Shout Factory G1 Complete Series Box Sets Arriving

so are the episodes fixed? Heavy Metal War, etc?

yeah could someone do a quick review.
like if they changed anything in any episodes.
what do the DVD menus look like ect.

Well, the season one portion has been reviewed here, as its disks are a part of this set.

But really don't get this. Why release the complete series box set before the rest of the individual season sets? Wouldn't it make more sense for this to come after all the individual season releases come out, instead of between seasons one and two?

Sabrblade wrote:Well, the season one portion has been reviewed here, as its disks are a part of this set.

But really don't get this. Why release the complete series box set before the rest of the individual season sets? Wouldn't it make more sense for this to come after all the individual season releases come out, instead of between seasons one and two?

Season 1 had the same errors as the Rhino release. I "heard" that this version correct those problems and removed the extra sound effects Rhino threw in.

releasing season 1 along with the complete series seems to be a new tv-on-dvd trend lately and i applaud it. because then those who are fans and want the whole thing can get it right away and not wait months or even years. and then others who dont feel they want it all can either take their time and pick em up as they become available or even just buy seasons they liked and skip others.

but man oh man...fancy box sets are my dvd kryptonite, i'm so tempted to eventually get this despite owning all the rhino releases. lol

I bought the shout factory season 1 G1 a week or so ago and I loved it.. I'm thinking about investing in this set. I did find some errors in the shout factory edition, a few misplaced characters and certain characters in the same scene twice.. I didn't notice any audio problems though, just visual..

I would like to know if the book and whatever other extras limited to just the boxed set are worth the price. It seems it will be cheaper buying the individual seasons when they are released.

Anyone know if the complete set will be sold at e-tailers like amazon, or is it only available through Shout Factory?

I was surprised to see this box set reach my place today, as I had just been emailed about it from Shout! Factory's checkout system yesterday (and I saw the charges hit my bank account accordingly).

Well, though I've only gotten a chance to check it out briefly, I have to say, I went RIGHT to "Heavy Metal War" and I much like Shout!'s treatment of the episode. It looks closer to what I remember dubbing from F.H.E. VHS cassettes, recording in "edited" form from the Sci-Fi Channel in the '90s and what have you.

There are NO Rhino "extra" sound effects, but what is there sounds a little quiet to what I'm used to (must be the sound set up).

The box itself is neat. I might go ahead and sell my Rhino DVD sets on eBay soon to make room for this, because this, from the little bit I've gotten to tinker with, is top notch.

Kudos!

Got mine today as well. Haven't had a chance to watch any of it yet, but the whole set up is very nice. I'll probably actually display it with my figures.

How much is the set?

LiKwid wrote:errors in the shout factory edition, a few misplaced characters and certain characters in the same scene twice

oh man, those are classic mistakes from the original airings, i'm glad they didnt fix those. i have no problem with mastering the video quality but leave the errors alone....its part of the show's charm.

the_dark_decepticon wrote:How much is the set?

$140 for the complete series.

I want this set & am tempted to get it at comic-con, but if the brick & mortar stores will sell it cheaper than I may go that route. $140 isn't too too bad, but why pay more??

Punch will be the first person fired for watching G1 at work

I watched most of the bonus material (is that exclusive to this set?) ... and man, LMAO.

I love all the "meta" talk about how Transformers came about, the voice actor session was the BEST part of it all.

Budiansky running down all he had done, and how he came to learn of the Transformers fanbase was great, too.

Really enjoyed that part of the set.

I got mine yesterday too! =)

Got mine the other day and in between busy periods I've had time to watch MTMTE in parts. Quick impressions are that the transformation sequences seem to be faster sometimes than I remember them being, and the picture quality definitely seems better on the whole.

Skids wrote:the voice actor session was the BEST part of it all.

Was Peter Cullen included in the session? He isn't mentioned on the website for this set, and I'm getting rather scared that he wasn't involved...

Judge Deliberata wrote:Got mine the other day and in between busy periods I've had time to watch MTMTE in parts. Quick impressions are that the transformation sequences seem to be faster sometimes than I remember them being, and the picture quality definitely seems better on the whole.

Quints should not be watching this program. Too biased.

