Quote Originally Posted by Seraphim Prime
One of the things I've had in my head ever since Beast Wars began was an idea where the Maximals/Autobots fought against the Predacons/Decepticons.

It was a lot like what we're about to see with the Power Core Combiners, but would have had the Beast characters as partners instead of Mini-Cons. A "G1" character was partnered with a "Beast" Character with the Beast Wars guys sacrificing their weapons/body parts to act as power-ups and armour for the G1 guys.

Advancing that idea though, you could have the four factions set up as four individual parties. The Autobots and the Maximals fight for good, but disagreeing about the methods used to defeat their enemies. The Decepticons and Predacons could fight for conquest and destruction, splitting into factions because of individual power-lusts.

The Decepticons would eventually overpower the Predacons, refusing to acknowledge the pretenders to the throne, and force them into sub-servience, defeating both Autobots and Maximals quite easily with their new power. Optimus Prime and Optimus Primal reconcile their differences and combine to form Primal Prime, and the unified Autobots/Maximals fight against the powered-up Decepticons.

Then further G1 fan-wanks could ensue by having Primal Prime need to find the sword of Star Sabre and the Magnus Hammer in order to defeat the combined form of both Megatrons (aka Galvtron/Gammatron)...

Okay, so I got a little ahead of myself. But the initial idea was always kinda cool to me.
That could only work if there was a continuity reboot. It wouldn't work if the new series tried to stay in-continuity with existing G1/G2/BW/BM canon because the Autobot and Decepticon factions were dissolved after Pax Cybertronia and the rise of the Maximals and Predacons.

Having Autobots/Decepticons vs. Maximals/Predacons would be akin to having the Republic/Separatists vs. Empire/Rebels at the same time! The Autobots became the Maximals and the Decepticons became the Predacons just as the Republic became the Empire and the Separatists (some of them) became the Rebellion. The fanboy in me would love to see Mace Windu go toe-to-toe with Darth Vader or Luke Skywalker vs. Darth Maul, but canonically it's impossible.

But that's what toy fantasy play is for (and why I still love playing with my toys)... I frequently invent totally ridiculous (but fun (to me)) stories when I play with my toys, like this one! The story is complete bollocks, but damn it was fun to play out!