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Another post helped inspire this one. I have to wonder- aside from Prime and FOC would you as a Transformers fan be willing to support another Transformers toy line down the road, with or without a show, that redesigns and creates new versions of old characters that may or may not have already been perfected? See I find it difficult to imagine what's in store after Prime is over. Yes Transformers 4 is in development and will probably be released sometime after Prime ends but aside from that do you all think Hasbro is going to create ANOTHER series using the same old characters and story or do you think they'll come up with something different? I think one possible solution in this new age of "aligned continuity" or whatever they call it would be to not end Prime after all. I mean Prime is kind of supposed to be the current/new version of the Transformers story (seems G1 has been retired- as far as story is concerned) and the next logical step would be to continue the Prime storyline with or without the same characters. Where do you all think it's headed and would you as a fan support ANOTHER line of toys using the same characters we've gotten over and over again?

Continuing Animated would be the smoking gun for me. That's pure, untapped storyline, ripe for continuation.

But I feel Prime is a show that can just go ON and ON. I hope Prime lasts as long, if not LONGER than G1 EVER did.

I think you're on to something there. I think they will continue with Aligned/Prime for a good long while, likely with a new show and new toyline, sadly, for me at least, that means they'll be doing the same characters all over again (I don't see them continuing the series with new characters like they did for Beast Wars after G1, though it would be awesome if they did).

Hasbro is stuck in the idea of 'present day' Transformers (hence, the Autobots and Decepticons did not land on Earth millions of years ago etc. like they did in G1 and Unicron did not show up in 'the future' as he did in TFTM).

I think they are stuck on this concept of having the TF's interact with modern day humans, meaning no 'future' plots or far past 'fill in the gaps' continuities (other than the video games/books) which I can understand, since I guess it's more relatable for children, but in my opinion, transforming alien robots are cool enough to sell themselves without the human race getting in the way and without the annoying human sidekicks being forced into the plot.

I just want a TF show that has the mountains of characters that G1 had. Yes, it has a chance of giving smaller character development unless the series runs for decades, but it also opens doors for our beloved sub-factions to flourish once again. Protectobots, Predicons, Monsterbots, Minicons, Dinobots, Vehicons, etc. The groups that rarely get new toys, or even homages, because they're so obscure that only a TF series with too many characters has a place for them.

It's not that I wanna stick to G1 characters, but with the G1 formula of lots of characters/toys... that would be my ideal Transformer series.

As long as they're not Chinmasters like animated, noseless like Prime, or look like they eat babies like Bayformers.

orangeitis wrote:I just want a TF show that has the mountains of characters that G1 had. Yes, it has a chance of giving smaller character development unless the series runs for decades, but it also opens doors for our beloved sub-factions to flourish once again. Protectobots, Predicons, Monsterbots, Minicons, Dinobots, Vehicons, etc. The groups that rarely get new toys, or even homages, because they're so obscure that only a TF series with too many characters has a place for them.

It's not that I wanna stick to G1 characters, but with the G1 formula of lots of characters/toys... that would be my ideal Transformer series.

As long as they're not Chinmasters like animated, noseless like Prime, or look like they eat babies like Bayformers.

I'm with you there. More diversity wouldn't hurt at all, we haven't seen much of that lately. Even Beast Wars had a TON of characters and figures (though most weren't featured on the show). Prime feels more like a Movie line, with its limited number of characters and most 'new' non-show characters being repaints.

That all depends if these glorified 20 minute advertisements of the product delivers! Or should I rephrase that, if the product delivers on the advertisements.

Hasbro/Tomy should be very careful not to risk a potential "crash" in the market. Bad distribution, QC and too much repaints( not yet in Prime, not yet anyway............)

When they announced TF:P they said it would run for 10 years. Let's reopen this topic in 8...

I'm happy for TF:P to run and run. Constant reboots is slightly annoying.

xyl360 wrote:in my opinion, transforming alien robots are cool enough to sell themselves without the human race getting in the way and without the annoying human sidekicks being forced into the plot.

They have children (not adults) as sidekicks so that children can pretend to be part of the show cos maybe, just MAYBE they'll soon meet a Transformer and become that sidekick for realz.

Mykltron wrote:When they announced TF:P they said it would run for 10 years. Let's reopen this topic in 8...

I'm happy for TF:P to run and run. Constant reboots is slightly annoying.

xyl360 wrote:in my opinion, transforming alien robots are cool enough to sell themselves without the human race getting in the way and without the annoying human sidekicks being forced into the plot.

They have children (not adults) as sidekicks so that children can pretend to be part of the show cos maybe, just MAYBE they'll soon meet a Transformer and become that sidekick for realz.

That's on the nose. It ties into imagination. I don't think Hasbro's will give up that idea any time soon and let's be honest- Humans have been there since 1984 and are part of the TF universe, like it or not.

I predict a mass of continuous reboots featuring the same characters we've seen before, cycling forever onward until the end of time, or the world, or has/tak... whichever comes first.

Although I grew up obsessed with TFs in the '80's, playing with their toys and watching the show religiously, I wasn't into their comics. I didn't get into comics until the early '90's when I had already grown out of TFs, but I became obsessed with comics and have been ever since. So I've been used to their being one Marvel continuity (at least until the Ultimates line). So when I got back into TFs five years ago it was weird to me that their are multiple TF continuities due to multiple reboots. But for me and millions of other guys my age, the "real" TF continuity is still G1 and mostly the cartoon, like it or not.

I like TF Prime, though, but I'm sure it won't last more than a couple more years. Though I personally don't care for the constant reinventions of the franchise, I suppose it lends itself to its longevity. Its target audience is children, after all, and it makes sense that it has to reinvent itself every few years as kids grow out of TFs and the new audience needs a jumping on point. I do think the core cast of characters should always revolve around the classic characters; Optimus Prime, Megatron, Starscream, BB, etc. A new character here and there is cool, but the Avengers has been around for 50 years and it always comes back to guys like Cap, IM, Thor, and Hulk, and that's the way it should be.