Transformers Prime S2 Episode 12: Tunnel Vision

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Poor Knock Out.

[Tallestblue]

Knockout's bad day? two parts? WTF? I've actually started to rely on youtube for TF Prime as the downloads that seemed to be available now take a few days.

it's SO #Firstworldproblems but i'm still annoyed.

[griffin]

Doesn't it suck when they have a "once only indestructible opponent" plot-device. Two episodes ago, the Insecticons were easy to destroy, but in this one, two Autobots pummeled it with their guns to no affect.

[GoktimusPrime]

At least that weird plot-device is usually used to promote/sell toys. There's no TFPrime Insecticon toy in current existence... unless it's "proactive toy promotion" (i.e. hoping that it'll promote a toy that they'll make later. The potential problem with this could be:
1: by time the toy comes out, the Insecticons have already been shown to be weak ("Armada")
2: the character may not be fresh in the minds of kids; we've seen this happen before w/ some other toys that shelfwarm despite being good toys because they came out so long after the canon has ceased being current (e.g. ROTF Legends Devastator, DOTM Quejack etc.)
3: the toy never gets released at all, meaning that screentime was wasted on that character (e.g. Animated Constructicons, Animated Omega Supreme, DOTM Mirage etc.).

...hence why I prefer Transformers to be conceived as toys first - canonical characters second. A good toy will sell well even without canonical appearance (e.g. G1 1984; grossed US$1.4 million in toy sales before most kids had ever seen the cartoon) .

[Tallestblue]

John Dimaggio guest stars in Transformers Prime as someone other than Wheeljack?

Blasphemy.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Astrotrain as that little maintenance train? As for Wheeljack... he's not exactly a team player.

Anyone else notice the irony that there's a man who's name is Vogel - German/Dutch for "bird," yet he works in subterranean tunnels? Also he's a big dude... big bird.

Vogel is also a last name of someone in credits (Mr. Vogel?). Thought his animation was really poor though, made it a bit hard for me to watch TBH.

Knockout I really like, any ep with him in it seems to fairly enjoyable, shame about the kids in it though, but hey....

It was an ok episode and that's about it.