Transformers: Robots In Disguise Combiner Force Episodes 1-7 Description and US Air Times

Poor Sideswipe, but yay Blurr! I'm excited for some combining and some new rescue bot backup

Sabrblade wrote:Episode 49: "Blurred", 5/13/2017

After his reckless actions cause the escape of a dangerous Sharkticon, Sideswipe goes out of his way to recapture the 'Con and prove his value to the team in fear of getting replaced by a younger, and faster, newcomer - Rescue Bot Blurr.

ok...I'm confused....


is supposed to be...



???

o.supreme wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Episode 49: "Blurred", 5/13/2017

After his reckless actions cause the escape of a dangerous Sharkticon, Sideswipe goes out of his way to recapture the 'Con and prove his value to the team in fear of getting replaced by a younger, and faster, newcomer - Rescue Bot Blurr.

ok...I'm confused....


is supposed to be...



???

At least they transform the same, unlike Bee, Prime, and Sideswipe when they crossed over to Rescue bots. It makes sense though, the basic design, colors, and feel were there, but the designs were still just different enough, so this does work

o.supreme wrote:ok...I'm confused....


is supposed to be...


???

Everyone and their mother here was insisting that they had to be the same Blurr back when his RID toy was first revealed.

We've had worse examples anyway. Optimus for example; when did he have time to scan the new Earth vehicle mode again? Or is that something else the Primes gave him? Here; have this sword, some basic training and a sweet truck mode. We won't actually bother to give you much help in the fight against a demi-god and instead have you rely on others to beat him up with Prison Equipment. But we gave you a truck mode. Man, we're even better demi-gods than Marvel's Watchers!

Why does Blurr have to look the same between shows? RID BB is the same character as Prime BB but they look different. Same thing here.

Sabrblade wrote:Everyone and their mother here was insisting that they had to be the same Blurr back when his RID toy was first revealed.

For the record I didn't, in fact I never even gave it a thought. Always thought they were two completely separate characters that happen to have the same name (like FoC Grimlock & RiD15 Grimlock)...

At least when characters crossed over into RB they had the same color scheme and basic look.
As for changing modes...well...Honestly I never took Rescue Bots seriously. I know its supposed to be part of the "aligned continuity", but it really is its own thing. The designs on RB are all simplified, there's no way they could do in simple flash animation what Prime or BB would look like from TFP. They got the colors and basic design down.

To me the two Blurr's look nothing alike, but I know they can scan new modes. No doubt they'll just have a throw away line about him scanning a new form or something.

The Aligned media rarely ever gave two cents about aesthetic consistency. Across the Prime cartoon, Rescue Bots cartoon, and RID cartoon, we're supposed to believe that the bodies that Optimus and Bumblebee appear in within each cartoon are all the SAME bodies across the board, with the only exception being Optimus's upgraded body and Bee's black-recolored body in Prime season 3.











Same with Sideswipe, too:




Even the video games were guilty of this. Optimus has one body in WFC, then suddenly has a completely new look in FOC with zero in-universe explanation, which we're just supposed to accept as being how he already looked.

Sabrblade wrote:The Aligned media rarely ever gave two cents about aesthetic consistency. Across the Prime cartoon, Rescue Bots cartoon, and RID cartoon, we're supposed to believe that the bodies that Optimus and Bumblebee appear in within each cartoon are all the SAME bodies across the board, with the only exception being Optimus's upgraded body and Bee's black-recolored body in Prime season 3.

Granted, but the pictures you posted make my point. Though there are obvious differences in each character(based on each shows animation style)

Objectively speaking...you could show someone who's unfamiliar with these characters and they would be able to match which are Prime with Prime, BB with BB, Sideswipe with Sideswipe, heck even the Cyclone Mini-Con design on RB was recognizable. But with the two Blurr's they are completely different....I'm not saying its not possible/plausible, or that its a bad or wrong decision, I'm just saying the recognition is not instantaneous as it is with all the others.

o.supreme wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:The Aligned media rarely ever gave two cents about aesthetic consistency. Across the Prime cartoon, Rescue Bots cartoon, and RID cartoon, we're supposed to believe that the bodies that Optimus and Bumblebee appear in within each cartoon are all the SAME bodies across the board, with the only exception being Optimus's upgraded body and Bee's black-recolored body in Prime season 3.

Granted, but the pictures you posted make my point. Though there are obvious differences in each character(based on each shows animation style)

Objectively speaking...you could show someone who's unfamiliar with these characters and they would be able to match which are Prime with Prime, BB with BB, Sideswipe with Sideswipe, heck even the Cyclone Mini-Con design on RB was recognizable. But with the two Blurr's they are completely different....I'm not saying its not possible/plausible, or that its a bad or wrong decision, I'm just saying the recognition is not instantaneous as it is with all the others.

