We've been following the DVD release of
Beast Machines: Transformers very closely, and
kept you updated about the February 28th release date and reported that the reason for the delay was to ensure that the release was made available in the proper aspect ratio (which turns out to be full frame; see the previous news story for details). Along the way we mentioned how retailers were no longer listing the title properly since it was delayed from release last November. Amazon, for example, acted like the box set did indeed street back then (it didn't) but that it's always out of stock.
Well, forget that previous Amazon listing, because now they have
made a new pre-order listing for
Beast Machines: Transformers - The Complete Series, and this one properly showing the February 28th release date. Pre-order price from them is $41.99, a nice 30% discount from the list price.
And Rhino has finally sent out a sell sheet for this title as well! There's really not much new information in it, but it certainly eases the mind to see it all made official. The sell sheet fails to mention an extra that Rhino told us about directly: an episode commentary with Marv Wolfman. We're not sure why that got left out of the official info on the sell sheet, but we've got what the sell sheet says reproduced below (though we'll admit to editing some of Rhino's bullet points together into regular sentences, to have the info make more sense to our audience instead of the retail chain buyers it was aimed at). We'll all be glad to finally get this package!
BEAST MACHINES: TRANSFORMERS - The Complete Series
The Controversial Conclusion to The Beast
Wars Saga is Finally on DVD!
The
Beast Wars saga continues as the high-octane yet deeply layered series
BEAST MACHINES. The Maximals - led by a now troubled and soul-searching Optimus Primal - must battle the powerful Megatron and his new army of Vehicons while learning a whole new way of transforming that requires mind/body discipline. The future of their home planet of Cybertron is at stake! Get ready for a complex, spiritual, and action-packed chapter in the
Transformers story! First time on DVD: the complete series, all 26 original, uncut episodes in 5.1 Surround Sound on 4 discs in highly collectible packaging that fans will want to own! A live-action
Transformers film, executive produced by Steven Spielberg, was recently announced, making interest higher than ever!
Episodes:
SEASON ONE
- The Reformatting
- Master Of The House
- Fires Of The Past
- Mercenary Pursuits
- Forbidden Fruit
- The Weak Component
- Revelations, Part One: Discovery (aka Lost And Found)
- Revelations, Part Two: Descent
- Revelations, Part Three: Apocalypse!
- Survivor
- The Key (Techno-Organic War, Part One)
- The Catalyst (Techno-Organic War, Part Two)
- End Of The Line (Techno-Organic War, Part Three)
SEASON TWO
- Fallout
- Savage Noble
- Prometheus Unbound
- In Darkest Knight
- A Wolf In The Fold
- Home Soil (aka Native Soil)
- Sparkwar, Part One: The Strike
- Sparkwar, Part Two: The Search
- Sparkwar, Part Three: The Siege
- Spark Of Darkness (aka Demon-Haunted World)
- Endgame, Part One: The Downward Spiral
- Endgame, Part Two: When Legends Fall
- Endgame, Part Three: The Seeds Of The Future
DVD Special Features
- Interview with actor David Kaye (“Megatron”).
- Interview with series developer Marv Wolfman.
- Interview with story editor Bob Skir.
- Interview with voice director Susan Blu.
- Commentary with writers Bob Skir and Steven Melching.
STREET DATE: 2.28.06
4-DVD Set
$59.95 SRP
+-700 Mins.
