Transformers: Robots In Disguise Season 2 Volume 1 DVD Features and Description

Am I the only one who's displeased with how the Predacons got handled? Predaking doesn't show up, and the other two get killed off in the most casual manner since Scorponok and Terrorsaur just so Starscream can get a makeover. Way to treat an endangered species, guys.

Zeedust wrote:Am I the only one who's displeased with how the Predacons got handled? Predaking doesn't show up, and the other two get killed off in the most casual manner since Scorponok and Terrorsaur just so Starscream can get a makeover. Way to treat an endangered species, guys.

Starscream claimed he destroyed Darksteel and Skylynx, but I'd say the visuals were ambiguous enough to leave their fates open should the writers decide to have them alive later, with an explanation being that they were chased off by Darkmount's defenses, leaving Starscream to just think that they were killed. After all, Starscream has an ego big enough to believe such a fantasy.

Sabrblade wrote:Starscream claimed he destroyed Darksteel and Skylynx, but I'd say the visuals were ambiguous enough to leave their fates open should the writers decide to have them alive later, with an explanation being that they were chased off by Darkmount's defenses, leaving Starscream to just think that they were killed. After all, Starscream has an ego big enough to believe such a fantasy.

Point taken, but unless Hasbro decides to put Predacons back on the shelves, which strikes me as unlikely, I doubt the writers would be allowed to go down that road even if they wanted to.

Zeedust wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Starscream claimed he destroyed Darksteel and Skylynx, but I'd say the visuals were ambiguous enough to leave their fates open should the writers decide to have them alive later, with an explanation being that they were chased off by Darkmount's defenses, leaving Starscream to just think that they were killed. After all, Starscream has an ego big enough to believe such a fantasy.

Point taken, but unless Hasbro decides to put Predacons back on the shelves, which strikes me as unlikely, I doubt the writers would be allowed to go down that road even if they wanted to.

They were allowed to bring back Prime Soundwave at a point when there was no new Soundwave toy.

Sabrblade wrote:

Zeedust wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Starscream claimed he destroyed Darksteel and Skylynx, but I'd say the visuals were ambiguous enough to leave their fates open should the writers decide to have them alive later, with an explanation being that they were chased off by Darkmount's defenses, leaving Starscream to just think that they were killed. After all, Starscream has an ego big enough to believe such a fantasy.

Point taken, but unless Hasbro decides to put Predacons back on the shelves, which strikes me as unlikely, I doubt the writers would be allowed to go down that road even if they wanted to.

They were allowed to bring back Prime Soundwave at a point when there was no new Soundwave toy.

Recent events are having me wondering if that actually was a toy tie-in; leading up to it slyly without us realising.

Kurona wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Zeedust wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Starscream claimed he destroyed Darksteel and Skylynx, but I'd say the visuals were ambiguous enough to leave their fates open should the writers decide to have them alive later, with an explanation being that they were chased off by Darkmount's defenses, leaving Starscream to just think that they were killed. After all, Starscream has an ego big enough to believe such a fantasy.

Point taken, but unless Hasbro decides to put Predacons back on the shelves, which strikes me as unlikely, I doubt the writers would be allowed to go down that road even if they wanted to.

They were allowed to bring back Prime Soundwave at a point when there was no new Soundwave toy.

Recent events are having me wondering if that actually was a toy tie-in; leading up to it slyly without us realising.

Considering that episode originally aired in Spring 2016, about a whole year before the point when the forthcoming Soundwave toy will see release (Spring 2017), meaning that the episode had to have been created in 2015, I have my doubts of that being the case since 2015 would be way too far ahead for the showrunners to know about any toy plans for 2017.

Sabrblade, the forthcoming RID Soundwave Warrior figure coming out in Spring 2017 retains his Prime head, but with a different body. Unlike the Prime Soundwave, who turned into a drone fighter, this version of Soundwave actually transforms into a futuristic armored military van. This means most likely when Soundwave fully returns in Combiner Force, he is expected to have a brand-new body in the same way as Starscream and Ratchet were before. He is also most likely that he will finally talk throughout the entire season, as it is confirmed that Frank Welker (Soundwave's voice actor) will return to voice acting.

Note: Frank Welker voiced Soundwave in Prime as he did way back in G1.

Sabrblade wrote:

Zeedust wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Starscream claimed he destroyed Darksteel and Skylynx, but I'd say the visuals were ambiguous enough to leave their fates open should the writers decide to have them alive later, with an explanation being that they were chased off by Darkmount's defenses, leaving Starscream to just think that they were killed. After all, Starscream has an ego big enough to believe such a fantasy.

