Transformers. With the exceptions of the faction leaders, all of the characters within the series are either re-molds or re-colors of earlier Beast Wars figures or Generation 2/Machine Wars figures.

When Paramount announced they were working on scripts for two live-action Transformers movies, the assumption was that one would be for Bumblebee 2. We then found out one was for Beast Wars ...

Their crews assume indigenous animal forms to protect themselves from an overabundance of natural energy, transforming into robots to do battle. Thus, the Beast Wars have begun ...

There have since been numerous Transformers action figures based on this first design, and it's since become the "norm" for ...