Previews for Robots In Disguise Combiner Force Episodes 3-7

So unless he hit his head really hard, that is most certainly not TFP Breakdown back from the dead.

And Drag Strip is Decepticon Powerglide. Huh. Didn't see that one coming.

If you have Dish On Demand you can watch episodes 3-7 there.

Kurona wrote:So unless he hit his head really hard, that is most certainly not TFP Breakdown back from the dead.

And Drag Strip is Decepticon Powerglide. Huh. Didn't see that one coming.

The name Breakdown has not shown up in this series at all, so I'm not sure why it keeps coming up here

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Kurona wrote:So unless he hit his head really hard, that is most certainly not TFP Breakdown back from the dead.

And Drag Strip is Decepticon Powerglide. Huh. Didn't see that one coming.

The name Breakdown has not shown up in this series at all, so I'm not sure why it keeps coming up here

Simple; TFP Breakdown and RiD Wildbreak are both based upon the same G1 character and have similar visual characteristics, TFP Breakdown's much bigger mass notwithstanding. So naturally one gets to wondering if they were doing a resurrection, especially when we've had quite a few TFP characters come back in the show recently. It's a fair assumption to make.

Kurona wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Kurona wrote:So unless he hit his head really hard, that is most certainly not TFP Breakdown back from the dead.

And Drag Strip is Decepticon Powerglide. Huh. Didn't see that one coming.

The name Breakdown has not shown up in this series at all, so I'm not sure why it keeps coming up here

Simple; TFP Breakdown and RiD Wildbreak are both based upon the same G1 character and have similar visual characteristics, TFP Breakdown's much bigger mass notwithstanding. So naturally one gets to wondering if they were doing a resurrection, especially when we've had quite a few TFP characters come back in the show recently. It's a fair assumption to make.

Um, what?

TFPrime Breakdown was a beefed up G1 Breakdown basically, and Wildbreak doesn't even come close to sharing colors or look with him

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Kurona wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Kurona wrote:So unless he hit his head really hard, that is most certainly not TFP Breakdown back from the dead.

And Drag Strip is Decepticon Powerglide. Huh. Didn't see that one coming.

The name Breakdown has not shown up in this series at all, so I'm not sure why it keeps coming up here

Simple; TFP Breakdown and RiD Wildbreak are both based upon the same G1 character and have similar visual characteristics, TFP Breakdown's much bigger mass notwithstanding. So naturally one gets to wondering if they were doing a resurrection, especially when we've had quite a few TFP characters come back in the show recently. It's a fair assumption to make.

Um, what?

TFPrime Breakdown was a beefed up G1 Breakdown basically, and Wildbreak doesn't even come close to sharing colors or look with him

? Both of them have their primary colour as dark blue, their secondary colour as grey and have a red face. We are talking about the same Wildbreak, right?
And yeah, TFP Breakdown was much more bulky; I'm not saying there's an exact resemblance or anything. But considering the precedent we have for characters from TFP looking very different even in body shape (Soundwave most especially), I still think it was a fair theory to have. It's not like I'm theorising one of Galvatronus' limbs is Bulkhead; there was fair grounding and reasoning for this.

Kurona wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Kurona wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Kurona wrote:So unless he hit his head really hard, that is most certainly not TFP Breakdown back from the dead.

And Drag Strip is Decepticon Powerglide. Huh. Didn't see that one coming.

The name Breakdown has not shown up in this series at all, so I'm not sure why it keeps coming up here

Simple; TFP Breakdown and RiD Wildbreak are both based upon the same G1 character and have similar visual characteristics, TFP Breakdown's much bigger mass notwithstanding. So naturally one gets to wondering if they were doing a resurrection, especially when we've had quite a few TFP characters come back in the show recently. It's a fair assumption to make.

Um, what?

TFPrime Breakdown was a beefed up G1 Breakdown basically, and Wildbreak doesn't even come close to sharing colors or look with him

? Both of them have their primary colour as dark blue, their secondary colour as grey and have a red face. We are talking about the same Wildbreak, right?
And yeah, TFP Breakdown was much more bulky; I'm not saying there's an exact resemblance or anything. But considering the precedent we have for characters from TFP looking very different even in body shape (Soundwave most especially), I still think it was a fair theory to have. It's not like I'm theorising one of Galvatronus' limbs is Bulkhead; there was fair grounding and reasoning for this.