Point taken, but unless Hasbro decides to put Predacons back on the shelves, which strikes me as unlikely, I doubt the writers would be allowed to go down that road even if they wanted to.

They were allowed to bring back Prime Soundwave at a point when there was no new Soundwave toy.

He was never implied to be dead though, just shoved into another dimension. Plus he's a big G1 name, so they probably don't mind him staying in circulation.

And even if the Preds do turn up alive, I'm really annoyed that Starscream didn't receive the mangling he had coming to him.

psj333 wrote:He is also most likely that he will finally talk throughout the entire season, as it is confirmed that Frank Welker (Soundwave's voice actor) will return to voice acting.

Note: Frank Welker voiced Soundwave in Prime as he did way back in G1.

Is it confirmed that he'll voice Soundwave, or just voice someone in RiD? And even if he does voice Soundwave, that doesn't necessarily mean he'll have any set amount of lines.

Zeedust wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Zeedust wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Starscream claimed he destroyed Darksteel and Skylynx, but I'd say the visuals were ambiguous enough to leave their fates open should the writers decide to have them alive later, with an explanation being that they were chased off by Darkmount's defenses, leaving Starscream to just think that they were killed. After all, Starscream has an ego big enough to believe such a fantasy.

Point taken, but unless Hasbro decides to put Predacons back on the shelves, which strikes me as unlikely, I doubt the writers would be allowed to go down that road even if they wanted to.

They were allowed to bring back Prime Soundwave at a point when there was no new Soundwave toy.

He was never implied to be dead though, just shoved into another dimension. Plus he's a big G1 name, so they probably don't mind him staying in circulation.

And even if the Preds do turn up alive, I'm really annoyed that Starscream didn't receive the mangling he had coming to him.

Since the Preds had Starscream completely surrounded, with the throne blocking his way behind him, I'd imagine that they might have gotten to pummel him some before he was able to slip away and flee for his life.

Sabrblade, just weeks ago, Hasbro had recently released photos of brand-new figures that I'm pretty sure that almost all of them will appear in Combiner Force series, as stated by io9.com. One of the figures that I do look forward to is Twinferno, as you might remember him back in the G1 series known as the Headmasters. He is the second Autobot next to Grimlock to be animal-based. Compared to most animal-based Cybertronians, Twinferno's alt-mode is unique, which is actually a vehicle-beast hybrid, that is a jet that is based on a two-headed dragon. Where did Hasbro get the vehicle-beast hybrid alt-mode from? Another thing about Twinferno is according to TFormers.com, it states that while the G1 Twinferno is described as a Monsterbot, the RID Twinferno is actually a Dinobot like Grimlock, even though he is listed as a dragon by Hasbro standards. Should he makes his appearance in RID, will he retain his G1 personality for sure?

If you read HERE you will see that only some of these new toys will be appearing in the show. Not all of them are for sure gonna make an appearance.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:If you read HERE you will see that only some of these new toys will be appearing in the show. Not all of them are for sure gonna make an appearance.

Where does it say that?
In any case it likely refers mostly to Skywarp.

Kurona wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:If you read HERE you will see that only some of these new toys will be appearing in the show. Not all of them are for sure gonna make an appearance.

Where does it say that?
In any case it likely refers mostly to Skywarp.

First 2 sentences. I'm thinking it may be more than just Skywarp though.

Bludgeon is probably toyline filler too.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:If you read HERE you will see that only some of these new toys will be appearing in the show. Not all of them are for sure gonna make an appearance.

I believe you're most likely refer to Skywarp, Blundgeon and, Blastwave, as those are repaints. It is Blurr, Cyclonus, Soundwave, and Twinferno, who will mostly likely to become cartoon characters, as Blurr has made numberous appearances on G1, Armada, Animated, and then Rescue Bots. Soundwave did return in RID, but given his RID toy release, he is expected to have a brand-new body. Cyclonus, as mentioned by Hasbro will be the dictator of Cybertron, thus, leader of the High Council (as mentioned in the cartoon). I don't know about Twinferno. But it is likely he will appear as well as he did in G1 Headmasters.

psj333 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:If you read HERE you will see that only some of these new toys will be appearing in the show. Not all of them are for sure gonna make an appearance.

I believe you're most likely refer to Skywarp, Blundgeon and, Blastwave, as those are repaints. It is Blurr, Cyclonus, Soundwave, and Twinferno, who will mostly likely to become cartoon characters, as Blurr has made numberous appearances on G1, Armada, Animated, and then Rescue Bots. Soundwave did return in RID, but given his RID toy release, he is expected to have a brand-new body. Cyclonus, as mentioned by Hasbro will be the dictator of Cybertron, thus, leader of the High Council (as mentioned in the cartoon). I don't know about Twinferno. But it is likely he will appear as well as he did in G1 Headmasters.

