>>8224680>the majority of people getting into Transformers is because they’ve either heard about it or saw the toysThe classic versions of those characters are obviously going to be there and are always going to be there, nobody is denying that or saying it shouldn't but before, there was always a gateway series that gets newcomers into the series, and suprise, it's usually never G1.
> the majority of people getting into Transformers is because they’ve either heard about it or saw the toys and thought “that’s cool, let me check it out.” No, most people get into transformers from the media because 9/10, media drives the brand. If kids didn't enjoy the first 2 bay movies, they wouldn't have bought the toys. If kids didn't like beast wars, they wouldn't have bought the toys. How do you expect to keep a franchise going by just revisiting the same characters and same designs over and over and over again. At least in 3rd party, it makes some sense because that market in particular is very small and only people that are already into transformers will usually buy that stuff however, its a problem for the core franchise if you can't drive the brand. Marvel comes up with new media, Star Wars comes up with new media, Gundam comes up with new media and all of these are at the very least successful. Transformers hasn't been attached to any real success since Prime (and I'm being generous).
