Season 4 Speculated to be the last for Transformers: Rescue Bots

If it truly is the end, it's sad, but it went out proudly, on top and its finale brought a lot of things full-circle.
The show cracked the big 100 for the first time ever, had consistently enjoyable writing, did a lot with the characters, was always a joy to watch, and came from behind ("just a little kids' show," and a secondary line) to prove itself well worthy of being a Transformers show.
Things its cousin, Transformers Prime, was incapable of.
I salute you, Rescue Bots. You proved that a strong cartoon is achieved by good writing and characters, not by wooden characters lurching from one confusing action scene to the next.
You were the Little Transformers Show That Could. And Did.

Haven't seen many episodes but when I have I enjoyed them. They are good fun and surprisingly grown up for a a show intended for such a young audience.

I think most fans knew it was done. The final episodes really felt like a proper ending. I really had no vested interest, but it had a good run. I wish all the best to all those who worked over the past 5 years or so. The veterans are already working on other projects. But for the newcomers, I wish them success in wherever life takes them.

All I can say is this...Hasbro should really try to analyze why they felt to keep this show around so long, and end others that had just as much life left in them, if not more; and use that as the determining factor in the future. In other words...toy sales alone should not determine a shows fate. I find it hard to believe that sales of RB merchandise kept this show going as it is probably the smallest portion of overall TF sales.

Well I at least wanted to see Medix and Hoist before the show ended and to find out who the heck these rescue bots were pretty sure that two of them were Medix and Hoist.

Deadput wrote:Well I at least wanted to see Medix and Hoist before the show ended and to find out who the heck these rescue bots were pretty sure that two of them were Medix and Hoist.

Maybe a sequel will introduce us?

Also, if I'm reading TFwiki right (as I've not seen the last episode yet), Optimus had everyone reassigned... except for Blurr. In light of this... Well, this is a RB thread, so any RiD can hopefully connect the dots.

Personally, while I felt that the Season 4 finale was really good, I don't quite feel it was as fitting as a series ender as season 3's finale was. Season 3's finale is still probably the best season finale of this show so far (and of all the Hasbro Studios-made TF cartoon season finales) IMHO.

I think for me, it wasn't just that they saved the whole island in the Season 3 finale, but the overall severity of that finale and how much was put into it. The stakes were much bigger and the situation more dire with everyone's lives at risk. And every major good guy character that the show had introduced up to that point (including Blurr, Salvage, High Tide, Servo, Baranova, Woodrow, even one-off character Amy, but not Bumblebee) put in an appearance and were given something to contribute to in the episode (I'd even consider Luskey's and Huxley's noticing High Tide as a new robot as a contribution to the story on their part as it showed how the relationship between the citizens and bots was growing to something bigger than the citizens ever realized). And of course, there's the notion of the Sigma-17 bots ultimately sacrificing their lives as a last resort to save the island, with their essentially being dead for the moments that they had been depleted of their energon making for one of the most emotional moments in the whole show (which was only topped much later by the Season 4 episode called "Family Business").

While the final showdown with Morocco does make for a fitting end in theory, we'd already gotten a Morocco showdown finale in the first season, and this wasn't the real Morocco. And the third season had already given us a formal departure from the show for the real Morocco. And even with that in mind, his influence still being felt in the season 3 finale with him being the whole reason that Elma Hendrickson hid the Quantum Crystal in the time capsule in the first place really resonated with me a lot more than his virus duplicate's antics in this finale did, as that finale showed that even in lieu of the real Morocco having a physical presence on the island or in general, the danger he posed remained ever-present. He could have been killed off instead of time-warped and mindwiped, and his threat would still remain. That is scary frightening.

By contrast, the Morocco virus was more "cool villainy" rather than "terrifying villainy" in this finale.

Don't get me wrong, the Season 4 finale was still really good and did feel like a final sendoff for the show with all of its characters getting new assignments, but to me, the Season 3 finale felt much more finite and emotionally impacting as a narrative conclusion. I'm glad the show didn't end there and did keep going for one more season, but I just feel that the Season 4 finale didn't quite match up to the Season 3 finale.

Because of the time when I grew up, I will always prefer a more serious/mature TF series over one that isn't. TF Prime was *MY* series, the closest thing since the original, or BW to fit the tone of what I enjoy most about Transformers. But I will say this for RB. It did prove me wrong in that...after the "Go-Bots" of the early 2000's which was marketed towards 2-4 Year Olds, I did not think it was possible to make a non-violent G rated TF series, much less one that was well written and did not insult its core audience. All folks involved with RB should be proud of what they accomplished.

