>>6483794Cartoon accuracy for Beast Wars is fine because the show designs are obviously the most prominent, intricate and aesthetically remarkable references for the characters they represent. The vast majority of BW toys, as good as they were for their time, were also conceived as trying to imitate the CGI models rather than just attempting to be their own thing, hence why finally getting there to a near perfect level after two decades is so impressive. The same doesn't go for G1 characters: they were toys first and comics second and, while the cartoons were perhaps the most significant interpretations of those characters for whoever grew up watching it, they were also easily the most plain and aesthetically bland ones. Sticking exclusively to the artistic limitations of a rushed saturday morning cartoon instead of taking design cues from toys, comics and all other representations those same G1 characters had in all sorts of interconnected media is essentially taking the piss on everyone who doesn't see Inferno or Shockwave as a flat-colored figure with plain undetailed limbs and excessively long legs, which is probably bound to be everyone who isn't conditioned by nostalgia. Sadly enough, it seems like the vocal minority is winning here.
