Transformers: Robots In Disguise - The Trials of Optimus Prime Young Reader Book

Va'al wrote:Little do the two friends know, they are both being tested by Liege Maximo, who will stop at nothing to make sure Optimus and Bumblebee destroy each other.

Happy New Year! - It's 2016! (for those who live in Australia and New Zealand) - Here's what you can expect in 2016 that's TF Related:

2nd and Final Season of Transformers: Robots In Disguise
This year also marks the final season for Transformers Robots In Disguise - It comes from earlier on in 2015 that Hasbro has decided to cut short the Show's episodes resulting in the complete loss of Season 3 and the loss of Half of Season 2 - Regardless of that - We can confirm that it's believed the main villain for Season 2 will be "Liege Maximo" - Another "Evil" Prime who has the intentions of turning Bumblebee and Optimus Prime against each other - It's also been heavily rumoured that Prowl, Ultra Magnus, Bulkhead, Ratchet, Arcee and Jazz will feature heavily in Season 2 - Along with the slim possibility (Take it as a grain of salt) of Megatron, Shockwave and Starscream also possibly returning - As far as we know Megatronus Prime has no more appearances in the series (As far as we know) - We can also confirm there's going to be a lot more Minicons in Season 2 and they'll factor heavily into what will eventually happen - Season 2 is expected to premiere sometime in February this year

And that's all we have so far - Stay Tuned for more Info!
(Reminder that the Chinese Dubbed Version of TFRID15 also debuted on December 31st 2014 - Keep in mind there's a 50/50 chance that may very well happen again as Season 2 approaches - I shall keep you posted as the updates and news come in) - For the meantime - Please enjoy the 2016 celebrations - I wish you the best for a happy and Logical 2016.

psj333 wrote:You know, Va'al? You might already know that. But you don't know this:

psj333 wrote:This was recently posted by Shockwave from Facebook. If you don't believe me, have a look at this by clicking here:

http://www.facebook.com/LogicalFTW

psj333 wrote:But you have to realize that in order for show to be successful both new and old characters must appear in the following season.

psj333 wrote: It's not like only new characters introduced and old characters left out and locked up for good. That's not the way it works.

psj333 wrote:Filch is yet to show her human form. Malador, Nightstrike, and Pseudo are still yet to show their true alt-modes should they are successfully freed or escaped.

psj333 wrote:If they truly do re-reappear in Season 2, perhaps their alt-modes will further the storyline even further.

psj333 wrote:Steeljaw will eventually free those guys, since he will never quit. The question still remain is: when?

Madeus Prime wrote:it's the last season,

Madeus_Prime wrote:Well, yeah, it kinda does. That's pretty much every episode of Power Rangers, monster of the week shows up, get's beaten/captured and we never ever see it again. Chances are, despite your continued insistence, that probably few to none of the Decepticons caught in Season 1 will show up again. Might they show up in a big prison break or final battle? Yeah, maybe. But they won't talk or do anything but grunt and fight, it's too expensive to hire back all of voice actors.

Sabrblade wrote:

Madeus Prime wrote:it's the last season,

[citation needed]

psj333 wrote:Why, sure. I would definitely love to see these Cons have a big prison break and engage in a huge battle between Autobot and Decepticon forces in Season 2. That would be great! Turn off the cops-and-robbers storyline and bring the war on. Then, have these criminals re-arrested and put them in prison again. Don`t get me wrong. I do love this show very much until now. I just feel that this entire cops-and-robbers storyline needs to stop for a while.

Madeus Prime wrote:Finally we can agree on something. My only comment is that it's unlikely we're going to see any sort of reappearance or development of the Decepticons that have been captured before such time, short of maybe some that are popular or have a definite personality that would bring value to bringing them back (Springload, Vertebreak, ect.).

psj333 wrote:That may be true. But in case that you have missed it, Springload and Quillfire did re-appeared in Season 1. So, I'm pretty sure that should they re-appeared in Season 1, then perhaps that Vertebreak and many others will do the same thing as well for Season 2. But until then, we'll see about that when Season 2 hits this February or perhaps even earlier.

Madeus Prime wrote:No, I know Quillfire and Springload showed up previously, I just was using them as examples for their somewhat entertaining personalities, more so with Vertebreak, but I love psychotic 'Cons. I've watched the show, same as you, maybe with a tad less enthusiasm, I was clapping for Megatronus at the end...

Madeus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Madeus Prime wrote:it's the last season,

[citation needed]

A while back that Hasbro had confirmed RID would only have this season and then call it quits.

psj333 wrote:Why, sure. I would definitely love to see these Cons have a big prison break and engage in a huge battle between Autobot and Decepticon forces in Season 2. That would be great! Turn off the cops-and-robbers storyline and bring the war on. Then, have these criminals re-arrested and put them in prison again. Don`t get me wrong. I do love this show very much until now. I just feel that this entire cops-and-robbers storyline needs to stop for a while.