Its odd to think that 30 years ago (well just a little over...) I was 10, and watching TF:TM in the theater, followed by season 3 which was really a mixed bag. Whereas my son, who's the same age NOW has Rescue Bots & RiD15 running simultaneously. Though as I've mentioned several times he had no interest in watching season 4 of RB online, I notice he is watching it now on Netflix. Probably more out of obligation than anything else, but I do think he's enjoying it. I appreciate that in that I am the same way. Heck many would say the Simpsons hasn't been good in many years, but you can bet I'm going to see it through to the end .

My sons lost interest in the RiD toys as well(he really liked the Deployers & Minicons but since the latter assortments really didn't show up in stores...) but I'm sure he'll be back on board when the new season comes out.

Right now the toys for him are all about Titans Return which we both have a vested interest in, but such a shame there is no (and will be no) proper media outlet to tell its story.

I think Hasbro has an inherent problem with shows in general. They're toy commercials first even if some are very well written. That's why Hasbro did a soft reboot of the line last year with smaller versions that were updated to match the show models. It's really hard for them to sell the same character models over and over. They need a new gimmick or they need new characters.

Isn't four seasons long in the tooth for any transformers series? Has anyone made it to five seasons? I'm still waiting for a relaunch of the movies.

kurthy wrote:I think Hasbro has an inherent problem with shows in general. They're toy commercials first even if some are very well written. That's why Hasbro did a soft reboot of the line last year with smaller versions that were updated to match the show models. It's really hard for them to sell the same character models over and over. They need a new gimmick or they need new characters.

Isn't four seasons long in the tooth for any transformers series? Has anyone made it to five seasons? I'm still waiting for a relaunch of the movies.

4 seasons is long for almost any series in this day and age. Its not just a problem with Hasbro, but the state of animated cartoons in general. So many, especially CN want to pander to kids with short attention spans. They've even gone to "11 minute format" in several cases, which is I guess the *new" "half-hour" (well its not but you get what I mean).

For all its flaws, I'll give Disney props for sticking with its shows for several seasons. They are in many cases poorly written, but with deep pockets, I guess it doesn't really matter.

I guess its one of the curses of being a TF fan. Change is inevitable. I mean back in the 80's a couple of shows (TMNT & The Real Ghostbusters) went 10 & 7 years respectively and had over 150 episodes each. Hypothetically if the original TF animated series had a fully fleshed out season 4, and kept going another 3 years, like it did in Japan, you can bet I would have been there the whole time and loved every minute of it. I'd love to see a TF series go longer than RB did in both seasons and episode count, but unless the industry does some major shifting, I doubt it will ever happen.

In many respects, Rescue Bots is arguably one the most mature TF series ever made (and I use the word "mature" in its most literal, denotative meaning and not what the likes of Adult Swim, Michael Bay, or Zack Snyder would have us believe the word to mean), as it tackled many concepts and subjects not often dealt with in TF cartoons, or tackled in ways that most TF cartoons didn't try for.

Take the first three episodes of Blurr and Salvage, for instance. I've gone into this trilogy of episodes before, but by golly, these episodes were practically an analytical deconstruction of every single TF cartoon episode that ever dealt with the subject of "young kid-appeal good guy character gets into trouble against his leader's orders". Every time Cheetor/Side Burn/Wedge/Armada Hot Shot/Energon Ironhide/Cybertron Hot Shot/Animated Bumblebee/Prime Smokescreen/etc. would get cause some mischief, he'd learn a lesson by the episode's end and at best get a stern talking to or at worst get a pat on the back and a "We're glad you're okay" from each's respective Optimus, and all that would be promptly forgotten the very next time each kid-appeal character would once again get into trouble, then learn his lesson again, and rinse and repeat.

The trilogy of episodes that debuted Blurr and Salvage were basically a big middle finger to that episodic story structure and were like "No! That's not how it works! The troublemaker isn't gonna learn anything that way. He's just gonna keep making the same mistake over and over again." Rescue Bots' take on that scenario actually devoted time and effort to put some developmental growth not only into the young troublemaker (Blurr) but also into his leader (Heatwave). Blurr caused trouble in his first outings and, on top of the revelation from Salvage about what really happened in the past (Blurr nearly abandoning Salvage on Earth), the episode ends with most of the team no longer wanting to trust him. That's a pretty grim and yet realistically believable way to end that episode. It shows that Blurr's not just gonna fall in line with the team overnight, and that trust needs to be earned instead of handed out on a silver platter.

