And later he made a cinematic universe of educational movies that were not just crazy, but really bad at being educational, except for the first 2 out of 21.

You're quite lucky to have a fandom at all. Here the old TF fandom was mostly killed by bayformers, there are just a few people left and most of them are not very active. And the newer ones almost always only care about one very specific thing and never the whole. Analysis and theories are gone.

How ironic, Whiner.

Some more highlights.

Reminds me how "Spider-Woman: Agent of Sword" mentions both sets of characters.

If you like anime, you can try Masterforce or Victory. Both are connected to other shows, but can still be watched as something stand-alone. Other potential major starting points are Armada, Cybertron (both also originally Japanese series) and EarthSpark (has all flaws of modern Western writing).

Beast Wars can be watched without prior knowledge, and it's great, but some people can't accept early 3D graphics. Car Robots is a more comedic take; Transformers Animated is a very well written and loved series; Cyberverse is generally good, but it takes a while to really get going.

It really depends on what you're looking for and what your tastes are. Since you were inspired by TFOne, Transformers Prime is probably a good starting point. The original 1984 series Transformers (also known as Generation 1) is not bad, but is definitely a product of its time.