Just to clear up some confusion the toys came first. The toys don't exist because of the cartoon, the cartoon exists because of the toys. Transformers are primarily toys, that's what they're supposed to be.The Cake Is Annoying said:A sequel to a film of a series of cartoons made to sell toys to children sucks, and the writers think they need to make a reason as to why it sucked.
I hope you Transformers fanboys feel patronised, because you really, really should.