What 1987's 15yr old me was waiting for

Rating: 8/10 (14 October 2019)

... and FINALLY, 20 years later, the wait was over! And every other dude in his 30's I came into contact with expressed the same sentiment. That alone should warrant a 10 star rating but the departure from certain classic features in favour of over-the-top (and seemingly non-stop) special effects and a good taste of palpable cheese throughout drops the score.
Speaking as a Generation X, avid 80's cartoons and toys buff, and proudly having purchased a 12" Optimus Prime a couple years beforehand, this movie was a boyhood dream come true.
I'm only commenting on the first of the series as the subsequent films get steadily worse with more flavours of sharpness, sourness and yeast.