>>5407476Armada Optimus got to the second place in the fan vote.
Even Dai Atlas got to the fourth place and he was in a single episode that was never aired. Altough he was the last autobot leader of G1
So I'd say the reason why people don't care as much about beast wars and such is because everything about it just looked awful.
Early CG combined with awkward skin flap shellformers.
Same goes for energon. It looked awful.
Armada's cartoon didn't try to pull off shitty CG and I guess that's why it's more popular.
I was glad when they made the Brave masterpieces. Not because of nostalgia since I never saw the show as a kid, but because it's something that looks good. Rather than being a mangled animal with metal bits sticking out of it. Or a bloated potato like grand convoy.