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Originally posted by Darkstorm Zero
Not a fan of study still eh?The G1 series started with the comics, actually.
Beast Wars actually runs in from G1, that is canon despite your protest, as is Beast Machines.
And, just as a kicker for you, Simon Furman, the canon authority on all transformers writing as per hasbro, has stated that ALL unicrons are one and the same, they are all linked, and are all the same being.
So, what do you have to say about that?
Furman: Did the UK Comics pre 1989/US comics after 1989... He wrote his stroies AROUND what Bob and the crew in New York did, as he was no concern to them til 1989.
Flint Dille, Jim Shooter and mainly Bob Budiansky were the canon guys for marvel/Hasbro. Bob gave Simon the job in 1989. Three/four years after the movie was made.
Comics= Totally different form the movies especially regarding Unicron and his origins. Maybe hes unified them, but we are talking about the 1986 animated movie.
More on how 'involved' Furman was with Bob and the crew here..
http://rustingcarcass.yuku.com/topic/954/t/Bob-Budiansky.html#.UVxrfaukdG4
"CARCASS: Later on, how acute was your awareness of Simon Furman and the concurrent Marvel UK series?
BOB: How acute? (laughs) You make it sound like he's a disease! He's a pain in my side! No, I was aware of it, but I wasn't really paying much attention to it. I knew that the Marvel UK series came out weekly. They would fill in two weeks with my story and then they would have to fill in two weeks with their story. As Simon, I'm sure has been quoted on a couple of occasions has said, he had to figure out stories that were around my storyline. So I really didn't pay much attention to what he was doing, frankly. I didn't communicate with him or consult with him or coordinate anything with him, I just did my stories the way I was doing them and he had to worry about fitting his stuff around whatever I did. Whether he did a good job about it or not, I really don't know. I know Simon's a terrific writer. I'm sure he was able to handle the situation, but it wasn't really my concern. As years went on, Simon would come to the Marvel offices and we became friends and so in February of '89, I reached the point where I really didn't want to do the Transformers anymore, I didn't want to write it anymore. I was actually on vacation in England and stopped in London and met Simon for lunch and I said, "I'm done with this, you wanna take it over?" (laughs) That's how the deal was struck, but to be honest, I had no authority as a writer to hand over the writing reigns to another writer; that's the editor's job. But my editor back in New York, Don Daley, was happy. He knew Simon also. He was happy to have Simon come aboard and replace me. So, we had this historic luncheon somewhere in London (Simon remembers it far better than I do) where he took over. "