I'm... I'm still not seeing it at all. That is unmistakingly Wildrider. It's not really Breakdown blue and the secondary colors don't really match up either; a little, but not much, but even then it is pretty Wildrider than Prime Breakdown

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Kurona wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Kurona wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Kurona wrote:So unless he hit his head really hard, that is most certainly not TFP Breakdown back from the dead.

And Drag Strip is Decepticon Powerglide. Huh. Didn't see that one coming.

The name Breakdown has not shown up in this series at all, so I'm not sure why it keeps coming up here

Simple; TFP Breakdown and RiD Wildbreak are both based upon the same G1 character and have similar visual characteristics, TFP Breakdown's much bigger mass notwithstanding. So naturally one gets to wondering if they were doing a resurrection, especially when we've had quite a few TFP characters come back in the show recently. It's a fair assumption to make.

Um, what?

TFPrime Breakdown was a beefed up G1 Breakdown basically, and Wildbreak doesn't even come close to sharing colors or look with him

? Both of them have their primary colour as dark blue, their secondary colour as grey and have a red face. We are talking about the same Wildbreak, right?
And yeah, TFP Breakdown was much more bulky; I'm not saying there's an exact resemblance or anything. But considering the precedent we have for characters from TFP looking very different even in body shape (Soundwave most especially), I still think it was a fair theory to have. It's not like I'm theorising one of Galvatronus' limbs is Bulkhead; there was fair grounding and reasoning for this.

I'm... I'm still not seeing it at all. That is unmistakingly Wildrider. It's not really Breakdown blue and the secondary colors don't really match up either; a little, but not much, but even then it is pretty Wildrider than Prime Breakdown

I'm looking at it closer and it does seem like his main colour is close to Wildrider. Think we'll put this down to a blue-and-black-dress/white-and-gold-dress thing.

I was pretty sure that the fact that there was no one named "Breakdown" on this team already made it a given that Prime Breakdown wouldn't be part of this Stunticon team.

Anyway, anyone got any thoughts on the two-part premiere, now that we finally have episode links?

Sabrblade wrote:I was pretty sure that the fact that there was no one named "Breakdown" on this team already made it a given that Prime Breakdown wouldn't be part of this Stunticon team.

Anyway, anyone got any thoughts on the two-part premiere, now that we finally have episode links?

Well, seeing Ultra Bee that early was a surprise, and the Stuntwing visit was very unexpected and felt very weird, though Bee flying was cool. I love Motormaster's voice too.

Sabrblade wrote:I was pretty sure that the fact that there was no one named "Breakdown" on this team already made it a given that Prime Breakdown wouldn't be part of this Stunticon team.

Anyway, anyone got any thoughts on the two-part premiere, now that we finally have episode links?

I TELL YOU WHAT, IT WAS alright. Not terrible, nothing amazing; just alright. Kinda how I feel about most of RiD 2015; it's a simple fun kids' show with little risks but that's alright and it's still fun.
I guess the biggest thing I have to say is that I'm not sure how I feel about the cutaways to Russel. On one hand it was a pretty good moral that is a rather important thing to learn and it was nicely done... on the other hand it was really awkwardly chucked into the episode and cut to; it had nothing to do with the rest of the plot and each time it showed up I was just thinking "GET BACK TO THE ACTION!"
So yeah, nice thing, just not very well placed. Also, bit of a shame that Heatseeker doesn't really have any personality outside of evil laughter and saying the word 'chief'. Oh wellllllllllllllllll

Also also, goddammit Soundwave's talkative

Err, yeah, sure, I'll take one for the team. I thought the first part was kind of sh*t, to be honest. Nothing completely against the writing, though there isn't much of substance in the first episode, but it was moreso clumsy in technical areas. For instance, the animation on Strongarm and Sideswipe through the episode, from when they're sparring in the base to when Sideswipe "transform jumps", seemed really unfinished. Their movements were clunkier than usual. Then, rather a problem with both parts, whoever Heatseeker's voice actor is really sucks donkey ass. The line delivery on that 'con was absolutely abysmal and cringeworthy.

