It doesn't carry that nostalgia for this present generation and nor does it seem to be a large part of Hasbro's development of the franchise.
As I said earlier I think there are a few members here because they watched Beast Wars on The Big Breakfast at the same age I watched the original cartoon on The Early Bird Show. If you were five when you watched Beast Wars you'd be 15/6 now. I can see those fans coming to TF online fandom at the same age a majority of members of this board have.