Animated now cancelled by Hasbro US, not just here?

[5FDP]

Looks like we're going to be stuck with the movie-verse for better or for worse. Hopefully we'll see more WFC toys released as an alternative.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Dang that sucks. I wanted Rodimus and Blackout to stand next to my TT ones. Hopefully we wont have to hunt down too much if they are released. At least TT are doing them though.

[SMHFConvoy]

Wing Blade Prime who needs 'im? (Well I wanted him...)

The appeal of that figure was that the armor could attach to Voyager TFA Prime. When you think about it what's the point? Hasbro could've just made an accessory pack (ala MASK) and be done with it, same with the Hydrodrive BB. Armour add ons.

Look I know someone's going to say, "But Hasbro would make more money selling a figure with the armour..."

All they've done now is possibly opened up a market for third parties to make these things...

Man I so wanted a Rodimus!

[GoktimusPrime]

I wanted:
+ Scavenger
+ Scrapper
+ Omega Supreme

...they were recurring characters who made notable contributions to the story with significant screen time yet have no toys.

<sigh> It's like Botanica all over again!
(only that unlike Botanica, toys for the Animated Constructicons and Omega Supreme would sell)

[SharkyMcShark]

Not too fussed, Animated is generally very overrated by the fandom.

Could have done with Rodimus though.

[Doubledealer]

Not too fussed, Animated is generally very overrated by the fandom.

How daaaaare you! Wash your mouth out with soap and water right this minute!

Seriously though, spewin' if this is true. As Gok alludes to we need MORE animated toys (I'd love a Spittor and Cyclonus personally) not less!

I'll buy the TT versions of any unreleased Hasbro characters but it'll probably play on my OCD by not perfectly fitting in with the rest. :/

[Sky Shadow]

Not too fussed, Animated is generally very overrated by the fandom.

Could have done with Rodimus though.

Just out of interest, SharkyMcShark (it only strikes me because I've just come from reading the recent posts in the Wreckers thread) - if Animated is "very overrated" and Last Stand Of The Wreckers is "thin on the ground for plot and characterisation" - what Transformers stuff do you think is good?

[SharkyMcShark]

Just out of interest, SharkyMcShark (it only strikes me because I've just come from reading the recent posts in the Wreckers thread) - if Animated is "very overrated" and Last Stand Of The Wreckers is "thin on the ground for plot and characterisation" - what Transformers stuff do you think is good?

To really draw me in as a Transformers audio visual media I generally want there to be either a good plot with deep characters, and/or lots of visceral action. I prefer the former to the latter generally speaking, but some lines are better at providing one or the other.

For TV shows, Beast Wars and Beast Machines had fantastic characterisation and a good amount of action. To me those series represent the height of Transformers TV show writing - the characters were engaging and the plots were reasonably deep. Robots in Disguise had an interesting (and fresh) plot and I quite enjoyed following that (also the switch to a more 'Japanese' style of animation was a good move at the time. I find both of the movies reasonably visually engaging to keep me entertained. In contrast I found Animated neither visually engaing nor interesting to follow.

As for comics, really it just goes to whether the characters and plot draw me in (I don't value action as much in the comics). Any of the Dreamwave G1 series I found quite stimulating (especially the second series, where Magnus and Shockwave had formed an uneasy alliance). I also quite liked a lot of the Spotlight stuff, specifically Hot Rod, Double Dealer, and Blurr. While its had a lacklustre start I find the Ongoing series reasonably engaging - I like what they're doing with certain characters (specifically Rodimus, Magnus, and Swindle).

While I'll openly admit that I don't much care for the Animated aesthetic, it boils down to the characters for me. The Beast Wars characters to me stood the test of time, whereas the only character that I approached liking as much as that in Animated was Starscream (I felt it was a reasonably interesting take on the Starscream concept). With The Wreckers comics, what bugs me is that the rookies characters are all archetypal rookies thrust into heavy combat - the outwardly self assured one, the one that hero worships the rest of the crew, the one that didn't realise that war wasn't just a big adventure, and the one that hero worships Optimus Prime.