2003 Updates:

• 2/6/03:
  
  Updated Apache web server and FTP server.
  Fixed links to Blaster (Broadcast) and Soundwave's last battle clip on the Headmasters Episode 2 page, and to Metrotitan's base/city mode on the Transformers: Zone page.

2002 Updates:

• 5/31/02:
  
  This entire web site is back! ^_^

2001 Updates:

• 12/1/01-12/3/01:
  
  Updated internet settings for web server and FTP server to the new ones for AT&T@Home (later AT&T Broadband Internet).
• 11/9/01:
  
  Installed Apache web server and new FTP server.
• 11/7/01:
  Car Robots:
  Added scans of Super Mach Alert and his box, and of Black Convoy and Indy Heat.
• 11/5/01:
  Victory:
  Added my scans of Liokaiser and the Breastforce members and their partners, Deszaras and his tiger and eagle, and Road Caesar.
  Added Doug Dlin's English translation of the Japanese specs and information for Black Shadow and Blue Bacchus.
  Zone:
  Thanks to Mike Smith, who provided Curt's scans of the specs for Dai Atlas, Sonic Bomber, and Roadfire.
• 11/4/01:
  Operation Combination:
  Thanks to Dewoitine Dassault Rafale for pictures of TF-06 Darkjet and TF-09 Flarejet.
• 10/7/01:
  Operation Combination:
  Thanks to Dewoitine Dassault Rafale for pictures of TF-07 Fire Road (aka Fireroad).
  Inserts page:
  Added Dewoitine's picture of the instruction sheet for Fire Road and Shadowjet.
• 8/10/01:
  
  Launched personal web and ftp server to make everything available! All of the video files and inserts are accessible again.
• 6/17/01:
  Generation 2
  Added a link on the Transformers page to Jose Negron's G2 site.
• 3/11/01:
  Video captures:
  Reloaded the openings and endings for the Headmasters and Masterforce series.
• 3/2/01:
  Beast Wars II and Inserts pages:
  Added my scans of the instruction sheet for Lioconvoy.
• 2/28/01:
  Beast Wars Neo:
  Added some screen captures of Magmatron.
• 2/15/01:
  Car Robots:
  Added this page for the existing pictures of my Car Robot figures.
• 1/20/01:
  Victory:
  Thanks to Dave Schiber for scans of the picture/info card for Black Shadow. Added an entry for him and the other Crossformer, Blue Bacchus, and added pictures of them from the show.
  Inserts page:
  Added Dave Schiber's scans of the instruction sheet for Black Shadow.

