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by **Whifflefire** » Sun Nov 08, 2015 5:50 pm

That was great! Cute and hilarious. "I invoke THE POWER OF DIBS!" Hope we see more of these guys in the new season.

by **DeadCaL** » Sun Nov 08, 2015 6:53 pm

If that's not Welker doing the Cyclones, it's someone doing a very good impression ;-)

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sun Nov 08, 2015 8:00 pm

Oh those shorts were great! Love the minicons here

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Nov 08, 2015 9:57 pm

Yeah, when it was just the first two clips by themselves they seemed like preview clips for a season 2 episode, but now that we see all six videos together forming a complete story of their own, this was probably just a series of shorts rather than chopped up previews for a new episode.

Though, "The Tragedy of Slipstream" gave a nice nod to the Binder of Revelation's saying that Mini-Cons were native to Cybertron's moon by the short's depiction of Slipstream as having originally lived on Luna-1.

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 10:53 am

I love how Airazor says "Sometimes he smiles!" when referring to Fracture in Back and Forth. This was a very entertaining set of shorts, but I doubt that they're previews for anything in season two.

by **Shuttershock** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 11:17 am

PrymeStriker wrote:I love how Airazor says "Sometimes he smiles!" when referring to Fracture in Back and Forth. This was a very entertaining set of shorts, but I doubt that they're previews for anything in season two.

Yeah, this is a lot of fun if you're a fan of the mini Cons. They've got a very Rumble/Frenzy Vibe of mouthy trouble makers. Plus it's neat to see internal loyalty with the Cons, like Groundpounder had to Headlock or Terrashock had to his boss.

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 12:52 am

Shuttershock wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:I love how Airazor says "Sometimes he smiles!" when referring to Fracture in Back and Forth. This was a very entertaining set of shorts, but I doubt that they're previews for anything in season two.

Yeah, this is a lot of fun if you're a fan of the mini Cons. They've got a very Rumble/Frenzy Vibe of mouthy trouble makers. Plus it's neat to see internal loyalty with the Cons, like Groundpounder had to Headlock or Terrashock had to his boss.

Come to think of it, it's interesting how RiD's marketing division is pushing the minicon theme. This series of shorts, the game update, the recent additions to the toyline....do I smell an arc for season two? :-?

by **Shuttershock** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 1:13 am

PrymeStriker wrote:
Shuttershock wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:I love how Airazor says "Sometimes he smiles!" when referring to Fracture in Back and Forth. This was a very entertaining set of shorts, but I doubt that they're previews for anything in season two.

Yeah, this is a lot of fun if you're a fan of the mini Cons. They've got a very Rumble/Frenzy Vibe of mouthy trouble makers. Plus it's neat to see internal loyalty with the Cons, like Groundpounder had to Headlock or Terrashock had to his boss.

Come to think of it, it's interesting how RiD's marketing division is pushing the minicon theme. This series of shorts, the game update, the recent additions to the toyline....do I smell an arc for season two?

And then Season 3 gets cut down and sublined "Minicon Hunters" arbitrarily...

Wait...

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 1:22 am

Shuttershock wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:
Shuttershock wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:I love how Airazor says "Sometimes he smiles!" when referring to Fracture in Back and Forth. This was a very entertaining set of shorts, but I doubt that they're previews for anything in season two.

Yeah, this is a lot of fun if you're a fan of the mini Cons. They've got a very Rumble/Frenzy Vibe of mouthy trouble makers. Plus it's neat to see internal loyalty with the Cons, like Groundpounder had to Headlock or Terrashock had to his boss.

Come to think of it, it's interesting how RiD's marketing division is pushing the minicon theme. This series of shorts, the game update, the recent additions to the toyline....do I smell an arc for season two?

And then Season 3 gets cut down and sublined "Minicon Hunters" arbitrarily...

Wait...

See what you did there.

Would be kinda cool to have the minicons featured prominently like that though in season 2. Especially the weapon minicons. Imagine if Bee finally got a minicon after all these years

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 1:56 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Shuttershock wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:
Shuttershock wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:I love how Airazor says "Sometimes he smiles!" when referring to Fracture in Back and Forth. This was a very entertaining set of shorts, but I doubt that they're previews for anything in season two.

Yeah, this is a lot of fun if you're a fan of the mini Cons. They've got a very Rumble/Frenzy Vibe of mouthy trouble makers. Plus it's neat to see internal loyalty with the Cons, like Groundpounder had to Headlock or Terrashock had to his boss.

Come to think of it, it's interesting how RiD's marketing division is pushing the minicon theme. This series of shorts, the game update, the recent additions to the toyline....do I smell an arc for season two?

And then Season 3 gets cut down and sublined "Minicon Hunters" arbitrarily...

Wait...

See what you did there.