Wait, what? What's G1, Armada and Animated got to do with this Blurr?

psj333 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:If you read HERE you will see that only some of these new toys will be appearing in the show. Not all of them are for sure gonna make an appearance.

I believe you're most likely refer to Skywarp, Blundgeon and, Blastwave, as those are repaints. It is Blurr, Cyclonus, Soundwave, and Twinferno, who will mostly likely to become cartoon characters, as Blurr has made numberous appearances on G1, Armada, Animated, and then Rescue Bots. Soundwave did return in RID, but given his RID toy release, he is expected to have a brand-new body. Cyclonus, as mentioned by Hasbro will be the dictator of Cybertron, thus, leader of the High Council (as mentioned in the cartoon). I don't know about Twinferno. But it is likely he will appear as well as he did in G1 Headmasters.

But yet, we've already had repaints show up. Scatterspike and Paralon showed up, not to mention all the desert and arctic camo sets.

I'm still hoping for a Megatron appearance soon. I want to see him again

TF Generations (i.e. Titans Return) have nothing to do with RiD15, or what characters will be featured.

Sabrblade wrote:Since the Preds had Starscream completely surrounded, with the throne blocking his way behind him, I'd imagine that they might have gotten to pummel him some before he was able to slip away and flee for his life.

Theoretically possible, but since there was no sign of it onscreen it still feels like they got cheated of their vengeance and Starscream didn't get what he had coming. I want my catharsis, dammit.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:I'm still hoping for a Megatron appearance soon. I want to see him again

And I'm still crossing my fingers and hoping to see how Knock Out is doing as an Autobot. Then again, if they threw out the whole "Starscream is loyal to Megatron now" thing from the last season or so of Prime, they'll probably ignore Knock Out changing sides, too. Megatron might have a better chance of keeping his character development, if only because his absence is part of the backstory and Cyclonus seems to be the next big bad (and therefore Megatron isn't).

Thanks to the Transformers Family, we bring to you news that the final 3 episodes of Robots in Disguise season 2 will be airing on December 16 as a Television Movie Event on Cartoon Network! The final 3 episodes, which star Starscream and the weaponizer minicons, are all being lumped together into this single movie event, which could very well be the TV movie that was anticipated to end Robots in Disguise, before Season 3 was announced. You can check out the video below advertising the movie, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!

Even though the first two parts have already on Cartoon Network three and two weeks ago, respectively, while the third and final part will be airing this Saturday (a Teen Titans Go! marathon pushed it back from airing last Saturday).

Teen Titans Go! -making kids dumber every day. But really, that is sad. You can tell CN doesn't give a hoot about Transformers, they should have stayed on HUB/Discovey since CN screwed them with TFA. who wakes up at 6am to watch it? Even back in my college days when Beast Wars was on, I had to program my VCR. How it got so popular I'll never know, I'm just glad we got what we did...maybe it was the airings in syndication on FOX M-F when BM came out.

o.supreme wrote:Teen Titans Go! -making kids dumber every day. But really, that is sad. You can tell CN doesn't give a hoot about Transformers, they should have stayed on HUB/Discovey since CN screwed them with TFA. who wakes up at 6am to watch it?

Apparently, the 6am CN airings have garnered RID better ratings that it would have gotten on any timeslot for Discovery Family. So claims Hasbro Studios, at least. More people simply have access to CN than DF, so it's at least airing on a channel that more people watch.

I haven't had cable or satellite since 2010, but everyone else I know that does has equal access to both stations in most media outlets, of course I'm just speaking from my own experience. When TF: Prime aired regularly on Friday afternoons/evenings and on weekends with marathons I don't see how that could be viewed less than having to wake up at 6am for a show sporadically seen on CN. Of course like you said this is Hasbro, also the people that somehow thought Machimina's CW was received positively... they have no flippin clue. But I guess as long as toy sales are strong, and TF5 makes a Billion at the box office they don't really have a reason to care, which is why all other forms of media (animation, games, and comics) are basically all just thrown about with little regard to anything.

Ok, important question (mainly for Sabr):

Have we heard anything about Ultra Magnus, Wheeljack, Arcee, Smokescreen, or Bulkhead returning in this series on screen? Don't ask why, but I just stumbled onto wikipedia and their Ultra Magnus page, and it claims that Magnus, with Micheal Ironside voicing again, is confirmed to return in season 3, but there is nothing so far to back u that claim that I could find. I then went to the other 4 pages and they all said the same thing. No citations, just that each was returning and so was their voice actor.

