We're just one week away now from BCI's release of
the first DVD release for the 2002 version of
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. While we wait those last seven days, we can savor in the knowledge of when the next set will arrive! Yes, we've spotted Amazon's new overnight listing for
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe - Volume 2, and it's set to arrive on
May 27th. Cost is shown to be $26.98, but Amazon is currently taking pre-orders for $18.99 for this 3-disc set (286 minutes). That's all the info we have on it right now (what Amazon shows), but stay tuned for updates.
It's also worth noting here that folks who have knowledge of what's in next week's Target weekly specials say that the retailer will have an exclusive version of the
Volume 1 release, which has an extra bonus disc containing an alternate version of the first three episodes. As fans who saw the show's debut on the Cartoon Network may recall, those first three episodes were edited together into one continuous "movie" with no interuptions for closing and opening credits between the three parts. Also, it was formatted for full screen, instead of widescreen as the rest of the series was. That version of those three episodes will be on Target's exclusive bonus disc, along with with the regular version of those episodes on the first disc in the package.
We've received a number of e-mails about Best Buy carrying a different exclusive version of the Volume 1 release, but our policy at TVShowsOnDVD is that we won't speak of retailer exclusives unless it involves actual episodes, like Target's exclusive does. Since Best Buy's version only consists of a difference in packaging, we will leave fans to find out more about that if they're interested. Simply put, TVShowsOnDVD.com condemns the idea of retailer exclusives and does not support them. We only speak of the versions which include episodes, in support of our fans who want to collect as much of their program as possible. We hope everyone understands our editorial note here, and we wish studios would take a solid stand against retailer pressure for exclusive version for their own chains, and just make sure fans could get all content no matter where the item is purchased at.
