Thread:Shado supreme/@comment-25600892-20180308232135/@comment-26059868-20180331170724

The difference between having a bunch of vehicons and a bunch of Alchemor prisoners is that we don't care about the vehicons (except for Steve) because, from their very appearance, they are meant to be generic, to have no personality whatsoever. The Alchemor escapees, however, are all unique, with their own gimmics, there own personalities, etc. And you can't just put them in the background as cameos, because this is in words, not in pictures. Basically, unless your going to give all 10 Alchemor escapees distinct personalities, and make them useful in every part of the story, they might as well be vehicons.

Look at what Animated did: 5 main autobots, 4 main Decepitcons, and some side characters who would appear every so often (though usually not more than 3 at a time). That show had a relatively small cast of characters, and it ws fantastic. Same with Prime.