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Today is the day to hit the stores for those who like their Beast Wars Transformers DVD's in one tidy package. Thats right, Shout! Factory releases the complete series of Beast Wars to retail today.

now this. i must have. i grew up with beast wars ^_^ must get!

My favorite TF series to watch. Finally all in one set. I gots to pick it up.

I got my preorder copy from amazon today!

Gots mine direct from Shout Factory when it was first made available. xyl360 happy at last !

I grew up on G1, but Beast Wars is my fav TF series of all time.

LOST Cybertronian wrote:Thats right, Shout! Factory releases the complete series of Beast Wars to retail today.

Unless you live in Canada. Once again, Alliance Atlantis screws you over.

We in the UK still havent recieved a DVD release of one complete series of Beast Wars yet, so count yourselves lucky.

Can you really call it complete without the Japanese episodes..? lol...

Still good news. Wonder what the quality is like..? Any improvements over the past releases..?

Hm...depending on the price. I saw it being sold at BotCon for $45.

Which store will have the best price? Target, wally, TRU, Kmart, Best buy? Plmk

vectorA3 wrote:Which store will have the best price? Target, wally, TRU, Kmart, Best buy? Plmk

Wally World's probably the cheapest, but they don't always have DVD box sets when you're looking for'em.

Still, though, $54.99 is way overpriced.

The loss of the deleted scene is sad,but very easy to find on youtube. The new special features seem very justifiable towards new purchase.If i finf it in retail at right price may pick it up, but won't actively look for it.

Sabrblade wrote:Still, though, $54.99 is way overpriced.

$24.99 for each individual set, plus an extra $7.99 for a freebie. Hmm...not really.

dunno where he's gettin that $54 price tag from. Walmart.com listed it at 34.99

vectorA3 wrote:dunno where he's gettin that $54 price tag from. Walmart.com listed it at 34.99

That's Wal-Mart's discounted price. $54.99 is the full standard retail price. Prices may vary depending on the retailer.

So how is this release different from the individual releases, and was the booklet worth the wait?

Rodimus Prime wrote:So how is this release different from the individual releases, and was the booklet worth the wait?

It's basically the two previous Shout! factory releases (season 1 and seasons 2 & 3) bundled together in one set, complete with the "Dawn of Future's Past" prequel comic. Other than that, that's it. The only thing missing from the two individual sets is the comic, which is a tremendous shame.

...the fact that it's missing, that is. The comic itself is great.

Now if only these sets could have also included the "Theft of the Golden Disk" episode too.

And it would have been nice for them to have included the deleted scene from "Nemesis, Part 2". As well as the full animatic (which includes even more cut footage) of said episode. I mean, they imported all the other bonus features from the Kid Rhino DVDs of Beast Wars, yet not these two.

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:So how is this release different from the individual releases, and was the booklet worth the wait?

It's basically the two previous Shout! factory releases (season 1 and seasons 2 & 3) bundled together in one set, complete with the "Dawn of Future's Past" prequel comic. Other than that, that's it. The only thing missing from the two individual sets is the comic, which is a tremendous shame.

...the fact that it's missing, that is. The comic itself is great.

Is it well-written and goes seamlessly with the BW story?

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:So how is this release different from the individual releases, and was the booklet worth the wait?

It's basically the two previous Shout! factory releases (season 1 and seasons 2 & 3) bundled together in one set, complete with the "Dawn of Future's Past" prequel comic. Other than that, that's it. The only thing missing from the two individual sets is the comic, which is a tremendous shame.

...the fact that it's missing, that is. The comic itself is great.

Is it well-written and goes seamlessly with the BW story?

Bob Forward and Larry DiTillio themselves were the story consultants for it. It takes place right after "Theft of the Golden Disk" and before episode 1. It was the BotCon 2006 convention story.

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:So how is this release different from the individual releases, and was the booklet worth the wait?

It's basically the two previous Shout! factory releases (season 1 and seasons 2 & 3) bundled together in one set, complete with the "Dawn of Future's Past" prequel comic. Other than that, that's it. The only thing missing from the two individual sets is the comic, which is a tremendous shame.

...the fact that it's missing, that is. The comic itself is great.

Is it well-written and goes seamlessly with the BW story?

Bob Forward and Larry DiTillio themselves were the story consultants for it. It takes place right after "Theft of the Golden Disk" and before episode 1. It was the BotCon 2006 convention story.

So theft of the golden disk isn't in the boxset? That sucks because it'd deffinately go well with watching that, then reading the comic. The comic was awesome though. But on one hand, Tigertron and Air razor weren't protoforms in it. That's one thing I didn't get. I haven't read it in a while so I forgot if it shows how they got that way but I'm kinda doubting it. But yeah, the comic does lead up t the show with Dinobot still being a Predicon.

wigglez323 wrote:But on one hand, Tigertron and Air razor weren't protoforms in it. That's one thing I didn't get. I haven't read it in a while so I forgot if it shows how they got that way but I'm kinda doubting it.

They got damaged so badly that the crew of the Axalon didn't have time to repair them and instead had their sparks transferred into two blank protoforms. Though, they didn't have the proper equipment to do so, so it was a risky task that could have potentially damaged the two's core mainframes, which explains why Tigatron and Airazor awaken from their stasis pods like to newborns instead of existing people.

Sabrblade wrote:

wigglez323 wrote:But on one hand, Tigertron and Air razor weren't protoforms in it. That's one thing I didn't get. I haven't read it in a while so I forgot if it shows how they got that way but I'm kinda doubting it.

They got damaged so badly that the crew of the Axalon didn't have time to repair them and instead had their sparks transferred into two blank protoforms. Though, they didn't have the proper equipment to do so, so it was a risky task that could have potentially damaged the two's core mainframes, which explains why Tigatron and Airazor awaken from their stasis pods like to newborns instead of existing people.

Awesome. Thanx for the info but you think it's kinda weird how it was a coinsodense (my spelling is off today) on how they were the first 2 to wake up on the Maximal side. I guess it's because they just felt that they had to put them in the comic that came out after the show. Megatron although did almost reprogram them.

victorshannon128 wrote:hi everyone .. good day ..

Hello and good day to you. Welcome to Seibertron, home to earth-born transformers

Just picked up the set to today. I am happy.

Ahhhhh!!! Can't look at this thread anymore. Possible spoilers. Haven't seen BW in its entirety

vectorA3 wrote:Ahhhhh!!! Can't look at this thread anymore. Possible spoilers. Haven't seen BW in its entirety

Go buy this set and comic.

Though, I'm a bit bummed that the version of "Dawn of Future's Past" is the first version that doesn't have the the extra pages of bonus stuff included in the second version. Notably, these pre-Earth bio pages for Optimus Primal and Megatron.