Rhino says "no dice" on the Japanese exclusive Transformers Headmasters series at this time, which means no Masterforce, Victory, or Zone. Sad, but true (though I hear there are some nice Korean knock-offs of the Japanese DVDs floating around the 'net right now).
It appears that Rhino is unsure about Armada and Beast Machines at this time. Given the fact that Paramount is getting involved with the Transformers - perhaps on more than just a DVD level as well (Remember that live action movie that has been extremely hush-hush for the past 8 months???) - I am not surprised that we are hearing some wishy-washy crap about the rest of the Transformers series.
Beast Machines will begin receiving a Canadian release on August 10th (next month). Here's the information from Amazon.com about this product:
Beast Machines Transformers (Episodes #1-5)
Release Information:
Studio: Hgv Video Production
DVD Release Date: August 10, 2004
Edition Details:
• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0002GTWMO
Beast Wars Season 3 release date: August 24th, 2004 (List price is $24.95). The season 3 DVD set contains the following episodes:
And finally, it is now known that Paramount owns the rights to the Transformers: Energon series, as confirmed by Rhino Video. These images of 2 of Paramount's DVDs assumed scheduled for an October release can be found at the following links:
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