Believe me, man, I was on the same side as you before back when the toy was first revealed, but even before the cartoon trailer came out everyone in the toy thread shut me up for even daring to consider the possibility that it might not be Rescue Bots Blurr because everyone was SO SURE it was Rescue Bots Blurr because he looked SO MUCH LIKE Rescue Bots Blurr.

o.supreme wrote:I know its supposed to be part of the "aligned continuity", but it really is its own thing.

Just like everything else in the alligned continuity

Only in RID comics and RID season 2 did they actually connect the show with prime.

william-james88 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:I know its supposed to be part of the "aligned continuity", but it really is its own thing.

Just like everything else in the alligned continuity

Only in RID comics and RID season 2 did they actually connect the show with prime.

That's more than Energon connected with Armada.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:I know its supposed to be part of the "aligned continuity", but it really is its own thing.

Just like everything else in the alligned continuity

Only in RID comics and RID season 2 did they actually connect the show with prime.

That's more than Energon connected with Armada.

What about Cybertron with Energon?

Sabrblade wrote:Believe me, man, I was on the same side as you before back when the toy was first revealed, but even before the cartoon trailer came out everyone in the toy thread shut me up for even daring to consider the possibility that it might not be Rescue Bots Blurr because everyone was SO SURE it was Rescue Bots Blurr because he looked SO MUCH LIKE Rescue Bots Blurr.

wow sorry to hear that...well unfortunately I don't collect RiD toys (other than getting the deployers and Mini-Cons for my son), so I missed out on all that.

that would have been tough, especially with only the toys to compare before we saw any animation. It will be interesting to see in a couple weeks if they address the change at all, or just "business as usual"

Also don't get me started on Cybertron. . Maybe I was jaded after seeing some Galaxy Force episodes first, but I knew from the get-go it had nothing to do with Armada/Energon, why they had to shoehorn continuity was beyond me. To make matters worse, TT caved and did in fact retcon it to connect the other series somehow long after it aired... Should have stuck to their guns on that one.

Springload!

Man, I hope that sharkticon means we finally get a toy of that season one hammerhead.

o.supreme wrote:Also don't get me started on Cybertron. . Maybe I was jaded after seeing some Galaxy Force episodes first, but I knew from the get-go it had nothing to do with Armada/Energon, why they had to shoehorn continuity was beyond me. To make matters worse, TT caved and did in fact retcon it to connect the other series somehow long after it aired... Should have stuck to their guns on that one.

In all honesty, Cybertron was supposed to be another sequel from its conception. GONZO either missed that memo or chose to ignore it when they made the cartoon into being a standalone series. It wasn't America tampering with a Japanese work so much as it was Japan mucking up what America had originally planned for the series in the first place. After all, it was Aaron Archer who drew up and outlined the earliest ideas for it on the so-called "Napkin of Revelation".

continuing the conversation here, so we don't get accused of being OT

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Some new videos were uploaded on cartoon network's youtube channel today. We have posted them for your viewing pleasure below so you can check out Strongarm and Sideswipe sporting some desert camo. If you are a fan for the Robots in Disguise show be sure to know when the RiD Combiner Force episodes will air, using this article.

so far pretty cool, I hope by the end of the series we see more Predacons

GalvatronG1 wrote:so far pretty cool, I hope by the end of the series we see more Predacons

Outside of one flashback of one episode, there are no Predacons in this show.

Sabrblade wrote:

GalvatronG1 wrote:so far pretty cool, I hope by the end of the series we see more Predacons

Outside of one flashback of one episode, there are no Predacons in this show.

I know, I still wish to see some, or some generics using the models of predacons

At last! Dailymotion links for episodes 46 and 47:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5kcogh

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5kcoyn

GalvatronG1 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

GalvatronG1 wrote:so far pretty cool, I hope by the end of the series we see more Predacons

Outside of one flashback of one episode, there are no Predacons in this show.

I know, I still wish to see some, or some generics using the models of predacons

We may get a Ser-Ket yet

Youtuber SeanTF1967 has uploaded 5 new previews for the upcoming episodes of Robots in Disguise: Combiner Force. The episodes, in order, are: Defrosted, Blurred, Sphere of Influence, Bee Cool, and The Great Divide. Previews for the 2-part season opener, King of the Hill, are also available, though those episodes aired this weekend as Combiner Force gets underway. Check out the previews starring the Stunticons and let us know what you think in the comments section below!

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...