So you can imagine how this makes the first part look when there's a bunch of production problems atop an uneventful story. However, the second part I found improved on everything. The animation wasn't unnatural anymore, the plot was actually going somewhere given we were now focusing more on Bumblebee's overconfidence (which is one of the best things about this two-parter), and then there's all the spoilerific tease at the end. Ultimately, part two was a lot more up-to-speed. Also, for how weirdly Russel's b-plot was shoved into this premiere, I did kinda like it.

Robots in Disguise (2015) has always had these really polarizing premieres. It usually goes that way, where one part is good and the other part is garbage. You just kind of have to go "ehh" by the end of it all, even if one part was worth watching. Therefore, this is just another RID premiere. By-the-numbers.

First Complaint: HeatSeeker really coulda been Offroad, since this is now the second time the Stunticons have called on a high performance Pickup.

It was nice seeing Team Bee go up against an actual Decepticon and fall flat on their face. They talked about losing their sharpness and all, but the Bee Team spent all of its "training" up against recently released prisoners. Sure, ther was Screamer, but they had help for him. That being said, I don't feel like this really needed to be 2 episodes. I am not sure what you cut out to to condense it, other than the totally unneeded Football game, as most of the action sequences were needed. but Heatseeker alone wasn't really enough to warrant two episodes. He felt repetitve. I liked his motives, and his stregy, and dare I say it his aggressiveness, although I completely agree with Pryme Striker

, whoever Heatseeker's voice actor is really sucks donkey ass. The line delivery on that 'con was absolutely abysmal and cringeworthy.

on hi vocal delivery.

Sideswipe/Strongarm felt like a step backwards. Surely by now they should be working in better synce in spite of each other's idiosyncracies. Iam kinda tired of that, too.

Poor Grimlock.

The Minicon really felt like a "To Sell Toys!" moment. ZFlying Bunblebee served no purpose, and as far as knocking loose his DH and scanner, that could easily have been chalked up to his regular battle with HeatSeeker. Is what it is though, I guess.

I am however, truly excited to see the Stunticons in action. Not sure why, but I have really resonated with them and even before Season 2 thought they would be good opponents for an Earth-based Autobot team. No huge interstellar plots, just good old King of the Road.

Soundwave spoke! While I, Like a lot of others, enjoyed his silent Prime run, lets be realistic, how else is he going to communicate when he's in another dimension? Gesture wildly? Shadow puppets? Long as he is not a chatterbox.

Fanfiction idea: What if, instead of Megatronus, it was Soundwave who orchestrated the crashing of the Alchemor on Earth? I've toyed with that thought for a long time, had they done that, they would have saved a season of "How is this a Sequel?"

I wonder how Soundwave gets loose from the Shadowzone?

Seibertronian Zeedust has been kind enough to notify us that Episodes 1-7 of the new Robots in Disguise: Combiner Force show are now on Cartoon Network: On-Demand! The On-Demand service requires you to have an account to watch the shows, and the service is region locked, being only available in the US. You can check out the videos HERE and let us know what you think of these new episodes in the comments section below!

I tried to watch them. Downloaded the app and everything then said you need to create an account. So I watched attack on Titan and Dragon Ball Super instead lol

Randomhero wrote:I tried to watch them. Downloaded the app and everything then said you need to create an account. So I watched attack on Titan and Dragon Ball Super instead lol

watching Episode 3 on Google fiber on Demand, if youre recording the show, go to DVR and scheduled then go to saturday and you'll see the play symbol, press play to view the episode,

love the fact Fix-it get's addicted to a game with Super Mario Sounds

I only get 2-minute clips. Of course, my cable provider doesn't have episode 1 and 2 up.

Remember how we told you once that Robots in Disguise: Combiner Force was confirmed for 26 episodes, but then there was some confusion as to whether there would be 13 or 26? Well, we can confirm from you via showrunner Adam Beechen that there are 26 episodes to Season 3 as he is calling it, grouping the Starscream arc under Season 2 by the showrunner himself. This means that we now have 24 more episodes after "King of the Hill" to look forward to! What do you think of this final confirmation? Let us know in the comments section below!

Hope you enjoyed the #TransformersRID season premiere! Now get ready for 25 more new episodes! @willfriedle @ConstanceZimmer @kharypayton

So the Starscream thing is more or less officially under the second season. Alright. TFWiki will be undergoing some edits I imagine. And that means RID 2015 will contain at least 71 episodes.

