GREAT reading! I love Jim Shooter... not every idea he had was great, but he was a no-bullshit kind of guy, and he made the trains run on time at Marvel for years. His honesty is refreshing in this PC world we now live in. Plus he talks about how TFs got started. Very cool...
http://www.jimshooter.com/2011/06/secret-origin-of-transformers-part-1.html?spref=tw
http://www.jimshooter.com/2011/06/secret-origin-of-transformers-part-2.html
http://www.jimshooter.com/2011/06/secret-origin-of-transformers-part-1.html?spref=tw
http://www.jimshooter.com/2011/06/secret-origin-of-transformers-part-2.html