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Sorry, forgot to post this on Thursday! Aussie fans now have the chance to watch Michael Bay’s Transformers on Blu-ray, with the release of the Two Disc Special Edition last Thursday. The set is exactly the same as the North American and UK version released last month.
Also out today down under are the Transformers 1 disc editions with the Optimus Prime and Bumblebee masks, but we recommend you give them a miss unless you are a mask collector, or need something for a fancy dress costume.
TVShowsonDVD.com are reporting that Paramount Home Entertainment will be packaging both transformers: Animated DVDs: “Transform and Roll Out” and “Season One” in one package and release it on the same day as Season Two. This will be only for North America.
Both DVDs are out in on 6th January 2009.
Here’s some good news for all of you who have bought Transformers on Blu-ray. Paramount Home Entertainment are planning on releasing the first extra material through BD-Live on 30th September. The video, titled “Robot Ninjas’, will look into the battle at the end of the film between Bumblebee and Barricade, featuring home videos and animatics produced by the film’s stunt crew.
The second video, “What Effing Happened in Mission City”, will follow soon after.
There are also rumours that Paramount will include Transformers 2 material in the future to build hype for the sequel.
Paramount Home Entertainment seem on a role today, with another DVD box set on the way. Transformers: Animated Season Two has been announced to come out on 6th January 2009, containing all 13 episodes from the 2nd season and a basic array of extra features. Unfortunately, the episodes will only be in the full frame aspect ratio.
Paramount Home Entertainment have announced that Transformers Energon will be receiving the Ultimate Collection treatment with a DVD set containing all 52 episodes on 16th December in North America. Following on from the Cybertron Ultimate Collection, expect a bare bones release, with no extra features.
The news mentions that there will be 52 episodes running for 1092 minutes, or 21 minutes per episode. The only problem with this is that Transformers Energon only received 51 dubbed episodes, missing out Episode 33 – Scorponok’s Scars.
Less than a week after North America, the UK now has Transformers on Blu-ray. The 2 disc set is exactly the same, with BD-LIve features and all the material from the DVD and HD DVD releases.
There is no word on if a store (maybe Asda) are stocking the ROTF videos like Wal*Mart did.
Today sees the release of Transformers: Animated Volume One – Blast from the Past, on DVD in Australia. Unlike North America, who last month got the complete first season on 2 discs, this is only a 1 disc set containing 4 episodes, Home is Where the Spark Is, Total Meltdown, Blast from the Past and The Thrill of the Hunt. These episodes are in fullscreen (4:3) with Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo and coded in region 4 PAL.
It seems Paramount Home Entertainment are mistreating international fans, with the same disc due to come out in the UK in October. It’s recommended that you avoid this and future Transformers: Animated releases until they are provided in their original widescreen format and come in full season sets.
Today sees the release of Michael Bay’s Transformers on Blu-ray in North America. The 2 disc set was originally due to come out last October with the DVD and HD DVD versions, but was cancelled after Paramount and Dreamworks signed an exclusive deal with the HD DVD Group.
The 2 disc set contains all the extra features from the DVD and HD DVD versions, as well as some new BD-LIve features and improved video and audio coding.
Today sees the release of Transformers: Animated Season One on DVD in North America. The 2 disc set contains episodes 4 to 16. Extra features are minimal, with only a season 2 preview and a ‘Spanish language track’, which isn’t really an extra.
Below you can find the cover art.
Paramount Home Entertainment have today released Transformers: Animated – Transform and Roll Out on DVD in the UK. The 1 disc set contains the movie special, which runs for 68 minutes, with 2 animated shorts as extras, with English and German audio and subtitles. The disc is rated U.
You can read my initial thoughts on the release and the minor differences to the North American version here.
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