"30 Years In 3 Days - Shout! Factory Live At Botcon 2014" Live Stream Event and More!

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SHOUT! FACTORY CELEBRATES THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF TRANSFORMERS WITH A TREASURE TROVE OF ENTERTAINMENT SPANNING THREE DECADES, “30 YEARS IN 3 DAYS – SHOUT! FACTORY LIVE AT BOTCON 2014” LIVE STREAM EVENT AND MORE!

Since 1984, the thrills of the TRANSFORMERS saga, the action of epic battles between the AUTOBOTS and the DECEPTICONS, and the memorable ROBOTS IN DISGUISE characters continue to spark the imagination of millions worldwide. The TRANSFORMERS brand is a global pop-culture phenomenon, bringing entertainment and excitement to kids and fans through countless collectible toys, animated series, films, comic books, video games and a convention dedicated to TRANSFORMERS collectors.

In honor of the year-long celebration of the TRANSFORMERS 30th Anniversary, Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Hasbro Studios, salutes the beloved TRANSFORMERS franchise by broadcasting from the floor of BotCon and by placing emphasis behind its uniquely diverse home entertainment offerings of TRANSFORMERS animated series (spanning 1984 – 2013). As part of the “THRILLING 30” festivities, the multi-faceted campaign from Shout! Factory includes TRANSFORMERS 30th Anniversary branded product highlights, gift-with-purchase ecommerce opportunities, special digital live stream event “30 YEARS IN 3 DAYS –SHOUT! FACTORY LIVE AT BOTCON 2014” – featuring TRANSFORMERS series marathon with special coverage from BotCon 2014 – and many more surprises to further engage fans and collectors.

For continuing updates on the TRANSFORMERS 30th Anniversary celebration from Shout! Factory, please follow us on Twitter @ShoutFactory, hashtag #BotCon2014.

TRANSFORMERS animated series home entertainment product highlights include:
The TRANSFORMERS: The Complete Series (Generational 1)
TRANSFORMERS: BEAST WARS
TRANSFORMERS THE JAPANESE COLLECTION
TRANSFORMERS ARMADA: THE COMPLETE SERIES
TRANSFORMERS ENERGON: THE COMPLETE SERIES
TRANSFORMERS CYBERTRON: THE COMPLETE SERIES
TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED: THE COMPLETE SERIES
TRANSFORMERS PRIME Seasons One, Two and Three
TRANSFORMERS PRIME: DARKNESS RISING
TRANSFORMERS PRIME: ONE SHALL STAND
TRANSFORMERS PRIME: ULTIMATE BUMBLEBEE
TRANSFORMERS PRIME: BEAST HUNTERS – PREDACONS RISING
TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS: GRIFFIN ROCK RESCUE
TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS: ENERGIZE
TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS: HEROES ON THE SCENE

GIFT-WITH-PURCHASE OPPORTUNITY
*Loyal fans and collectors please take note:
Available while supplies last, receive a limited-edition 18”x24” collector’s poster with any purchase of TRANSFORMERS animated series home entertainment products from ShoutFactory.com

“30 YEARS IN 3 DAYS – SHOUT! FACTORY LIVE AT BOTCON 2014” DIGITAL LIVE STREAM EVENT
Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Hasbro Studios, presents “30 YEARS IN 3 DAYS LIVE AT BOTCON 2014,” a three-day digital live stream takeover featuring marathon of TRANSFORMERS series episodes, exclusive digital segments and highlights from BotCon 2014. Viewers can tune in to this special marathon event on Friday, June 20 through Sunday, June 22, exclusively on http://www.TF30years.com and Shout! Factory’s YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/shoutfactory).

The live stream will originate from the BotCon floor at the Pasadena Convention Center. Viewers and fans are encouraged to share their passion for the TRANSFORMERS via Twitter using the hashtag #TF30years, #BotCon2014 and @shoutfactory.