PrymeStriker wrote:So the Starscream thing is more or less officially under the second season. Alright. TFWiki will be undergoing some edits I imagine. And that means RID 2015 will contain at least 71 episodes.

Correct, correct, and correct. Cartoon network still sees Combiner Force as season 4, but I think the show editor should win that argument

I watched episodes 1 and 2. Really don't see why it needed to be a multi parter.

The football game was completely unnecessary. The hermit too. Only thing I hate more than human characters in Transformers is sport.

Heatseekers voice was awful. To be honest I wish they'd kill off Drift and Grimlock.

It was one of the better Soundwave voices in the franchise thankfully though nothing has come close to his G1 voice.

Still, overall I've enjoyed RID.

Oh in case anyone wanted a decent look at Ultra Bee in the cartoon:

Woah, they, uh. They sure are big boned.


So how exactly does Drift's transformation into sword form work? It doesn't look like it should really be possible...

Kurona wrote:Woah, they, uh. They sure are big boned.


So how exactly does Drift's transformation into sword form work? It doesn't look like it should really be possible...

Looks like robot mode but his legs suck in and a sword blade comes out the top.

I also really like how bulky he is. it's cool

Windsweeper wrote:It was one of the better Soundwave voices in the franchise thankfully though nothing has come close to his G1 voice.

But... it was Frank Welker.

Houston, we have more links!

48: Defrosted - http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5kfsb5

49: Blurred - http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5kfscz

50: Sphere of Influence - http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5kfsjc

51: Bee Cool - http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5kfsuk

52: The Great Divide - http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5kfszt

PrymeStriker wrote:So the Starscream thing is more or less officially under the second season. Alright. TFWiki will be undergoing some edits I imagine.

...Not really? I mean, the Wiki doesn't currently list the Starscream arc as Season 3.

As to why it doesn't just lump it in the same list as Season 2, Chris McFeely has explained on the cartoon's Talk Page:

Seasons don't have 19 episodes, "Decepticon Island" is a clear season finale at the standard 13-episode production-unit mark, and the Starscream arc was promoted as "season 3" by the staff of the show at SDCC (and is even currently listed on Netflix and Cartoon Network's website under that name) because it was obviously produced as a separate 6-episode mini-series that wasn't considered part of season 2. They might've retroactively grouped it under that header, and I'm quite sure that if and when it's all released on a DVD box set it'll all be collected under the name of "season 2," but for us to just lump it in there is intellectually dishonest in regards to the nature of its production.

So, yeah, it is a part of Season 2, but more of an extension to that season made only after the fact, rather than an integral part that was always in the original plans for Season 2. Hence the "Season 2½" label the Wiki uses denote its separately-produced status.

Sabrblade wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:So the Starscream thing is more or less officially under the second season. Alright. TFWiki will be undergoing some edits I imagine.

...Not really? I mean, the Wiki doesn't currently list the Starscream arc as Season 3.

So, yeah, it is a part of Season 2, but more of an extension to that season made only after the fact, rather than an integral part that was always in the original plans for Season 2. Hence the "Season 2½" label the Wiki uses denote its separately-produced status.

I kinda meant something like what edit actually took place on the Wiki, which ended up just being this single line:

Wikileaks wrote:retroactively, it seems to have been lumped in with season 2

But yeah, I also figured they'd put it all under season two, or at the very least list season 2 "1/2" as a mini-series subcategory underneath the second season heading. Basically, my point is, "season 2 1/2" sounds clunky as all hell.

I love Dragstrip and Wildbreak

PrymeStriker wrote:But yeah, I also figured they'd put it all under season two, or at the very least list season 2 "1/2" as a mini-series subcategory underneath the second season heading. Basically, my point is, "season 2 1/2" sounds clunky as all hell.

That clunkiness is part of the intent behind that label. When it was found out to be an extension of Season 2, it was originally labeled as "Season 2.5", but was changed to "Season 2½" to not only denote the distinction between the original Season 2 episodes and the mini-series, but all to enhance the label's comedy potential. It looks ridiculous because it's supposed to look ridiculous.