2000 Updates:

• 12/1/00:
  Beast Wars Neo:
  Added a link to scans of Big Convoy's instructions.
  Inserts page:
  Added scans of Big Convoy's instructions.
• 11/5/00:
  Beast Wars:
  Added a link to the Japanese Beast Wars catalog.
  Inserts page:
  Added Jeff Morris' scans of the Beast Wars catalog.
  Added my scans of the first and second Car Robots catalog.
• 11/4/00:
  Added a drop-down selection menu.
  Masterforce:
  Added pictures from Ebay of the Junior versions of Ginrai, Super Ginrai, and God Ginrai.
  Car Robots:
  Added scans of the four Buildmasters (Build Boy, Build Cyclone, Build Hurricane, and Build Typhoon) and scans of the spec cards for Build King, God Magnus, and Super Fire Convoy to the directory.
• 10/30/00:
  Beast Wars:
  Added an entry and scans for B'Boom.
  Beast Wars II:
  Added an entry for Apache with a link to his Hasbro version B'Boom.
• 10/28/00:
  Victory:
  Added Brandon's big scans of the individual boxes for the Brainmasters who form Road Caesar.
• 10/27/00:
  Operation Combination:
  Thanks to Yao Pang for pictures of the figures for Battle Gaea and Guard City.
  Inserts page:
  Added Yao Pang's scans of the instruction sheet for Battle Gaea.
• 10/22/00:
  Masterforce:
  Added scans of my schematics for my version of Godbomber/God Ginrai.
• 10/11/00:
  Zone:
  Added Evan Johns' pictures of his Metrotitan, Metrobomb, Metrodash, Metroshot, and Metrotank with stickers applied.
• 10/8/00:
  Beast Wars II:
  Added an entry and some pictures for Autojetter.
• 10/3/00:
  Beast Machines:
  Added scans of Blastcharge, Night Viper, Skydive, Snarl, and Soundwave to the directory.
• 10/1/00:
  Video captures:
  Re-uploaded a Japanese Transformers: Chohjin (Super God) Masterforce episode, "God Ginrai--Showdown on the Moon" (Episode 27, three AVI parts)
• 9/29/00:
  Victory:
  Added Doug Dlin's English translation of the Japanese specs and information for Star Saber, Victory Leo, Victory Saber, Leozack, Jargua, Drillhorn, Liokaiser, and Dinoking.
  Zone:
  Added Doug Dlin's English translation of the Japanese specs and information for Roadfire and Metrotitan.
• 9/27/00:
  Masterforce:
  Added Doug Dlin's English translation of the Japanese specs and information for Super Ginrai, Godbomber, God Ginrai, Metalhawk, Browning, Hydra, Buster, and Darkwings, Overlord, and Wilder.
  Victory:
  Added Doug Dlin's English translation of the Japanese specs and information for Deszaras and Landcross.
  Zone:
  Added a link to Evan Johns' contribution of pictures for the Dai Atlas later Brave series rerelease figure White Dragon.
  Battlestars:
  Added a link to Evan Johns' contribution of pictures for the Grandus later Brave series rerelease figure Dug-Base (also known as Dagbase).
  Brave:
  Created this page. Added Evan Johns' contribution of pictures for the Dai Atlas later Brave series rerelease figure White Dragon (Korean version of the Japanese Goryu) and the Grandus later Brave series rerelease figure Dug-Base (also known as Dagbase).
• 9/25/00:
  Beast Wars Metals:
  Added Doug Dlin's English translation of the Japanese specs for Jaguar (Beast Wars Ravage).
• 9/17/00:
  Zone:
  Corrected the length of Big Powered's superjet mode.
• 9/15/00:
  Updated the Japanese Transformers compilation with entries through C-027 Brave Maximus and D-013 Devil Gigatron.
• 9/7/00:
  Zone:
  Thanks to Evan Johns for contributing great pictures of his Metrotitan, Metrobomb, Metrodash, Metroshot, and Metrotank.
• 9/5/00:
  Video captures:
  Apologies, it was actually five parts for the Transformers: Victory episode "Rescue Jan!" (Episode 12, five AVI parts). If you've already downloaded the 8.42MB V12-4.avi, rename it to V12-5.avi and download the new V12-4.avi from the same folder as the other parts.
• 9/3/00:
  Video captures:
  Completed uploading a new Japanese episode from Transformers: Victory:
  "Rescue Jan!" (Episode 12, four AVI parts).
• 8/15/00:
  Video captures:
  Uploaded a new Japanese episode from Transformers: Victory:
  "The Victory Combination" (Episode 26, four AVI parts), to the faster Xoom server.
• 8/12/00:
  Moved most files to the Fortune City server except for the ones involving the videos, the inserts, and the Car Robots and Beast Machines figures.
• 8/11/00:
  Victory:
  Added scans of the Brainmaster cars' and Road Caesar's instruction sheet.
• 8/4/00:
  Beast Wars Neo:
  Added scans of Magmatron's instructions. He apparently will be a Target store exclusive later this year, to be released in a Ultra-size Beast Machines Dinobot box with no obvious changes.
• 7/30/00:
  
  I'm back! ^_^
• 6/15/00:
  