Finally we can agree on something. My only comment is that it's unlikely we're going to see any sort of reappearance or development of the Decepticons that have been captured before such time, short of maybe some that are popular or have a definite personality that would bring value to bringing them back (Springload, Vertebreak, ect.).

Flashwave wrote:while I am not against the War stuff, I am not convinced these bots were IN the War. Bumblebee sure, but Stringarm addressses ut from Textbooks, not experience. And none of the cons have "Military" crimes I din't believe. Not as far as tge TV show is concerned. we never got an offical time on how long its been, but all implications from the TV series is that its been a Cybertronian generation at least. These are not War criminals or war Autobots.so that wouldnt make sense.

And remember the target audience they want: they are trying to instill definite rights and wrongs. Cops and Robbers is better for that than war stuff.

BeastProwl wrote:So I haven't read through this thread because of spoilers, I just came here to ask, is RiD worth watching at all? I've seen a few episodes, and it seems childish and kinda cringe-inducing at times, especially the recurring gag with bumblebee's catchphrases. Does it get better? And does it follow off of prime well, or no? Any insight is appreciated, thanks

Madeus Prime wrote:Optimus' reintroduction feels forced and kind of lame, it cheapens his sacrifice in Predacons Rising by having him demand to return to the real world. His "training" is really ridiculous, considering he was the leader of the Autobots and fought in the war, he should be teaching the Primes some modern tactics.

Madeus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Madeus Prime wrote:it's the last season,

[citation needed]

A while back that Hasbro had confirmed RID would only have this season and then call it quits.

BeastProwl wrote:So I haven't read through this thread because of spoilers, I just came here to ask, is RiD worth watching at all? I've seen a few episodes, and it seems childish and kinda cringe-inducing at times, especially the recurring gag with bumblebee's catchphrases. Does it get better? And does it follow off of prime well, or no? Any insight is appreciated, thanks

JoeMabbon wrote:Prime's first season finale was much better than RiD's, if only because Unicron actually had a viable motive and tonally it matched up with the rest of the season.

JoeMabbon wrote:I'd also argue that RiD is much more childish than the average Transformers series. Even shows that are explicitly presented as kid friendly, like Rescue Bots or Animated, made a point of touching on conditions on Cybertron. It feels like RiD just forgot about Cybertron after "Hunting Season."

JoeMabbon wrote:Dark Energon and Megatron's connection to Unicron was established from the beginning.

JoeMabbon wrote:Its been a while since I saw the Unicron Trilogy, but G1 was all over the place in tone thanks to its episodic production. The original Robots in Disguise is way more childish than average and is probably the most childish show in the franchise.

Sabrblade wrote:

JoeMabbon wrote:Dark Energon and Megatron's connection to Unicron was established from the beginning.

And was barely touched upon ever again outside of two more episodes in the middle of the season. Between the season's very beginning, two episodes in its exact middle, and its very end were long gaps of story material that was completely unrelated to the Dark Energon plot. There was little to no coherence of any real ongoing narrative throughout the first season that the whole thing just felt like it was meandering around doing whatever random things for so long rather than consistently focusing on its key concept of Dark Energon to bring the series to its definite conclusion.

RID, however, knew what it was trying to do and did it, focusing on capturing escaped convicts while building up the character relationships/dynamics of the Bee Team, while Steeljaw worked behind the scenes to add numbers to his Pack, and while Optimus worked even further behind the scenes to ready himself for the impending doom that he continued to warn Bumblebee about throughout the season. That, compared to Prime's first season, is far better planning, making the finale feel more like a part of a greater cohesive whole.

The part that just wasn't good was how the finale itself was handled since it contrasted so much with the feel of the rest of the season and had such an underwhelming villain. But it at least did feel like something we knew was coming and complemented the lead-up material to some degree, whereas Prime's first finale took the unfinished Synthetic Energon plot down the drain (till very late in season 3) in favor of something out of the blue.

JoeMabbon wrote:Its been a while since I saw the Unicron Trilogy, but G1 was all over the place in tone thanks to its episodic production. The original Robots in Disguise is way more childish than average and is probably the most childish show in the franchise.

Oh ho ho ho, my friend, there is no TF cartoon more childish that the one that was first aimed at preschoolers long before Rescue Bots was a thing.

BeastProwl wrote:So I haven't read through this thread because of spoilers, I just came here to ask, is RiD worth watching at all?

