New Video Clips of Transformers Robots In Disguise cartoon

Sabrblade, you recently said that Clampdown's altmode looks to be some type of car. What kind of car is Clampdown really is?

No one knows what does clampdown's car mode look like.

psj333 wrote:Sabrblade, you recently said that Clampdown's altmode looks to be some type of car. What kind of car is Clampdown really is?

I don't know. No one does. That's why I said "some sort of" car.

^ Aaaaaaaand no sooner than an hour and a half after I write that does the first image of Clampdown's altmode turn up.

Go figure.

LOL Allright, I'm okay with this Grimlock now.

Sabrblade, thank you again for posting the image of what Clampdown's alt-mode is like. By the looks of it, he turns into a boy racer coupe. If you see any alt-modes of other Decepticons, such as, Filch, Terrashock, Ped, and Springload, please post them when you see them. Thank you.

Did anyone notice, in the "meet sideswipe," sideswipe sport a red orange deception logo. The scene where he was fighting steel jaw. Maybe they're gonna join up haha

President-prime wrote:Did anyone notice, in the "meet sideswipe," sideswipe sport a red orange deception logo. The scene where he was fighting steel jaw. Maybe they're gonna join up haha

Yeah it's probably part of a ruse or a gag or something.

Chopshop and Springload

WarzoneBeta, you have already posted an image of Springload's altmode, which is a pickup truck. what about others such as, Terrashock, Filch, and Ped?

I am digging this series more every day. Loving the new bots and cons. It's nice not to have all the same old names over and over again.

You know... looking over things like the plot synopses, the funny animated gifs, the seven new videos on Hasbro's website, the people behind this series, and other things, I think I've come to realize something.



They did it!


They actually did it.


People have been asking for it, and they finally did it.


Ladies and gentlemen, what we have here, this new RID cartoon, is "Rescue Bots with Decepticons!"

LOST Cybertronian wrote:I am digging this series more every day. Loving the new bots and cons. It's nice not to have all the same old names over and over again.

I am as well. It is a good sign when all I can think of is "I hope they make all these decepticon toys", which they wont. It really seems to be one per episode and with the ratio of 3 to 1 right now in the warrior class, I dont think there will be many decepticon toys. They are being very much like a mattel batman line with this series. But then again, I wish the toys were more along the lines of animated. I LOVE these designs and I wish we had toys which reflected them better.

The setting at the beginning of Strongarm's "introduction clip" looks a lot like Jasper. More specifically, near where the old Autobot HQ was. Before it was destroyed, that is. Also, when Bumblebee shouted out "OH! OH I LOVE THIS SONG," it marked the first time in years I've laughed at a Transformers cartoon's joke. Though, I give all credit to the delivery on Friedle's part and the animation of the character, not the joke itself.

Sabrblade wrote:Ladies and gentlemen, what we have here, this new RID cartoon, is "Rescue Bots with Decepticons!"

I really hope it's not Rescue Bots with Decepticons. Anything but Rescue Bots with Decepticons.

I watched the Meet the Decepticons video and OH MY GOD Steeljaw's voice. It's so perfect!

My biggest concern about this show is Strongarm. It has nothing to do with her design, it's mostly because, given the voice and tone they've cast her with, I have a horrible feeling she's going to be the disapproving mother, eternally exasperated by "those boys". I know she's the recruit, but given Sideswipe being the Human Torch/rebel, Grimlock being The Thing/muscle, and even Bumblebee getting distracted or sucked into pop culture, off-mission or whatever (like listening to Sideswipe's music), she's going to be terminally sensible one, tut-tutting from the sidelines, and inevitably right the whole time.
Like a variant of Parenting the Husband, of sorts. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/M ... TheHusband
Hope I'm wrong; suspect I'm not.

I'm still waiting for the official images of altmodes of Bisk, Filch, Terrashock, and Ped. Does anyone here already have them yet? If so, I would like to see them now!

Sabrblade wrote:I smell a new fan-favorite Con!

Oh god, I needed that.

WarzoneBeta wrote:Chopshop and Springload

Interesting, Chop Shop appears to be a...combiner?

Metro Prime wrote:I watched the Meet the Decepticons video and OH MY GOD Steeljaw's voice. It's so perfect!

Agreed, very Keven Spacey-esqe.

psj333 wrote:I'm still waiting for the official images of altmodes of Bisk, Filch, Terrashock, and Ped. Does anyone here already have them yet? If so, I would like to see them now!

