I just had no idea how popular the Transformers were. No idea at all. I knew it was a TV show and a line of toys, and a movie starring the jail-baity Shia LaBeouf, but I just had no idea it was so…detailed. And then I got Transformers Cybertron: The Ultimate Collection for review, it’s a 7-disc set spanning an entire season from 2005, and despite what seems like silly plot points (i.e. the search for Cyber Planet Keys that will save the world from CERTAIN DESTRUCTION), it’s really a well put-together series.

For those of you reading this who are familiar with the show, I had to rewrite the product description from Amazon.com because, well, it didn’t make any damn sense to me at all, but here it is:

Optimus Prime and the Autobots face the greatest danger in all eternity, a menace that threatens not only the survival of the Transformers but the very existence of CYBERTRON and the universe itself. CYBERTRON, the TRANSFORMERS home planet, is on the brink of destruction as an ominous Black Hole looms. In order to save their world, the TRANSFORMERS embark upon an intergalactic scavenger hunt across the universe searching for the lost Cyber Planet Keys. The evil DECEPTICONS villains-unlike any you have seen before-are in a race against the Heroic AUTOBOTS to recover these lost Cyber Planet Keys - keys that have the power to unlock the CYBERTRON planet itself, creating the greatest TRANSFORMER the universe has ever seen! The battle will span the galaxy in a race to wield the all powerful Planet Keys and to save their home world of CYBERTRON from certain DOOM!!

Not rated but appropriate for all ages except for cartoon violence.