Not gonna lie, I've watched "the great divide" twice now and I've repeated the combination part several times. It was a really cool episode, but the combined mode squabbling was hilarious! Grimlock cracked me up the whole time:

G: "I'm the bottom aren't I?"
...
B: "Now Grim, you're the legs"
G: "I knew it"

Good to hear. It does sound like there'll be a lot going on this season (especially taking the end scene of "King of the Hill" into account). Twenty-Six episodes should be more than enough to fit it all in.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Remember how we told you once that Robots in Disguise: Combiner Force was confirmed for 26 episodes, but then there was some confusion as to whether there would be 13 or 26? Well, we can confirm from you via showrunner Adam Beechen that there are 26 episodes to Season 3 as he is calling it, grouping the Starscream arc under Season 2 by the showrunner himself. This means that we now have 24 more episodes after "King of the Hill" to look forward to! What do you think of this final confirmation? Let us know in the comments section below!

Hope you enjoyed the #TransformersRID season premiere! Now get ready for 25 more new episodes! @willfriedle @ConstanceZimmer @kharypayton

I always viewed the latter episodes with Starscream as part of season 2, always called it season 2 in all my comments...not sure where the confusion was...

I mean I know CN has cut budgets for shows short before due to lack of toy sales causing fewer episodes to get produced, or canceled them outright- but for once I would think this is not the case with RiD15. CN has had a long sad history of poor decision making however. Why there were only 19 episodes for season 2 we may never know.

o.supreme wrote:I always viewed the latter episodes with Starscream as part of season 2, always called it season 2 in all my comments...not sure where the confusion was...

Some sources like Netflix label the Starscream arc as "Season 3" because of its having been produced separately from the main 13 episodes of Season 2.

o.supreme wrote:I mean I know CN has cut budgets for shows short before due to lack of toy sales causing fewer episodes to get produced, or canceled them outright- but for once I would think this is not the case with RiD15. CN has had a long sad history of poor decision making however. Why there were only 19 episodes for season 2 we may never know.

CN doesn't have anything to do with RID's budget. They just broadcast it. The 19-episode count came about because Season 2 was originally billed a standard 13-episode amount, and then six more episodes were later produced as the mini-series/TV event that we got last Fall.

Please end this show.

Sabrblade wrote:CN doesn't have anything to do with RID's budget. They just broadcast it.

That may be true, but if CN decides for whatever reason (ratings etc...) they don't want to pick up the show for another season it ends there, end of story, doesn't matter how well its doing elsewhere, unless Discovey Family were to pick it up... which I doubt would happen

TFA was distributed on all different networks around the world, but when CN in the U.S. ended it, it ended for everyone...the point is CN has been notorious for ending really good shows that both they themselves have produced, and ones they've merely broadcast.

o.supreme wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:CN doesn't have anything to do with RID's budget. They just broadcast it.

That may be true, but if CN decides for whatever reason (ratings etc...) they don't want to pick up the show for another season it ends there, end of story, doesn't matter how well its doing elsewhere, unless Discovey Family were to pick it up... which I doubt would happen

True, but that wasn't the case here. Season 2 aired its full original run, and then got a bonus batch of six more eps later (which aired on Teletoon in Canada before they aired on CN in the U.S., btw).

o.supreme wrote:TFA was distributed on all different networks around the world, but when CN in the U.S. ended it, it ended for everyone...the point is CN has been notorious for ending really good shows that both they themselves have produced, and ones they've merely broadcast.

The difference there is that Animated was made directly by Cartoon Network Studios (in co-production with a few Asian animation studios). CN had the full power to kill its production because they owned and controlled Animated's production, whereas RID is made wholecloth by Hasbro Studios.

If you recall what happened with Beware the Batman. CN pulled the plug on airing that show after just 11 episodes had aired, but that show was not produced by CN itself. Rather, it was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment (separate but related companies from CN itself), who had completed the show's 26-episode Season 1 production, and who managed to find alternative venues to get the rest of the season released to its viewers.

CN may have been able to stop that show from airing in full on its channel, but had no power in preventing the full season from being made in the first place, since its production was out of CN's hands. As RID is likewise made by a separate company from CN, it's in a similar position as Beware the Batman was (albeit, a much better case since RID has been allowed to continue airing on CN), in which CN can't stop RID's full seasons from being made after they're ordered. CN could choose to stop airing the show mid-season, but the rest of the season would still exist even in a yet-to-be-aired format.