If they turn up, we'll post them. We're not in control of what pictures get taken by the Chinese fandom. They come out when they come out, regardless of what they reveal.

And with this image, this show has already bested Prime in every regard:

Becauses these Decepticons do resemble animals in robot modes, do they actually eat and drink, just like real animal do? According to the animation of Springload, when he breathes, his bag expands. When Filch screams, it resembles the sound of a vulture and not like that of a human, which means that these Decepticons will make animal sounds as if they were real animals.

digging the animation, it looks to be cel shaded CGI for the bots themselves. if so, it shows how much time is kind to technology because i remember seeing just a few minutes of the original RID (or one of the other two companion series) and the animatime was atrocious and blocky in its movement.

these guys here are smooth as butter. and if its just regular old cel animation then even more kudos to the animators!!

Bouncy X wrote:digging the animation, it looks to be cel shaded CGI for the bots themselves. if so, it shows how much time is kind to technology because i remember seeing just a few minutes of the original RID (or one of the other two companion series) and the animatime was atrocious and blocky in its movement.

The original RID wasn't cel-shaded CGI (or at least its characters weren't).

okay then its one of the other two as i mentioned it could be.

Bouncy X wrote:okay then its one of the other two as i mentioned it could be.

But it didn't have any companion series. It was standalone.

Sabrblade wrote:

Bouncy X wrote:okay then its one of the other two as i mentioned it could be.

But it didn't have any companion series. It was standalone.

there were a few one season series that came out around that time all from japan....so one of those had the terrible cel shaded animation. maybe it wasn't RID but its one of those. i think one was called Armada...not sure if thats the one but its one of that little gang.

Bouncy X wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Bouncy X wrote:okay then its one of the other two as i mentioned it could be.

But it didn't have any companion series. It was standalone.

there were a few one season series that came out around that time all from japan....so one of those had the terrible cel shaded animation. maybe it wasn't RID but its one of those. i think one was called Armada...not sure if thats the one but its one of that little gang.

Armada wasn't CGI either. Energon and Cybertron were, though, and their CGI (or at least Energon's) was terrible (Cybertron's wasn't too bad).

Sabrblade wrote:

Bouncy X wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Bouncy X wrote:okay then its one of the other two as i mentioned it could be.

But it didn't have any companion series. It was standalone.

there were a few one season series that came out around that time all from japan....so one of those had the terrible cel shaded animation. maybe it wasn't RID but its one of those. i think one was called Armada...not sure if thats the one but its one of that little gang.

Armada wasn't CGI either. Energon and Cybertron were, though, and their CGI (or at least Energon's) was terrible (Cybertron's wasn't too bad).

Yeah, I am pretty sure he is talking about the Unicron trilogy shows, especially Energon and Cybertron (and unicron trilogy did come right after the original RID). And I think he means Cybertron more than the rest since it was really cell shaded. I had problems with Cybertron but it was more in the way it was made. The visuals were great but I didnt like the animation method where things would slow down before hitting eachother and then have a bursts of light. But that is stylistic, and very much the way other Japanese anime shows are. As someone who grew up on Beast Wars smooth animation, I much preffer this kind.

Bouncy X wrote:digging the animation, it looks to be cel shaded CGI for the bots themselves. if so, it shows how much time is kind to technology because i remember seeing just a few minutes of the original RID (or one of the other two companion series) and the animatime was atrocious and blocky in its movement.

these guys here are smooth as butter. and if its just regular old cel animation then even more kudos to the animators!!

It's not a matter of "how far we've come" since Energon and Cybertron had terrible animation for their day. Even Beast Wars had vastly superior animation, and that was ten years older.

You know, I've just recently viewed several of the new clips from Hasbro. During the viewing, when Terrashock is flipping over, I noticed that the back of his head represents the windshield, and his arms as sidedoors, and the chest as headlights, bumper, and grille. Based on his design, will he be some type of a Cybertronian van of sorts? Also, upon viewing Grimlock, it seems to me that he just recently picked up a vehicle mode that resembles a futuristic military truck. Since Grimlock only comes in beast mode, will his vehicle mode make its way for the toyline sometime in the near future?

As others have mentioned the animation does look nice compared to things like Energon and Cybertron (though I loved the anime effects and style of Cybertron), but I still don't like it as a whole. This show seems like it's aimed at a very young audience, but maybe I'm just getting old.

