Well, here goes.
I want to try crafting a Transformers continuity.
We'll use canonical characters, but it'll be
our take on canonical characters. Original characters will be considered, too. How many of them will there be? Good question.
As for designs, we'll try to stick to more 'Evergreen', 'G1-ish' or whichever blends well. Stuff like Prime Knock Out or RID15 Strong Arm work fine for characters who aren't G1 in origin. In this vein, if a non-G1 character with a name is a stronger contender for the name than his or her G1 counterpart (once again, Knock Out), by all means. Designs close enough to the conditions, like the War for Cybertron videogame Dinobots, work fine as well.
We're crafting our continuity and RP right here in this thread, down to how we want to execute things (e.g. During war, Post war, on Cybertron, on Earth, etc.)
We're gonna do A LOT of continuity mixing.
Until then, till all are one, or something.