Gandalf wrote:

Skids wrote:the voice actor session was the BEST part of it all.

Was Peter Cullen included in the session? He isn't mentioned on the website for this set, and I'm getting rather scared that he wasn't involved...

Unfortunately, he was not present.
Frank Welker was, and he does the Megatron voice as well as Soundwave/Dr. Claw's voice.

Also there are Corey Burton, Arthur Burghardt, Dick Gautier (he makes a funny comment), Michael Bell, Gregg Berger, Neil Ross (he makes the funniest comment in the whole bit), Jack Angel (funny comment regarding the successor of Unicron's voice actor) and Corey Burton.

They reminisce often on those who aren't there to speak, like Peter Cullen, Scatman Crothers, and Chris Latta (it was almost like a memorial to the dude). There's also some hilarious talk about the Movie and Orson Welles.

On other bonus DVDs, you see Wally Burr and Dan Gilvezan.

So...Is this available in stores or just online?

Rodimus Prime wrote:So...Is this available in stores or just online?

Online for now, at SDCC in a couple weeks, then in stores sometime afterward.

Whoa! I didn't notice this before... but... the original ending to "Dark Awakening" is on the Season 3 set!

Skids wrote:Whoa! I didn't notice this before... but... the original ending to "Dark Awakening" is on the Season 3 set!

there are 2 different endings? What's the difference? and what company/group changed it??

vectorA3 wrote:

Skids wrote:Whoa! I didn't notice this before... but... the original ending to "Dark Awakening" is on the Season 3 set!

there are 2 different endings? What's the difference? and what company/group changed it??

In the first airing of, "Dark Awakening", the final lines spoken in the episode were "So long... Prime," by Rodimus as we see an image of Optimus streak across the space sky.

In some reruns of this episode (particularly the one shown the day before the first ever airing of "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1"), this last line was replaced by a line spoken by the narrator: "But is this really the end of Optimus Prime? Find out in tomorrow's exciting episode: 'The Return of Optimus Prime'!"

Here's the first ending version, and here's the second ending version (skip over near to the end of each clip).

thanks dude. You saved me an hour of searching on VHS only to find half of that equation. I'm pretty sure I have the rerun voiceover.

vectorA3 wrote:

Judge Deliberata wrote:Got mine the other day and in between busy periods I've had time to watch MTMTE in parts. Quick impressions are that the transformation sequences seem to be faster sometimes than I remember them being, and the picture quality definitely seems better on the whole.

Quints should not be watching this program. Too biased.

I don't know what you're talking about. Just because I think G1 is the end-all and be-all of all things TF doesn't mean I'm skewed in my viewpoints, does it? I'm impartial. Really!

>_>

<_<

**Looks at sig**

As one of the eldest bots, I've had quite a few run-ins with Quints. (There's even one of you on my desk!)

Still hopin that Shout factory will have somethin extra at SDCC to promote getting the Matrix box set. Then I'll jump off the fence!!

Ooooooohhhh, the disc labeling/digital labeling is all out of wack.

The episode guide doesn't present the viewing order either.

Counterpunch wrote:Ooooooohhhh, the disc labeling/digital labeling is all out of wack.

The episode guide doesn't present the viewing order either.

Ok, no viewing order, but how about air date. Is that on there. I'd like to watch them all in the order they were shown. I know with Rhino's release, they weren't in order. As I was watching earlier this past week, I just noticed that season 2 is not in sequential order. At least not completely.

Prime Evil wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:Ooooooohhhh, the disc labeling/digital labeling is all out of wack.

The episode guide doesn't present the viewing order either.

Ok, no viewing order, but how about air date. Is that on there. I'd like to watch them all in the order they were shown. I know with Rhino's release, they weren't in order. As I was watching earlier this past week, I just noticed that season 2 is not in sequential order. At least not completely.

I don't think it would be a good idea to watch them in the order they aired in. Cuz, when season 1 aired, "The Ultimate Doom" had aired before Skyfire's debut episode "Fire in the Sky".

Rhino's order of going by production order was fine, even though there were still some errors in order that way (but some of these were corrected like with "Thief in the Night" --> "Starscream's Ghost" --> "Ghost in the Machine").

