DVD Review – Transformers: Robots in Disguise: Season One
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Transformers: ?Robots in Disguise:?Mission Discovery
DVD Release Date: May 10,?2016
Rated: TV-Y7
Run Time:?9.5 hours
Number of Discs: 4
Studio: Shout Kids Factory
SMRP: $19.99
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Official Shout Factory PR Release:
When a Cybertronian prison ship filled with Decepticons crash lands on Earth and unleashes its prisoners, Bumblebee returns to the planet he once called home and with his team (Strongarm, Sideswipe, Fixit and Grimlock) tracks the escapees down in order to bring them to justice. Along with their new human allies, Denny and Russell, this unlikely team of robots in disguise must protect the Earth while preparing for an ominous threat suited only for a Prime.
Listing of Episodes:
Season 1
“Pilot (Part 1)”
“Pilot (Part 2)”
“Trust Exercises”
“More than Meets the Eye”
“W.W.O.D.?”
“As the Kospego Commands!”
“Collect ‘Em All”
“True Colors”
“Rumble in the Jungle”
“Can You Dig It?”
“Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!”
“Hunting Season”
“Out of Focus”
“Sideways”
“Even Robots Have Nightmares”
“Some Body, Any Body”
“One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing”
“Deep Trouble”
“The Champ”
“The Trouble with Fixit”
“Lockout”
“Similarly Different”
“The Buzz on Windblade”
“Ghosts and Impostors”
“Battlegrounds, Part 1”
“Battlegrounds, Part 2”
Bonus Features:
2015 San Diego Comic-Con International Panel
Featurettes
Animated Shorts
Brief Summary:
Shades of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Strongarm, ?Fixit, Grimlock, ?Drift, Slipstream, Jetstorm are aptly named robot heroes. ?Add to their mix humans Russell and Denny Clay and Autobots Drift, Slipstream, Jetstorm, and Windblade . ?Then set them against bad guy?Steeljaw and the escaped Deception prisoners. The?battle to save Earth is on.
Only My Opinion:
Daytime Emmy nominated TV animated action?Transformers: Robots on Disguise, wow! ?Lots of robots,?some humans, action episodes, villains against transformers–what kids especially boys consider cool! ? ?With plots that emphasize teamwork, loyalty, and self-sacrifice– these stories have messages that todays young viewers?in this 21st Century competitive world really need.