Jeff Kline Says Robots in Disguise Season 2 in Production

Stay tuned for a Part 2 of this interview coming soon.

And for the context of the rest of the questions asked in both this part and Part 2, these questions were submitted way back before the name of the show was revealed, with Jeff only getting back to Perceptor (who conducted the interview) with these answers recently.

Why is it all in caps? That's really annoying to read.

It's odd that they'd start working on Season 2 before we even hear of a premiere date.

Noideaforaname wrote:Why is it all in caps? That's really annoying to read.

The interview was formatted with the questions in lowercase and the answers in uppercase. I dunno why that was decided, but it's what Perceptor went with.

Noideaforaname wrote:It's odd that they'd start working on Season 2 before we even hear of a premiere date.

Well, Animated season 2 was fully completed before season 1 even started airing.

A little sure of themselves, are they not? What if the show bombs?

shockblast2 wrote:A little sure of themselves, are they not? What if the show bombs?

Well, they already have three seasons of 78 episodes total planned.

Besides, it has a toyline to support it, and if a show like Rescue Bots can last just as long (it's already in its third season), I think RID might not need to fear itself bombing so much as it would need to fear CN mistreating it.

shockblast2 wrote:A little sure of themselves, are they not? What if the show bombs?

The show is made to sell toys, that's the reason they cancelled Young Justice, the toys werent selling. I guess there are already enough toys in the piepline that they need the show to be around for at least another season to get them to sell those.

william-james88 wrote:

shockblast2 wrote:A little sure of themselves, are they not? What if the show bombs?

The show is made to sell toys, that's the reason they cancelled Young Justice, the toys werent selling. I guess there are already enough toys in the piepline that they need the show to be around for at least another season to get them to sell those.

That is the thing. I am not sure this line is doing well at this point. I never see them move at my local Target and I have read a lot of complaints about the quality of some of the figures. Especially with One Step Underbite and Warrior class Grimlock. And the price points are not helping. $10 for a one step is pretty steep, especially when one mold is crap, and another is just an AOE repaint. Fortunately, the Warriors are still $15, but even that is high for a deluxe. $12 would be a lot more modest. And don't get me started on the Legion class....

One would assume it will do well based on the last few shows they have put out, but what if this one is overkill, with the existence of one kid friendly cartoon already?

shockblast2 wrote:One would assume it will do well based on the last few shows they have put out, but what if this one is overkill, with the existence of one kid friendly cartoon already?

Thing is, though, this one will be airing on CN, which more peopl have access to. Prime didn't get as much viewership as it hoped for due to its being on a channel that not enough people have. I'd wager more people will be watching RID than Rescue Bots (which was the case with Prime and RB anyway due to the still existent prejudice towards RB) since it's gonna be on a more accessible channel. Between the two shows, it's RID that seems to be the one Hasbro wants more people watching than its younger show.

The Decepticons for this show are Steeljaw, Hammerstrike, Underbite, Bisk, Chop Shop, Terrashock, Thunderhoof, Filch, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, Fracture, and Clampdown. Which ones of these is the hothead of the Decepitcons?

psj333 wrote:The Decepticons for this show are Steeljaw, Hammerstrike, Underbite, Bisk, Chop Shop, Terrashock, Thunderhoof, Filch, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, Fracture, and Clampdown. Which ones of these is the hothead of the Decepitcons?

The one that enjoys spicy barbecued pork.

does Thinderhoof have a personality that would be akin to if George Washington was an evil alien robot that turned into a tractor with death spikes?

Noideaforaname wrote:Why is it all in caps? That's really annoying to read.

Just got clarification on this. Jeff Kline submitted the answers in all caps for some reason.

And who'd wanna retype all that he wrote?

They will do as they wish of course. Starting on S2 before S1 has even aired seems a bit presumptuous. Especially given how spotty their partnerships have been with Cartoon Network. It's not like they have a good track record for dealing well and fairly with their shows that are 'designed to sell toys'. They've already proven that they'll take a show that is good, quality, and enjoyable (exaggeratedcoughThundercats) and flush it down the trash hole for no good reason (exaggeratedcoughYoungJustice). Even if it's a show with a line of toys that are of equally excellent quality and are selling at a brisk pace (exaggeratedcoughTransformersAnimated).

Besides, Hasbro created an entire cable channel for the purpose of running only shows made to sell their toys and pimp their products, and it failed miserably (exaggeratedcoughTheHUB). How do they think to do any better when they have to go crawling back to a network that they treated like a peasant treats his compost fork?

Will the Decepticons that the Autobots just recently being captured will somehow escape so that they can be a full army once again?

psj333 wrote:Will the Decepticons that the Autobots just recently being captured will somehow escape so that they can be a full army once again?

from what ive seen so far it looks like steeljaw is indeed gathering them for his own private army pretty much seizing the opportunity while megatron is inactive

Sabrblade wrote:

Noideaforaname wrote:Why is it all in caps? That's really annoying to read.

Just got clarification on this. Jeff Kline submitted the answers in all caps for some reason.

And who'd wanna retype all that he wrote?

Word processor, Shift + F3.

Because these Decepticons have animal-based robot modes, do they really have animal parts in them? In Transformers: Animated, Sentinel Prime refer to these bots as "Robots With Organic Modes".

psj333 wrote:Because these Decepticons have animal-based robot modes, do they really have animal parts in them? In Transformers: Animated, Sentinel Prime refer to these bots as "Robots With Organic Modes".

Nah, they have chocolate and caramel fillings inside them instead.

Sabrblade wrote:

psj333 wrote:Because these Decepticons have animal-based robot modes, do they really have animal parts in them? In Transformers: Animated, Sentinel Prime refer to these bots as "Robots With Organic Modes".

Nah, they have chocolate and caramel fillings inside them instead.

Do they also have nougat, and maybe coconut?

Sabrblade wrote:

psj333 wrote:Because these Decepticons have animal-based robot modes, do they really have animal parts in them? In Transformers: Animated, Sentinel Prime refer to these bots as "Robots With Organic Modes".

Nah, they have chocolate and caramel fillings inside them instead.

Do they also have nougat, and maybe coconut?