About Hasbro Studios
Hasbro Studios is the Los Angeles-based entertainment division of Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS). The studio is responsible for entertainment brand-driven storytelling for the company across television, film, commercial productions and short-form. It develops, produces and distributes TV shows based on Hasbro's world class brands, including TRANSFORMERS, MY LITTLE PONY, LITTLEST PET SHOP and FAMILY GAME NIGHT. Many of these shows air on the Hub Network, a U.S. television network for kids and their families, that is a joint venture between Hasbro and Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK). Hasbro Studios shows can also be seen on networks in more than 180 territories globally. Since its formation in 2009, the studio has received seven Daytime Emmy wins and 16 nominations. On the film side, the studio is developing and producing a number of features based on Hasbro's brands, including TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (Paramount), G.I. JOE 3 (Paramount) and CANDY LAND (Sony). The studio team also oversees the production of commercials that feature Hasbro's brands as well production of short-form content that can be seen on all of the major digital and social media platforms globally.

About Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory, LLC is a diversified multi-platform entertainment company devoted to producing, uncovering, preserving and revitalizing the very best of pop culture. Founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos have spent their entire careers sharing their music, television and film favorites with discerning consumers the world over. Shout! Factory’s DVD and Blu-Ray™ offerings serve up feature films, classic and contemporary TV series, animation, live music and comedy specials in lavish packages crammed with extras. Shout’s audio division boasts GRAMMY®-nominated box sets, new releases from storied artists, lovingly assembled album reissues and indispensable “best of” compilations. In addition, Shout! Factory maintains a vast digital distribution network which delivers video and audio content to all the leading digital service providers in North America. Shout! Factory also owns and operates Timeless Media Group, Biograph Records, Majordomo Records, HighTone Records and Video Time Machine. These riches are the result of a creative acquisition mandate that has established the company as a hotbed of cultural preservation and commercial reinvention. Shout! Factory is based in Santa Monica, California. For more on Shout! Factory, visit shoutfactory.com

Credit(s): Shout! Factory

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Re: "30 Years In 3 Days - Shout! Factory Live At Botcon 2014" Live Stream Event and More! (1580550)
Posted by 1984forever on June 9th, 2014 @ 11:31am CDT

After G1 season 1 I see very little for the true fans who were there at the beginning. Transformers has been a joke ever since the end credits of "Heavy Metal War".

Re: "30 Years In 3 Days - Shout! Factory Live At Botcon 2014" Live Stream Event and More! (1580555)
Posted by megatronus on June 9th, 2014 @ 11:55am CDT

1984forever wrote:After G1 season 1 I see very little for the true fans who were there at the beginning. Transformers has been a joke ever since the end credits of "Heavy Metal War".

I'm pretty sure a "true fan" would have found something to love about Transformers in the 30 years following its inception, besides the initial fistful of episodes.

Re: "30 Years In 3 Days - Shout! Factory Live At Botcon 2014" Live Stream Event and More! (1580556)
Posted by Convoy on June 9th, 2014 @ 12:00pm CDT

I hope Shout! Factory announces The Transformers: The Movie Bluray stateside release. Does that kind of thing happen at this sort of party?

Re: "30 Years In 3 Days - Shout! Factory Live At Botcon 2014" Live Stream Event and More! (1580578)
Posted by TheVenocWarlord on June 9th, 2014 @ 2:10pm CDT

megatronus wrote:
1984forever wrote:After G1 season 1 I see very little for the true fans who were there at the beginning. Transformers has been a joke ever since the end credits of "Heavy Metal War".

I'm pretty sure a "true fan" would have found something to love about Transformers in the 30 years following its inception, besides the initial fistful of episodes.

Yeah, a "true fan" appreciates everything Transformers has done, even if he/she is not a fan of everything.

Re: "30 Years In 3 Days - Shout! Factory Live At Botcon 2014" Live Stream Event and More! (1580587)
Posted by 1984forever on June 9th, 2014 @ 2:48pm CDT

TheVenocWarlord wrote:
megatronus wrote:
1984forever wrote:After G1 season 1 I see very little for the true fans who were there at the beginning. Transformers has been a joke ever since the end credits of "Heavy Metal War".