Sabrblade wrote:If you recall what happened with Beware the Batman. CN pulled the plug on airing that show after just 11 episodes had aired, but that show was not produced by CN itself. Rather, it was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment (separate but related companies from CN itself), who had completed the show's 26-episode Season 1 production, and who managed to find alternative venues to get the rest of the season released to its viewers.

Actually that is a perfect example, Beware the Batman did not get any other channel to air its remaining episodes, instead, perhaps because of some contractual obligation, CN "aired" the remaining 15 during the middle of the night on adult swim, when they knew very few people if anyone would be watching. Also two other very popular Warner/DC shows (Young Justice & Green Lantern) got canceled by CN because "toys were not selling"...thankfully the fandom has been heard in the case of YJ and after 6 years, and a ton of miracles, it is getting a 3rd season on Netflix.

But these are just a couple of examples, CN has been known as "The Place where Good Cartoons go to Die" for sometime. Fortunately it appears Hasbro will be going another direction, as it normally does about every 3 years, so they wont have to worry about wondering if CN will pick up another season or not, I'm sure season 3 will have a proper ending. I can only hope that whatever the next mainstream Transformers Animated series is, that Hasbro does not continue to partner with CN...too much bad history there. If they are smart, they will partner with Netflix.

o.supreme wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:If you recall what happened with Beware the Batman. CN pulled the plug on airing that show after just 11 episodes had aired, but that show was not produced by CN itself. Rather, it was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment (separate but related companies from CN itself), who had completed the show's 26-episode Season 1 production, and who managed to find alternative venues to get the rest of the season released to its viewers.

Actually that is a perfect example, Beware the Batman did not get any other channel to air its remaining episodes, instead, perhaps because of some contractual obligation, CN "aired" the remaining 15 during the middle of the night on adult swim, when they knew very few people if anyone would be watching. Also two other very popular Warner/DC shows (Young Justice & Green Lantern) got canceled by CN because "toys were not selling"...thankfully the fandom has been heard in the case of YJ and after 6 years, and a ton of miracles, it is getting a 3rd season on Netflix.

But these are just a couple of examples, CN has been known as "The Place where Good Cartoons go to Die" for sometime. Fortunately it appears Hasbro will be going another direction, as it normally does about every 3 years, so they wont have to worry about wondering if CN will pick up another season or not, I'm sure season 3 will have a proper ending. I can only hope that whatever the next mainstream Transformers Animated series is, that Hasbro does not continue to partner with CN...too much bad history there. If they are smart, they will partner with Netflix.

All in all, though, each of those shows that CN killed still had the entirety of their seasons fully completed before CN pulled the plug on their airing them.

PrymeStriker wrote:"The Great Divide, the biggest canyon in the Earth Kingdom!"



"Ehh...let's keep flying."

"HONOR!"

Sabrblade wrote:That clunkiness is part of the intent behind that label. When it was found out to be an extension of Season 2, it was originally labeled as "Season 2.5", but was changed to "Season 2½" to not only denote the distinction between the original Season 2 episodes and the mini-series, but all to enhance the label's comedy potential. It looks ridiculous because it's supposed to look ridiculous.

Ahh, okay, I see. Maybe I can tolerate it for a few more lives then.

Silverwing wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:"The Great Divide, the biggest canyon in the Earth Kingdom!"



"Ehh...let's keep flying."

"HONOR!"

You see this, Kurona? This is the real reason we need "Like" buttons on this site.

Flashwave wrote:First Complaint: HeatSeeker really coulda been Offroad, since this is now the second time the Stunticons have called on a high performance Pickup.

It was nice seeing Team Bee go up against an actual Decepticon and fall flat on their face. They talked about losing their sharpness and all, but the Bee Team spent all of its "training" up against recently released prisoners. Sure, ther was Screamer, but they had help for him. That being said, I don't feel like this really needed to be 2 episodes. I am not sure what you cut out to to condense it, other than the totally unneeded Football game, as most of the action sequences were needed. but Heatseeker alone wasn't really enough to warrant two episodes. He felt repetitve. I liked his motives, and his stregy, and dare I say it his aggressiveness, although I completely agree with Pryme Striker

, whoever Heatseeker's voice actor is really sucks donkey ass. The line delivery on that 'con was absolutely abysmal and cringeworthy.

on hi vocal delivery.

