I must admit, the shared Hasbroverse was a bit of a pain in the decepti-butt, and I was really tentative at first about reading them. But I gave them a go, and for me, it was just a bit of a sidestep, a bit of 'anime filler' as it were; nothing which had hugely far-reaching consequences (apart from the awakening of Unicron of course)

Okay so Transformers Vs Visionaries was a serious misstep, but I thoroughly enjoyed Rom Vs Transformers (especially Alex Milne's gorgeous art) and Kup/Action Man's team-up (while it lasted). Also the ability to establish that Hearts of Steel DID happen in the same universe, and fill in some contiunuity gaps with it, was quite pleasing to me.