  I'll be away on a trip to China until July, so please hold onto your emails until then.
• 6/12/00:
  Beast Machines:
  Added one scan of Blackarachnia's robot mode (Blackarachnia11.jpg), one scan of Thrust's uniwheel-leg robot mode (Thrust12.jpg), and three scans of Quickstrike: His card's back side with his specs, instructions, and the other upcoming Beast Machines figures (Quickstrike.jpg); his wolf mode (Quickstrike1.jpg), and his robot mode (Quickstrike2.jpg).
• 6/11/00:
  Video captures:
  Finished uploading the following Japanese episodes from Transformers: Victory:
  "Attack the Shuttle Base!" (Episode 10, four AVI parts)
  "Tanker Theft Operation" (Episode 11, four AVI parts)
• 6/7/00:
  Masterforce:
  Added eight snapshots of Black Zarak's robot and scorpion modes.
  Video captures:
  Note: I recommend disabling hardware acceleration in Windows Media Player to get a much sharper, clearer video during playback of any video file. To do that, click on "View" in the menubar, then "Options...", and then slide the lever for "Hardware acceleration" to "None" (in the "Video" section under the "Playback" section).
• 6/6/00:
  Car Robots:
  Added a snapshot of JRX.
• 6/4/00:
  Car Robots:
  Added thirteen scans of the Shinkansen train team and their JRX box.
• 6/3/00:
  Video captures:
  Added the Transformers: Chohjin Masterforce first opening and re-uploaded the Transformers: Chohjin Masterforce ending.
• 5/29/00:
  Video captures:
  Re-uploaded the openings and endings for the Headmasters and Victory series, and the second opening for the Masterforce series. Finally added Doug Dlin's romanizations and English translations for Masterforce and Victory to go along with the ones for the Headmasters.
• 5/28/00:
  Video captures:
  Uploaded the video files for the Victory episode "The New Warrior, Hellbat" (Episode 9, four AVI parts) and the new codec for most future video files.
• 5/27/00:
  Video captures:
  Uploaded the video files for the Victory episode "Terror Under the Big City" (Episode 8, four AVI parts). Descriptions and footage still need to be added.
• 5/23/00:
  Finalized the names for the Fall 2000 Car Robot figures in the Japanese Transformers compilation.
• 5/15/00:
  Victory:
  Added scans from Road Caesar's box and cards, scans of the vehicles snapshots of the three and their combined form, and snapshots of Road Caesar with Black Zarak and Powermaster Optimus Prime.
• 5/13/00:
  Beast Wars Neo:
  Added an entry with three scans of Longrack.
• 5/12/00:
  Victory:
  Added scans from Landcross' box and cards, and scans of the vehicles and snapshots of a few of the possible Multiforce combinations.
• 5/11/00:
  Masterforce:
  Added scans of Black Zarak's bio card and his Japanese Fast Track vehicle and robot modes. Added 13 snapshots of the human shell and the inner robot for Metalhawk.
  Car Robots:
  Added comparison snapshots of both Super Fire Convoy and my Powermaster Optimus Prime in their vehicle modes (Convoys4.jpg and Convoys5.jpg), and a snapshot of Gigatron's robot mode (Gigatron1-1.jpg).
• 5/7/00:
  Video captures:
  Re-uploaded the following clips from Transformers: The Headmasters. See the above link for the complete listing of available episodes for download:
  Soundblaster: The resurrection of Soundwave (Episode 4 fragment)
  Twincast: The resurrection of Broadcast (Blaster) (Episode 4 fragment)
• 5/6/00:
  Video captures:
  Added the following episode from Transformers: Victory. See the above link for the complete listing of available episodes for download:
  "Awaken! Victory Leo" (Episode 25, four AVI parts)
  Beast Machines:
  Took down 2 snapshots of Blackarachnia. Added 6 more snapshots of Blackarachnia and 6 more of Thrust, and one of both BM and TM2 Blackarachnias (Blackarachnias.jpg).
• 5/5/00:
  Beast Machines:
  Added 7 scans and snapshots of Blackarachnia, and 6 scans and snapshots of Thrust.
• 5/1/00:
  Inserts page:
  Courtesy of Jeff Morris ([email protected]), the second 1995 Japanese Generation 2 Transformers catalog is added.
  Battlestars and Operation Combination page:
  Added ten more pictures of the Kabaya model kit for Battle Gaea.
• 4/30/00:
  Video captures:
  Re-uploaded the following video episode from Transformers: Victory. Reorganized the video entries' information. See the above link for the complete listing of available episodes for download:
  "The Power of Rage" (Episode 19, five AVI parts)
  