The only reason the team keeps in on is because Optimus (as Optimuses are wont to do) encouraged Heatwave to give Blurr another chance, which unlike Optimus Heatwave is all too reluctant to do. Though Heatwave, we're given a leader who fully displays his frustration with Blurr's insubordination and (even outside of these episodes all throughout the show) consistently demonstrates the burdens and struggles of leadership and dealing with interpersonal difficulties. We've gotten some of this before with the likes of Optimus Primal and Animated Optimus Prime, but Heatwave not only puts up with crud every day of his life but also doesn't try to hide it behind of facade of being the ideal "paragon of virtue" leader that most Optimuses try to be. Heatwave represents the "hardworking Average Joe in a leader position" role to its fullest. And in these episodes, that role of his is not only put to it greatest challenge but also pushed to its limits.

That last part needs to be spelled out. Unlike all other Optimuses, Heatwave completely loses his cool with Blurr's antics in the second episode and, by that episode's conclusion, ultimately decides to GIVE UP on Blurr. That's right. He gives up on trying to work with Blurr. That is such a human quality for the character to have that makes him so much more relatable than most other Optimuses with their "never give up on the little guy" ideals. While such ideals are very noble and set a very good example, Heatwave's situation of having his patience pushed to its limits shows a sense of believability in the character that many more can relate to. And I guess that's what sets Optimus and Heatwave apart from each other as leaders: Optimus is the kind of leader we can look up and aspire to be like to better ourselves, while Heatwave is the kind of leader we can relate to and see as a reflection of ourselves and our own human qualities and flaws. In a way, I thunk that kinda makes Heatwave a much better take on the kind of leader that the G1 cartoon tried to make Rodimus Prime into as a contrast to Optimus Prime, but I digress.

And then of course, to fully illustrate just how far the ill feelings between the stubborn youth and the disgruntled mentor can go, after overhearing Heatwave talk about wanting to give up on Blurr, Blurr steals the Sigma and leaves Earth. Coupled with Heatwave's less-than-ideal willingness to give up on the guy, it's amazing how far this preschool show was willing to go with its characters setting bad examples for children by its trying for realistic character depictions. For the situation Blurr was put into, it is very believable that someone like him would, so-to-speak, "make off with his father's car" in the heat of the moment. They really went that far in this preschool show. I can't think of many shows for that demographic that have ever amped the character drama that high up.

And, of course, with this being Griffin Rock, as soon as Blurr leaves with the ship, things go from bad to worse as solar flares knock out the power everywhere on island and cause a satellite to head on a collision course with the island. It takes nearly the entire episode for Blurr to grow a conscience and finally kick in his guilt to make him turn the ship around and try to save the island from the satellite. And, of course, with this show being this show, the rescue can't simply be anything simple, no, it has to be some nail-biting, death-defying experience that puts its audience on edge with suspenseful tension and close call saves held at the very last minute of do-or-die situations held passed the point of no return (man, I love this show!).

But Blurr's dynamic save aside, it's only after he comes through for everyone in the end that he and everyone finally come to terms with each other after all that they'd had to put up with him, and his having to get used to them. It really goes to show how much they put into making sure this issue between Blurr and the team wasn't resolved so quickly. That they devoted three whole episodes to tackling and deconstructing a subject that is such a staple of TF cartoons when its typically done in just one episode, and that they made its character development and lesson learned actually matter in the long run of the whole series, is immensely impressive.

Sabrblade wrote:Take the first three episodes of Blurr and Salvage, for instance. I've gone into this trilogy of episodes before, but by golly, these episodes were practically an analytical deconstruction of every single TF cartoon episode that ever dealt with the subject of "young kid-appeal good guy character gets into trouble against his leader's orders". Every time Cheetor/Side Burn/Wedge/Armada Hot Shot/Energon Ironhide/Cybertron Hot Shot/Animated Bumblebee/Prime Smokescreen/etc. would get cause some mischief, he'd learn a lesson by the episode's end and at best get a stern talking to or at worst get a pat on the back and a "We're glad you're okay" from each's respective Optimus, and all that would be promptly forgotten the very next time each kid-appeal character would once again get into trouble, then learn his lesson again, and rinse and repeat.

