Set 20 years after the second season, in the year 2005, the film featured the deaths of many characters, including Optimus Prime himself, clearing away all the discontinued products from the 1984 and 1985 toy lines and introducing a new cast of the characters designed for the film, who were then made into toys for the 1986 range.
Set 20 years after the second season in 2005, the movie featured the deaths of several characters, including Optimus Prime. This action cleared out all discontinued products from the 1984 and 1985 toy lines and introduced a new cast for the film that would later be produced as toys for the 1986 range.