Cause the Arcees of Energon/Superlink and Prime are NOT the same continuity as G1! Alternate Modes can differentiate across continuities/timelines/universes. The OG Susan Blu Arcee is NOT the later Motorcycle Arcees, and Energon/Superlink Arcee is different from Prime Arcee and all Arcees are different from Bayverse/Movieverse/Revenge of the Fallen Arcee!

Given we've had 4 TMNT series in Anime that makes sense. Both Power Rangers and TMNT have played off the endless dimensions angle. Wes said Power Rangers exist in all dimensions making Trans Formers a bit confusing from that angle. TMNT G III managed to clear up the confusion in Trans Dimensional Turtles and Wanted Bebop and Rocksteady. The G II movie Turtles Forever helped make alternate coninuity make sense.

Well thanks to a user on Twitter I was able to grab an Armada Megatron and Land Military Mini-Con Team for an absolute steal and uh

I immediately regret it because I forgot how much I loved the Armada play pattern and now I'm making it a note to start hunting for more Minicons and the rest of the Decepticons, particularly Cyclonus.

*laughs* I am in SO much trouble.

This past weekend, I was at a Collectors Convention and had the brief opportunity to get Masterpiece Exhaust, a redeco of Masterpiece Wheeljack. I ultimately decided that he was too high for me at the time.

The reason that this is moderately odd is because of the controversy surrounding Exhaust and his cigarette connection!

https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Exhaust#Masterpiece

Is Masterpiece Exhaust now legal to buy and sell without modifications?

Yyyyes and no. I recall that North American vendors weren't able to carry it directly through Hasbro/Takara, but nothing's stopping them for importing it and selling it that way. Like, Hasbro could've gotten sued for selling it, but a vendor at a con wasn't going to get sued. Too small potatoes.

Here's 19 current listings for Masterpiece Exhaust on eBay, US sellers only.

Transformer Powerglide reminds me of Kyodain

Finished Trans Formers The Movie (1986) and it looked to be it's own thing. I saw a behind the scenes clip on upscale restoration for it and dang the clean up was a nightmare. I suspect that Shout Factory had some trouble reworking the series as it was seen on TV but they even kept the Transformers bumpers at the break. In the G1 episodes when does Optimus Prime meet his end? I'll be starting Series II soon.

The movie isn't it's own thing, it's in continuity with the G1 cartoon. It takes place between seasons 2 and 3

Thanks. I split the movie into 3 episodes yesterday. It was my first run on it.

Onto the regular series.

How in the name of Alpha Trion did you perceive the '86 Movie as a standalone piece!?

In any event, anyone who bridges Season 2 and 3 with the Movie will notice a plethora of inconsistencies!

Many later Season 2 characters won't appear in the Movie cause of the time between production and release regarding both the Movie and the Series.

The animation in Season 3 will have some pretty glaring dips in quality with Akom handling a good chunk of it. The original series as a whole used Toei, Akom, and at least one more unidentified studio. This is also where the continuity starts to splinter. Headmasters is Toei, while Akom did Rebirth.

Debates and fan theories regarding the Movie over the years have been extensive. Is Brawn dead? Which 'Con became Cyclonus? Why are there so many Cyclonus and Sweep units depicted in Season 3 when the Movie only shows a handful? What the hell does Unicron mean "...and his armada!"? Where the hell is Snarl?

Season 3 was also largely in the pipeline by the time the Movie was set. As such, there are inconsistent uses of outdated character models and a reliance on early drafts of the Movie in Season 3.

The Movie also helps to make the Japanese G1 Continuity a convoluted mess cause the Movie wasn't released in Japan at the same time as the US. Scramble City was the bridge between Seasons in the Japanese Continuity. As such, characters who should be dead appear throughout from Headmasters onward. Prime's fate is also depicted much differently. This ultimately led to extensive use of time-travelling, dimension-hopping, and retcons on top of retcons which are sprinkled with more retcons and seasoned with more retcons.

None of this should detract from the enjoyment of the Movie, though the Movie isn't by any means perfect.