I was too young to understand the whole story behind the animated version. Before Transformers became a big thing, the only thing I knew about them was from the animated series which was several years back. I only recalled Megatron and Optimus Prime. When the movie became famous and I heard from fans over the net about the lore, I decided to check it out and saw how much of history I missed. I can honestly say that I am not as immersed to the story as you so I find this an interesting read from the show I once enjoyed as a child. I didn't see the episodes you mentioned here since these shows were not shown much in my country. Only new about them from cousins that shared them from the US.