Product: Transformers Vol 10 [VHS] (1984)
Rating: 4.0
Age and treachery
In this two-parter, Optimus Prime learns the value of having a good PR man. Megatron cooks up a plot to discredit the Autobots in the public's eye by exploiting 1) a greedy businessman, 2) a really, really stupid politician, and 3) a populace whose collective IQ matches their average belt size. (These stereotypes were moldy when this story was first aired, forget about today.) In the process, we see American jurisprudence trashed, the police department forgotten about, and the Autobots sentenced to cruel and unusual punishment. These and other plot flaws notwithstanding, it is a pretty good read and probably one of the better stories to come out of The Transformers. Four stars.