• 4/27/00:
  Video captures:
  Finished re-uploading the following video files from Transformers: Victory, with a new set of footage scenes from episode 17 and episode 18. See the above link for the complete listing:
  "Gattai (Combine)! Liokaiser" (Episode 17, four AVI parts)
  "The Destron Fortress Resurrected" (Episode 18, two AVI parts)
  
• 4/20/00:
  Video captures:
  Re-uploaded the following video files. See the above link for the complete listing:
  

  Transformers: The Headmasters:

  Blaster (Broadcast) and Soundwave's last battle (Episode 2 fragment)
  "Birth of Double Convoy" (Episode 3, four AVI parts)
  

  Transformers: Chohjin (Super God) Masterforce:

  God Ginrai goes into space (Episode 26 fragment) (combined three separate clips into a single sharper clip)

• 4/17/00:
  Inserts page:
  Thanks to Heli ([email protected]) for the scan of Star Saber's sticker sheet.
• 4/13/00:
  Car Robots:
  Added snapshots of Gigatron's dragon and jet modes (the Gigatron3 and Gigatron4 files), and Super Fire Convoy's base mode (the FireConvoy-base files).
• 4/12/00:
  Inserts page:
  Courtesy of Jeff Morris ([email protected]), three new Japanese TF catalogs and other inserts are added:
  1985 (First ever Japanese TF catalog)
  1986 Scramble City catalog (with Transformers: 2010 figures)
  1987 Headmasters catalog (first version)
  1987 Headmasters inserts
  
  Headmasters page:
  Added links to three newly uploaded catalogs with Headmasters and/or earlier figures, and a link to a newly added S.T.A.R.S. insert.
• 4/11/00:
  Mutant Beast Wars:
  Added scans of the Mutant Beast Wars figure Poison Bite and his packaging to the Beast Wars figures directory.
• 4/9/00:
  Video captures:
  Added the Victory episode "Fight!! Victory Leo" (four AVI parts).
• 4/5/00:
  Car Robots:
  Added scans and some snapshots of Gigatron, and him with the original Megatron. :)
• 3/31/00:
  Video captures:
  Transformers: The Headmasters opening is up again until 4/15/00.
• 3/29/00:
  Car Robots:
  Added lots of scans and a few snapshots of Super Fire Convoy, Fire Convoy, some Convoys/Optimuses, Mach Alert, Speedbreaker, and Wildride to the newly created directory.
• 3/26/00:
  Video captures:
  The ones in this group of reloaded Headmasters episodes are up until 4/8/00! Get them while you can.
  Soundblaster: The resurrection of Soundwave
  Twincast: The resurrection of Broadcast (Blaster)
• 3/24/00:
  Beast Machines:
  Added scans of Longhorn and another of Obsidian.
• 3/23/00:
  Added two new Car Robot figures and the Beast Machine dino figures to the Japanese TF compilation.
• 3/22/00:
  Video captures:
  The ones in this group of Victory episodes, reloaded on 3/22/00, are up until 4/1/00! Get them while you can!
  "Struggle at the South Pole" (four AVI parts)
  "Ambush in the Desert" (five AVI parts)
  
• 3/9/00:
  Video captures:
  Added the next Headmasters episode, featuring the demise of Galvatron, in three AVI parts.
• 3/8/00:
  Video captures:
  Uploaded a revised version of the second Masterforce opening, which is sharper than the original file. This will be up only until 3/25/00! Reorganized the Headmasters and Masterforce video file information.
• 2/23/00:
  Battlestars and Operation Combination page:
  Added three pictures of the Kabaya model kit for Battle Gaea.
• 2/22/00:
  Video capture page:
  Added a video clip of the death and burial of Ultra Magnus to the Headmasters video pages.
  The death and burial of Ultra Magnus
• 2/20/00:
  Beast Machines:
  Added more great scans of my Jetstorm, Mirage, and Scavenger.
• 2/19/00:
  Video capture page:
  Here is a link to a video entry with movie files uploaded again for your download. They will be gone by 3/4/00, so get it while you can!
  "God Ginrai--Showdown on the Moon" (Six AVI parts)
• 2/12/00:
  Inserts page:
  Thanks to Jeff Morris ([email protected]), lots of new Japanese TF catalogs and other inserts are added:
  1986 Scramble City catalog
  1987 Headmasters catalog
  1987 Beastformers (Battle Beasts) catalog
  1987 Headmasters - 1988 Masterforce catalog
  1991 Battlestars catalog
  1992 Operation Combination catalog
  1995 G2 (Generation 2) catalog
  1999 Beast Wars Metals catalog - Back side. It has the entire checklist from Japan's Beast Wars, Beast Wars II, Beast Wars Neo, and through Beast Wars Metals.
  
