Rescue Bots

Originally planned for a release date in March, TV Shows on DVD is now reporting that Transformers: Rescue Bots is returning to DVD with the second volume being released on June 11th featuring five episodes from the first (and currently ONLY) season of the show.

Meet the TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS - CHASE THE POLICE-BOT, HEATWAVE THE FIRE-BOT, BLADES THE COPTER-BOT and BOULDER THE CONSTRUCTION-BOT! They've been given the task of going undercover to protect the good people of Griffin Rock, and learn the values of teamwork and the power of friendship by partnering up with the town's first family of emergency responders: Fire Chief Charlie Burns, daring helicopter pilot Dani, hot-shot firefighter Kade, brainy engineer Graham and the heart of the team, Cody! On June 11, 2013, learn what it really takes to be a hero with the release of TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS: ENERGIZE on DVD from Shout! Factory Kids and Hasbro Studios. Featuring five exciting, hilarious and fun-filled episodes, this DVD is priced to own with a suggested retail price of $14.93.

2005 Boards member bkosel dropped by to let us know that the next assortment of Transformers Rescue Bots has been released at US retail. Rescue Bots Energize Wave 2 features Boulder and Blades. They were sighted at a Target in Minnesota.

Save your Saturday for Transformers: Rescue Bots!

Hub has released a promo video for a Transformers: Rescue Bots Marathon.


Starts Saturday March 9 at 12pm ET | 9am PT, only on The Hub!

Here is some news for all of you Brazilian Transformers fans. The younger brother of Transformers Prime, Transformers Rescue Bots, is set to debut in Brazil this coming March. The series premieres on Discovery Kids on 4 March 2013 at 13:00! If you're a fan in Brazil be sure to check it out!

Transformers Rescue Bots has a new commercial to advertise the "Energize" versions of the Rescue Bots. The commercial advertises all six of the Rescue Bots in their translucent blue plastic variant "Energized" forms, and comes complete with some new animation showing off the Rescue Bots using their new tools. Check it out below:

There's an interesting variant in the Transformers Rescue Bots lineup. The Rescue Bots Energize figures as you may be aware feature translucent blue plastic. The variant we are getting reports of suggest that on Optimus Prime and Bumblebee at the very least some toys sport a lighter shade of translucent blue, closer to the weapons than the usual darker blue. 2005 Boards member Octavius Prime reported on the variation with a comparison shot of the two different versions - he was not able to find a Heatwave or a Chase to verify if they too have variants.

Check out these official images of upcoming releases in the Transformers Rescue Bots line which we have received from Hasbro:

Optimus Prime Rescue Trailer
Energize Electronic Optimus Prime
Energize Electronic Bumblebee
Flip Changers Chase
Flip Changers Heatwave

Now, for some unexpected Rescue Bots news! 2005 Board member Shark Jumper stumbled across a case of Rescue Bots single pack figures. Along with a picture of the case, he's provided us with a pic of the single pack for Heatwave. This figure appears identical to the upcoming Heatwave figure from the new 2-pack with Kade Burns. Whether or not these single packs will be available in lieu of the 2 packs, or if these will be available in addition to, is unknown currently. Other figures in the case include Chase Burns, Optimus and Bumblebee. The figures retail for $2.00 each and we're found at a Toys R Us in Fullerton, California.

Check out the pair of images provided by clicking the title bar.

The Force is strong with season 2 of Transformers Rescue Bots - Mark Hamill, best known for his roles as Luke Skywalker and the voice of The Joker in Batman the Animated Series and the Arkham games, has been confirmed to have recorded a guest star role for an episode of Transformers Rescue Bots. This was confirmed by Rescue Bots voice director Ginny McSwain, who was the guest on this week's episode of Rob Paulsen's "Talkin' Toons" podcast. Check out the full podcast here.

Hasbro studios has announced a deal with Malaysia’s leading studio, Vision Animation, and Australia’s Moody Street Kids to produce the 26 episode second season of Transformers Rescue Bots. Rescue Bots in this way follows in the footsteps of Transformers Prime with the shared production deal with Malaysia.

Of interest in this release is that it mentions pre-production will begin immediately, but that the delivery will be expected in 2014. This seems to run contrary to the report that Transformers Rescue Bots is already recording its second season, but time will tell what the reality of the situation is.

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Transformers Prime is not the only line with new release news coming forward this week - by way of new official images from Hasbro, we can confirm that Transformers Rescue Bots will get a second wave of "Energize" figures, consisting of retooled versions of Boulder the Construction-Bot and Blades the Copter-Bot. Each features translucent blue plastic like the first four Energize releases currently on pegs, and each comes with a new rescue themed accessory - a rescue winch for Blades and a drill for Boulder.

We are getting reports that there are some new entries from the Transformers Rescue Bots series making it to store shelves. The Rescue Bots Energize wave consists of new releases of earlier toys Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, Heatwave and Chase in new decos featuring clear plastic parts and additional rescue gear accessories. The wave of four turned up at a Meijer store in Lincoln Park MI.

We have also had reports that the Rescue Bots packs consisting of a non-transforming Rescue Bot figure and a show-accurate member of the Burns Family packed in have been sighted at US retail. They've been found at the Charlotte NC Walmart and in Rural Valley PA too. It's worth bearing in mind if you are hunting for more Rescue Bots goodness for the younger fan (or the fan who is young at heart) this holiday season.

Just in time for the holidays for our youngest fans, we have news of an all-new release in the Transformers Rescue Bots line. This large non-transforming Electronic Energizer Optimus Prime was spotted in San Antonio, TX by 2005 Boards member raiden225005. It's in a similar vein to the Powerbots and Revving Robots that have been released in the past for the movie series. raiden225005 reports that the cross sell on the box also shows a Bumblebee, but only the Optimus Prime was to be found on shelves.

A pair of ebay auctions have popped up with our first look at the new Rescue Bots Energize two-pack figures in package. Shown here are Bumblebee with Graham Burns and Optimus Prime with little Cody Burns. These two packs feature the human characters from the cartoon series alongside non-tranformable versions of the Rescue Bots Transformers. These two comprise wave 1 along with Blades with Graham Burns, Heatwave with Kade Burns and Chase with Charlie Burns.

While we don't have photo proof with a receipt, the seller apparently purchased these at a local Wal-Mart. Click on the title bar to check out the pics.

TV Shows on DVD has news of a new Transformers Rescue Bots DVD. Due out on 5 March 2013 by Shout! Factory, the DVD is titled "Transformers Rescue Bots Energize". The DVD runs for 110 minutes, so probably contains 4 episodes of the show. The cover, shown at left, features Optimus Prime, Blades and Chase.

There's no word on what is on the disk yet - potentially it will be a compilation of episodes from season 1 of the show, however, the new assortment of Rescue Bots shown at New York Comic Con 2012 was subtitled as "Energize", so this DVD just might tie into that assortment - and hence the show's second season - somehow.

We'l keep you updated on any new developments.