BeastProwl wrote:Ok, so I dont frequent here so often anymore, so pardon me if its already been discussed, but you know how sabreblade's always on about Rescue Bots and Prime being in the same universe? I dont disagree, but would like to note that the Beast Hunters OP reformat makes him look alot like he does on Rescue Bots. Especially with how the face is on the toy. Makes you wonder just how far ahead this stuff gets planned in advance...
It's not me who originally said that. Jeff Kline himself confirmed it in an
interview.
But as for Optimus, we don't know if he will or won't get his BH toy body. But his RB cartoon body is meant to resemble his RB toy body, which itself is based on G1 Optimus's body. The reason Optimus looks different in the RB cartoon is A) that show has a different art style, and B) Hasbro sadly seems to not give two cents about aesthetics when it comes to the Aligned continuity. To them, characters can appear in new bodies with no explanations, and they're okay with it. The current biggest offender to this is how Optimus has a new body in FOC from his WFC body, despite that game taking place mere moments after WFC.