Even still, I don't think that there's ever been a truly correct order of the G1 episodes.

ok, when i get this set, what is the most accurate chronological listing of episodes?? I want to watch as much in order as possible too.

vectorA3 wrote:ok, when i get this set, what is the most accurate chronological listing of episodes?? I want to watch as much in order as possible too.

That's difficult to say, since nearly every episode of G1 is a standalone story that doesn't really affect any of the other episodes. Most of them could be watched in nearly any order. but there are some that must be watched before or after others.

However, one time I did come up with a list of what I think to be the most chronological order of G1 episodes that I could think of. Should I post it here for ya (cuz it be really long)?

u can post it here -- initially i was gonna say pm/email me, but then no one else would be able to see it. Thx.

Darth Bombshell wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:So...Is this available in stores or just online?

Online for now, at SDCC in a couple weeks, then in stores sometime afterward.

What's the ETA for them arriving in stores?

vectorA3 wrote:u can post it here -- initially i was gonna say pm/email me, but then no one else would be able to see it. Thx.

Okay, then. The ones with changed order are in Italics. Here goes:

Season 1:

• "More than Meets the Eye, Part 1"
• "More than Meets the Eye, Part 2"
• "More than Meets the Eye, Part 3"
• "Transport to Oblivion"
• "Roll for It"
• "Divide and Conquer"
• "Fire in the Sky"
• "Fire on the Mountain"
• "S.O.S. Dinobots"
• "War of the Dinobots"
• "The Ultimate Doom, Part 1"
• "The Ultimate Doom, Part 2"
• "The Ultimate Doom, Part 3"
• "Countdown to Extinction"
• "A Plague of Insecticons"
• "Heavy Metal War"

Season 2:

• "Autobot Spike"
• "Changing Gears"
• "City of Steel"
• "Attack of the Autobots"
• "Traitor"
• "The Immobilizer"
• "The Autobot Run"
• "Atlantis, Arise!"
• "Day of the Machines"
• "Enter the Nightbird"
• "A Prime Problem"
• "The Core"
• "The Insecticon Syndrome"
• "Dinobot Island, Part 1"
• "Dinobot Island, Part 2"
• "The Master Builders"
• "Auto Berserk"
• "Microbots"
• "Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1"
• "Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2"
• "Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1"
• "Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2"
• "Blaster Blues"
• "A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court"
• "The Golden Lagoon"
• 26."The God Gambit"
• "Make Tracks"
• "Child's Play"
• "The Gambler"
• "Quest for Survival"
• "The Secret of Omega Supreme"
• "Kremzeek!"
• "Sea Change"
• "Triple Takeover"
• "Prime Target"
• "Auto-Bop"
• "The Search for Alpha Trion"
• "The Girl Who Loved Powerglide"
• "Hoist Goes Hollywood"
• "The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1"
• "The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2"
• "War Dawn"
• "Masquerade"
• "Trans-Europe Express"
• "Cosmic Rust"
• "Starscream's Brigade"
• "The Revenge of Bruticus"
• "Aerial Assault"
• "B.O.T."

• The Transformers: The Movie

Season 3 (the following is the order in which this season's episodes were placed on the Kid Rhino DVDs, which I think was an acceptable ordering, except for some specified changes):

• "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1"
• "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2"
• "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3"
• "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4"
• "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5"
• "The Killing Jar"
• "Chaos"
• "Dark Awakening" (first ending version)
• "Surprise Party"
• "Madman's Paradise"
• "Webworld"
• "Carnage in C-Minor"
• "Forever is a Long Time Coming"
• "Fight or Flee"
• "Thief in the Night"
• "Starscream's Ghost"
• "Ghost in the Machine"
• "The Dweller in the Depths"
• "Nightmare Planet"
• "The Ultimate Weapon"
• "The Big Broadcast of 2006"
• "The Quintesson Journal"
• "Only Human"
• "Grimlock's New Brain"
• "Money Is Everything"
• "Call of the Primitives"
• "The Burden Hardest to Bear"
• "The Face of Nijika"
• "Dark Awakening" (second ending version)
• "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1"
• "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2"

Season 4:

• "The Rebirth, Part 1"
• "The Rebirth, Part 2"
• "The Rebirth, Part 3"

This could work, right?

thx dude.

