After leaving the film this afternoon, I dragged Matt to the bookstore and managed to finally sucessfully acquire a copy of Transformers: The Ultimate Guide by Simon Furman.
Not a bad book really, though it was a little light on the Robots In Disguise section, much to my chagrin.
It tried to cover the past 20 years of Transformers geekdom and for the most part succeeds. It is definitely the kind of book my father could pick up and perhaps get some small inkling of my plastic crack addiction's origins and such.
I wish they'd have included a complete episode listing for each series, but that's what I have the internet for now isn't it?