The Monkees

Are there special features that will be exclusive to the complete box set or will they be the same as the individual season sets?

DJariya

I think I will wait until the complete series box set comes out later this year.

I already have the Rhino version of Season 1 and Singapore imports for the rest of the series.

The Monkees

I went out and got season 1, if there's something great in the complete set that's not in the season sets then I'll spring for the complete series.

WMAangel

Yes, there are some bonus features that are exclusive to the complete set...

It says this specifically in the complete details from the preorder site:
"Five retrospective featurettes including brand-new, in-depth interviews with those most responsible for the success of The Transformers franchise. Two of these featurettes are exclusive to this set including a conversation with comic writer Bob Budiansky and a voice cast reunion. The reunion features Jack Angel (Ramjet), Michael Bell (Prowl), Gregg, Berger (Grimlock), Aurthur Burghardt (Devastator), Corey Burton (Spike Witwicky), Richard Gautier (Rodimus Prime), Neil Ross (Slag), Frank Welker (Megatron)."

The Monkees

Well the voice cast reunion would be the only thing I'd be interested in.

jjcool

The cast reunion is intriguing. This puts me more on the fence about getting the set. My nephew is just now getting into the transformers, and his little brother isnt too far behind, so I could give them my old sets.

haliedoeshebron

So for those who upgraded, do the Rhino and Shout Factory versions have overlapping bonus features?

heebiejeebie

As far as I know none of the Rhino special features are being carried over.

stingermck

Here is an interesting tidbit from Shout! on their message board, about the complete set:

xage

And here are the actual Photo Images of

DarkPhantom13

I just placed my order for it right now. I can't wait for it to get here!

darkside

I watched the Bob Budiansky interview and it was a great extra. Had no idea he was just given these random Japanese toys and he came up with the names and identities for each character. That is also worth getting the complete set for. I also love that you know it was a Marvel comic and he can mention Jim Shooter and Stan Lee, but he can't say the words Marvel Comics and they had to block them out on the covers.

darkside

The sound issues on these is really disappointing. So far the last 4 episodes of season 1 have these issues. For some reason the sound effects are much lower in volume than the voices and music and in some cases can't be heard at all they are so low. I hope there is a recall of this disc to fix this. Sound was a big issue on the first two seasons of Rhino sets and I had hoped Shout Factory going back to the original stereo track would fix it.

Quack

Hmmmm I definitely will still be getting this, I just hope the audio issues aren't too much of a problem.

darkside

The episodes are still watchable, but it is a noticeable drop on the sound effects and something you would think could have been caught when creating the mix. Don't know if maybe the source elements were an issue, but the first 12 episodes sounded fine for the most part. Will start watching Season 2 today to see if that one has these issues.

jjcool

Hmmm. More issues with these discs. It does look like an awful lot of dics for just the season 1 set.

The Cow

It's 3 seasons (plus a few), the original series.

jjcool

I thought this was the thread for the first season set.