I don't get how individuals can do artistic works that are "realistic takes" on classic cartoons and games, and everyone hails them as the next best thing to sliced bread, but if Michael Bay does that, it's the worst thing to grace the property.
That being said, Bay doesn't need to touch any other properties from old, his right for that should be revoked because of everything post TF1.
What I'm saying is that if this film had been good (and I'm not one to speak, I haven't seen it, and from the sound of it, I don't want to), I think everyone would be singing to a much different tune. All I get from these is a realistic take on an original cartoon; that is no different than half of Deviant Art and what is so often loved by the community.
I have no need or true desire to pick these up, but I do think they look really cool, Leonardo in particular.
Also, to really stir the **** stick, I love Bayformer designs (outside of TF4; sorry John Goodman) and 10x over would rather see a complex, working machine duke it out on the big screen than what looks like glorified, personified Lego bricks.