Ruined FOREVER



Fans realize something Hasbro does not, that robust 25-year-old billion-dollar franchises, while seemingly healthy, are in actuality as fragile as two bricks tied together with tissue paper. One mistake, one bad mis-step will cause the entire thing to shatter and fall apart; and Transformers would be ruined forever.

Fortunately, there is hope. The Transformers fanbase has resolved to remain ever vigilant against something that could Ruin Transformers Forever, and call out a warning if they see something that could potentially do so.

Some Transformers conservationists suggest a more extreme approach, that Transformers franchise should abandon all attempts at re-invention and instead cater exclusively to the old-school collectors. Though attractive, this approach may prove impractical as a long-term solution.

Ruined Forever remains a serious threat to Transformers now and in the foreseeable future, though it's possible a proposed initiative requiring all Transformers fans to purchase an annual "plastic offset" could ensure our fragile brand's existence through the mid-21st century.

Things that have Ruined Transformers in the past

 * Killing Optimus Prime<!--
 * Pathetic excuse for Season 5
 * [[Generation 1 (robots that look like brick people with gay transformations!)
 * Transformers that don't transform
 * Reboots
 * Pokeformers
 * Terrible dubbing
 * Excessive stock footage
 * Perverts
 * Bayformers and Teen Titans Together

In other words pretty much everything but the first two seasons of the cartoon and the early comics.

Things that have countered those

 * Bringing Prime back
 * non-transforming Transformers which transform
 * Cool fight sequences
 * The closest thing to G1 so far
 * Made by the same guys who created Gears of War
 * Actually created by Hasbro

Things that will ruin the Transformers in the future

 * Shockwave as a bayformer