"Beast Wars: Transformers, (titled Beasties: Transformers in Canada), is an American-Canadian CG animated television series that debuted in 1996, serving as the flagship of the Transformers: Beast Wars franchise. The series was set in the future of the "original" Transformers universe as a sequel to the first Transformers series (which has since been rebooted in limited comic book stories by Dreamwave and IDW among others)".- Wikipedia
The two main camps of "Transformers" in Beast Wars are descended from the two main groups in the original cartoon: the Maximals are descendants of the Autobots and the Predacons are the descendants of the Decepticons.
To commemorate 20 years of "Transformers: Beast Wars" Company Takara Tomy out of Japan is releasing a series of Transformers faithful to the Beast Wars TV series.
The first character to be shown for pre-order is Optimus Primal. He is commander of the Axalon (Ship) and commander of the Maximals on Earth. His beast mode is a that of a gorilla.
Optimus Primal will come articulated with accessories such as 3 Robot faces, 3 gorilla faces, and two transformer sword weapons. Release date is set for December 2016, but is subject to change. Price for this figure will be $109.92 (USD)
Check www.hlj.com for pre-order information.
Takara Tomy Japanese Transformer site.