Well from what I gather, the animated Prime is a cybertronian labor truck.. the crew they have are fix it crews and not Autobot Warriors, which i like the idea of, because remember it has been said that Sentinel Prime will be in the cartoon..so it makes sense that this Prime is just a laborer with a crew that ends up on Earth having to fight Megatron and his baddies..
plus when it comes down to it, he has to grow up pretty quick and upgrade into the fire truck, which looks very G-1.. so i kinda dig th new premise and action figures based ont hat.. if your really looking for a true reimagined G-1, this series is it..
Classics isn't truly reimagined, it's just updated toys based ont eh style used since Energon..
this is totally new.. new fluid designs, good transformation and a really updated almost Dreamwave and IDW-esque view of the transformers hierarchy and mythos.. you wanted a reason to like it CP?? I say it's War Within, Dreamwave, IDW and G-1 all rolled in..with a bit of teen titans for posterity..
so if the one above is the "Animated War Within form" then this fire-truck and G-1 homage is the new Prime!! and I like it!!!