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What came first, the chicken or the egg? That has been a debate for years. Another question many have asked is, what came first, The GoBots or the Transformers? While there has actually been some debate over that, many know which one was the best.
The Transformers rocked the toy industry from the first day it premiered. Who could forget that robot transforming into a tape cassette player complete with tapes that transformed into other small creatures? That was pretty damn cool! It wasn't long before those toys became a hit cartoon series along with a cult classic movie that many are still trying to get their hands on. In fact, the Transformers still live on today in the form of Beast Wars, where robots turn into animals. In fact, the Transformers never left us at all.
While the show disappeared in America, only to come back as Beast Wars, The Transformers lived on in Japan, where new episodes were created up until the Beast Wars saga began. The strange part is, while new shows were created in Japan, little is known about them. While we were importing anime to our shores, Japan imported Transformers from the US. They loved the show so much that they continued the show it even though American studios would not. There are hundreds of Transformers/Beast Wars shows out there, half of which we know nothing about. But BANDWIDTH knows all!