Beast Machines Beast Riders & Deployers

In the early summer of 2000, Hasbro released the Beast Riders, and a few months later, the Deployers as well. These toys were both sublines of the Beast Machines Transformers toyline. Both were fresh new ideas, but neither of them caught on that well, and thusly, only 2 Beast Riders and 3 Deployers were made.
The Beast Riders were "transforming" vehicles that sold for about $7.99 in the U.S., but because of their simiplistic construction, were actually between the sizes of Deluxes and Megas. Both Beast Riders had a similar design structurally, and the only difference between the two were the detailing and shape of certain parts. The transformations were a joke, however, and involved little more than rotating claws and revealing a few extra weapons. Beast Riders were made for other Transformers to ride into battle, as a sort of "accessory".
The Deployers, on the other hand, all had completely different designs. They were mechanical animals that transformed into weapons, and sold for about $4.99 in the U.S., because they were smaller than even basic toys. Unfortunately, although they were pretty small, they were too large to fit in all but the largest of Transformer's hands, and even then, they didn't fit that well. Still, mobile weapons platforms were pretty neat, and Deployers sold a bit better than their Beast Riders brethren.
In early 2001, repaints of all of the Deployers and Beast Riders came out. Originally, these were all supposed to be a second wave of the Beast Riders and Deployers, but for some reason, Hasbro neglected giving these repaints new names or packaging. All reviews below cover both the original versions and the repaints.

Beast Riders

Che
Mechatron
 

Deployers

Dillo
Mol
Rav
 

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