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Re: The Official Transformers: Robots In Disguise (Animated Series) Thread

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 10:52 am
by Sabrblade
o.supreme wrote:I just watched episode 39 again to see if there was anything I missed since it was several weeks ago. Well there was...but it is more of a detraction than an improvement. What was with Simacore? Random color change, and complete different personality, and apparently voiced by John DiMaggio now? Normally I would chalk it up to the fact that there were so many cons with similar body types, but the fact that he went after Grimlock for his "trophy" clearly indicated it was a callback from episode 32 "Brainpower". DiMaggio is a great VA, but I'm sorry, none of that made sense.
That... That wasn't Simacore. That was Groundpounder.

Groundpounder:
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Simacore:
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Not the same person.

Re: The Official Transformers: Robots In Disguise (Animated Series) Thread

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 10:55 am
by PrymeStriker
o.supreme wrote:I just watched the finale again to see if there was anything I missed since it was several weeks ago. Well there was...but it is more of a detraction than an improvement. What was with Simacore? Random color change, and complete different personality, and apparently voiced by John DiMaggio now? Normally I would chalk it up to the fact that there were so many cons with similar body types, but the fact that he went after Grimlock for his "trophy" clearly indicated it was a callback from episode 32 "Brainpower". DiMaggio is a great VA, but I'm sorry, none of that made sense.


No, that's Groundpounder. He was the focus of the season one episode "The Champ" where Grimlock fought and beat him in a robot death match. Simacore was a made out of Groundpounder's model.

Someoonneee skippped an episooode. :D

The one throw away line you are referring to is hardly enough to get me excited. At the end of Season 1, Megatronus was soundly defeated and Steeljaw was thrown far off (ala Galvatron in TF:TM or even Serpentor in GIJoe:TM) so you knew he would return, with his team... something to look forward to.


Except, it's not a throw-away line. It was mentioned three times throughout the two-parter. They clearly want to do something with it, even if it's a B-plot to the Bee plot.

Thus far, the focus of RiD15 has been on BB's team on Earth, which now has basically nothing going on. If however...the focus of the show were to switch to Optimus Prime & Cybertron, that would be amazing...but I don't see that happening considering how hard they tried to build the series around BB. Of course I would love to be wrong.


Are you forgetting that season two had several episodes that Bumblebee wasn't in? Optimus and Windblade were already on an away team for pretty much the entire season with Drift and Sideswipe. They'd just use the same formula again, but this time on Cybertron and with Ratchet. Maybe Jazz too, since he reports to the council. Would explain the lack of his model use in S2.....

The announcement of new episodes was basically an "oh by the way" line from toy producers at Botcon which was from April 7th to 10th. The final episode aired first on April 16th, then finally on CN May 14th, so I think we can stop with all the spoiler font now. The fact that it was brought to my attention that Hasbro studios didn't even appear at BC this year to promote RiD or Rescue Bots was very disappointing news indeed.


Okay, so it was out there when it aired. That's why I never assumed it was the end, then.

Re: The Official Transformers: Robots In Disguise (Animated Series) Thread

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 10:56 am
by o.supreme
ok sorry my bad...I wonder if they purposefully planned to have 2 cons with the same body type, both have contests with Grimlock... :roll:

Re: The Official Transformers: Robots In Disguise (Animated Series) Thread

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 11:05 am
by o.supreme
PrymeStriker wrote:Someoonneee skippped an episooode. :D


nah...I saw it, just didn't remember it, that's how good it was. ;)

PrymeStriker wrote:Except, it's not a throw-away line. It was mentioned three times throughout the two-parter. They clearly want to do something with it, even if it's a B-plot to the Bee plot.


I only heard it once, unless it was mentioned twice in episode 38, which I didn't watch again yet

PrymeStriker wrote:Are you forgetting that season two had several 3 episodes that Bumblebee wasn't in?


Fixed for accuracy ;) Those were my favorites btw... aside from the Soundwave episode.

Re: The Official Transformers: Robots In Disguise (Animated Series) Thread

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 11:14 am
by Sabrblade
o.supreme wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:Someoonneee skippped an episooode. :D


nah...I saw it, just didn't remember it, that's how good it was. ;)
How could you forget THAT one?!! It was awesome! An all-out beatdown between Grimlock and Groundpounder that nearly literally brought down the house!