Has anyone else heard anything to back these up, or is this wikipedia (not the transformers one, just the wikipedia) making this up?

^There's been no confirmation as of current that any of these characters are returning. A Safe rule of thumb- if there is no reference on Wikipedia, then it isn't happening, someone will probably come along and correct it within a few hours. Still I'd love to see any of them return, and because we've seen Soundwave, Ratchet, & Starscream, anything is possible somewhere down the line.

o.supreme wrote:^There's been no confirmation as of current that any of these characters are returning.

What he said.

Just deleted that info from the Ultra Magnus Wikipedia page. Good glory, that page is a disgusting mess.

Sabrblade wrote:Just deleted that info from the Ultra Magnus Wikipedia page. Good glory, that page is a disgusting mess.

They all really are.

Thanks guys, didn't know if there was something I was completely missing

In both G1 and RID, Twinferno is a dragon. However, in a Transformers-related website named TFormers.com, he is listed as a Monsterbot in G1 and in a Dinobot in RID. In RID, is he really a Dinobot of sorts, like Grimlock, despite being listed as a dragon?

So, apparently season two of RiD is on Amazon Direct Video, buuuut... I forgot to see if they have the 2.5 season (using TFwiki's naming of it the last six episodes). It's not Amazon Prime, meaning you have to pay to watch it. In my opinion, wait a couple months for Netflix. Didn't take Rescue Bots too long to get updated, so it's worth it. Just thought I'd mention it in case someone couldn't wait.

Nexus Knight wrote:So, apparently season two of RiD is on Amazon Direct Video, buuuut... I forgot to see if they have the 2.5 season (using TFwiki's naming of it the last six episodes). It's not Amazon Prime, meaning you have to pay to watch it. In my opinion, wait a couple months for Netflix. Didn't take Rescue Bots too long to get updated, so it's worth it. Just thought I'd mention it in case someone couldn't wait.

Here's hoping that Amazon and Netflix list the Season 2.5 episodes as part of Season 2 and not as Season 3 like some places have mislabeled them. More word needs to get out that Season 3 is Combiner Force and not coming until 2017, as per its original announcement.

Still I'd love to see any of them return, and because we've seen Soundwave, Ratchet, & Starscream, anything is possible somewhere down the line.

Considering that every time old character is returning, series suddenly become much better, I hope we wiull have a few returns in next season, without it, this series is just boring.

TurboMMaster wrote:

Still I'd love to see any of them return, and because we've seen Soundwave, Ratchet, & Starscream, anything is possible somewhere down the line.

Considering that every time old character is returning, series suddenly become much better, I hope we wiull have a few returns in next season, without it, this series is just boring.

I honestly disagree. RiD is the perfect amount of silliness while being awesome at the same time.

For me, RiD has been... eh... I guess my feelings can be summed up as "It exists".

It's decent. It's alright. There's nothing particularly wrong with it, but... I never find myself really interested in it and there's no moments that are particularly memorable or stick out to me. It's extremely average.

And returning characters doesn't help.

Kurona wrote:For me, RiD has been... eh... I guess my feelings can be summed up as "It exists".

It's decent. It's alright. There's nothing particularly wrong with it, but... I never find myself really interested in it and there's no moments that are particularly memorable or stick out to me. It's extremely average.

Even the Starscream fight?

Sabrblade wrote:

Kurona wrote:For me, RiD has been... eh... I guess my feelings can be summed up as "It exists".

It's decent. It's alright. There's nothing particularly wrong with it, but... I never find myself really interested in it and there's no moments that are particularly memorable or stick out to me. It's extremely average.

Even the Starscream fight?

Especially the Starscream fight.

Kurona wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Kurona wrote:For me, RiD has been... eh... I guess my feelings can be summed up as "It exists".

It's decent. It's alright. There's nothing particularly wrong with it, but... I never find myself really interested in it and there's no moments that are particularly memorable or stick out to me. It's extremely average.

Even the Starscream fight?

Especially the Starscream fight.

Sentence him to 40 years in prison!

PrymeStriker wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Kurona wrote:For me, RiD has been... eh... I guess my feelings can be summed up as "It exists".

It's decent. It's alright. There's nothing particularly wrong with it, but... I never find myself really interested in it and there's no moments that are particularly memorable or stick out to me. It's extremely average.

Even the Starscream fight?

