So I was just thinking, what would've happened in the '86 movie if Prime and the gang arrived too late? What would have the outcome of the battle been? There's so many different scenarios to think of in this instance. Just a thought I had. Discuss away!

 

Might've gone down like Beast Machines?

 

The Deceps would win the war.

 

Everyone gets killed optimus drives rams everyone then he gets the achievement ram horn upgrading his gamerscore by 20g then he kills megatron because hot rod is dead and can't get in the way end of story

 

Autobot city falls

Magnus deals with it right now

Prime returns to Cybertron

Starscream still betrays Megatron

 

All the Autobots in Autobot City would die.

Then Prime would come, still run over all the other Decepticons, and then fight and kill Megatron (since Hot Rod is dead and can't get in the way).

So....yeah

 

Starscream and Megatron retreat due to battle damage, Optimus is alive and the kids are happy.

 

Given that the whole event was about selling new toys, and old toys being discontinued, I don't see any way that it could've happened where Prime didn't get there in time.

I could see it having happend this way: It was Ultra Magnus, Kup, Springer, Hot Rod, Blurr, and Arcee that were on Cybertron. Prime, Ironhide, and the season one Autobots were on Earth. The Decepticons attack and the Autobots need reinforcements. So Blaster radios Ultra Magnus on Cybertron to come with reinforcements. Prime and a bunch of the season one Autobots still end up dead.

 

They show up late, cuz they're drunk.

Prime gets out and falls backwards, the rest wander off into the wrong directions.

 

Hot Rod is dead.
Megatron kills Optimus.
Decepticons kill all Autobots.
Unicron kills everyone.
Unicron wins.
Continues to devour everything.
Unicron gets his own saturday morning cartoon.

 

Optimus remote activates Autobot City's self-destruct and blows all the Decepticons up.

 

 

Also guest starring Galactus.

 

Pretty sure that already happened.

Shadow Raiders/War Planets

 

Wait, but like, Prime took out basically the entire Decepticon force on his own, sans Devastator. The Autobots would have probably done some more damage to the Decepticons before they were slaughtered, meaning maybe Prime would have had an even easier time wrecking the ones left?

 

In a last ditch effort to save himself and any other lucky Autobots, Ultra Magnus would have called in Chuck Norris.

Chuck Norris appears, Megatron and the Decepticreeps retreat (as always).

Prime arrives with the others and compliments everyone for their teamwork!

 

Haha, ABrown beat me to the punch.

If Optimus didn't get there in time, Hasbro would have stepped in and said "NO NO, you're killing too many toys!"

Then Megatron would have fusion cannon'd their face.

...

Awesome.

 

A lot of children wouldn't be scarred for life.

 

Prime *Finds decepticons celebrating* Hey! wats up guys! So wat r u doin! con- Wat r we doin? P- Wat r u doin! c- Nothin. P- Killin my troops! con- Yes. P- .....I'm gonna f'in kill u!!!
Basicly becomes movie prime.
Oh yeah and the conversation comes (slightly modified) from DBZ Abridged