Rescue Bots

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.

Amazon has updated its Kindle store with some new details on one of the new Little, Brown books being published for young readers for the Transformers Rescue Bots series. This book, "Meet Heatwave the Firebot" is due for a release on June 4 2013, and according to the description is based on the episode Flobsters on Parade.

Optimus Prime has selected a special team of Transformers to work side-by-side with the people of Earth--they are called the Rescue Bots! Heatwave the Fire-Bot changes into a fire engine and is partnered with Kade Burns. In this story, the Rescue Bots have to stop some runaway floating lobsters from ruining the town parade!

A Passport to Reading Level 1 book.

Hasbro have begun advertising their 2012 Charity promotion. The promotion called "Be a Joy Maker" is being run in association with charity GenerationOn and Toys for Tots. The concept is simple - charitable individuals or groups can share what they are doing to help their communities; and for every project shared, Hasbro will donate a toy to Toys for Tots. The goal is to reach 100'000 projects / toy donations and at the current time they are standing at a little over 35'000. So here's a challenge to all you big-hearted fellows in the Transformers community - let's show them our best side and help GenerationOn hit that target! Find out more at the GenerationOn Share Joy page.

Also check out The Hub's commercial for all of this, which features clips from Transformers Rescue Bots:

A small bit of news for you now on this slow news day - The Hub has posted on Facebook, officially confirming that Transformers Rescue Bots will be returning for a second season of half-hour episodes!

For those of you who've been following the news, you might remember last month that D.C. Douglas confirmed recording on season 2 had begun - with guest star Roger Craig Smith - now we have the official confirmation from the network itself!

D.C. Douglas - the voice of Chase in Transformers Rescue Bots - recently announced on his Facebook page that he is going to be recording the first episode of Transformers Rescue Bots Season 2 tomorrow, 28 September 2012. He also mentioned in his post that the second season premiere would feature Roger Craig Smith providing the voice of a guest character. Roger Craig Smith for those who do not know him by name has lent his vocal talents to such characters as Chris Redfield in the Resident Evil series, Ezio in Assassin's Creed and Sonic the Hedgehog. Watch this space for more new information as it reaches us.

Thanks to a blog post by voice actor D.C. Douglas, we now have a confirmation that a second season of Transformers: Rescue Bots is in production. D.C. Douglas (Who is the voice actor for the Police Autobot, Chase) also goes on to talk about a few of his experiences working on the show and how he became attached to the show itself, which recently wrapped up it's first season.

With Halloween quickly approaching, parents of young Transformer fans may start wondering to themselves, "What kind of cosplay can I set my kid up with this year"? Well, if you or your kid happen to be fans of The Hub's Transformers Rescue Bots, you're in luck! Today while on the hunt for new Transformers Prime Deluxes, this newsie came across a new Rescue Bots Heatwave Halloween costume at Wal-Mart.

Check out the picture, start planning for All Hallows Eve, Trick or Treating and candy corn by clicking the title bar.

My fellow TFW2005 newsie ORIO just sent me this bit of news - the next two releases in the Rescue Bots lineup are out in the wild! Hoist and Medix, two new characters being added to the line with this fifth wave have made their appearance in a Target in Albuquerque, New Mexico! Happy hunting everyone!

K-Mart has posted the official images of the two new additions to the Rescue Bots team. Medix the Doc-Bot and Hoist the Tow-Bot are seen here for the first time outside of the art on their instructions. Medix is a Ratchet themed ambulance right down to the stripe on the side of the vehicle, while Hoist is a blue tow truck, whose overall style and bearing reminds this fan of the tow truck from Robots in Disguise, Tow Line.

Check out the new images by opening the links above - in case they are not working for you we also have the images attached to this story for your convenience.

It's Friday and that means it is almost time for the weekend! And with the weekend comes not one but two slices of all-new Transformers cartoon entertainment for us to enjoy. On The Hub this weekend it is the season finale of Transformers Rescue Bots, a double bill no less! The two part story involves time travel, a mad scientist and guest stars Optimus Prime and Bumblebee! Tune in to The Hub tomorrow from 12:30pm ET to check out the season finale.

To get you excited for what promises to be an awesome finale, MTV has uploaded a clip of the season finale (which naturally contains some spoilers). Our fellow fans over at Seibertron have also got a couple of stills from the new episode, which you can check out here.

Thanks to listings from TVGuide.com, we now have episode descriptions for the two part finale of the first season of Transformers: Rescue Bots.

Episode 25, It's A Bot Time: Cody, Frankie and the Rescue Bots travel to back in time to 1939 and get abducted by an old enemy.

Episode 26, Bot To The Future: Cody, Frankie and the Rescue Bots return from 1939 and find a very different Griffin Rock, ruled by Dr. Morocco.

The two part Season Finale airs on August 18th, 2012, on The Hub.

We've got another new Transformers Toy Sighting for you. This time out it's a new Transformers Rescue Bots playset. The Bots and Robbers Police Headquarters playset features the first "villain" figure for the Rescue Bots line (a stereotypical "crook" in striped prison overalls and not Tim Curry's Dr Morocco, sadly). It has been sighted at a Toys R Us in Los Feliz, CA.

Next Saturday at 12:30 PM ET on the Hub, it's the Rescue Bots season finale! Two episodes will be aired back-to-back, It's a Bot Time and Bot to the Future, and don't look now but we've got a returning villain! How will our heroes handle this? They could sure use a little help, and fortunately Optimus Prime and Bumblebee are here to provide it! Six Autobots VS one mad scientist with the fate of Griffin Rock in the balance! It's the Rescue Bots season finale, tune in to the Hub next Saturday at 12:30 PM ET to check it out! To get your pulse racing for the season finale, check out the promo trailer below captured by fanoftransformer1 on Youtube!

In a "better late than never" posting ('cus it's totally airing right now on the Hub guys!) the Transformers Facebook Page has posted a promo image of one of today's two new episodes of Transformers Rescue Bots. In this picture from Rescue Boy we are treated to a look at Cody Burns in his superhero gear!

What are you still reading this for? Rescue Bots is airing right now with a double bill of new episodes on The Hub! Tune in and check them out!

Check out this preview clip for Transformers Rescue Bots episode 24, Rescue Boy, posted on The Hub's Youtube page! Rescue Boy features Cody becoming a super hero thanks to a high-tech device that he comes into possession of, but as masterfully stated by Stan Lee, with great power comes great responsibility - can young Cody Burns handle it?

Check out the preview clip below - then tune in to The Hub Saturday at 12:30 PM ET to catch this and the other new episode Shake Up! That's right, it's a Rescue Bots double bill with two new episodes back to back today - Shake Up and Rescue Boy!