Quote Originally Posted by kup View Post
Since when is G1 a single canon? The makers of the game have specifically acknowledged the game as their take of that universe. Even if the game ends up officially not within G1 continuity, it still seems pretty nifty enough to acknowledge. I am not a G1 purist, if a cartoon/comic/game has good stories and characters, I will follow it.

Second, It is very possible that the game will indeed have a worthy story attached to it and so far, I am liking what I am seeing.

I agree on the marketing however. The packaging is way too similar to ROTF making its confusing since it hard to tell one from the other when mixed with the movie stuff. Since it's promoting the game (or vice versa), it should of had packaging directly based on it as its easy to dismiss it as more movie toys if you are not looking. If the packaging reflected the game's logo and theme, someone who enjoyed the game may walk by and immediately identify the packaging due to the game logo and take a closer look, potentially buying the toy.

I don't understand Hasbro marketing, to me its been pretty erratic and nonsensical over the last few years.


Yes, it is in its own "free continuity", as I said, it's just like the movie verse. G1 is single canon from the fact most has spawned from it, and will continue to do so. TFA (which you complained the most about), was the most original "continuity" so far created from the fact that Optimus was not the "absolute" autobot leader.

It seems very unlikely it will live up to your standards though for story line, only being an action game and all. I'm very surprised you're even getting these toys.

On the packaging, they should have made generations yellow instead of shifting rotf end way through.