Sideswipe/Strongarm felt like a step backwards. Surely by now they should be working in better synce in spite of each other's idiosyncracies. Iam kinda tired of that, too.

Poor Grimlock.

The Minicon really felt like a "To Sell Toys!" moment. ZFlying Bunblebee served no purpose, and as far as knocking loose his DH and scanner, that could easily have been chalked up to his regular battle with HeatSeeker. Is what it is though, I guess.

I am however, truly excited to see the Stunticons in action. Not sure why, but I have really resonated with them and even before Season 2 thought they would be good opponents for an Earth-based Autobot team. No huge interstellar plots, just good old King of the Road.

Soundwave spoke! While I, Like a lot of others, enjoyed his silent Prime run, lets be realistic, how else is he going to communicate when he's in another dimension? Gesture wildly? Shadow puppets? Long as he is not a chatterbox.

Fanfiction idea: What if, instead of Megatronus, it was Soundwave who orchestrated the crashing of the Alchemor on Earth? I've toyed with that thought for a long time, had they done that, they would have saved a season of "How is this a Sequel?"

I wonder how Soundwave gets loose from the Shadowzone?

+ we still dunno how he got his new FOC/WFC style look either

Btw loved the episodes(all 7 of them...so far)

Crustacean just looks the same or similar to Ped, loved the flying Bee(in vehicle mode), it was cool to see the Beeformer(unconscious in one of the earlier eps & stumbling about in a later ep), new look Blurr is cool(even though we still don't yet know if Rescue Bots is getting a 5th season or not?), cool to see two of the Stunticons combine(which btw is shown in the title sequence anyway), dunno when we'll get a good look at Motormaster? as he keeps on hiding in the shadows, can't wait for the rest of the season to see Menasor, Galvatronus, Bruticus, Soundwave & whoever else new is coming into it + the odd appearance of a Rescue Bots character

TWC Central has info on two more episodes of this season:

Season 3 Episode 8:
Get a Clue
Strongarm flexes her detective muscles to solve a baffling series of Decepticon thefts; she may need to stand up to her teammates in order to bring a perp to justice.

Season 3 Episode 9:
Out of the Shadows
The Bee Team learns about Drift's past when his former mentor Shadow Raker comes to Earth to recover something Drift has taken from him - Slipstream and Jetstorm.

... alright, it's great that we're getting backstory on Drift that probably has to do with him being a former Decepticon; but Shadow Raker? Shadow Raker? Even for Transformers names that's stupid.

Kurona wrote:... alright, it's great that we're getting backstory on Drift that probably has to do with him being a former Decepticon; but Shadow Raker? Shadow Raker? Even for Transformers names that's stupid.

Thunderhoof redeco

Kurona wrote:... alright, it's great that we're getting backstory on Drift that probably has to do with him being a former Decepticon; but Shadow Raker? Shadow Raker? Even for Transformers names that's stupid.

It sounds to me like a Micromaster-era Japanese G1 character name.

Sabrblade wrote:

Kurona wrote:... alright, it's great that we're getting backstory on Drift that probably has to do with him being a former Decepticon; but Shadow Raker? Shadow Raker? Even for Transformers names that's stupid.

It sounds to me like a Micromaster-era Japanese G1 character name.

Which I suppose would go well juxtaposed to Drift's samurai design........





*cough*







....Right, so I'm thoroughly excited for this episode.

TWC Central has updated with new episode listings for Robots in Disguise: Combiner Force. The new episodes, titled episodes 8 and 9, feature 2 members of the team: Strongarm and Drift. Strongarm shapes up to flex some Sherlock muscles, while we finally get the backstory on Drift and his minicons. Heck, the listings are even nice enough to give us a name that totally would work as a Thunderhoof retool in the form of Shadow Raker! Check out the episode listings below, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!

Season 3 Episode 9:
Out of the Shadows
The Bee Team learns about Drift's past when his former mentor Shadow Raker comes to Earth to recover something Drift has taken from him - Slipstream and Jetstorm.

Season 3 Episode 8:
Get a Clue
Strongarm flexes her detective muscles to solve a baffling series of Decepticon thefts; she may need to stand up to her teammates in order to bring a perp to justice.