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Shout! Factory has just listed new pre-orders for another run of Transformers Generation One DVD's to celebrate this year's 30th Anniversary of the brand. Seasons one, two (separated into two volumes), and three/four (combined volume) are all priced at $16.97 with April 29th listed as the release date. The packaging appears unchanged from the previous releases with the exception of the "Thrilling 30" logo, which has been added to the bottom right corner of each cover. The pre-orders can be found below:

Transformers More Than Meets The Eye!: Season One [30th Anniversary]


Transformers More Than Meets The Eye!: Season Two, Volume One [30th Anniversary]


Transformers More Than Meets The Eye!: Season Two, Volume Two [30th Anniversary]


Transformers More Than Meets The Eye!: Seasons Three and Four [30th Anniversary]

As long as there's no new additional bonus content and instead just have these be straight rereleases, I'll be good.

I've got them all, I'd recommend them

welcometothedarksyde wrote:I've got them all, I'd recommend them

So do I. I got the Matrix set from before.

Did these individual releases have all the same extras as the Matrix box set or did that have additional stuff?

RiddlerJ wrote:Did these individual releases have all the same extras as the Matrix box set or did that have additional stuff?

The Matrix set had one additional disc of bonus features, plus a 60-page booklet and and magnets

I never got the previous releases. I might pick these up. Hopefully in a couple of years they will do Beast Wars the same way for their 20th anniversary. And whose arm and hand is that on the S2V2 cover, opposite Soundwave?

Rodimus Prime wrote:Hopefully in a couple of years they will do Beast Wars the same way for their 20th anniversary.

Straight rereleases of the BW DVDs from 2011?

I guess that'd be fine, but I'd imagine the previous ones would still be obtainable by then (as the previous G1 DVDs still are now).

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:Hopefully in a couple of years they will do Beast Wars the same way for their 20th anniversary.

Straight rereleases of the BW DVDs from 2011?

I guess that'd be fine, but I'd imagine the previous ones would still be obtainable by then (as the previous G1 DVDs still are now).

Well hopefully they will put extra stuff on them, but if not, just slap the "20th Anniversary" tag on them like they did the "30th" on these.

Sabrblade wrote:As long as there's no new additional bonus content and instead just have these be straight rereleases, I'll be good.

So am I. I already have all four volumes of the 25th Anniversary-release DVDs.

I've got the Matrix set already. Honestly, the only way they'd get me to replace them is a 'cleaned-up' version with as many animation errors as possible cleaned up. And I know that being made is slim to none. Unfortunately.

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I've got the Matrix set already. Honestly, the only way they'd get me to replace them is a 'cleaned-up' version with as many animation errors as possible cleaned up. And I know that being made is slim to none. Unfortunately.

The only errors I'd like to see corrected are any lingering ones that were originally created by previous DVD releases, leaving all of the original broadcast errors intact (for authenticity's sake).

Sabrblade wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I've got the Matrix set already. Honestly, the only way they'd get me to replace them is a 'cleaned-up' version with as many animation errors as possible cleaned up. And I know that being made is slim to none. Unfortunately.

The only errors I'd like to see corrected are any lingering ones that were originally created by previous DVD releases, leaving all of the original broadcast errors intact (for authenticity's sake).

Gonna disagree on that. The mistakes can be downright embarrassing to me. It's one thing that can be cleaned up and should be cleaned up.

I'm been watching them on Netflix streaming but I think I will pick up this new set. Since I don't own them yet.