In North America, all four seasons of G1 -- although "Season 4" was just a three-part finale to wrap up the series and introduce the newest 1987 characters for the line, such as the Headmasters -- aired from '84-'87, plus the inevitable re-runs. In a manner of speaking, there is something of an unofficial "season 5", but none of it was new episodes. The so-called "season 5" consisted of replays of some of the more memorable episodes from the full series, with the intro, ending, and commerical bumpers ("we'll be right back!" and "now, back to our show!") on each episode being live-action sequences with a kid actor and an animatronic "puppet" of Powermaster Optimus Prime discussing what's happened in the episodes. So in a way, the last North American airing of G1 (aside from some rare freak exceptions) -- even if it wasn't new episodes -- would have probably been around 1988.Nurann wrote:Mildy OT, but... Now that I think about it... does anyone know when G1 was last aired? And if it was before '87, were there any other TF series on air between '87 - '91, '92? Somewhere around that time..?
There was a Generation 2 series that aired in the early-to-mid-'90s, but they were re-hashes of several G1 episodes with bizarre CGI effects "changing the screen" at almost every other scene change (which got pretty dizzying after a while).
However, during the late '80s, Japan was able to produce some G1 series all to themselves. Taking the story in their own direction, they ignored the US Season 4 three-part finale, and produced a number of new series that never aired in the US or Canada; "Headmasters" in '87, "Masterforce" in '88, "Victory" in '89, and a one-episode show called "Zone" in '90. It was also during this time that Japan would also get some new TF toy designs of their own that also never got released on the opposite side of the Pacific.
Outtsyder, who's NEVER been fortunate enough to watch any of the Japanese-G1 shows....
cheetor became my fav from the very first moment and i fell in love with him. there was something about his character but i coudnt put my finger on it. but iv loved him and the beast wars ever since.
But Jagna's question has left me wondering... I assume season three was shown on TV in the USA and Canada, and possibly the UK. I find it interesting how some countries seemed to have aired it, while others, like Kuwait and South Africa, did not.
i thought the same thing as you, sapphire, that the show ended right there...anyone who wouldnt have known any better would have left it at that, but wouldv needed to get the whole of season three on video(bak in the days...)or dvd. which has proved more difficult for me than i couldv imagined