The trilogy of episodes that debuted Blurr and Salvage were basically a big middle finger to that episodic story structure and were like "No! That's not how it works! The troublemaker isn't gonna learn anything that way. He's just gonna keep making the same mistake over and over again." Rescue Bots' take on that scenario actually devoted time and effort to put some developmental growth not only into the young troublemaker (Blurr) but also into his leader (Heatwave). Blurr caused trouble in his first outings and, on top of the revelation from Salvage about what really happened in the past (Blurr nearly abandoning Salvage on Earth), the episode ends with most of the team no longer wanting to trust him. That's a pretty grim and yet realistically believable way to end that episode. It shows that Blurr's not just gonna fall in line with the team overnight, and that trust needs to be earned instead of handed out on a silver platter.

not to decry your thoghts, but this may reflect the changing times more than being "better" storytelling than any previous series. In times past. It was expected that an erring child learn form their mistakes the first time. Even in the workplace, if you *majorly* screw up more than once, you are probably not going to have a job. But in todays more lenient society, for good or ill (I say ill but I know most don't agree), its all about 3rd, 4th, 5th chances etc...

Blurr not learning his lesson I would say is not better handled than all other series, just a more modern take. I use episodes like that as how NOT to do things in real life.

o.supreme wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Take the first three episodes of Blurr and Salvage, for instance. I've gone into this trilogy of episodes before, but by golly, these episodes were practically an analytical deconstruction of every single TF cartoon episode that ever dealt with the subject of "young kid-appeal good guy character gets into trouble against his leader's orders". Every time Cheetor/Side Burn/Wedge/Armada Hot Shot/Energon Ironhide/Cybertron Hot Shot/Animated Bumblebee/Prime Smokescreen/etc. would get cause some mischief, he'd learn a lesson by the episode's end and at best get a stern talking to or at worst get a pat on the back and a "We're glad you're okay" from each's respective Optimus, and all that would be promptly forgotten the very next time each kid-appeal character would once again get into trouble, then learn his lesson again, and rinse and repeat.

The trilogy of episodes that debuted Blurr and Salvage were basically a big middle finger to that episodic story structure and were like "No! That's not how it works! The troublemaker isn't gonna learn anything that way. He's just gonna keep making the same mistake over and over again." Rescue Bots' take on that scenario actually devoted time and effort to put some developmental growth not only into the young troublemaker (Blurr) but also into his leader (Heatwave). Blurr caused trouble in his first outings and, on top of the revelation from Salvage about what really happened in the past (Blurr nearly abandoning Salvage on Earth), the episode ends with most of the team no longer wanting to trust him. That's a pretty grim and yet realistically believable way to end that episode. It shows that Blurr's not just gonna fall in line with the team overnight, and that trust needs to be earned instead of handed out on a silver platter.

not to decry your thoghts, but this may reflect the changing times more than being "better" storytelling than any previous series. In times past. It was expected that an erring child learn form their mistakes the first time. Even in the workplace, if you *majorly* screw up more than once, you are probably not going to have a job. But in todays more lenient society, for good or ill (I say ill but I know most don't agree), its all about 3rd, 4th, 5th chances etc...

Blurr not learning his lesson I would say is not better handled than all other series, just a more modern take. I use episodes like that as how NOT to do things in real life.

Ah, but there lies a counterargument with that in the current RID 2015 cartoon, in which we see Sideswipe playing the same rambunctious youth role as all his predecessors, getting into trouble and learning his lesson by the episode's end (save for when it happens in multi-parters), only to fall right back into the status quo of once more making mistakes that he has to learn from all over again by each episode's end. And thus, the traditional cycle continues on with Sideswipe.

Sabrblade wrote:Ah, but there lies a counterargument with that in the current RID 2015 cartoon, in which we see Sideswipe playing the same rambunctious youth role as all his predecessors, getting into trouble and learning his lesson by the episode's end (save for when it happens in multi-parters), only to fall right back into the status quo of once more making mistakes that he has to learn from all over again by each episode's end. And thus, the traditional cycle continues on with Sideswipe.

Agreed. One of many flaws with RiD15

Sabrblade wrote:In many respects, Rescue Bots is arguably one the most mature TF series ever made (and I use the word "mature" in its most literal, denotative meaning and not what the likes of Adult Swim, Michael Bay, or Zack Snyder would have us believe the word to mean), as it tackled many concepts and subjects not often dealt with in TF cartoons, or tackled in ways that most TF cartoons didn't try for.

Phenomenal post. I am somewhat relieved to see I'm not the only person of 'parent' age watching this show with my preschool son who is thoroughly impressed with the writing and its handling of complex themes well beyond what I'd expect a show targeted at preschoolers would tackle.

