Remember when studios LEARNED from their mistakes?
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This is disproven by your own image, which shows one of the most famous heroes of the last century in Han Solo who was flawed in many relatable ways at the outset.
The problem is Lefties champion flaws, instead of seeing them as something to fight and overcome. They see relatable as "is fucked up just like me and that's great!"
Heck to go with the Transformers examples in the OP. One of the most famous and popular characters in it was Dinobot from Beast Wars, whose flaws were so pronounced that he was constantly changing sides in the middle of a war.
But he was written to be holding strong to his principles instead of wavering in nuance and doubt, so each time he did so you believed he might have a point just like Optimus himself did. His flaws defined him, but also made him stronger and his entire character arc was still learning to hold true to them while also gaining some semblance of loyalty and trust.
That's something young boys need to see. Men dealing with men level issues and solving them like men do.
Han Solo's character arc is that he starts as a disreputable, unsuccessful smuggler and criminal.
Han finds a cause bigger than himself and friends who he cares about. He stops being selfish and, eventually, realizes the cause of the rebellion and the life of his friends is worth more than his own selfish, empty existence.
By the end of the first movie, Han makes a sacrifice and takes action to help Luke.
In the third movie, Han is willing to die for his friends.
Exactly, he starts off very flawed and grows from it. He's not brave or towering, he is slimy and a trickster. And its him fighting those flaws that allows for not only his growth, but towards him becoming a truly heroic person. Its relatable, because many boys are falling into that listless, directionless existence and the idea of escaping through finding love, friends, or a cause is inspirational.
So while guys like Optimus are great examples in their own right, so too are the ones who need to grow into being one. Shit one of the War/Fall of Cybertron games outright calls out that Optimus is unwavering and powerful through conviction on his own, but lesser men under his command need morale and supplies to keep going.