Would be kinda cool to have the minicons featured prominently like that though in season 2. Especially the weapon minicons. Imagine if Bee finally got a minicon after all these years

Plot twist - his minicon is Sam Witwicky.
Bumblebee: Deploy!
Sam Witwicky: NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NOOOOOOOOOO NO NO NO NO NO NO

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Mon Nov 16, 2015 10:17 am

Shuttershock wrote:And then Season 3 gets cut down and sublined "Minicon Hunters" arbitrarily...

Wait...

silly robot... thinking this show is going to get a 3rd season...

by **Shuttershock** » Mon Nov 16, 2015 10:29 am

o.supreme wrote:
Shuttershock wrote:And then Season 3 gets cut down and sublined "Minicon Hunters" arbitrarily...

Wait...

silly robot... thinking this show is going to get a 3rd season...

by **psj333** » Mon Nov 16, 2015 3:16 pm

What's interesting to me in the Mandarin dub of the series is that Filch and Quillfire have voices that sound very identical to one another. This leads me to believe that they are voiced by the same voice actor as opposed to the original version by Constance Zimmer and Andy Miller. What is the name of this Chinese voice actor? Was Filch supposed to be female in the first place?

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 5:08 am

Following the recent release of episodes 1-5 of Transformers: Robots in Disguise on DVD, Shout! Factory are ready for February and the arrival of the next collected bunch of episodes 6-10 in the new animated series. Find out more information here and below!

Synopsis

Your favorite robots in disguise — Bumblebee, Strongarm, Sideswipe and Grimlock — along with their human allies, Denny and Russell, return with five new adventures, continuing their quest to recapture the band of evil Decepticon prisoners that have escaped and hidden on Earth!

Bonus Features

Toy Featurette

Episode Episode Title
1 Transformers Robots In Disguise (2015): True Colors
2 Transformers Robots In Disguise (2015): Adventures In Bumblebee-Sitting!
3 Transformers Robots In Disguise (2015): Even Robots Have Nightmares
4 Transformers Robots In Disguise (2015): Some Body, Any Body
5 Transformers Robots In Disguise (2015): The Trouble With Fixit

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 11:38 am

Are they not doing season sets for this show on purpose?

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 11:55 am

Sabrblade wrote:Are they not doing season sets for this show on purpose?

Well, this has been s format from way back. I used to go with my mom to rent beast wars vhs tapes when i was a wee one and they only contained 3-4 episodes.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 11:59 am

william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Are they not doing season sets for this show on purpose?

Well, this has been s format from way back. I used to go with my mom to rent beast wars vhs tapes when i was a wee one and they only contained 3-4 episodes.

Yrah, but that was back before season sets really existed as commonplace as they do now. VHS tapes couldn't as easily support as many episodes as DVD discs can.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 3:12 pm

Same happened to a show I watched back in 09-11. They season 1 was 2 6-episode volumes, then the other 14 were on another DVD, and then Season 2 could be bought either in 5 different volumes or as a collection

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 10:34 am

There seems to be a market shift. Unfortunately as DVD and physical media is dying off, distributors make "impulse" purchase DVD's with a small sample of episodes. This is good for parents to purchase for kids I guess, but also I think is trying to coerce individuals to purchase whole seasons from online sources such as Amazon. I am sorry, but... I am not going to pay $2 per episode for something I don't have physical access to.

S!F came through with full season Blu Rays for TF : Prime ,thankfully, but to this day, there are no full season sets of Rescue Bots which my son would love, thankfully they are not Netflix currently...

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 5:34 pm

the bit where Optimus arrives on the bridge in truck mode is just so cool! & i could watch that scene in a loop all day & never tire of it!

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:57 pm

Stuartmaximus wrote:the bit where Optimus arrives on the bridge in truck mode is just so cool! & i could watch that scene in a loop all day & never tire of it!

Let's face it: Optimus rolling in, transforming and flying to the rescue can make pretty much any scene worth watching over and over!

by **psj333** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 1:02 pm

Could you please provide us enough detail as to when the clips of RID Season 2 will be posted online before the cartoon hits this February 2016?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 1:06 pm

psj333 wrote:Could you please provide us enough detail as to when the clips of RID Season 2 will be posted online before the cartoon hits this February 2016?

What season 2 clips? We know nothing of any clips right now.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 1:44 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
psj333 wrote:Could you please provide us enough detail as to when the clips of RID Season 2 will be posted online before the cartoon hits this February 2016?
What season 2 clips? We know nothing of any clips right now.

Was he referring to the cyclone clips?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 1:47 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
psj333 wrote:Could you please provide us enough detail as to when the clips of RID Season 2 will be posted online before the cartoon hits this February 2016?
What season 2 clips? We know nothing of any clips right now.

Was he referring to the cyclone clips?

Those were just shorts, though.