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News Credits: 295 · by **WreckerJack** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 10:20 pm

Bee brings up a good point in episode 12, that villains don't think they are doing wrong. I have already heard people talking about this concept IRL but its nice to add it to the show for people who have not thought of it yet.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 10:43 pm

WreckerJack wrote:Bee brings up a good point in episode 12, that villains don't think they are doing wrong. I have already heard people talking about this concept IRL but its nice to add it to the show for people who have not thought of it yet.

Except for cases where it's villains who boast such rhetoric as "My evil will reign supreme!" or "You cannot defeat the powers of evil!" or even just "Of course I'm a bad guy, I'm EVIL!" :-P

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 11:35 pm

Stuartmaximus wrote:So.....toywise....Nightra & Flamesword will just be repaints of Strongarm & Crazybolt

btw it was cool to see a full reveal of Motormaster(who looks even better than the toy does)

I don't think them getting Toys is a sure thing. Remember that polar bear who had steel jaws model?

News Credits: 295 · by **WreckerJack** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 6:51 am

Sabrblade wrote:
WreckerJack wrote:Bee brings up a good point in episode 12, that villains don't think they are doing wrong. I have already heard people talking about this concept IRL but its nice to add it to the show for people who have not thought of it yet.
Except for cases where it's villains who boast such rhetoric as "My evil will reign supreme!" or "You cannot defeat the powers of evil!" or even just "Of course I'm a bad guy, I'm EVIL!"

https://youtu.be/uxeR95aYer0?t=2m16s

News Credits: 295 · by **WreckerJack** » Thu Jul 20, 2017 1:09 am

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News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jul 20, 2017 1:19 am

...This is the cartoon thread.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Sat Jul 22, 2017 12:52 pm

Episode 13 up!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Hp9Z6vaL8

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Sat Jul 22, 2017 6:07 pm

& hopefully episode 14'll be along shortly too! :-P

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Sun Jul 23, 2017 1:36 am

Cartoon network on demand only has up to episode 10 up.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Jul 23, 2017 1:51 am

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Cartoon network on demand only has up to episode 10 up.

The U.S. CN hasn't aired any new episodes past that one. Episodes 11-13 of Combiner Force have aired in the UK.

News Credits: 3 · by **Prime Nova** » Sun Jul 23, 2017 1:09 pm

Us in the UK are going to have to wait for ep 3.14 until 2 months after it has been shown in the US but we'll see the 3.26 a month before. I hope that they don't do a DVD Movie like with Prime. Then it'll be released in the US then on TV & us in the UK have to wait 3 years for it to be released on DVD & never shown on TV

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 12:59 pm

So I finally got caught up and watched episodes 11-13 of season 3. The episodes were pretty good. I liked all the little nods. The most frustrating thing is...where is this season going?

I mean with season two there were obviously two directions (Team Bee and away missions with Team Prime)...

But this season...I don't know...It appears just random stuff goes on, then at the end you are reminded...Hey The Stunticons are out there, and Hey Soundwave is collecting Decepticon Hunters for some reason... To what end?

It clearly appears there are two separate threads to this season, and they don't mesh well together, and it shows. Also I think the idea of slowly revealing your adversary is a novel idea, but we are 13 episodes in, No Menasor, and they haven't figured out the whole BB combiner thing yet...its getting old, especially for a kids show where you want the action to be up front and fast. I think the slow reveal of a complex Combiner team would have been great on Transformers: Prime, but on this show it just isn't working. Also I immensely miss Optimus Prime, what the heck is going on with his "Investigation"...I definitely want to see some of that, but perhaps that will be the 7 episode "finale" or whatever is planned...

I guess I'm just a bit spoiled. season 2 was a bit underwhelming, then we had that amazing 6 episode Starscream Arc. I guess just a general lack of interest in this show makes it seems more like chore now, then something fun I should look forward to when new episodes come out.

On a positive note, I'll give kudos to the show for introducing Blastwave the first Transformer to use Sign Language. My daughter thought this was especially neat as she is learning ASL.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 1:04 pm

o.supreme wrote:So I finally got caught up and watched episodes 11-13 of season 3. The episodes were pretty good. I liked all the little nods. The most frustrating thing is...where is this season going?

I mean with season two there were obviously two directions (Team Bee and away missions with Team Prime)...

But this season...I don't know...It appears just random stuff goes on, then at the end you are reminded...Hey The Stunticons are out there, and Hey Soundwave is collecting Decepticon Hunters for some reason... To what end?

