Any story created under licence from Hasbro and/or Takara(TOMY).Originally Posted by Verno
Highly unlikely. Hasbro seem more interested in just rebooting continuity ad nauseum now. (-_-) Their rationale is that it keeps continuity "fresh" by not allowing it to stagnate or linger too long.
I'd prefer a long-standing continuous story - but that does require more effort. In order to achieve this you would either need to:
+ Hire experienced TF writers who worked on previous TF canons, like Simon Furman. But see... Furman wrote the BW comics for IDW, and they complete screw around with BW continuity don't they...
+ Get new writers who either have an in-depth knowledge of TF lore, or are willing to acquire knowledge of TF lore. Larry DiTillio and Bob Forward had no knowledge of TFs when they were first hired to write Beast Wars, but they went and did their homework and made themselves knowledgeable.
Yeah, the comic medium would work best because it's a helluva lot cheaper to do than a cartoon. And let's face it, Hasbro would only invest in a cartoon if it were to promote a current toy line.
Having said that, I think it would be possible to make a cartoon that both promotes recent/current toys and continues to build on previous existing canon if they invested in a Classicsverse cartoon!
...but I fear that Hasbro may have already missed that window of opportunity.But IDW could easily make a Classicsverse comic series that say, continues where G2 ended. Classicsverse figures could be used to complete the story of the Autobot-Decepticon war.
Meh... Hasbro only puts pressure when it comes to promoting product. And these days the pressure is nothing like it used to be with Marvel. (-_-) I mean, the entire reason why the continuity headache that is the Earthforce Saga even exists is because Hasbro pushed Furman to write a story that promoted their Classic G1 reissues in 1990-91.
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