Re: The Official Transformers: Robots In Disguise (Animated Series) Thread

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 11:24 am
by o.supreme
Oh...was that the one where Grimlock did the Godzilla tail slide from G vs Megalon? Yeah...that was pretty good. Sorry its been a while. I watched them all online when they initially came out. Then when they finally showed up on Netflix, my son binge watches them, and I don't have time to go back...And of course I have the DVD season 1 set still to get on my wish list. I don't know why...But for me every episode of Transformers Prime was something so epic I looked forward to each week, and RiD15 is more like a chore I just get out of the way.

Re: The Official Transformers: Robots In Disguise (Animated Series) Thread

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 11:24 am
by PrymeStriker
o.supreme wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:Someoonneee skippped an episooode. :D


nah...I saw it, just didn't remember it, that's how good it was. ;)


Really? "The Champ" was one of the highlights from season one for me. Not the best (that prize goes to "W.W.O.D?"), but still a highlight.

PrymeStriker wrote:Except, it's not a throw-away line. It was mentioned three times throughout the two-parter. They clearly want to do something with it, even if it's a B-plot to the Bee plot.


I only heard it once, unless it was mentioned twice in episode 38, which I didn't watch again yet


It was literally the entire explanation of why Ratchet was on Earth in the first place, and it was clearly something important considering how much time they spent on explaining how corrupt Cybertron had become. It also explained why Bumblebee wasn't something more prestigious than law enforcement on Cybertron. The dialogue proceeds, so you don't have to rewatch it:

Denny: "What about you, Ratchet? What brought you to our neck of the solar system?"

Ratchet: "After we thought Optimus was no more, I joined others helping rebuild Cybertron. Over time, however, I learned they blamed Optimus and those who followed him for the ruination of our world, and they wanted to forget he ever existed."

Windblade: "That's ridiculous! Optimus's team saved the galaxy!"

Ratchet: "That's what I tried to tell them. In response, I was given a job tracking down war criminals. Undertone, here, became my partner."

Drift: "Essentially, you were banished."

Ratchet: "Exactly. But it was better than imprisonment, which I feared might be my fate if I had protested."

I also thought it was mentioned at another point during base-time in Part 1, but upon recollection, that might have been that episode's only focus on it. Still, they wouldn't just reveal all this information if it wasn't part of the story in some manner. Otherwise, what's the point of it at all?

Also, one of the recent press releases talked about a "special" this Fall (either the season premiere or something different) where "Optimus Prime takes flight" or some sh** like that. Point is, they're following Optimus for something, and if he's going back to Cybertron, I wonder what that something is...

PrymeStriker wrote:Are you forgetting that season two had several 3 episodes that Bumblebee wasn't in?


Fixed for accuracy ;) Those were my favorites btw... aside from the Soundwave episode.


You're right. I was thinking in terms of how many episodes the away team was focused on in general rather than the ones Bee was absent from. That included the premiere and the finale. My point still stands, though: it's not like they're afraid of taking the story somewhere else for a couple episodes.

Re: The Official Transformers: Robots In Disguise (Animated Series) Thread

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 11:30 am
by D-Maximal_Primal
Bumblebee's Night Off is still my favorite episode. :MAXIMAL:

Re: The Official Transformers: Robots In Disguise (Animated Series) Thread

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 11:34 am
by Kurona
PrymeStriker wrote:Also, one of the recent press releases talked about a "special" this Fall (either the season premiere or something different) where "Optimus Prime takes flight"

An Optimus? That can FLY?

Re: The Official Transformers: Robots In Disguise (Animated Series) Thread

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 11:34 am
by PrymeStriker
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Bumblebee's Night Off is still my favorite episode. :MAXIMAL:


Hell yeah. That one was THOROUGHLY entertaining and awesome. In fact, "Bumblebee's Night Off" is the close second behind "Portals" for me. :D

Kurona wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:Also, one of the recent press releases talked about a "special" this Fall (either the season premiere or something different) where "Optimus Prime takes flight"

An Optimus? That can FLY?