I'm pretty sure a "true fan" would have found something to love about Transformers in the 30 years following its inception, besides the initial fistful of episodes.

Yeah, a "true fan" appreciates everything Transformers has done, even if he/she is not a fan of everything.

You're right. There's been TFTM and a few episodes of G1 S2 and 3 that stand out, but otherwise everything that has come afterwards has been a pale imitation of G1 S1. Cartoons aimed exclusively towards 6yr olds with half the G1 cast renamed, misrepresented or missing. Nowadays Transformers needs Bayformers just to stay afloat! I would bet money that the 40th anniversary of Transformers will pass with very little fan fair, if any at all.

Re: "30 Years In 3 Days - Shout! Factory Live At Botcon 2014" Live Stream Event and More! (1580603)
Posted by Dead Metal on June 9th, 2014 @ 4:12pm CDT

1984forever wrote:
TheVenocWarlord wrote:
megatronus wrote:
1984forever wrote:After G1 season 1 I see very little for the true fans who were there at the beginning. Transformers has been a joke ever since the end credits of "Heavy Metal War".

I'm pretty sure a "true fan" would have found something to love about Transformers in the 30 years following its inception, besides the initial fistful of episodes.

Yeah, a "true fan" appreciates everything Transformers has done, even if he/she is not a fan of everything.

You're right. There's been TFTM and a few episodes of G1 S2 and 3 that stand out, but otherwise everything that has come afterwards has been a pale imitation of G1 S1. Cartoons aimed exclusively towards 6yr olds with half the G1 cast renamed, misrepresented or missing. Nowadays Transformers needs Bayformers just to stay afloat! I would bet money that the 40th anniversary of Transformers will pass with very little fan fair, if any at all.

Re: "30 Years In 3 Days - Shout! Factory Live At Botcon 2014" Live Stream Event and More! (1580685)
Posted by OptimalOptimus2 on June 9th, 2014 @ 10:57pm CDT

1984forever wrote: I would bet money that the 40th anniversary of Transformers will pass with very little fan fair, if any at all.

40? Why not 50?

Also I had a fantasy that one day, Hasbro is going to re-release Transformers toys from G1, G2, Beast Era, RID, Armada, etc. Hasbro and Takara toys. As you fans may know that'll never happen and that's why I have given up on it. Miracles, sometimes, don't happen. :-(

Re: "30 Years In 3 Days - Shout! Factory Live At Botcon 2014" Live Stream Event and More! (1580694)
Posted by BERSEKAEL on June 9th, 2014 @ 11:35pm CDT

ok important question, when is listed

TRANSFORMERS THE JAPANESE COLLECTION

includes Headmasters in English?

Re: "30 Years In 3 Days - Shout! Factory Live At Botcon 2014" Live Stream Event and More! (1580832)
Posted by 1984forever on June 10th, 2014 @ 11:54am CDT

Dead Metal wrote:
1984forever wrote:
TheVenocWarlord wrote:
megatronus wrote:
1984forever wrote:After G1 season 1 I see very little for the true fans who were there at the beginning. Transformers has been a joke ever since the end credits of "Heavy Metal War".

I'm pretty sure a "true fan" would have found something to love about Transformers in the 30 years following its inception, besides the initial fistful of episodes.

Yeah, a "true fan" appreciates everything Transformers has done, even if he/she is not a fan of everything.

You're right. There's been TFTM and a few episodes of G1 S2 and 3 that stand out, but otherwise everything that has come afterwards has been a pale imitation of G1 S1. Cartoons aimed exclusively towards 6yr olds with half the G1 cast renamed, misrepresented or missing. Nowadays Transformers needs Bayformers just to stay afloat! I would bet money that the 40th anniversary of Transformers will pass with very little fan fair, if any at all.

That video... Was that the opening to Beast Wars season 1 or 2? I forget.