Completely agree with you on the depth of Heatwave's character as a leader. They progressed from the subtle undertones of a smart, ambitious, mid-level leader angling for a "better" assignment from Optimus in Season 1, to the nuance you described in later seasons.

There's a similar post about leadership you could make about how Optimus handles the introduction of High Tide to the team. High Tide has as much to learn from the core Griffin Rock team as they do from him. But there is no way, given High Tide's personality and his relationship with Optimus, that he would be receptive to having Optimus tell him this. I thought the the way Optimus handled this situation - assuming as I did that Optimus genuinely thought the learning was actually going to go both ways - showed great emotional intelligence.

Deadput wrote:Well I at least wanted to see Medix and Hoist before the show ended and to find out who the heck these rescue bots were pretty sure that two of them were Medix and Hoist.

I want to say that the blue one with the smiling face is Medix. He's always got a smiling face when he is depicted on the toy packages. I think the gruff looking fellow in green looks like he would be Hoist.

Both are just guesses at this point.

Guys, the video is adorable:

Rescue bots and RID are too kiddy. (IMO)

BattleConvoy wrote:Rescue bots and RID are too kiddy. (IMO)

G1 is too kiddy. (IMO)

Sabrblade wrote:

BattleConvoy wrote:Rescue bots and RID are too kiddy. (IMO)

G1 is too kiddy. (IMO)

Never understood your absolute disdain for the original series, but whatever... BC never stated what RB/RiD were "too kiddy" in comparison with... we all know you love these shows, and that's fine, but stick with what you are good at - defend the show, instead of needlessly attacking others.

I like that Rescue Bots is cute. Sometimes with all the stressful crap thats on TV and in real life it's nice to watch something innocent and funny. Same reason I like sponge bob.

Via the official Shout! Factory website, we have news of another Transformers: Rescue Bots DVD collection: Rescue Family, featuring five episodes! Check out the synopsis and more detailed information below, other than price ($13.93) and release date (June 20, 2017).

Synopsis

It's A Time For Family…Rescue Family!

The Rescue Bots—Chase, Heatwave, Blades and Boulder—along with their human counterparts, the Burns, are one big happy Rescue Family! Together, they join forces to keep Griffin Rock safe for its citizens. Even if it means going against weird teleportation devices, reality television and magicians! This and more in five fun-filled, action-packed adventures of the Recue Bots!

Product Information
Discs 1
Run-time 110 min

Episodes Episode Title
1 Transformers Rescue Bots: Road Trip
2 Transformers Rescue Bots: Odd Bot Out
3 Transformers Rescue Bots: Chief Woodrow
4 Transformers Rescue Bots: More Than Meets The Eye
5 Transformers Rescue Bots: Prescott's Bots

Just a thought...I would hope that Shout!Factory would at least consider perhaps a full series release on DVD now that the show is over.

I mean the Original Series DVD is still readily available

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Com ... ansformers?tag=seibertron07-20&

and the Japanese series is being re-released this summer

https://www.shoutfactory.com/kids/kids- ... collection

one has slightly less content, and one has slightly more, but they are both roughly in the same neighborhood.

When the Japanese collection first came out as a Shout Select title in late 2011, I think it was close to $100. So if S!F had any reservations, they could release a RB Complete set initially as a select title through their website, even with a slightly higher asking price (say between $60-$70 would not be too bad for the whole 104 episode run) . If sales justified a wide release, as many end up doing, then they could expand, but if not, there would be no loss.

It just saddens me to see so many individual DVD releases with no rhyme or reason, and sometimes duplicated episodes.

We got the end of series 4 broadcast in the UK today - but we still have no DVD releases at all for the whole series.

Via the official website of Signature Publishing, the company behind the Transformers: Robots in Disguise magazine in the UK, we have the announcement of a new Hasbro Transformers publication: Rescue Bots! Starting this May 19th, newsstands and shops (including WHSmith, one assumes) the new magazine will roll out across the UK - with claims of European market undoubtedly exaggerated - and include games and small gifts for the younger bots out there. Check out the press release and some images below!

Transformers Rescue Bots magazine launched

Transformers Rescue Bots magazine is the exciting brand extension into the Transformers universe for the pre-school market.

Open these pages to meet Rescue Bots Chase, Heatwave, Boulder and Blades, from the popular animated series, along with the iconic Transformers characters Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, as they learn about teamwork, friendship and problem solving. This all-new pre-school children’s magazine is full of games, puzzles, posters, colouring, competitons and an action-packed comic story in every issue. Plus, each issue comes with bespoke Rescue Bots gifts.

