The Energon Pub

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As a teenager and young adult I appreciated G1 transformers, i even bouht one or two. I didnt however watch the cartoon although it is fun for sure. Since g1 I always watched the toy shelves for the return of TF. I wasnt that keen on the beast wars idea but they are fun toys for kids and include some neat figures. again i didnt watch the show, i really didnt like CGI characters then and i dont now, I was never drawn to the look so didnt really bother chasing episodes, i was more into toys. Once armada arived i really lost interest, i never saw the cartoon and the toys for the most part left me cold, same for cybertron, i feel energon superlink idea was quite cool but both those cgi animations didnt interest me.

anyway the point im trying to get to is that with the arrival of animated i find myself drawn to this cartoon, after keeping an eye on TF for 20 years i now see a cartoon that captures the fun factor of G1, its just so refreshing to have that ugly static CGI pushed aside. I also feel that post movie, hasbro is really trying to restart the whole mythos properly, by comparison im feeling that the AEC trilogy is a mere distraction, does anybody feel that the real core transformers has returned?? I prefer the classics style over the animation in terms of hardcore TF appreciation but i feel the animation toys are fantastic, they are outlandish but stylish and with lots of character. i reckon the kids are going to be all over this more so than the rather bland trilogy stuff. Is animation really going to continue to push TF into the mainstream (after the movie)as it was 20 years ago?

[Nekoman]

Um, I think your post belongs here

http://seibertron.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=23

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yes, whoops. it would be better in the right forum, can 'somebody' perhaps delete this thread, i'll throw it over there.