It clearly appears there are two separate threads to this season, and they don't mesh well together, and it shows. Also I think the idea of slowly revealing your adversary is a novel idea, but we are 13 episodes in, No Menasor, and they haven't figured out the whole BB combiner thing yet...its getting old, especially for a kids show where you want the action to be up front and fast. I think the slow reveal of a complex Combiner team would have been great on Transformers: Prime, but on this show it just isn't working. Also I immensely miss Optimus Prime, what the heck is going on with his "Investigation"...I definitely want to see some of that, but perhaps that will be the 7 episode "finale" or whatever is planned...

I guess I'm just a bit spoiled. season 2 was a bit underwhelming, then we had that amazing 6 episode Starscream Arc. I guess just a general lack of interest in this show makes it seems more like chore now, then something fun I should look forward to when new episodes come out.

On a positive note, I'll give kudos to the show for introducing Blastwave the first Transformer to use Sign Language. My daughter thought this was especially neat as she is learning ASL.

Totally agree. The episodes alone are fun, but there seems to be a distinct lack of focus on the overall direction of the story and certain elements like Optimus not showing up in so long certainly don't help.
Still, like I said; episodes themselves are fine. Slashmark is great, I liked Fixit's character development as well as the small bit of lore on the War we got in the knight episode; and I totally agree, Blastwave using sign language is great

Representation is so important so I was very happy to see that

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Thu Jul 27, 2017 10:18 am

ok...so I just read the synopsis for #15-#17, looks like things will finally start to pick up. I'm cautiously optimistic.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:21 am

Via the old, reliable TV guide Zap2It, we have the titles and synopses for three upcoming episodes of Transformers: Robots in Disguise season 3, namely, episodes 15-17, showing during the month of August! Read on below for more.

Transformers: Robots in Disguise: Combine and Conquer

Original Airdate:
8/12/2017

Bee's new leadership style is put to the test when Motormaster and the Stunticons go after a Meteorite Deflector Dish; the Bee Team is forced to combine and improvise together to take on Menasor.

Transformers: Robots in Disguise: Moon Breaker

Original Airdate:
8/19/2017

Optimus Prime arrives to recruit Drift for a special mission, sparking a competition between Sideswipe and Strongarm over who'd be better suited to take Drift's spot; the Autobots go to the moon to recover a dangerous weapon.

Transformers: Robots in Disguise: Exiles

Original Airdate:
8/26/2017

Steeljaw and his pack return and launch an attack on the Scrapyard, forcing the Autobots to abandon their home base; Sideswipe's fear of abandonment threatens the Bee Team when they face their foes again at the Crown River Dam.

News Credits: 6 · by **Ig89ninja** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:37 am

Wait wait wait!

When did Steeljaw break out and who is in his current pack?

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:54 am

FINALLY, Combiners for real! Took their time.

Also nice to see Steeljaw back. I was worried the series was getting a bit too geewun and forgetting its more original roots.

News Credits: 28 · by **Jedi Kermit** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 12:49 pm

Title (or Header) needs to reflect that it is season 3...

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 8:21 pm

Also, we aren't getting new episodes the week starting this Monday because this is CN's -genius- schedule for that week.

If you are a person with great sensitivities, an idea of good taste and common sense, or you're a human being living on the planet Earth; you might want to look away.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 10:42 pm

Cor blimey! :shock:

Meanwhile, on the western side of the Atlantic, 'Guilty as Charged" finally aired in the U.S. this morning.

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 1:35 am

Who's dumbass idea was it to do a full week of almost nothing but Teen Titans Go? I'd like to congratulate them for their role in the stupidity of the generation that they're molding to lead us one day. May this world crumble to pieces.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 10:20 am

PrymeStriker wrote:Who's dumbass idea was it to do a full week of almost nothing but Teen Titans Go? I'd like to congratulate them for their role in the stupidity of the generation that they're molding to lead us one day. May this world crumble to pieces.

That gawd awful cancer has been on in perpetuity since it began. We don't have cable or satellite so its not so much an issue here, but when my kids visit their Grandparents or other friends this show always seems to be on, and it infuriates me to no end, I keep telling my kids, that brain cells die every time they watch it.

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 7:21 pm

What's worse is Teen Titans Go is a much larger brand than Transformers: RID.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 7:53 pm

Bout time we get legitimate combining.

Oh and Steeljaw? Really? huh.

News Credits: 419 · by **Bronzewolf** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 12:33 pm

This week has seemingly been the week for Concept art, as we've seen a ton for The Last Knight, and now we have some for the 2015 Robots In Disguise series, from artist Eric Brown. The never-before-seen pieces of art show the original concepts for characters like Jazz, Crazybolt, and, most importantly, an alternate design for Megatronus. It also shows different locations from the show, and weapons. We've mirrored some of the art below, but please go check out Eric's full catalog on his Coroflot page, here