Shout! Factory's Transformers - Japanese Collection Delayed with Added Bonus

Posted by LOST Cybertronian May 12, 2011 at 11:34am CDT 23,842 views

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If you preordered Shout! Factory's Transformers - Japanese Collection boxset, you probably got an email stating that the set is delayed a week until July 12 2011. The reasoning behind this is that Shout! Factory has found better video masters.

They will also include a free limited edition Transformers Lithograph while supplies last. More information on the included lithograph coming soon.

To ensure you receive the best quality product possible, we’ve pushed back the release date by one week to 7/12/11 to utilize better video masters we were able to track down. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

And now for the good news. We are pleased to be able to offer a special gift with purchase of this deluxe box set. We will be making a limited-edition Transformers lithograph available only with purchase and only while supplies last. We have added that to your order at no charge. Check back on our site in the coming days to find out more information about the lithograph or simply wait and be surprised.

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Comment by Rodimus Prime May 12, 2011

I already own a copy of all 3 series, but I might pick this up, so I have an "official" set. I won't even open the package though, I'll just watch the set I already have. Save the new one for a rainy day.

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Comment by Sabrblade May 12, 2011

Rodimus Prime wrote:I already own a copy of all 3 series, but I might pick this up, so I have an "official" set. I won't even open the package though, I'll just watch the set I already have. Save the new one for a rainy day.

I'm probably gonna wind up double dipping as well. I own the Metrodome boxed set, but this might look to be the superior set.

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Comment by Coptur May 12, 2011

I got all the japanese series including beast wars 2nd & neo. I hope you all enjoy them as i did.

Dinoforce is NOT the same team a the Pretender Monsters they're two different teams that share the same molds. The Bios weren't the same in the 1980's so please don't mistake them as the same

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Comment by 8 bit May 12, 2011

So...I get that there won't be dubbed English voices in this collection, but will there be at least English subtitles to follow along with?

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Comment by F Prime May 12, 2011

8 bit wrote:So...I get that there won't be dubbed English voices in this collection, but will there be at least English subtitles to follow along with?

Yes, there will be subs! From one of the press releases: "Offered with the original Japanese Language Audio and English Subtitles. Additional bonus features include original toy commercials, art galleries including rare material and much more."

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Comment by 8 bit May 12, 2011

F Prime wrote:
8 bit wrote:So...I get that there won't be dubbed English voices in this collection, but will there be at least English subtitles to follow along with?

Yes, there will be subs! From one of the press releases: "Offered with the original Japanese Language Audio and English Subtitles. Additional bonus features include original toy commercials, art galleries including rare material and much more."

Thanks man! I was looking for that info, but couldn't find it.

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Comment by Sabrblade May 12, 2011

Coptur wrote:I got all the japanese series including beast wars 2nd & neo. I hope you all enjoy them as i did.

How did you get Second and Neo? They were never released on DVD in any country, not even Japan. Are they bootlegs? :???:

Or, do you have all the VHS tapes? If that's the case, then that's an impressive feat to have gotten all the legit videos.

Coptur wrote:Dinoforce is NOT the same team a the Pretender Monsters they're two different teams that share the same molds. The Bios weren't the same in the 1980's so please don't mistake them as the same

If this is a response to what I wrote earlier, that wasn't meant to imply that they were the same. I was just pointing out how four of the six Pretender Monster names would fit as dub names for the Dinoforce, rather than to say that they are the same (which they are not).

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Comment by Michael Alex Kawa May 13, 2011

This is so cool news to hear ,i only knew of HEADMASTERS ,but now i can have them all and not have to wait :grin:

.Thank you Shout!!! .They should do the Beast Wars from Japan that would make this world almost perfect :grin:

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Comment by Sabrblade May 13, 2011

michael alex kawa wrote:They should do the Beast Wars from Japan that would make this world almost perfect .

They can't. :-(

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Comment by Coptur May 13, 2011

Sabrblade wrote:
Coptur wrote:I got all the japanese series including beast wars 2nd & neo. I hope you all enjoy them as i did.
How did you get Second and Neo? They were never released on DVD in any country, not even Japan. Are they bootlegs?

Or, do you have all the VHS tapes? If that's the case, then that's an impressive feat to have gotten all the legit videos.

Coptur wrote:Dinoforce is NOT the same team a the Pretender Monsters they're two different teams that share the same molds. The Bios weren't the same in the 1980's so please don't mistake them as the same
If this is a response to what I wrote earlier, that wasn't meant to imply that they were the same. I was just pointing out how four of the six Pretender Monster names would fit as dub names for the Dinoforce, rather than to say that they are the same (which they are not).

Mmm.. silly site didn't post this earlier

Yeah there bootleg dvd's of video quality bit still very watchable in raw japanese with no subtitles and won't degrade. I got them off ebay for $60 when it was $2 for £1 which was a complete steal at the time.

In my opinion bw2nd inparticular should happen during the US Beast Wars story with the bw2nd movie happening during the events of 'Other Voices Part 1 & 2' not before like Ben Yee and Furman depicted in the gathering/ascending comic it made the story for me not make sense.

Sorry regarding the Dinoforce thing i only skimmed over the thread and didn't want people to get mixed up but your analysis over the names was good.

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Comment by Sabrblade May 13, 2011

Coptur wrote:In my opinion bw2nd inparticular should happen during the US Beast Wars story with the bw2nd movie happening during the events of 'Other Voices Part 1 & 2' not before like Ben Yee and Furman depicted in the gathering/ascending comic it made the story for me not make sense.

Well, even disregarding the IDW Beast Era comics, the Japanese BW cartoons do not occur in the same "300 into the future" time period that the U.S. Beast Era cartoons' charatcers all hail from.

Since 2007, Beast Wars II and Beast Wars Neo officially occur "tens of thousands of years" after Beast Wars Returns (Japanese Beast Machines).

Before 2007, however, the general consensus was that they did take place simultaneously with the U.S. BW cartoon (with it taking place in the past and BWII/Neo occurring the present of that time), but that was never actually explicitly confirmed (outside of a few "hints" from the BWII catalog fiction). So, now it is confirmed for the two JBW cartoons to occur "tens of thousands of years into the future".

As far as the IDW BW comics are concerned, however, they've got so many problems of their own to even be taken seriously. They contradict so much of the two JBW cartoons as the Japanese portrayed them, and even make a few self-contradictions as well. #-o

Coptur wrote:Sorry regarding the Dinoforce thing i only skimmed over the thread and didn't want people to get mixed up but your analysis over the names was good.

Tis okay.

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Comment by Coptur May 13, 2011

I didn't know that but since the japanese included car robots into there own g1 continuity i've ignored there bizarre canon, And gone with my own logical canon lol.

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Comment by Sabrblade May 13, 2011

Coptur wrote:I didn't know that but since the japanese included car robots into there own g1 continuity i've ignored there bizarre canon, And gone with my own logical canon lol.

Canon always trumps fanon.

Still, though, Car Robots fits in nicely with their G1 continuity without any problems. RiD, however, remains firmly as its own continuity.

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Comment by LOST Cybertronian May 16, 2011

A few days ago we told about Shout! Factory including a limited edition Transformers Lithograph with orders (while supplies last) of their Transformers - Japanese Collection. Now they have updated the listing with an image of the included lithograph. The lithograph is none other than Fortress Maximus himself. Check out the image below.