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shajaki wrote:These flashy cases are usually limited in nature and have a collector following all of their own.

You are all over this aren't you shajaki!!......

I pre-ordered it too...

Oh, you know I am

Lucky Logician wrote:So will there be some new features included this time that weren't on previous releases? Or is this just a 1980's movie turned into VHS turned into DVD and now turned into Blu-Ray?

I can't speak to the quality of Shout's release, but I have the UK Blu-Ray and I'll tell you it's widescreen and far better than a VHS transfer. Hopefully this new one will be similar.

griftimus prime wrote:will this be widescreen? i have never seen the widescreen version. is it actually widescreen or cropped.

I would say a it is very possible and probable, I mean the Sony 25th Anniversary DVD had both the widescreen and fullscreen versions. It will be up to Shout! Factory and Hasbro to decide in the end however.

In addition to a proper version of Scramble City I'd love TF: Zone to be included as an extra...

Did Metrodome (UK) and Madman (AU) not get the Audio for Scramble City? I thought they did? -- I tend to place the blame on Hasbro more than Toei. (forcing S!F to change the subtitle scripts to fit their Hasbro character names rather than the Japanese ones for Headmasters-Victory) It seems other companies are releasing Toei Anime series in North America on DVD just fine.

yeah, I figured the releases wouldn't be any better, but I didn't think they would be any worse either. Like I said I don't blame S!F. I applaud all their efforts. If Hasbro, as you say, may have a different viewpoint now, than they did in 2011 when S!F released Headmasters, Masterforce & Victory, perhaps they will realize that for this 30th anniversary release, they have to have something special, hopefully they will be able to negotiate with Toei to actually get it right this time...

Also...one wonders why Hasbro doesn't try to negotiate with Disney to get Car Robots/RiD, or with Nihon Ad Systems (NAS) to get BWII/Neo subbed. I know the initial response is Hasbro doesn't believe there is a market for it...but they would be wrong. I talked to Brian Ward the producer of the S!F DVD's, and I recall him stating back in 2011 that Hasbro initially didn't want even to release Headmasters etc... in the US believing the same thing. I'm glad the folks at S!F (or whatever the powers that were) could convince them to do so...I just regret the character name changes made to the subtitles. I guess they would have to work with Toei again to try to get the BWII movie. It's a shame all the red tape involved. Toei produces most of my favorite anime from the 70's on.

Sabrblade wrote:I'm grateful we have Karyuudo Fansubs to provide us with high quality subtitled releases of not just Beast Wars II and its movie, but also Zone, Car Robots, Micron Densetsu, and even the Beast Wars Metals movie (which never even got a DVD release in Japan!).

Yes their work has been amazing. After having BWII & Neo on VHS since 2000, its nice to have good quality subs. (well with BWII at least)

I humbly demand to know what would be the difference of the bonus features on DVD and blu-ray,

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Featuring All-Star Voice Cast of Peter Cullen, Eric Idle, Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy,
Robert Stack, Frank Welker and Orson Welles as UNICRON

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Trailers and TV Spots

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The AUTOBOTS, led by the heroic OPTIMUS PRIME, prepare to make a daring attempt to retake their planet from the evil forces of MEGATRON and the DECEPTICONS. Unknown to both sides, a menacing force is heading their way - UNICRON. The only hope of stopping UNICRON lies within the Matrix of Leadership and the AUTOBOT who can rise up and use its power to light their darkest hour. Will the AUTOBOTS be able to save their native planet from destruction or will the DECEPTICONS reign supreme?

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Seibertronains, we have another video tonight sent to us from the man himself, Seibertron. This time, it pertains to Shout! Factory's SDCC panel, "An Inside Look at Shout! Factory and Scream Factory". Shout! Factory publishes most of the Transformers DVD releases, including the "Transformers: The Movie" rerelease happening this year that we reported on earlier today. Check it out below, and leave your thoughts in the comments!




And, as always, keep your optics and audio sensors tuned to Seibertron.com, your best source for Transformers news on the net!

I'm excited to see this in 4k HD.

This will be in 4K what will happen when Japan finally releases there 8k quality of DVDs Japan announced this 8k same time us was making there 4K but Japan is behind because it's more expensive to produce to get results there 8k quality will take longer than Japan has expected

Some of the scenes in darker environments look off, but I'm hoping that's just due to the nature of this being a recording of a projection in a room not made for such things.

The amount they talked about "color correcting" gives me pause because that's the same buzz word that got thrown around a lot for the 25th anniversary DVD and that's one of the worst looking versions of the movie in existence.

In short - please, don't have gone and screwed this up trying to get fancy.

Getting this for my birthday

While I am still pretty excited about this release. I wish they were actually releasing a 4K Blu-ray with this updated transfer. Instead we are getting a standard 2K Blu-ray that has been remastered from 4K content that they derived from the film.

padfoo wrote:While I am still pretty excited about this release. I wish they were actually releasing a 4K Blu-ray with this updated transfer. Instead we are getting a standard 2K Blu-ray that has been remastered from 4K content that they derived from the film.

How many people would even be able to watch a 4K transfer?

Amazon has drastically lowered the price of the Steelbook version of the movie to $19.99

Seibertronians, our very good friends over at Shout! Factory have given us an exclusive clip from their 30th Anniversary Blu-ray relase of Transformers: The Movie to share with you! Relive the seconds-long reign of Starscream before Galvatron crashed the party in this new featurette!
Check it out below.

Still want some TF:TM news? Take a peek at when the staff of Seibertron.com paid a touching tribute to this classic film here!
What do you think of the enhanced color and detail in this new version? Does it look better or worse than the original? Are you planning on picking up the new blu-ray, or is that bootleg VHS in your media cabinet enough? Let us know in the comments!

If you want to preorder this release, go to the links below:

The TRANSFORMERS - THE MOVIE Limited Edition, 30th Anniversary Steelbook
Available at Amazon and in stores at select retail locations
Pre-order now at:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HHGAIHE/re ... DxbN86P9XP

The TRANSFORMERS - THE MOVIE 30th Anniversary Two-disc Blu-ray™ set and DVD
Widely available
Pre-order now at:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GU82O9U/re ... BxbBG6Q0ZA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GU82O9K/re ... IaBxb0SR36

You can put this under very, very strange, but Amazon has raised the price on the Steelbook version of the movie, back to $34 and change. For those of us who had our pre-orders in either before, or when it dropped to $19.99 that price is still good.

It looks...largely the same. I mean don't get me wrong, it's still probably in my top 5 favorite movies, but what kind of new details can we actually expect to recieve just because it's a blu-ray?

I just noticed that Kickback's in the crowd! And so is Bitstream (I assume since Thundercracker became someone else (Not up for the "Who is Cyclonus" debate right now) that the only other Seeker had to be Bitstream) Actually, maybe it's not Kickback. Maybe it's Ransack! The movie had the least amount of animation errors (There were still some though, but that's what made G1 awesome) so I'm surprised that they actually put in Kickback's animation model and not recolor another model. Also, Starscream still has very feminine lips when he scream "Get on with the ceremony!"

Overall, I'm going to get this. I first rented this at Blockbuster when I was about 4 or 5 years old, and this set me on my path of being a Transformers fan, even though I had almost no idea who any of the characters from the show were. So with help from this movie, the Armada toys (My first two Transformers were Cyclonus and Deluxe Optimus Prime), and one of my best friends, I have become a lifelong fan of Transformers.