As promised, the big one, this Japanese Magazine update includes what we believe are the first ever images of the five Gold Beast Wars Transformers Prize toys as well as the origin of the Lucky Draw Red Convoy figure.

You will find scans of TV Magazine from the 5 of the first 6 months of 1998 (the second half of the year will be available in the next 3 days).  Follow the link below for the images that you would have never seen before.

• TV Magazine February 1998 - 29 images
• TV Magazine March 1998 - 40 images
• TV Magazine April 1998 - 26 images
• TV Magazine May 1998 - 29 images
• TV Magazine June 1998 - 39 images

These magazines include images of the Cardboard Convoy (Optimus Primal figure), Gold Convoy (Gold Optimus Primal), Gold Megatron, Gold Cheetor, Gold Rhinox, Gold Ratrap and Gold Dinobot.  The scans of this magazine confirm their existence and explains why they have never been seen for sale.  Also included are the campaign for Lucky Draw Red Convoy (not Burning Convoy), the Cardboard Lio Convoy figures.

For reference

• Gold Optimus Primal (Convoy) - limited to 10. 1 in a set of 5, 3 in a set of 2, 6 individual
  
• Gold Megatron - limited to 3 (only available in a set with Convoy)
• Gold Cheetor - limited to 1 (part of the set of 5)
  
• Gold Dinobot - limited to 1 (part of the set of 5)
• Gold Rattrap - limited to 1 (part of the set of 5)
• Gold Rhinox - limited to 1 (part of the set of 5)

Transformers At The Moon and Lucky Draw Transformers are proud to bring you the first ever confirmed images (that we know off) and information on the first Beast Wars Lucky Draw Transformers.  The include never seen before images of Gold Convoy, Gold Cheetor, Gold Rhinox, Gold Rattrap and Gold Dinobot along with information on the release.

Steve and I picked this magazine up in November 2010, and I've only just got around to scanning and translating it .. and it was, to me, quiet shocking.

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The text states the following prizes were available.

1. 3 people would win 1 set of Gold Convoy and Megatron
2. 1 person would win 1 set of 5 Gold Beast Wars figures, Convoy, Cheetas, Rattilus, Rhinox and Dinobot
3. 6 people would win a Gold Convoy

The toys are actually referred to as "glittering".

This confirms the following figures

• Gold Convoy - 10
• Gold Megatron - 3
• Gold Cheetor - 1
• Gold Dinobot - 1
• Gold Rattrap - 1
• Gold Rhinox -1

For anyone who wants an original of this you need to purchase TV Magazine March 1998

For our "Lucky Draw Magazine project" this and the confimation of Gold Big Convoy are two of the three holy grails.  We just have the colouring contest Beast Wars II to go.

This is a hot of the press band new news story based on something that happened 12 years ago.  As part of yet another haul of back issues of TV Magazine we've managed to finally pick up documented proof of the Lucky Draw Beast Ware figures.  Previously only rumours have circulated regarding these, but now we haev full first hand proof of the toys, including images (though they are on yellow pages.

We can now confirm that in the March 1998 issue of TV Magazine the following Beast Wars prize draw figures took place.

1) 1x Gold Convoy + Gold Megatron
2) 6x Gold Convoys
3) 1x Gold Convoy, Gold Cheetas, Gold Rhinox, Gold Rattrap, Gold Dinobot

This is the first time that the Gold Beast Wars figures of Cheetor, Rhinox, Rattrap and Dinobot have been confirmed, as well as showing that 8 Gold Optimus Primals (Convoy's) were given out during a draw with only 1 Megatron (previously reported as limited to 3).

We will upload images to Lucky Draw Transformers and Transformers At The Moon in due course