Quote Originally Posted by Verno View Post
But this book (and all the revelations within) are being released as part of Hasbro's decade-long push of the Aligned story.
Three years is seven years short of a decade, and pretty much every one of these concepts originated in Beast Wars/G1/G2/Universe/BayMovie/3H/FunPub/Armada and Cybertron. It's noteworthy that you have an issue with this book, but the Aligned continuity isn't to blame.