It's a miracle. At long last, we finally get to see a flying Optimus!

Re: The Official Transformers: Robots In Disguise (Animated Series) Thread

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 11:55 am
by D-Maximal_Primal
PrymeStriker wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Bumblebee's Night Off is still my favorite episode. :MAXIMAL:


Hell yeah. That one was THOROUGHLY entertaining and awesome. In fact, "Bumblebee's Night Off" is the close second behind "Portals" for me. :D

Can we just marvel for a second at the thought that Bee and Bisk were fighting on a concert stage during a rock concert inspired by 80's bands, with flames and spaceships and all the awesome jazz that makes 80's rock awesome? Favorite fight scene behind the Magnus/Jackie/Predaking fight in Prime. :MAXIMAL:

Re: The Official Transformers: Robots In Disguise (Animated Series) Thread

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 12:44 pm
by PrymeStriker
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Bumblebee's Night Off is still my favorite episode. :MAXIMAL:


Hell yeah. That one was THOROUGHLY entertaining and awesome. In fact, "Bumblebee's Night Off" is the close second behind "Portals" for me. :D

Can we just marvel for a second at the thought that Bee and Bisk were fighting on a concert stage during a rock concert inspired by 80's bands, with flames and spaceships and all the awesome jazz that makes 80's rock awesome? Favorite fight scene behind the Magnus/Jackie/Predaking fight in Prime. :MAXIMAL:


Indeed. The fight scene was one of the coolest RiD has ever offered. The comedy was especially on-point in this episode too. Just a wonderful experience. :KREMZEEK:

Re: The Official Transformers: Robots In Disguise (Animated Series) Thread

PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 12:58 pm
by D-Maximal_Primal
PrymeStriker wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Bumblebee's Night Off is still my favorite episode. :MAXIMAL:


Hell yeah. That one was THOROUGHLY entertaining and awesome. In fact, "Bumblebee's Night Off" is the close second behind "Portals" for me. :D

Can we just marvel for a second at the thought that Bee and Bisk were fighting on a concert stage during a rock concert inspired by 80's bands, with flames and spaceships and all the awesome jazz that makes 80's rock awesome? Favorite fight scene behind the Magnus/Jackie/Predaking fight in Prime. :MAXIMAL:


Indeed. The fight scene was one of the coolest RiD has ever offered. The comedy was especially on-point in this episode too. Just a wonderful experience. :KREMZEEK:

And that episode convinced me Bisk would be a great character to have as a toy. And the humor was good, very much so :MAXIMAL:

Re: The Official Transformers: Robots In Disguise (Animated Series) Thread

PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 2:40 pm
by Sabrblade
More Season 4 confirmation:

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Re: The Official Transformers: Robots In Disguise (Animated Series) Thread

PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 2:48 pm
by Tyrannacon
Sabrblade wrote:More Season 4 confirmation:

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Digging around on other sites after seeing this and supposedly good ol' Frank Welker is back to voicing for the fourth season. So maybe Megatron (or Soundwave) are going to be back I hope? I'm reasonably skeptical though.

Re: The Official Transformers: Robots In Disguise (Animated Series) Thread

PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 2:52 pm
by o.supreme
so I'm *guessing* if they are supposedly recoding S4, and S3 hasn't even aired yet, then these will all be 13 episode seasons?

S1-1-26
S2-27-39

*possible*

S3-40-52
S4-53-65

65 episodes seems like the typical number they would end a series with. Hopedully we get some news out of SDCC late next week

Re: The Official Transformers: Robots In Disguise (Animated Series) Thread

PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 2:54 pm
by Sabrblade
o.supreme wrote:so I'm *guessing* if they are supposedly recoding S4, and S3 hasn't even aired yet, then these will all be 13 episode seasons?

S1-1-26
S2-27-39

*possible*

S3-40-52
S4-53-65

65 episodes seems like the typical number they would end a series with. Hopedully we get some news out of SDCC late next week
78 episodes was the original number given previously. If season 4 could be another 26-episode season, that would make a full 78.

