Well, when Animated first came out on DVD, its first three episodes (which aired as a TV movie) were released separately from the proper season 1 release, which didn't include them.shajaki wrote:that.... is ridiculous.Bumblevivisector wrote:Nope. They released that DVD well over a year ago, I believe. I never bought it because I thought this inevitable larger set might include them for a double-dip, but now I'll need to order it too.shajaki wrote:wait wait wait.... this set wont include the first five episodes?Sabrblade wrote:Since there were 65 episodes, I'm assuming that 1-5 got released before, 6-35 must be in this set, and 36-65 could be in a Volume 2 release, right?
not only have we entered the age of popular "complete set" releases, but this issue is not unheard of. beast machines had a small release (1 dvd episodes 1-5 or something) and later released the series as a whole. and i didnt feel cheated for buying the first dvd. i like comptete sets!
I think the reason the first five episode of GoBots were sold separately here is because they might not be officially counted as a part of the main series season since they act as a standalone mini-series called "The Battle for Gobotron".
The G.I. Joe: ARAH cartoon did something similar with its first five episodes being a mini-series called "A Real American Hero", followed by another five-part mini-series called "The Revenge of Cobra", and then the rest of the series proper. Then it later had its movie and then another mini-series called "Arise, Serpentor, Arise!" and then more episodes of the series. Then, the DiC version of the show began with a mini-series called "Operation: Dragonfire" and then more episodes of the series proper.
tl:dr - some shows are just like that.