  1986 Scramble City mail-order form
  1987 Headmasters mail-order form
  1988 Masterforce - Lander (Landmine) mail-order form
  1988 Masterforce - Super Ginrai naming contest form, which has a picture of the Godbomber prototype.
  
  Headmasters page:
  Added links to four newly uploaded catalogs with Headmasters figures, and links to two mail-order forms.
  Masterforce page:
  Added another new catalog covering the Masterforce series, and links to a Lander (Landmine) mail-order form and a Super Ginrai naming contest form.
  Battlestars and Operation Combination page:
  Changed the page's name. Added an earlier Battlestars catalog and an Operation Combination catalog.
  Beast Wars Metals page:
  Added scans of the back of a Beast Wars Metals catalog with a checklist of figures since Japan's Beast Wars through Beast Wars II and Beast Wars Neo.
• 2/11/00:
  Completed a long series of modifications of the exhaustive Japanese Transformers compilation list and the list of Transformers links for now.
• 2/7/00:
  Video capture page:
  Here is a link to a video entry with files uploaded again for your download. They will be gone by 2/22/00, so get it while you can!
  "Birth of Double Convoy" (First three of four AVI parts)
• 2/1/00:
  Victory page:
  Added my screen captures from the Victory episode "Farewell, God Ginrai" with pictures of Perceptor, Wheeljack, Minerva, God Ginrai, Jan, and Star Saber.
  Video capture page:
  Here are links to three video entries and files uploaded again for your viewing. They will be gone by 2/15/00, so get them while you can!
  Overlord's first appearance
  Ginrai versus Overlord -- Rematch! (Part 1)
  Ginrai versus Overlord -- Black Zarak enters the fight! (Part 2)
• 1/28/00:
  Beast Wars page:
  Added pictures of Transmetal 2 Blackarachnia, the white recolor of Transmetal 2 Dinobot, and Tigerhawk.
  Beast Wars Neo page:
  Added two new pictures of Machkick.
  Beast Wars Metals page:
  Added an entry and my scans and pictures for Jaguar (Beast Wars Ravage), and a scan of the current figures from the bottom of Jaguar's box.
• 1/23/00:
  Beast Machines:
  Added my pictures of Optimus Primal and Buzzsaw.
• 1/21/00:
  Inserts page:
  Moved inserts to new larger location. Added _lots_ of new scans! Masterforce catalog, Masterforce-Victory catalog, updated Victory-Zone catalog; instructions for Quickswitch, Black Zarak, the Multiforce and their combiner Landcross, Sixliner, Beast Wars Metals Convoy and Megatron, and Beast Wars Metals Jaguar (Beast Wars Ravage); and sticker sheets for Black Zarak and Beast Wars Metals Jaguar (Beast Wars Ravage).
  Japanese TF pages:
  Masterforce page:
  Added two new catalogs covering the Masterforce series.
  Victory page:
  Added yet another Victory catalog.
• 1/20/00:
  Beast Machines:
  Added my pictures of my current Beast Machines figures (Jetstorm, Tankor, Scavenger, Mirage) to the newly created directory listing. Optimus Primal will be added soon.
  Inserts page:
  Inserts are being moved to a larger location. Stay tuned...
• 1/18/00:
  Video capture page:
  Dragon's site might go down by 2/7/00, so if you still want the video files that he is hosting for me, get them while you can! The Soundblaster and Twincast files will be going down by 1/31/00.

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