This was one of the classic children's TV programs which everybody always discusses at all night parties along with He-man, She-Ra, Thundercats, The lost cities of Gold (how did that end?) etc... Everyone had Transformer toys and the comics, books and videos etc... It was great with all evil decepticons who tried to rule the Earth and the nice autobots. The decepticons turned into cooler things though. Most of them could fly although one autobot was a Beetle. An absolute all time children's TV classic