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RotorstormNZ wrote:I watched the first two and a half episodes before deciding my wife might like it too - we ended up binging the first five last night. It's so great to share something TF with her. I really like it and will definitely be getting into the toys.

Beast_Megatron wrote:This show is really charming and genuinely witty. It’s harmless at its worst and hilarious at its best. I recommend it if you’re an open-minded Transformers fan who wants a quick laugh.

william-james88 wrote:I had a great time watching this with my 4 year old. Some jokes were more for him, like the Clogstopper jokes, while others were more for me. I especially liked the episode when they find a cell phone and look at all the apps. That one really worked for me, as we rarely have up to the minute modern jokes like this in a kid's show, at least the ones we'd compare this show to. Also, I really liked the character models. As with the original G1 show, they used the toys as a starting point and came up with better proportioned characters. The changes made to Bonasai were especially fun and welcome for me, that was by far my favourite character. The only thing I found off, and my 4 year old pointed it out too, was how they would show the botbots from afar. They were all just rectangles of different colours, which just looked off. They could have at least done a variety of shapes. Aside from that, the show was very fun. It just adds a new layer to the brand we all love so much while taking nothing away.

Sabrblade wrote:I found myself really enjoying it, more than I thought I would. The writing was really charming, clever, and at times downright hilarious. My favorite funny moment has got to be when Kikmee increased Dave's robot-dinosaur order quantity to 1000 right before he was instantly charged for that many. I lost it at his tidal wave of panicked reactions.

I was also very surprised to see that there was an actual ongoing storyline with various plot threads continuing from episode-to-episode. The Lost Bots' quest to get back in good graces with the other tribes, Dave's attempts to uncover the truth of the BotBots' existence, Spud Muffin's gradual descent from arrogant jock to villainous schemer, all of these were given room to grow and develop over the course of the season. That really kept my attention and made me want to see where the story would go and what the payoff would be. Of course, the end result was predictable, but also apropos to the kind of message this show was trying to convey.

Overall, this was a fun show.

cloudballoon wrote:My only major gripe is the art direction. Namely the use of stock image cutups art style for the pizza cart, gamepad hovecraft & things. They stood out like sore thumbs against the foreground characters AND the CG/cell-shaded/painted backgrounds. Very odd. That pulls me out of the show all the time. But lets be real, that gripe meant nothing for the kiddies.

Sabrblade wrote:

cloudballoon wrote:My only major gripe is the art direction. Namely the use of stock image cutups art style for the pizza cart, gamepad hovecraft & things. They stood out like sore thumbs against the foreground characters AND the CG/cell-shaded/painted backgrounds. Very odd. That pulls me out of the show all the time. But lets be real, that gripe meant nothing for the kiddies.

That didn't bother me because it reminded me of my favorite 1980s cartoon, Muppet Babies, which did that sort of "live action stock footage and backgrounds blended with 2D characters" all the time, and often to similar comedic effect as in this show, so it really took me back to a familiar feeling of my childhood.

Sabrblade wrote:Sooooo, got some bad news for ya, Primal.

Apparently, out of all of the regions that Netflix is available in, it's only Japan that's the only one in which BotBots is currently unavailable to watch.

primalxconvoy wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Sooooo, got some bad news for ya, Primal.

Apparently, out of all of the regions that Netflix is available in, it's only Japan that's the only one in which BotBots is currently unavailable to watch.

Thanks for the info. It seems Takara and Netflix are up to their old tricks again.

primalxconvoy wrote:Good thing the "bay of pirates" offers free booty to those willing to visit, eh readers?

Sabrblade wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Sooooo, got some bad news for ya, Primal.

Apparently, out of all of the regions that Netflix is available in, it's only Japan that's the only one in which BotBots is currently unavailable to watch.

Thanks for the info. It seems Takara and Netflix are up to their old tricks again.

Yeah, even Korea got a BotBots dub.

primalxconvoy wrote:Good thing the "bay of pirates" offers free booty to those willing to visit, eh readers?

There's always KimCartoon.

primalxconvoy wrote:I just checked that site. Cheers. Bit too many redirected ads for me to recommend it to the average person with kids in Japan that like TFs (I know a few families here that would be interested) but it's still a site to bookmark at least.

Sabrblade wrote:I can imagine the status quo eventually shifting to where Dave tries to protect the BotBots from being found and captured by Sector 7 agents.