Maximum Entertainment
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Maximum Entertainment is the home video arm of Jetix, the current license-holders for the 2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon series in the UK.
They have released the entire RiD series on DVD—the first few episodes several times over.
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DVD Releases
Box sets
Maximum had intended to release the whole RiD series though several two-disc sets, but this idea was abandoned after the first release in favour of the three-disc sets.
- Contains the episodes "Battle Protocol!" through to "Secret Weapon: D-5" with character profiles written by Chris McFeely and bloopers.
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 1 of 2 (October 25, 2004)
- Contains the episodes "Battle Protocol!" through to "Wedge's Short Fuse" and some character profiles by Chris McFeely.
- Contains the episodes "Landfill" through to "The Final Battle" and some more character profiles by Chris McFeely.
Single discs
With the release of the live-action movie in 2007, Maximum decided to cash-in on the free publicity and milk it for all it was worth bring RiD to a new audience with a handful of new single-disc releases containing just three episodes each.
- Contains the episodes "Battle Protocol!" through to "Bullet Train to the Rescue".
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise — Evil Intent (July 2, 2007)
- Contains the episodes "Spychangers to the Rescue" through to "The Secret of the Ruins".
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise — Battling the Predacons (July 2, 2007)
- Contains the episodes "Sideburn's Obsession" through to "Mirage's Betrayal".
Re-releases
Single discs
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise — 3 DVD Mega Pack (July 16, 2007)
- Re-release of the "Battle Protocol", "Evil Intent" and "Battling the Predacons" discs in one set.
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise / RoboCop: The Animated Series / M.A.S.K. (July 16, 2007)
- Re-release of the "Battle Protocol" disc as part of a three-disc set also featuring five episodes each of M.A.S.K. and the animated RoboCop series.
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise / Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation / Action Man (July 16, 2007)
- Re-release of the "Evil Intent" disc as part of a three-disc set also featuring five episodes each of Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation and Mainframe's Action Man series.
Box sets
These 2007 releases are labeled by "season," though this is just an artifact of how many discs they can fit in each box as there was no actual split in the production or airing of the animated series.
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise — Special Edition 2-Disc Set (October 15, 2007)
- Re-release of the 2004 "Volume One" set with new artwork.
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise — Season One (October 15, 2007)
- Re-release of the 2004 three-disc box set with new artwork by Eamon O'Donoghue.
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise — Season Two (October 15, 2007)
- Re-release of the 2005 three-disc box set with new artwork by Eamon O'Donoghue.
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise — Ultimate Collection (December 1, 2008)
- Combined re-release of the 2007 re-releases of the three-disc box sets with new, combined artwork by Eamon O'Donoghue.
Notes
- As well as serious information, Chris McFeely's character profiles for the early box sets also include an in-joke to fans about how Megatron is rumoured to come from another time and dimension, character functions invented solely for the profiles, and a statement that the Predacon trio are good for a laugh.