Some Assembly Required

I had Nick Fury's words in my head while watching this: they just needed a push in the right direction. Our heroes were able to form Voltron under duress in the pilot, but can they recapture lightning?

Not a whole lotta surprises here, but it does spend time letting the characters live and breathe. And once they do come together, the sight of a fully-formed robot is a welcome one.

7/10

You have to listen for it, but there's a sound effect from the original series that's thrown in here on a couple of occasions. It's nothing big, but hearing it made me smile.

Plot; The newly formed Voltron Force struggle to find cohesion in the wake of their first victory.

Solid, character focused follow up eschews action and pyrotechnics in favor of character and team building. The humor-heavy tone still feels a tad too forced at times, but the general storytelling is good, the characters likable, and the animation attractive.

I can't help but wish they had (or been able to) used the themes from the 80s Americanized 'toon (updated, of course), as they're both iconic and awesome, but as long as the other elements continue to work it's a small matter.