JoeMabbon wrote:Did that show actually air on tv? There are only a couple of episodes. If we're going down this rabbit hole we might as well throw in those Kreon shorts where Bumblebee gets his blaster stuck in a tree and the Autobots thwart Megatron's plot to make a grilled cheese sandwich.

JoeMabbon wrote:Did that show actually air on tv? There are only a couple of episodes. If we're going down this rabbit hole we might as well throw in those Kreon shorts where Bumblebee gets his blaster stuck in a tree and the Autobots thwart Megatron's plot to make a grilled cheese sandwich.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Prime was very different, but RID is still fun. It's another example of what happens after the war is over, and rather than a MTMTE style of a quest, it takes up a child's version of NCIS approach with individual episodes focusing on good cops and bad guys. And since bee and strongarm are cops and fixit a security guard, I'm grouping them as cops, which they have pretty much shown to be, with some overhanging plot threads providing an overall somewhat cohesive look.

Now I enjoyed it, but few things actually disappoint me, so take my recommendation with a grain of salt, but it's far from bad. I hope it continues its current feel though, as the war is over and people are just trying to move on. There are still criminals who need caught, so it should run as is somewhat, though I feel more bad guys coming and causing bigger problems, so it could change, but I doubt a new war will start. This is just a whole new thing.

Hope this helps!

psj333 wrote: These should have been made into toys in the first place, but that didn't happen.

o.supreme wrote:Looks like UK has confirmed March 2016 airdate for season 2

http://www.licensing.biz/news/read/hasb ... itv/043163

Also it appears the 19 episode rumor turned out to be *true* sort of... in that Season 2 will be 16 1/2 hour episodes, and end with a movie (60-65 minutes in length which is the equivalent of 3 TV episodes, in the same fashion as Predacons Rising ended TF : Prime)

Although there has been no confirmation for North America yet, I can imagine season 2 will begin to air around the same time.

psj333 wrote:We do hope that Hasbro finally makes a Warrior Clampdown and Springload this time, starting this year or so. We are all dying to see those characters become toys for real. Come on, Hasbro, do it! You can't just quit!

psj333 wrote:But we're all anxious to watch the Season 2 clips online once they are all posted up on dailymotion.com.

Madeus_Prime wrote:Not to be a Prowl about this, but saying "we" is stretching it by a long mile. Don't always lump us in with your opinions. A lot of times when you say "we", you pretty much mean "I". We might not want to see a toy of Springload or Kickback, that's not saying some people (you specifically) might want a toy of said characters, but I know I don't want toys of about 75 percent of the Decepticons in the show...

Madeus Prime wrote:

psj333 wrote:We do hope that Hasbro finally makes a Warrior Clampdown and Springload this time, starting this year or so. We are all dying to see those characters become toys for real. Come on, Hasbro, do it! You can't just quit!

Sabrblade wrote:I remember reading elsewhere that there was something questionable about that "news" and that it seemed more like TFW was jumping the gun or that we still need to take it with a grain of salt. As Hasbro has still yet to make any formal public announcement outside of that expo, I'm erring on the side of caution before thinking one way or the other about season 2.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:At least we are starting to get some season 2 info that may be credible. Would be kinda disappointed if they end after only 2 seasons though, but still leads us to something else to come

psj333 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:At least we are starting to get some season 2 info that may be credible. Would be kinda disappointed if they end after only 2 seasons though, but still leads us to something else to come

Well, I would have thought so, too. But what is very interesting to me was that I always thought that Strongarm is the spiritual successor to Arcee, Grimlock to Bulkhead, Fixit to Ratchet, and Sideswipe to Rodimus, due to their personalities and their duties. Would you rather consider these as such?

Sabrblade wrote:Uh, Rodimus wasn't in TF: Prime.

psj333 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Uh, Rodimus wasn't in TF: Prime.

You're right that Rodimus wasn't in Prime. But in case you haven't noticed, this Sideswipe is not the same one from G1, despite their G1 looks and colors. RID Sideswipe's personality is much more related to Rodimus (otherwise known as Hot Rod), which is why he is the spiritual successor to Rodimus.

psj333 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:At least we are starting to get some season 2 info that may be credible. Would be kinda disappointed if they end after only 2 seasons though, but still leads us to something else to come

Well, I would have thought so, too. But what is very interesting to me was that I always thought that Strongarm is the spiritual successor to Arcee, Grimlock to Bulkhead, Fixit to Ratchet, and Sideswipe to Rodimus, due to their personalities and their duties. Would you rather consider these as such?

o.supreme wrote:This is not an official statement from Hasbro?

http://www.asiatvforum.com/en/Exhibitor ... n-Disguise

JoeMabbon wrote:I thought the characters were intended to be polar opposites of Team Prime in that they are less experienced and reserved than their earlier counterparts, which would reflect the vastly different tone and outlook of the series.