travellinglemonworkshop:

RID15 gets such a bad rap when compared to TFP, and it’s true that the rendering is less sophisticated and the designs are less elegant (though I suspect there’s a certain element there of Hasbro telling the character designers, “we have to be able to actually MAKE THE TOYS, guys”) … but c’mon.  Look at this animation.  Look at the color palette and the lighting.  Look at the articulation of her armor.  I grew up on G1, guys; this is awesome 😀

I agree, the animation style is extremely simplified compared to TFP and I’d complain that many of the Cybertronians portrayed don’t evoke a feel of “yep that’s a robot I’m looking at there,” but the animation itself is full of little details and has a nice flow to it. I also assume that it was done like this not just for budget reasons (to allow for a greater quantity of models), but maybe because more cartoony shows tend to age better than the more realistic animated ones.