Especially the Starscream fight.

Sentence him to 40 years in prison!

She's a she and deserves 50 years for saying Starscream wasn't awesome!

Seibertronians, time to set your DVRs! It's been announced that the third season of the Transformers Robots In Disguise cartoon will premier sometime in January of 2017! This info comes from a Press release made by Cartoon Network Germany, which also confirms the series, as well as the corrisponding Toyline, will be subtitled "Combiner Force".

There hasn't been a set premier date announced yet, but it will continue to air at the normal 6:40 AM slot on Saturdays and sundays!

You can check out the synopsis for this new season here!

PLEASE, please let this be the last season! I want a good show with good Deluxe, Voyager and Leader toys!

Why did they have to kill TFA?! It was so perfect...

PLEASE, please let this be the last season! I want a good show with good Deluxe, Voyager and Leader toys!

Why did they have to kill TFA?! It was so perfect...

Um... because... *checks TFwiki* Well, I think because of a bad timeslot, but TFwiki is being mean, so I'm uncertain.

And I honestly think RiD is lots of fun, almost to TF:A levels of such. Does it have the overarching storylines like TF:A had? Eeehhhhhh... not as well, but it still captures some of the heart of that series, IMO. But, as I keep telling my little brother about Rogue One, everyone's intitled to an opinion.

Right, I'm sure RID is perfect for a lot of people, especially younger viewers. I just feel like RID is a little too kiddy, just like how Prime was a little bit too edgy. I'm all about balance when it comes to stories. Still, that's just my opinion.

Right, I'm sure RID is perfect for a lot of people, especially younger viewers. I just feel like RID is a little too kiddy, just like how Prime was a little bit too edgy. I'm all about balance when it comes to stories. Still, that's just my opinion.

Nexus Knight wrote:Um... because... *checks TFwiki* Well, I think because of a bad timeslot, but TFwiki is being mean, so I'm uncertain.

Being mean where?

From what I recall, Animated was a co-production between Cartoon Network and Hasbro, and when Hasbro partnered with Discovery to create their own channel (The Hub) they chose to end their relations with CN so as to further the switch over to The Hub. Plus, while Hasbro liked Animated, it wasn't what they (as in the previous Transformers team) wanted to continue focusing on since they had created the Binder of Revelation and the Aligned continuity, and wanted to give all their attention to that more than they wanted to continue Animated.

Bombilation wrote:Right, I'm sure RID is perfect for a lot of people, especially younger viewers. I just feel like RID is a little too kiddy, just like how Prime was a little bit too edgy. I'm all about balance when it comes to stories. Still, that's just my opinion.

It's no more kiddie that Animated was. It's even no more kiddie than G1 was.

Besides, was that last story arc really all that kiddie? With the visit to the old base from Prime, to the visiting of Mount St. Hilary, to the three-part final showdown against Starscream?

Being mean was simply a joke. I was simply having trouble pinpointing where I'd read it on the site.

I have to agree, though. They manage to get some very serious moments in both TF:A (RIP Prowl ) and RiD. TF:A did handle the more serious storylines better, IMO, but RiD has managed to do better in keeping their villains just dark enough to be interesting, but light enough for a children's show. Megatronus (hope I'm spelling that right) was an awesome villain who died too quickly.

Bombilation wrote:Right, I'm sure RID is perfect for a lot of people, especially younger viewers. I just feel like RID is a little too kiddy, just like how Prime was a little bit too edgy. I'm all about balance when it comes to stories. Still, that's just my opinion.

I can't comment on TF:P's faults much. It got me back in the franchise by being just plain awesome. I have nothing bad to say for that series and I was disappointed that it was so rushed at the end.

With the animated series Transformers: Robots in Disguise having reached its last episode of the season, we have some news from online retailer Amazon.com, about a new activity book for the smaller bots in your lives! The book will be released in April 2017, currently priced at £4.99/$6 USD approx, and can be found here to pre-order. It has an awesome wristband.

It's time to rev up and roll out with Bumblebee and his fearless team with Transformers Robots in Disguise Autobot Activities. Find out which Autobot you are most like, invent new equipment, crack Optimus Prime's secret code and so much more with this awesome activity book! This cool activity book comes with over 40 activities and an awesome wristband.

Paperback: 48 pages
Publisher: Parragon Book Service Ltd (11 April 2017)
ISBN-10: 1474868142
ISBN-13: 978-1474868143
Product Dimensions: 20 x 0.7 x 27.6 cm

FFS post a direct link

Galactic Prime wrote:FFS post a direct link

Are you talking about the Amazon book, or something else?