Re: The Official Transformers: Robots In Disguise (Animated Series) Thread

PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 3:05 pm
by Kurona
Tyrannacon wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:More Season 4 confirmation:

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Digging around on other sites after seeing this and supposedly good ol' Frank Welker is back to voicing for the fourth season. So maybe Megatron (or Soundwave) are going to be back I hope? I'm reasonably skeptical though.

Welker's generally a recurring voice actor to Transformers, whether in his most popular roles or not.

Re: The Official Transformers: Robots In Disguise (Animated Series) Thread

PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 4:30 pm
by psj333
Great! I'm glad to hear that Season 4 will be available. This means that Robots In Disguise will continue as confirmed in Botcon 2016. As many of you do already know, TFCon will be held on July 15, 2016 and SDCC on July 21, 2016. During these events, here are the questions that many of you should ask Hasbro during the convention:

1. Now that Season 3 and 4 are confirmed by Robots in Disguise, will there be brand-new Decepticons that will be much powerful than the ones in the previous seasons and will have god-like powers?

2. Are there any remaining animal-based Decepticons that are still on the loose? If so, how many?

3. So far the majority of all Decepticons in this show have animal-bot modes and vehicle modes, something that we have never seen before. Will you introduce brand new Autobots that will also have this type of transformation as well, animal to vehicle?


4. Now that Steeljaw and his men are captured on the ship and taken back to Cybertron, will the ones remained at Bee's scrapyard be released once again? And who will be the new successor or replacement for Steeljaw?


5. Now that Robots In Disguise will continue, will you finally introduce brand-new toys for the Decepticons that should have be made in the first place, including Pseudo?

6. Will flying animal-based Decepticons finally have vehicles modes, just like the land animal-based Cons had in the series?


Based on the questions given above, do you think that you're confident in asking Hasbro these questions when these conventions hit both in Toronto and California soon enough? :BOT: :CON:

Re: The Official Transformers: Robots In Disguise (Animated Series) Thread

PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 5:40 pm
by PrymeStriker
This is awesome news. I can't wait for season three myself. 8-)

psj333 wrote:Based on the questions given above, do you think that you're confident in asking Hasbro these questions when these conventions hit both in Toronto and California soon enough?


I'll totally waste my money on tickets for you, my lord. :BOWDOWN:

Re: The Official Transformers: Robots In Disguise (Animated Series) Thread

PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 8:29 pm
by Tyrannacon
Kurona wrote:
Tyrannacon wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:More Season 4 confirmation:

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Digging around on other sites after seeing this and supposedly good ol' Frank Welker is back to voicing for the fourth season. So maybe Megatron (or Soundwave) are going to be back I hope? I'm reasonably skeptical though.

Welker's generally a recurring voice actor to Transformers, whether in his most popular roles or not.


True, I'm just hopeful because I am admittedly a Megatron fanboy.

Re: The Official Transformers: Robots In Disguise (Animated Series) Thread

PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 8:44 pm
by Sabrblade
Kurona wrote:Welker's generally a recurring voice actor to Transformers, whether in his most popular roles or not.
Since when? G1?

Re: The Official Transformers: Robots In Disguise (Animated Series) Thread

PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 2:25 pm
by D-Maximal_Primal
Happy to hear this is gonna keep on trucking. With that Starscream toy now out, I'm hoping he makes a return

Transformers: Robots In Disguise: Season 4 in the Works, Ian James Corlett Joins Cast, Frank Welker

PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 8:55 pm
by D-Maximal_Primal
We bring to you tonight a pair of news stories regarding the ongoing Transformers: Robots In Disguise cartoon.

The first set of news revolves around a now removed instagram post from Tim Cahill, confirming a Fourth Season is in the works. a screen capture of the post can be found below, and if you look closely, you can see that Frank Welker, the voice of Megatron himself, is present in the picture! While this can only be treated as a rumor until actually confirmed, it appears that Welker is returning to Transformers once more.

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The second set of news regards a certain voice actor returning to Transformers. Ian James Corlett, the voice of Beast Wars Cheetor, has announced his return to Transformers via Twitter and the convention panels at TFCon Toronto on Saturday. It has not been said who he would be voicing, but we should find out soon enough.

Re: The Official Transformers: Robots In Disguise (Animated Series) Thread

PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 10:17 pm
by Sabrblade
Ultra Gear! :KREMZEEK: