The latest word on July’s first DVD release of “Robots in Disguise” is that it’s being bumped up from a single-disc release to two discs, and will contain the first eight episodes of the series, rather than just the first five.

As announced by Daz on the forums a little while ago, “Transformers Robots in Disguise” is coming to DVD courtesy of UK company Maximum Entertainment. And now, we’ve got the goods on the first release – set for July 26th, the first disc will contain the first five episodes of the series, with another release set for October. Boxsets are a possibility in the future.

Stay tuned for new details as we get them!

As Chris McFeely reported earlier, thetf.net forum member Casperuk had mentioned that Play.com have dispatched his order for the Complete RID Boxset, which had been confirmed as cancelled last month. Casperuk got his package today and had this to say

sorry lads and gals, i got this morning the part 1 of 2 box set for…………wait for it……………£29.99.

of course i called up and said OI whats going on and asked if i could have the second box set and my change , but if the SIX disk version does exist i will get send that.

It’s still listed on several websites, but here’s the official word from Maximum Entertainment’s Colin Lomax on the fate of this set

“As a result of disappointing sales we have decided against continuing with the ‘complete set’ approach and have instead chosen to release the episodes on single DVD’s at a lower price point. Consequently we won’t be including any extras. We may revisit the box set approach when the new Spielberg movie is released but not for now.”

So if anyone was holding off on buying the two individual sets in favour of waiting for this, hold yourself back no longer.

Chris McFeely has posted his review of the second Transformers Robots In Disguise DVD Boxset from Maximum Entertainment. Check out the review in the forums.

Chris McFeely has provided images of the second and final Robots In Disguise Boxset. The images show the cover and the insides with the episode summaries. See all the images here

Play.com have a cover image of what the next RID boxset will look like. It looks exactly the same as the previous boxset but instead of red, the cover is purple. The listing and image can be seen here.