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Originally Posted by trebleshot

And I wouldn't really consider those accurate reasons, either. Transformers: Prime was meant to be a sequel to War For Cybertron, which was itself meant to be a prequel to the movie trilogy. Granted, Hasbro has done a really piss-poor job of maintaining continuity in that regard, but that was their original plan. So technically, one could consider Prime toys to be an offshoot of the movie lines (and Generations, since WFC toys were in that line).

Personally, I consider TF:P to be a self-contained universe and unrelated to either the movies or WFC. Though I can see some Beast Wars elements here and there, I think the show is mostly a mix between Movie and Animated.

WFC is a new continuity with Prime. That is, the BOOK series is. The games are meant to be more towards G1, like IDW. The book on the other hand is part of the series bible to prime. Neither of which are tied to the movie whatsoever. The movies are their own universe. Just like the movie comics tie to the movie comic adaption, and not the movie itself.

TFP shares cues from all over though, you have a bit of beast wars, g1, movie, animated, and more in it. So really it's influences are not any singular source, but yes part of its series bible is the exodus book, and potentially the follow up book. The games are another matter as they are a visual medium, but this isn't new to transformers or really any property for that matter. Material usually varies per medium, unless it can blend like Exodus to Prime since exodus isn't a visual medium.

So no it's not movie-tied, or WFC(Game)-tied. It just shares cues from all sources similiar to how animated did. Similiar to how beast wars did the same which amalgamated elements of comics to toon.

The design cues stem from animated, movie, BW/BM, and some G1. The personalities are about the same as the personalities ever are, just better defined from their origins this go round than previous. I wouldn't say the personalities are really movie based, as Prime has really always been the way he is. This iteration just gives him a bit more brains than previous. Other than bee's vocal aspect, there really is nothing that screams 'this is movie-verse' except for allspark references that were explained in exodus(which is prime tied and has lots of G1 nods).

This isn't a discussion about Prime the series though, this is a discussion about Toy Fair 2011. So maybe it should be taken to a new topic about prime instead.

Anyway, I'd also like to Kre-O's to my hits list, those little 'lego men' TFs are all kinds of awesome.

I also really dug how they showed that arcee's wings were adjustable.

Overall, I'm really only disappointed in the Mattel YJ line up for them using sculpts instead of finished products, and ditto to Jazwares for using packaging samples instead of prototypes or products. It's always underwhelming to see the "we're planning on" stuff as opposed to something that'll represent the final.