Why are the robots getting smaller?

When I find information about Transformers 2 on the web, it's mostly descriptions of actors doing things like running, talking, or - in Shia LeButt's case - smoking in the crapper at the Smithsonian. Let's be honest - no one cares. I totally understand the need for the human element in a Transformers movie, and I'm probably one of the few people who was not bothered by any part of the people-based story in the first movie. This is Earth, and there are people here. And we would probably notice if a bunch of bad-ass robot aliens came down to fuck shit up.

What bothers me is that the new aliens coming down to fuck shit up are apparently midgets.

Here are two examples. First...



Not only is this a tiny-ass robot, but it's pretty close to a robot we've already seen! Now, rumor has it that this is one of Soundwave's little helpers, so if that's the case then fine. But it's still small, and that kinda blows.

Second, we have these...



Apparently these are two Autobots who are twins, which is admittedly a cool idea. But from what I hear, they originally combine to transform into... an ice cream truck. Somehow they end up as a pair of cars that are only slightly bigger than my testicles. Seriously, those look like they were made by Fisher-Price. And there's talk of an even smaller robot at the Smithsonian who I think someone carries around in a box... like a damn hamster.

Gerbilbot.

When I heard that they were doubling the number of robots in Transformers 2, I didn't think they'd be shrinking the size of them. Hopefully Jetfire as a Blackbird will make up for these little guys.