I'm still a bit sketchy on season 3's order. I mean, both its production order and airing order had issues, but when Kid Rhino heavily reordered it, they did fix most of these problems, but also moved around ones that had no ordering problem. I just chose to go with Kid Rhino's ordering as a base since that's the order I first saw them in.

Though, I would like to know how Shout! arranged the season 3 episodes to compare the two.

As for season 1, the ones changed there are also a bit of a guess. I personally think it's better to watch "SOS Dinobots" and "War of the Dinobots" consecutively, since the latter takes place almost right after the former. "Fire in the Sky" and "Fire on the Mountain" are a similar case, but they don't seem to be quite as closely-knit as the Dinobot 2-parter. "FitS" should still be watched before "FotM" I was orginally considering placing the two Dinobot episodes in between the two "Fire" episodes. But there are those who'd rather watch the two "Fire" episodes together like a 2-parter. Either way, all four must be viewed before "The Ultimate Doom, Parts 1-3".

sounds pretty logical to me

When you get the set, could you post a list of the episode order for season 3 that Shout! used?

sure, but someone may beat me to it. I'll try & get some info this wknd.

What's the ETA for them arriving in stores?

I'd like to know, too. I can't believe we haven't heard anything at all concerning a street date for this set.

sorry sabr -forgot to ask about the season 3 list. I did ask about the wide release, and I believe the guy from Shout just said 4th quarter this year. Maybe even December. I think that's what he was hinting at. It's most likely for them to release at that time anyway. (xmas)

vectorA3 wrote:sorry sabr -forgot to ask about the season 3 list. I did ask about the wide release, and I believe the guy from Shout just said 4th quarter this year. Maybe even December. I think that's what he was hinting at. It's most likely for them to release at that time anyway. (xmas)

Well, how close are you to getting your copy of the set?

Sabrblade wrote:

vectorA3 wrote:sorry sabr -forgot to ask about the season 3 list. I did ask about the wide release, and I believe the guy from Shout just said 4th quarter this year. Maybe even December. I think that's what he was hinting at. It's most likely for them to release at that time anyway. (xmas)

Well, how close are you to getting your copy of the set?

not close right now, will wait till the 4th quarter, even ask for it as xmas gift. I couldn't bring myself to dropping $150 on the set there, even with the Welker signed litho (which was really really cool). I spent about that much over all 5 days I went to the con on food, parking, toys (only got one SW toy), and misc. stuff. Hopin it'll be lower when it hits mass retail.

Hey guys, not sure if this is the right place for this........
anyways I put in an order for the G1 boxset online(was going to wait till it hit retail, but couldn't resist!) I then received an e-mail with an order confirmation number saying I would be billed when my order shipped, and that I would receive another e-mail when it was shipped.
It's been two days and I still have not gotten an e-mail. I was just wondering if it's normal for it to take this long to process an order?(I ordered through the Shout factory store) Perhaps I should e-mail them?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
EDIT: nevermind, just got the e-mail saying it was shipped!

I'm going the route of buying each season seperately because dropping $150 all at once seems not as hard on the checking account as $20 every other month.
But should I be concerned that they won't release anymore individual seasons now that the entire set is out?

Stark Rhavyn wrote:I'm going the route of buying each season seperately because dropping $150 all at once seems not as hard on the checking account as $20 every other month.
But should I be concerned that they won't release anymore individual seasons now that the entire set is out?

I don't think you have anything to worry about, I'm pretty sure that Volume 1 of Season 2 is supposed to come out in September, so I would bet they keep releasing a new set every few months

anyone know if the episodes have subtitles options? the original dvds from Rhino didn't just wondering if this one did.

shonenfan4 wrote:anyone know if the episodes have subtitles options? the original dvds from Rhino didn't just wondering if this one did.

Well I'm still only on disc one, but no I haven't seen any options on the menu for subtitles or anything like that

baku wrote:

shonenfan4 wrote:anyone know if the episodes have subtitles options? the original dvds from Rhino didn't just wondering if this one did.

Well I'm still only on disc one, but no I haven't seen any options on the menu for subtitles or anything like that

You could try pressing the "Subtitles" button on your remote control to see if anything happens.