Shout! Factory Releases Transformers Beast Wars: The Complete Series to Retail Today
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 6:08PM CDT
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Posted by Doubledealer93 on November 1st, 2011 @ 6:45pm CDT
Posted by Grim-Loc on November 1st, 2011 @ 7:31pm CDT
Posted by reluttr on November 1st, 2011 @ 8:25pm CDT
Posted by xyl360 on November 1st, 2011 @ 8:47pm CDT
I grew up on G1, but Beast Wars is my fav TF series of all time.
Posted by Darth Bombshell on November 1st, 2011 @ 8:57pm CDT
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.
Posted by Neurie on November 1st, 2011 @ 9:29pm CDT
Posted by helli0n on November 2nd, 2011 @ 4:02am CDT
Still good news. Wonder what the quality is like..? Any improvements over the past releases..?
Posted by Rodimus Prime on November 2nd, 2011 @ 8:37am CDT
Posted by vectorA3 on November 2nd, 2011 @ 9:37am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on November 2nd, 2011 @ 10:33am CDT
Wally World's probably the cheapest, but they don't always have DVD box sets when you're looking for'em.vectorA3 wrote:Which store will have the best price? Target, wally, TRU, Kmart, Best buy? Plmk
Still, though, $54.99 is way overpriced.
Posted by TheTigerKing84 on November 2nd, 2011 @ 12:08pm CDT
Posted by Darth Bombshell on November 2nd, 2011 @ 7:24pm CDT
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.
Posted by vectorA3 on November 2nd, 2011 @ 10:17pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on November 3rd, 2011 @ 6:57am CDT
That's Wal-Mart's discounted price. $54.99 is the full standard retail price. Prices may vary depending on the retailer.vectorA3 wrote:dunno where he's gettin that $54 price tag from. Walmart.com listed it at 34.99
Posted by Rodimus Prime on November 3rd, 2011 @ 7:19am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on November 3rd, 2011 @ 7:24am CDT
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.Rodimus Prime wrote:So how is this release different from the individual releases, and was the booklet worth the wait?
...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.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on November 3rd, 2011 @ 9:41am CDT
Sabrblade wrote: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.Rodimus Prime wrote:So how is this release different from the individual releases, and was the booklet worth the wait?
...the fact that it's missing, that is. The comic itself is great.
Is it well-written and goes seamlessly with the BW story?
Posted by Sabrblade on November 3rd, 2011 @ 9:44am CDT
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.Rodimus Prime wrote:Sabrblade wrote: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.Rodimus Prime wrote:So how is this release different from the individual releases, and was the booklet worth the wait?
...the fact that it's missing, that is. The comic itself is great.
Is it well-written and goes seamlessly with the BW story?
Posted by Wigglez on November 3rd, 2011 @ 12:28pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote: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.Rodimus Prime wrote:Sabrblade wrote: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.Rodimus Prime wrote:So how is this release different from the individual releases, and was the booklet worth the wait?
...the fact that it's missing, that is. The comic itself is great.
Is it well-written and goes seamlessly with the BW 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.
Posted by Sabrblade on November 3rd, 2011 @ 12:38pm CDT
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.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.
Posted by Wigglez on November 4th, 2011 @ 12:03pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote: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.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.
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.
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Posted by Sabrblade on November 4th, 2011 @ 12:16pm CDT
Posted by vectorA3 on November 7th, 2011 @ 9:13am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on November 7th, 2011 @ 10:07am CST
Go buy this set and comic.vectorA3 wrote:Ahhhhh!!! Can't look at this thread anymore. Possible spoilers. Haven't seen BW in its entirety
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.
Posted by Darth Bombshell on November 12th, 2011 @ 7:15pm CST
Sabrblade wrote: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.
Those was only included in the Diamond release to give fans who couldn't get it at the convention an incentive to own it.
Posted by Sabrblade on November 12th, 2011 @ 11:24pm CST
I know. I'm saying I wish the version that came with this DVD set was a pocket-sized version of the Diamond edition instead of a pocket-sized BotCon version.Darth Bombshell wrote:Sabrblade wrote: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.
Those was only included in the Diamond release to give fans who couldn't get it at the convention an incentive to own it.