Following on from TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUISE, Signature Publishing is targeting younger fans of the massive, evergreen brand, TRANSFORMERS with the launch of TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS magazine, under license from Hasbro.

Aimed at the pre-school market TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS is the official magazine for the hugely popular animated cartoon series – one of the most-watched shows on Tiny Pop and the #1 selling TRANSFORMERS toy line for Hasbro.

TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS is Tiny Pop’s second strongest programme title, out of 40 titles.* It has averaged over 17,000 Kids across 600 plays on the channel; a huge +76% above the channel average. It has reached 1.5 million Kids since launch (more than any other title on Tiny Pop) while contributing a fifth of Tiny Pop’s overall ratings (on par with My Little Pony).*

‘The TRANSFORMERS franchise just keeps growing, with the launch of the latest blockbuster movie in June, while younger fans are engaging with the hit animated cartoon RESCUE BOTS,’ enthused Danny Morris, Signature’s Managing Director. ‘We are therefore delighted and honoured to be the first publisher, worldwide, to launch a standalone magazine for this fantastic extension to Hasbro’s TRANSFORMERS brand where, as always, storytelling is at its heart. With the viewing figures and toy sales for TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS speaking for themselves, this new magazine is sure to be a huge success!’

TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS magazine is the perfect accompaniment to the hit TV show, as readers join Chase, Heatwave, Boulder and Blades, along with the iconic characters Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, on their rescue missions, with the action-packed storytelling, games, puzzles, posters and colouring focusing on teamwork, friendship and problem solving.

Aimed at children aged 3-5 years every issue will come with a unique, bespoke gift. On newsstands from 19th May the launch issue is priced at £3.99 and comes with a Chase car stunt set and a 4-roll sticker box.

Boulder Media Studio has confirmed to be working on two new Transformers shows. The first is titled Rescue Bots Academy while the second has not had it's name released yet. Perhaps the show that has yet to be named will be a replacement or sequel to Robots in Disguise.

Boulder Media is working on several projects for a lineup of new media. The article goes on to mention a lot of different titles that seem to be getting new content. If you are a fan of the following series, be on the lookout!

The Studio, whose current slate includes animation for 'Transformers', 'Little Pet Shop' and 'Rescue Bots Academy' and 'Micronauts' for Hasbro Studios, as well as 'Danger Mouse' and 'Dorothy and the Wonders of Oz' (Warner Brothers), is ramping up to deliver innovative animation and storytelling across multiple formats and genres.

It is also hinted in a different article written by D.C. Douglas that Chase may show up in Rescue Bots Academy. This article goes on to tell us that the casting is being done outside of LA and that they are non-union cast from NY, including Optimus Prime’s voice.

If you would like to speculate on the return of Chase or on what the named Transformers cartoon will be about, feel free to do so on the boards!

Huh.

The first Transformers cartoon to be recorded with the New York voice acting talent pool instead of the Los Angeles or Vancouver ones.

They haven't announced the second Transformers show from Boulder Media yet, since it will be the show that replaces RID2015. They might say something at SDCC, but I think it might be better saved for Hascon.

As we know, a new animated Transformers: Rescue Bots series is being developed by Boulder Media, and thanks to an online CV found via the Curtis Brown agency we now have a little few details more about Rescue Bots Academy. Apparently, lead writer is Ben Ward of Horrible Histories and Danger Mouse, at least for two episodes of 22 minutes.

He will also, for those following, be lead writer on two episodes of the upcoming Micronauts series, also with Boulder Media. We will share more details as more emerge, so stay tuned!

Rescue Bots Academy
2x22"
Lead Writer

Boulder Media
In development

BattleConvoy wrote:Rescue bots and RID are too kiddy. (IMO)

Shouldn't they be?

Va'al wrote:As we know, a new animated Transformers: Rescue Bots series is being developed by Boulder Media, and thanks to an online CV found via the Curtis Brown agency we now have a little few details more about Rescue Bots Academy. Apparently, lead writer is Ben Ward of Horrible Histories and Danger Mouse, at least for two episodes of 22 minutes.

He will also, for those following, be lead writer on two episodes of the upcoming Micronauts series, also with Boulder Media. We will share more details as more emerge, so stay tuned!

Rescue Bots Academy
2x22"
Lead Writer

Boulder Media
In development

I hope that Hoist and Medix get spots on the new show.

