Starscream do what Starscream does.

 

You know, as far as crossovers go, I think I like the idea better to reveal one group existing within the universe of another. Instead of awkwardly bending over backwards to make a half-satisfying story where somehow Sunbow TF and STAS exist in the same universe, just simplify it. These are Transformers native to the Star Trek universe. They look like other Transformers we've seen before, but that's nothing new. I like that. Goofy and cheesy as this comic is, it has its charm.

 

I mean. It’s no more a canonical nightmare than G-1 was. Especially with the Constructions, where in season one they were built on Earth by Megatron, in season two they lived in Cybertron during the Golden Age and we’re reprogrammed by Megatron, and in season three they built Megatron.

 

That didn’t happen.

Some green and purple generics that are not our Constructicons built Megatron millions of years ago.

The six Constructicons were turned evil by Megatron.

Then those six Constructicons came to Earth and were reformatted with new Earth vehicle modes.

 

Lol you’re using Bay logic when it comes to Constructicons. They weren’t Seekers, Insecticons or Guardians. They were a six bot team. No other example of there being an unchecked number of constructicons running around in G1 continuity has been mentioned or shown.
I’ll accept bad editorial choices over a conscious canonical establishment of an race of Constructicons that happen to also be able to form Devastator during separate historical eras.
Plus Megatron literally says he BUILT them on Earth in “Heavy Metal War”.

It’s just bad editorial. No need to defend it.

 

Windblade\'s face is a little....offputting compared to the art style of the other bots. Is it just me?

 

It’s called Winning A No Prize. You are aware of what that is aren’t you?

 

HAHAHAHA YOU get a No Prize for the Stan Lee reference.

 

Anyway, the Combaticons were also built on Earth in the cartoon but were originally from Cybertron. I’m thinking something similar happened off screen with the Constructicons.

 

Surely the idea of a new continuity that picks and choses the elements it wants is nothing new by now?

 

I didn’t want it to be a new continuity. I wanted the untold years between season two and the movie to finally be told, or post Rebirth. Although obviously that’s just me.

 

There's nothing wrong with wanting what you want. I just don't see this venue as the place for expecting the specifics you seem to have wanted.

But, to paraphrase you, that's just me.

 

You are incotrect

The green guys that “gave birth” to megatron were a 8 member group



So it is indeed “shown” that there were more green guys that looked like the constructicons in the g1 toon continuity

And LITERALLY the word built could have meant “built new bodies”

 

LOL Then they would've made a point to explain it like that the same way they explain the Stunticons were 5 husks given life by Vector Sigma. Or how the Combaticons are 5 reformatted WW2 vehicles with the personalities of Decepticon criminals implanted in them. Exposition was rampant in G1 and the conflicting Constructicon origins are there to see. As for the 8 Constructicons, the producers themselves admitted to the countless animation mistakes the show had due to their ultra aggressive schedule. Eight Constructicons are no different than 2 Starscreams in the same scene, or a Prime without his mouth plate. They've owned up to it. Any further theories are just fan theories trying to fill out the gaps.