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Summary: Excellent collector's item
Review: Like most other reviewers, I grew up watching the Transformers and also had the Hasbro toys! I was finally able to get my hands on the DVD.... The DVD is of excellent quality - my only gripe being they couldn't take out the "Transformers will be right back after these messages" interspersed throughout the episodes (obviously for commercials during the original run. Anxiously awaiting the other seasons.
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Summary: A definite improvement from Rhino
Review: This set arrived in my mail yesterday so I've only had the time to watch the first disc. From that I have to say that Rhino did a much better job with the first season set than with the "Ultimate Doom" and the "Rebirth" set. The sound and picture quality is great. IMO, the only way this set could be improved is if Rhino had left out all of the "We'll return to the Transformers after these messages." and "We now return to the Transformers." pieces (they get old fast, especially since they are always played together).
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Summary: new glitches remind me of old mestakes
Review: I bought this as a collector of both the cartoon and toys. The abundent glitches in this dvd are obvious to aneyone that grew up in the 80's unless they are color blind. I can't trash rhino too badly because the origional animators,and wrighters messed up more frequently throught the run of the serese. such as in the first aperence of the constructicons they gave a short origion for them (megetron and the decepticons created them in a cave on earth)and in a later season the episode "omega supreme's secret" they gave a verey different origion for the constructicons. in my opinion the chronilogical story errors, and the differing & missing origen storys (new autobots & decepticons semingly apear out of knowhere throught the serese.)is far worse than rhino's mestakes but I would love to see rhino compleetly remake the entire serese using state of the art computer animation like what was used in beast wars & beast machenes,and I would pay aneything to see the tf headmasters serese released in a dvd boxed with the 3 episode season 4. over all the dvd is worth having for hard core collectors but the quality does not justify the price.
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Summary: Memories Flood Back
Review: Finally I got to relive my child hood favorite, Transformers, after years and years. Not just an episode or two but the whole first season and to top it all off the qaulity was imporved but that's where it stopped save for a few extras. Although the video quality is improved it isn't perfect. The quality does, however, improve as the episodes and discs progress but it isn't perfect. For instance you may notice annomolies like different coloring, briefly missing transformers, reverse transformations, and muffled audio. But I'm not sure if Rhino could help this as the originals were in pretty bad shape not just in quality but some of the animators forgot to include things. For the most part though, Rhino did a pretty decent job and the imperfections are really minor especially if you are a fan of the series and want to relive your child hood favorite. But as for being on DVD it isn't anything really special but gets the job done. The extras disc isn't anything really special either. It describes the processes taken to improve the originals qaulity and transfer legistics to DVD. It also includes anomolies which is kind of fun but the false starts option is a bit repetitive and may make you notious which it also has some from other seasons. But the really cool thing is the fact that you can check out the original Japanese show opening but it may be confusing as things seem very different. If you want to see a script from "Transport to Oblivion" you also have that option. Another plus is the fact that you recieve two animation cells of Rumble and Star Scream in in-show situations. These are nice for collectors and give this collection a nice boost in appeal. The case appearance is also nice but would have been better if it came with a protective case. All in all a good choice for Transformer fans. The DVD Collector's Edition isn't perfect, the imperfections are minor, but it is nice to relive the memories and have them preserved on DVD, it was well worth my money especially with the addition of the two animation cells.
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Summary: Nice for season 1 on 1 dvd but has some flaws
Review: Overall this collection is nice to have the entire first season of Transformers. One thing I didn't like at all was how Rhino added in new sound effects, these are most noticeable on the bumpers. Where they are added they seem to be a bit to loud and poorly mixed - it just doesn't work. I only wished they gave an audio option to hear the episodes in their original audio w/o the added in sound which I personally don't like. On a good note the video quality seems to be a lot clear than what I remember it was. Overall a decent collection and Rhino worked very hard in remastering it - perhaps to hard and that's why they did a lot to it I just don't like.
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Summary: Poor Quality
Review: It looks like the entire series was re-colored in pastel crayons. There are parts of the DVDs where the colors have been completely blown out and you loose all detail. This could have been much, much better. The worst part though is on the "Special Features" disk, they show you side by side clips of the original broadcast and the DVD, you can see all the detail in the original broadcast, but the DVD has completely lost all the transparencies and turned them into pink blobs. There are several areas where this decrease in quality is not so noticable, but when you do notice it, it is horrible.
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Summary: Sate the Need...
Review: Look, if you're even bothering to read the reviews, then you'll love this... Just for the compilation of episodes alone... First off, 18 episodes is a large order for any season, and when you consider the breakthrough japanese anime/american comic book style that transformers pioneered, much less the sheer fan/kid feeling of witnessing these shows again, you have great reasons to check these out. The extras are odd, probably a 3 or 4 if rated away from the set due to their slightly quirky setup... BUT this is a gem of a set even without extras. Finally, a way to prove to your children that your cartoons really were cooler, or at least revel in one of the only shows tied to toys that were quality all the way around (second only to Star Wars in merchandise/entertainment quality of tie in).
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Summary: the best idea for a tv show
Review: as i mentioned before it`s one of the greatest tv show the world had ever seen, as a kidd in israel i remember waiting evrey week to see the next episode i didnt have the privilege of an amrican to enjoy it more then one time a week, that was the best show in town, it had a new concept of robots that could turn into cars or aiforce or even dinosours and even later on to town (alldow that part never came to israel and i had to find a way to get it) as i was saying every kidd not just me was fasnaited with this show , and it`s important to say that there wans`t any blood or acts of extreme violent.
the producer of this show did a great job making this show in presenting the characters and the way they stood up for their values and what the believe, and it was amazing to see that every character had a special behavior just like human. the only thing i have to say is that i hope to see the others
season soon in dvd or else it will be a great loss to all of
the transformers fans.
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Summary: Who could ask for more
Review: "All 16 episodes are in chronological order digitally remastered from original 35mm negative on 3 discs" It's all in the description. Everything that they say is true. This is truely the best Transformer video release ever. I watched the whole thing the same day i got it and you can definatly tell the difference. They are in stereo now and you can tell. The colors are more vibrant and true. I don't care what some untrusting people say I think Rhino did an excellent job and i cant wait till season 2 comes out.
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Summary: Great work but many goofs remain...
Review: The episodes rock! They are crystal clear and bright with color! The sound is Dolby 5.1 or stereo and it kicks! There are 3 episode DVDs and one special features DVD. If you are a nit-picker, then this DVD set will drive you crazy. Even some of the mistakes they showcased as being fixed on the special features disc are left in. Most of the mistakes are: Optimus Prime being TOTALLY blue in one scene, miscolored Decepticons (Skywarp / Thundercracker / Starscream color schemes seem to be interchangeable with each other or multiplied), and reversed transformations (i.e. should be in robot form, not automobile form). I never noticed before but a lot of the sounds were swiped from prominent sources. For example, the Energon cubes being made by Shockwave are tracked to the sound of the turbo lift doors opening in the original Star Trek series. Also, when Slag (triceratops Dinobot) shoots his three-horned laser blast it tracked to the sound of a light saber opening in Star Wars, and when it hits it sounds like the clash of two light sabers from Star Wars. Does George Lucas or Gene Roddenbury's estate know of these lifts? Ironic, considering the prominent FBI warning viewers not to steal "their" copywrited Transformers stuff. All in all, the trip down memory lane and the thick smell of nostalgia is worth it! Autobots, Roll out!
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