And more Rescan-sized toys.

Still from the Hasbro Investor Day webcast and presentation slides, we finally have a look at the title card/logo for Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy - the sequel to Rescue Bots, as developed by Irish company Boulder Media under Hasbro! Take a look at the image below, and let us know what you think in the Energon Pub!

Official trailer for the YouTube-original interactive series called My Transformers: Rescue Bots Adventure:

Fellow Seibertronian Sabrblade found a great new trailer on youtube. It is for the new YouTube-original interactive series: My Transformers: Rescue Bots Adventure. This is a choose your adventure type of story where you can choose what kind of rescue to do with links bringing you to other videos depending on what the user clicks on.

Sabrblade wrote:Official trailer for the YouTube-original interactive series called My Transformers: Rescue Bots Adventure:

I haven't had the chance to go through it, but the first one seems to be up already. That was fast.

Zeedust wrote:I haven't had the chance to go through it, but the first one seems to be up already. That was fast.

It's late now, so I'll try this out tomorrow.

Seibertron user Zeedust has discovered the new Rescue Bots interactive video has been posted. This video contains two missions, a fire rescue and a water rescue. It acts like a choose your own adventure game. It is well animated and is like starring in a mini episode of Rescue Bots. We have posted the interactive video below so you can try it out. Have fun!

I've played the YouTube game a couple times now and have figured out a certain pattern to it that's a bit skewed. There are three missions in all that you can participate in: A fire rescue, a water rescue, and a final mission at the firehouse (plus some smaller sidequest objectives you can do along the way to the fire and water rescues). The final mission won't become available to you until after you complete the fire and water rescues, but there's a catch. The game wants you to do the fire rescue first and the water rescue second in order to grant you the final mission. So if you choose to do the water rescue first and the fire rescue second, you have to do the water rescue again in order to progress to the final mission. Otherwise, the game will not give the final mission as an option until you've completed the water mission only after the fire mission.

What's more is that the sidequest options given to you en route to the water mission differ depending on whether you do the water mission before or after the fire mission.

If you choose the water rescue first, you're sent straight to the waterfront with Heatwave and proceed across the water in his boat mode. Then, an island appears in front of you and you're given the choices of crossing the island on dry ground to take a shortcut to the water rescue, or staying in the water by having Heatwave go around the island in boat mode. From either of these options, you eventually make it to the water rescue to partake in it.

But when (not if, when) you do the water rescue after the fire rescue, on your way to the waterfront with Heatwave, you're given an additional set of choices before the island ones, in which you can choose to either race Blurr to get to the waterfront quicker, or to ignore Blurr's race challenge and follow Dani's test flight path to the waterfront. From either of these choices, you eventually make it to the waterfront and proceed across the water in Heatwave's boat mode. From here, the same island choices are given, which both eventually lead to the same water rescue.

As for the fire rescue options, they are the same no matter what order you choose. On your way to the fire, Jerry's truck is danger. Chief and Chase are on the scene to help, but Heatwave also gives you the choice to help out as well or to proceed to the fire while the others help Jerry. Either option leads to the next set of choices. A bridge you need to cross is closed and the accumulated traffic is in your way. Your options are to either go around the traffic (even though the bridge is out) or to go back and find a different route. Either option eventually leads you to the fire rescue.

For the final mission, well, it's not much. You don't really do anything yourself (as in, there's no options for you to personally make after you choose to simply partake in the mission), but you still get all the credit for completing the mission even though the animation clearly showed Blades to be the one who singlehandedly took care of the threat all by himself.

We haven't heard much from them in a while, but it looks like, come January 2018, the Rescue Bots will be in the spotlight, with a new DVD release from Shout Factory scheduled. With a runtime of 110 minutes, that breaks down to five episode-length stories- with Rescue Bots Academy on the horizon, it's a likely guess that these stories are a repackaging of previous episodes, but that remains to be seen. Are you planning on picking this up? Let us know!

Five Adventures In The Great Outdoors!

Alongside the Burns family, Autobots Chase, Heatwave, Blades and Boulder—known to the citizens of Griffin Rock as the Rescue Bots—battle all manners of hazards each and every day. From powerful winter storms to ocean rescues, nothing is too great a challenge for our heroes. Except, maybe, ghost ships! Oh, well... All in a day's duty for the Rescue Bots!

If you are a fan of Rescue Bots, Shout factory is now selling Transformers Rescue Bots: Team Rescue Bots! on DVD. At the time of this article being posted there is a slight discount that will save you exactly one dollar. The disc contains 5 different episodes and has a total run time of 110 minutes.

