Hub Reveals 2012 Plans - NEW TransFormers Cartoon!

[KaRNiV8L PRiME]

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Official Description of the TV Series:
“Rescue Bots” (Hub Original Series, working title)
Inspired by the iconic “Transformers” brand, a group of Autobots, too young to protect humanity alongside Optimus Prime and his team, are partnered with a close-knit human family of first responders. Together, they learn teamwork and heroism alongside their new human friends in this animated series produced by Hasbro Studios.

[griffin]

Both US and AU Toyfair had those toys on display, under the Playskool banner... so we shouldn't expect this to be a cartoon for us grown-ups.
(then again, it might be more colourful and 'fun' than the dark, morbid Prime cartoon)

[KaRNiV8L PRiME]

Along the lines of Marvel's Super Hero Squad Show??? or even younger?

[Bartrim]

Seems like a good, less violent way to introduce my kids to Transformers. I'm all for it.

[primatives]

grrh!! Everytime I hear of a new TF cartoon I hope for something along G1, or at least a classicsverse version! I must say if it wasn't for G1 toys and Classicsverse TF's and cartoons released on DVD I would have stopped getting into Transformers along time ago. IMO every other TF cartoon releaseded sucks! Beast Wars and Beast Machines was ok. But G1 all the way!! I am very biased towards G1. If they made cartoons with better animation like Don's drawings in the ongoing Dreamwave comics that would be insane!! I know I'm dreaming. A cartoon targeted at the old school collectors would be cool! But I guess Hasbro target market are the kids and I'm much older now hahah!!

I've always had this thought in my head IF i was ever wealthy in the future with money to burn I'd consider making a TF cartoon for fans to enjoy kind of like what the 3rd parties do for toys hehe.

[Paulbot]

This Optimus Prime is the most G1 looking Prime to be in a cartoon since G1 (except for cameos). Of those toys I'd be tempted by that cute transforming Prime. The helicopter and bulldozer look not bad either in an Animated style.

But clearly everyone on this board is not in the target audience for this particular cartoon, but it doesn't mean we can't enjoy it for what it is.

[KaRNiV8L PRiME]

I wonder if it will have cute versions of Megatron and Starscream or will the Autobots be fighting fires, fixing traffic jams and fixing buildings

[KillinSpoon]

This looks to be like one of those really childish tv shows that everyone watches but doesn't want to admit it, haha.

[ITZTRU]

grrh!! Everytime I hear of a new TF cartoon I hope for something along G1, or at least a classicsverse version! I must say if it wasn't for G1 toys and Classicsverse TF's and cartoons released on DVD I would have stopped getting into Transformers along time ago. IMO every other TF cartoon releaseded sucks! Beast Wars and Beast Machines was ok. But G1 all the way!! I am very biased towards G1. If they made cartoons with better animation like Don's drawings in the ongoing Dreamwave comics that would be insane!! I know I'm dreaming. A cartoon targeted at the old school collectors would be cool! But I guess Hasbro target market are the kids and I'm much older now hahah!!

I'm exactly the same. Except for your thoughts on Beast Wars. I couldn't even get into THAT, as much as I tried.

[griffin]

I wonder if it will have cute versions of Megatron and Starscream or will the Autobots be fighting fires, fixing traffic jams and fixing buildings

I didn't see any sign of Decepticons, so is likely to be Autobots dealing with Human related problems. I think the Playskool Go-Bots were the same, but with some 'naughty' Autobots causing occasional mischief.