I'm not a huge fan of Bumblebee due to how uninteresting I think he is. I never really saw him as main character/leader material, and I honestly think that RiD2015 is just the creators trying to shove him into a role he isn't suited for, but maybe Hell will freeze over and I might change my mind about him.

Here's to hoping that the show exceeds my expectations.

YRQRM0 wrote:This show seems like it's aimed at a very young audience, but maybe I'm just getting old.

Is it because of how bright and colorful the show seems compared to Prime? Family Guy is even more bright and colorful than both, but that's the last thing to be called "aimed at a very young audience".

What vehicle mode does Terrashock really turn into? According to Hasbro, it seems that Grimlock has just recently picked up a vehicle mode for transportation, that is a futuristic military truck. Will Grimlock's truck mode be inserted into the Robots In Disguise 2015 sometime in the near future?

Sabrblade wrote:

YRQRM0 wrote:This show seems like it's aimed at a very young audience, but maybe I'm just getting old.

Is it because of how bright and colorful the show seems compared to Prime? Family Guy is even more bright and colorful than both, but that's the last thing to be called "aimed at a very young audience".

That, and the facial expressions, designs of the cons, the fact that the cons seem to all be goofy looking and acting and not actually very evil or dark. Prime was on the darker side for sure, but this seems more kid-friendly than say, Cybertron or Armada.

YRQRM0 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

YRQRM0 wrote:This show seems like it's aimed at a very young audience, but maybe I'm just getting old.

Is it because of how bright and colorful the show seems compared to Prime? Family Guy is even more bright and colorful than both, but that's the last thing to be called "aimed at a very young audience".

That, and the facial expressions, designs of the cons, the fact that the cons seem to all be goofy looking and acting and not actually very evil or dark. Prime was on the darker side for sure, but this seems more kid-friendly than say, Cybertron or Armada.

And what does "kid-friendly" have to do with how enjoyable something is for adults?

Batman: The Animated Series was more kid-friendly than Prime was, yet many adults enjoy that.

Sabrblade wrote:

YRQRM0 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

YRQRM0 wrote:This show seems like it's aimed at a very young audience, but maybe I'm just getting old.

Is it because of how bright and colorful the show seems compared to Prime? Family Guy is even more bright and colorful than both, but that's the last thing to be called "aimed at a very young audience".

That, and the facial expressions, designs of the cons, the fact that the cons seem to all be goofy looking and acting and not actually very evil or dark. Prime was on the darker side for sure, but this seems more kid-friendly than say, Cybertron or Armada.

And what does "kid-friendly" have to do with how enjoyable something is for adults?

Batman: The Animated Series was more kid-friendly than Prime was, yet many adults enjoy that.

It definitely says nothing about how enjoyable it can be for adults. I see how my post implied that that's why I don't like it as a whole so far, but that's not what I meant.

Sabrblade wrote:Batman: The Animated Series was more kid-friendly than Prime was, yet many adults enjoy that.

Unless you're mistaking that with Brave and the Bold, it was most certainly not more "kid friendly."

Shadowman wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Batman: The Animated Series was more kid-friendly than Prime was, yet many adults enjoy that.

Unless you're mistaking that with Brave and the Bold, it was most certainly not more "kid friendly."

I don't recall BTAS having gore in many of its episodes, like Prime did.

Sabrblade wrote:

Shadowman wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Batman: The Animated Series was more kid-friendly than Prime was, yet many adults enjoy that.

Unless you're mistaking that with Brave and the Bold, it was most certainly not more "kid friendly."

I don't recall BTAS having gore in many of its episodes, like Prime did.

And now you're confusing Transformers Prime with Attack on Titan. When in the hell did they have gore on Transformers Prime? Note that broken robots don't count as gore, which is why it was allowed on the show.

Shadowman wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Shadowman wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Batman: The Animated Series was more kid-friendly than Prime was, yet many adults enjoy that.

Unless you're mistaking that with Brave and the Bold, it was most certainly not more "kid friendly."

I don't recall BTAS having gore in many of its episodes, like Prime did.

And now you're confusing Transformers Prime with Attack on Titan. When in the hell did they have gore on Transformers Prime? Note that broken robots don't count as gore, which is why it was allowed on the show.

Specieist !!!

Shadowman wrote:Note that broken robots don't count as gore, which is why it was allowed on the show.