Re: "30 Years In 3 Days - Shout! Factory Live At Botcon 2014" Live Stream Event and More! (1580853)
Posted by Dead Metal on June 10th, 2014 @ 12:21pm CDT

1984forever wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:
1984forever wrote:
TheVenocWarlord wrote:
megatronus wrote:
1984forever wrote:After G1 season 1 I see very little for the true fans who were there at the beginning. Transformers has been a joke ever since the end credits of "Heavy Metal War".

I'm pretty sure a "true fan" would have found something to love about Transformers in the 30 years following its inception, besides the initial fistful of episodes.

Yeah, a "true fan" appreciates everything Transformers has done, even if he/she is not a fan of everything.

You're right. There's been TFTM and a few episodes of G1 S2 and 3 that stand out, but otherwise everything that has come afterwards has been a pale imitation of G1 S1. Cartoons aimed exclusively towards 6yr olds with half the G1 cast renamed, misrepresented or missing. Nowadays Transformers needs Bayformers just to stay afloat! I would bet money that the 40th anniversary of Transformers will pass with very little fan fair, if any at all.

That video... Was that the opening to Beast Wars season 1 or 2? I forget.

Re: "30 Years In 3 Days - Shout! Factory Live At Botcon 2014" Live Stream Event and More! (1580915)
Posted by 1984forever on June 10th, 2014 @ 3:23pm CDT

Dead Metal wrote:
1984forever wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:
1984forever wrote:
TheVenocWarlord wrote:
megatronus wrote:
1984forever wrote:After G1 season 1 I see very little for the true fans who were there at the beginning. Transformers has been a joke ever since the end credits of "Heavy Metal War".

I'm pretty sure a "true fan" would have found something to love about Transformers in the 30 years following its inception, besides the initial fistful of episodes.

Yeah, a "true fan" appreciates everything Transformers has done, even if he/she is not a fan of everything.

You're right. There's been TFTM and a few episodes of G1 S2 and 3 that stand out, but otherwise everything that has come afterwards has been a pale imitation of G1 S1. Cartoons aimed exclusively towards 6yr olds with half the G1 cast renamed, misrepresented or missing. Nowadays Transformers needs Bayformers just to stay afloat! I would bet money that the 40th anniversary of Transformers will pass with very little fan fair, if any at all.

That video... Was that the opening to Beast Wars season 1 or 2? I forget.

I know this one!!

It's the end credits from TRANSFORMERS PRIME: ONE SHALL STAND!

Re: "30 Years In 3 Days - Shout! Factory Live At Botcon 2014" Live Stream Event and More! (1580930)
Posted by Dead Metal on June 10th, 2014 @ 4:22pm CDT

1984forever wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:
1984forever wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:
1984forever wrote:
TheVenocWarlord wrote:
megatronus wrote:
1984forever wrote:After G1 season 1 I see very little for the true fans who were there at the beginning. Transformers has been a joke ever since the end credits of "Heavy Metal War".

I'm pretty sure a "true fan" would have found something to love about Transformers in the 30 years following its inception, besides the initial fistful of episodes.

Yeah, a "true fan" appreciates everything Transformers has done, even if he/she is not a fan of everything.

You're right. There's been TFTM and a few episodes of G1 S2 and 3 that stand out, but otherwise everything that has come afterwards has been a pale imitation of G1 S1. Cartoons aimed exclusively towards 6yr olds with half the G1 cast renamed, misrepresented or missing. Nowadays Transformers needs Bayformers just to stay afloat! I would bet money that the 40th anniversary of Transformers will pass with very little fan fair, if any at all.

That video... Was that the opening to Beast Wars season 1 or 2? I forget.

I know this one!!

It's the end credits from TRANSFORMERS PRIME: ONE SHALL STAND!

Re: "30 Years In 3 Days - Shout! Factory Live At Botcon 2014" Live Stream Event and More! (1580974)
Posted by Convoy on June 10th, 2014 @ 8:51pm CDT

Please stop feeding the "true fan" troll. I'm waiting for Sabreblade to answer my question with a, "no" followed by an explanation I wasn't expecting.