Although I did not care for the "animal" concept, I did enjoy the Beast Wars show. Few characters with lots of focus. The tie with the original series was a nice touch. Of course, there really is no official timelime so take it or leave it.
Great thing about Beast Wars toyline was that there was not 80 fricking characters at the store. Kids could save there cash and buy the figs. Newer TF lines are just wave after wave. Kids can't keep up with it. I thought some of the toys were okay but alot were kibble monsters.
I liked the animation style of Beast machines, but did not care for the organic concept. We finally get a show on Cybertron and they turn the planet into a ..... What kind of hippie crap are they trying to push my way.... The toys were also just kind of meh. There were a few good ones but most were just nothing fantastic.