Broken robots don't count.

Aliens having their intestines pulled out of their navels count, though.

PrymeStriker wrote:

Shadowman wrote:Note that broken robots don't count as gore, which is why it was allowed on the show.

Broken robots don't count.

Aliens having their intestines pulled out of their navels count, though.

Yep.

PrymeStriker wrote:

Shadowman wrote:Note that broken robots don't count as gore, which is why it was allowed on the show.

Broken robots don't count.

Aliens having their intestines pulled out of their navels count, though.

Alien robots, though, are still robots. Hence why the term "Robots in disguise" has been used in the franchise since day 1, and is the title of this very thread.

Sabrblade wrote:Yep.

Yeah, I knew ahead of time that's what you'd show me. And when I made my previous post, I also plotted out my rebuttal: Please explain to me how that isn't a picture of two robots fighting. And keep in mind one of them is an Autobot.

Shadowman wrote:Yeah, I knew ahead of time that's what you'd show me. And when I made my previous post, I also plotted out my rebuttal: Please explain to me how that isn't a picture of two robots fighting. And keep in mind one of them is an Autobot.

They're still living biological lifeforms with minds, wills, and souls of their own, who can think, feel, emote, and suffer pain and fatigue like we can. Even if theirs is a silicon-based physicality rather than a carbon-based one, their existence (in the show) is no less artificial than that of humanity.

And I've never condoned Bulkhead's brutality in that scene. It's bad enough to see the "heroes" be so savage in the movies.

Okay, so people have been wondering about the scratch marks on Steeljaw's insignia, wondering if they could be something like the scratched out on Armada Wheeljack, or if they're just meant to make him look vicious.

Turns out it's neither.

According to those who went ahead and watched some of the Chinese episodes, the marks are Steeljaw's own personal insignia. When he gets another Decepticon to join the army that he's putting together, he scratches their insignia to show that they're on his team now.

Sabrblade wrote:

Shadowman wrote:Yeah, I knew ahead of time that's what you'd show me. And when I made my previous post, I also plotted out my rebuttal: Please explain to me how that isn't a picture of two robots fighting. And keep in mind one of them is an Autobot.

They're still living biological lifeforms with minds, wills, and souls of their own, who can think, feel, emote, and suffer pain and fatigue like we can. Even if theirs is a silicon-based physicality rather than a carbon-based one, their existence (in the show) is no less artificial than that of humanity.

And I've never condoned Bulkhead's brutality in that scene. It's bad enough to see the "heroes" be so savage in the movies.

They're still robots and nothing in your post actually claims otherwise. Hell, the term Autobot means "Autonomous Robot" according to Optimus. Being biological is never stated outright in any media. (In the movies, even, recall that Megatron is specifically referred to as "Non-biological Extraterrestrial")

So please, if you have any actual argument that the Robots in Disguise are not actually Robots, then by all means, share it.

Shadowman wrote:They're still robots and nothing in your post actually claims otherwise. Hell, the term Autobot means "Autonomous Robot" according to Optimus.

Optimus's exact words were "We are Autonomous Robotic Organisms from the planet Cybertron, also known as Autobots."

They are robots who are organisms.

Shadowman wrote:Being biological is never stated outright in any media. (In the movies, even, recall that Megatron is specifically referred to as "Non-biological Extraterrestrial")

"Now, a T-Cog isn't technology. It is biology. Which means it will reject any power source, other than energon. Energon is the fuel, the ammunition, and the life-blood of all Cybertronians, whatever their affiliation." (Starscream, episode 30, "Operation Bumblebee, Part 1")

So please, if you have any actual argument that the Robots in Disguise are not actually Robots, then by all means, share it.

I never said that they weren't robots. But they aren't robots in the same sense that, say, ASIMO is a robot.

Sabrblade wrote:They are robots

Which is why that "gore" was allowed on TV; if it's robots, it's not really gore, just broken machinery. You can argue the semantics all you like, it won't change that.

Shadowman wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:They are robots

Which is why that "gore" was allowed on TV; if it's robots, it's not really gore, just broken machinery. You can argue the semantics all you like, it won't change that.

They're still people having their innards graphically torn out of their bodies, which still counts as a form of gore, regardless of what the narrow-minded Cable TV execs think.

The folks at the CW likewise felt that it was too graphic to show onscreen, and so cut that whole sequence out during that episode's airing on that channel.