What is the greatness of Transformers UK?

[jacksplatt11]

I think that its safe to say that much of what was introduced and transpired in Marvel Transformers (particularly UK) has stood the test of time or we wouldn't be talking about it now nor would we see so much of its influence in modern mythos.

Is that because it truly has stood the test of time, or is it because the person who wrote most of the UK Marvel TF comics back then has written pretty much 99% of all the modern G1 stuff?

[GoktimusPrime]

I'd say it's stood the test of time. Simon Furman has only very recently gotten back into writing Transformers for (around 2002). But even between 1993-2002 Furman was definitely a favourite amongst TF fans, as demonstrated by the results of the now defunct annual Trannies Awards where year after year Furman was consistently voted by TF fans as their most favourite TF comic book writer between 1996-2003. And remember that Furman did do occasional guest-writing for TFs because he was so popular amongst TF fans. During the late 1990s he wrote the "Tales From The Beast Wars" BotCon comics and text stories and he was also the writer for the final episode of Beast Wars, something which made a lot of fans very happy.

So really, Furman has been a strong favourite amongst the TF fandom pretty much ever since 1985.