Robots in Disguise Season 4 Possible!?

AirjitzuRonin · Jan 30, 2017

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When the Starscream arc was announced at SDCC, it was announced as Season 3. Here, another link:

If it's coming from the guys working on the show, I'd believe it, even if this has changed recently. At the time, Starscream act was Season 3, so the "working on season 4" tweet made by one of the writers would've been Combiner Force, again, at that time.

Sure, Combiner Force is now Season 3. I'm not gonna deny that, the seasons have been "re-arranged" and everyone was confused for quite a while. My point is: Combiner Force was being treated as a Season 4 by the crew, so writing, producing, voice acting, etc. would've been treated as being for Season 4, even though it's gonna be Season 3 on TV. It happens. Think of it as being waves of their work, with the first 26 episodes being the first wave, the 13 episodes another wave, the 6 episodes another wave of work and now there's a fourth wave of work. For them, it'd feel like 4 seasons, while for us it's only 3.

Technicalities aside, I still believe that a new season will depend on whether or not Combiner Force will be a hit. The original plot for RiD has ended when the Alchemor returned to Cybertron, and the only unresolved conflict was the corrupt Council that Optimus would investigate. They could've dismissed that entirely with just a line from OP during Starscream's act (which I think was already commissioned at the time), but they didn't because another season (Combiner Force) had been commissioned. With the toys we've got, we know that we'll see the Council sometime during this season, and this conflict will probably be resolved. Thus, without another plot to keep on going, a new season of RiD would depend on how well the show would do, how well the toys would sell. If Hasbro feels they can still make money with RiD, they'll do it. Otherwise they'll drop it and move on.

As for the game, think like you're the owner of the servers. With the end of the cartoon (that is promoting the toyline), there's bound to be a decrease on the toy sales. Not only that, we've got the toys from the movie which will be a hit for a while. There'll be a time when the toy sales won't be aa big as it is now, even if it continues on selling for all of eternity on the internet. Kids will move on from this repetitive game, seek other things to do. There's a time when you'll have to say "well, it's been a good run, but it's time to go". There's just too much money being put into it with little (if any) profit. Having a whole year gives people enough time to still play and complete the game if so they wish, instead of announcing it'll end out of the blue.

Everything ends one day. The servers will be shut down and used for another purpose. The toys won't be advertised by the show and new toys won't be made. The toyline will still be there, but stagnant. It's only a matter of time until the game server shuts down. Until it does, people can play and they can buy new characters if they want to (an incentive to buy the toys!). But it'll end.

Before Season 2 was announced, the date for the closure of the servers was December 31st of 2016, then it was pushed to December 31st of 2017, now it's been pushed to December 31st of 2018. It's only logical that if a new season pops up the closure date will be pushed to 2019.

((So, to make it clear, to me it seems like there's a difference to how RiD seasons are being treated by the crew and by us, the audience. To the crew, Combiner Force is Season 4. For the TV and thus ourselves, the people who watch it, it's Season 3. It's a huge misunderstanding that was made by someone at some time when they decided to call Starscream act Season 2.5 after it's been announced as Season 3. Or the contrary, when they announced Season 3 before knowing it was actually Season 2.5))
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You do have a point although that recording was too recent to be Combiner Force.

Gayformers · Jan 30, 2017

AirjitzuRonin said: ↑

You do have a point although that recording was too recent to be Combiner Force.
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When was it?

AirjitzuRonin · Jan 30, 2017

Gayformers said: ↑

When was it?
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During the summer, i'm pretty sure. Constance Zimmer also showed script then.

PeterMagnus · Jan 30, 2017

AirjitzuRonin said: ↑

During the summer, i'm pretty sure. Constance Zimmer also showed script then.
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I remember that.. just not when it happened.

AirjitzuRonin · Jan 30, 2017

PeterMagnus said: ↑

I remember that.. just not when it happened.
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Pretty sure it was Summer.

if it was i've heard a 10 episode season takes 13 months to make and it hasn't been that long since Summer.

But i could be wrong about it being summer.

Weezie · Jan 31, 2017

Remember that the Starscream eps were the mini tv movie that we were supposed to be getting. As such, they're referred to as season 2.5. We're just starting season three. I don't know if a season four is in the works, but I suspect so.

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