. They were made to turn us into Sid, the kid who blew up toys. Thankfully, I don't own either this or the supreme class figure, for I would probably strap bottle rockets onto them and make them go away.....Actually, it seems, according to reviews i've see, i'd be doing the world a service if i did that.
I see your points. I for one love it. I originally got it in college when Beast Machines was airing. I actually never saw Beast Wars until much later. I had seen the Beast Wars figures, and it was too organic for transformers for my taste. I am G1 kid. I found this shortly after Tankor. The first "adult collector" figure I purchased. Later on, when times were touch I gave my current girlfriends kid, all of the transformers I had (except Tankor). I never regretted giving toys to a child. But I did love all of the main line Maximals, and I really loved the Vehicons. In particular I loved this one, and Optimus Primal (yes the little blue one with the trans plastic all over) . About 2 months ago I found this figure, and the Primal for 50. a piece. Needless tosay They both have proud placed on my Beast Machines shelf. Yes the proportions and extreme. But the color choices, paint apps, use of trans plastic was amazing. And the designs were light years head of Beast Wars and G1 from a technical standpoint. This an 11 year old video. Lol. Why I am commenting. I liked it.
the only redeeming thing that cheetor's beast mode had in the show was the kitten eyes he had in beast mode. overall I didn't like the choices they made with beast machines such as Nightscreams emo hair black arachnia having 4 extra eyes she only uses on occassion and make her look more like a bug rat traps robot mode that looked like a video game minion along with the fact he was stuck for ages in the show because he couldn't focus or something the fact the beast machines are techno organic and more susceptible to pain than robots and more fragile. botanias design in term of transformation along with the fact they just made her as a love interest for ratrap Killing off Rhinox making silverbolt a condor and a jerk and finally the show ends with cybertron morphed into a technoorganic planet instead of being fully mechanical on the outside and organic on the inside. If it were completely mechanical it would be better protected from meteors and potentionally transform into an alternate mode for primus
oh my god what the hell is wrong with you!You've become even worst then last time's I have encountered you and other's while protecting and avenging the honor of Beast Machines and The Maximal's themself's.
Honestly i say it can still be primus' alt mode. you just can't make a good toy due to the planet probably shifting more than opening like the cybertron primus.
@ZOSO900 I do stand him with the thighs out in front instead of the knees out in back, though. That puts his calf-to-toe section under his body. It also looks a lot better that way to me.
I pretty much thought all the same things as I was playing with this out of my friends trade/sell fodder box. Trying to get the upper torso transformed was what did me in then he got thrown back in the box.
2:14-2:27 I Just Can't Pose this figure well. *Figure's pose looks pretty cool.* Yeah, If I see it, I will Buy it. Because you can FIX LOOSE JOINTS WITH FLOOR POLISH, Or is it Floor polish remover?
I was a huge Beast Wars fan as a kid. When I saw a Beast Machines toy ad, I took one look at this Cheetor and just said nope to the toyline and show afterwards. It looks ridiculous and awful.
Just bought the lucky draw one, so I came here so I don’t screw up it’s transformation. You are making me regret the 700$ I spent on the lucky draw one lol. (Not really I’m still very stoked to have it, even if the toy is bad)
Found one complete in the thrift store I wanted to give it back instantly LOL. Everything you said is absolutely correct it's such a piece of junk. It's still in the house lol.
I owned this...thing. I remember that one needed to turn his head to the side for him to 'roar' in either mode...as if that even remotely helped this look better. Yeah, I never really ever got him to stand either. But rest assured, you are doing a necessary service warning people of how utterly awful this pathetic excuse for a toy is.
Extremely good design CONCEPT. The design exectution? Bollocks. Common problem. Solution? Pay a friend to mod the shit out of it. It would be an amazing figure if they hadn't fucked it up so bad. It's sooo close to being a really quality item too, the issues with the upper body's connections would be more forgivable if it weren't for the general thinness! I enjoy all my figures, even the crap ones. (I'm looking at you Darth Vader Death Star that takes 4 hours to transform!) for the nice designs.
"Find something better to spend your money on....like, i dunno. Your electric bill." - That's the perfect way to end a bad review. Well done, but I suppose it just HAD to be said
A shame that such a beloved character got such a crappy toy...I get that the Beast Machines aesthetics are not the easiest to capture in a toy, but...come on!
I despise the look of the beast machines overall it's look like the creators went to hiking trip in Tall trees Grove California and got high defected cocaine covered mushrooms and came up with the Beast Machines characters designs as a result.
This figure turned me off Beast Machines. Just seeing a picture of this being called Cheetor made me decide the show and the toys weren't for me, despite being a religious Beast Wars fan as a kid. Well, that figure and the ugly CGI Cheetor robot mode face on the ad.
the designs just kept getting worse after beast wars fist season. some of the transmetal were cool. The cheetor right before beast machines was better.