If you or your kid enjoy rescue bots you may be interested to know that there are some new listings for Rescue Bots items, including play sets.

Synopsis
Join the Team!

Friendships are threatened, an Autobot goes rogue, and Blurr and Salvage have to learn what it takes to be a Rescue Bot before they accidentally hurt someone in this brand-new collection of episodes! Join Chase, Heatwave, Blades and Boulder — along with the Burns family — as they serve and protect the quiet little town of Griffin Rock!

WreckerJack wrote:The disc contains episodes 1 through 5

The description sure doesn't sound like episodes 1 through 5.

EDIT: Now that I've clicked onto the listing page to see the episodes listed, it's Episodes 28, 40, 41, 71, and 73.

And, boy, is that a bad choice on Shout! Factory's part to include only Episode 71 without 70 and 72 accompanying it, since those three episodes make up a very character-driven, grand-scaled three-parter with 71 picking up from the bleak and dour ending that 70 left off on and ending on a serious drama-filled cliffhanger that 72 would resolve rather intensely. Not including either 70 or 72 to go with 71 is a very bad move.

It would be like if a Beast Wars DVD containing random episodes included only Part 2 of "The Agenda" without the other two parts.

Sabrblade wrote:

WreckerJack wrote:The disc contains episodes 1 through 5

The description sure doesn't sound like episodes 1 through 5.

Ahh my bad. I was trying to express that it contained 5 episodes and made a bit of a typo. I will fix that for you real fast. For the listing on the site is a little tricky

Shout wrote: Episodes
EPISODE EPISODE TITLE
1 Transformers Rescue Bots: Sky Forest
2 Transformers Rescue Bots: The Vigilant Town
3 Transformers Rescue Bots: Bots And Robbers
4 Transformers Rescue Bots: Rescue Bots Academy
5 Transformers Rescue Bots: Four-Legged Hero

Also, I just realized that this is the toy thread instead of the cartoon thread. Wha?

Sabrblade wrote:Also, I just realized that this is the toy thread instead of the cartoon thread. Wha?

DVDs are merchandise. It is the Rescue Bots Toy Products and Merchandise thread.

WreckerJack wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Also, I just realized that this is the toy thread instead of the cartoon thread. Wha?

DVDs are merchandise. It is the Rescue Bots Toy Products and Merchandise thread.

But all previous DVD news was posted in the cartoon thread (since they're DVDs for the cartoon).

Sabrblade wrote:

WreckerJack wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Also, I just realized that this is the toy thread instead of the cartoon thread. Wha?

DVDs are merchandise. It is the Rescue Bots Toy Products and Merchandise thread.

But all previous DVD news was posted in the cartoon thread (since they're DVDs for the cartoon).

This was indeed meant for the cartoon forum. Moved.

, anther quarter, another random single dvd. At this point, since the show is over, I'm beyond asking for season sets. Now it would just be nice to have a complete series box set. I understand that S!F probably doesn't think there's much profit in that. Just offer it as a S!F site exclusive then, or even a MOD, I don't care. My son has aged out of the show, he loved it as a youngster, but I'm pretty sure he wont be watching RB Academy. I just want this for completion sake as a collector of TF Media.

It's geared twards kids and getting money from their parents. At least parents not in the know about how much more efficient it would be to have DVDs for each season. Most parents aren't in the know and just want something cheap to entertain their kid. Honestly most parents would probably just let their kid watch what's on netflix rather than keep DVDs on hand nowadays.

Alright, this has been in my TVShowTime (app rhat tracks tv show air dates and reminds the user when something new is on) for a while. I smell something fishy, with the fact that its the only episode, listed under a new season, and with a bucnh of unknown characters but before I totally write this off as hoac, what is this???

Was someone on crack when they wrote that? That bogus description is insane.

I've seen episode reviews for other shows written in a similar fashion on Wikipedia before. My guess it was written in another language (perhaps some Chinese dialect, which is notorious especially with names), then translated with some spotty online program into English. At first thought, it might be some insiders review of the first episode of RB Academy, but probably not. Probably just somebody writing a bogus review for the fun of it. Similarly, I've seen false entries on Wikipedia before. The best one was that the final 3 episodes of Season 2 of Avengers Assemble was going to be an Avengers vs X-Men story. Part of me wanted to believe this because it theoretically could have been written before then embargo on using F4 & X-Men characters on Disney shows, but alas it was all bogus.