Original ‘The Transformers’ and ‘G.I. Joe’ Seasons To Hit DVD This Summer!

Children of the ’80s rejoice! The classic animated adventures of The Transformers and G.I. Joe are alive, well and headed for DVD!

transformers_s1Shout! Factory and Hasbro, Inc. have announced a multi-year, multi-property alliance to bring the original animated TV series The Transformers and the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero animated series to DVD.

The announcement was made by Shout! Factory founding partners Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos, and Lisa Licht, General Manager, Entertainment & Licensing, Hasbro.

Shout! Factory’s first release under the agreement will be The Transformers: The Complete First Season — 25th Anniversary Edition.

The set is slated for June 16, 2009, a week before the big-screen debut of the Michael Bay-directed feature film sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, which hits theaters nationwide on June 24, 2009.

The $29.99 three-DVD set will include the original broadcast versions of all 16 episodes from the 1984 season in the intended storyline order, with remastered picture and a new stereo soundtrack created from the original audio. The Rhino releases featured incomplete work prints of episodes and modified sound effects.

Tentative extras include the featurette “Triplechanger: From Toy to Comic to Screen: The Origins of the Transformers,” a printable script, rare PSAs, toy commercials and a limited-edition Autobot magnet.

Foos said Shout! Factory would follow the release with special complete-series sets of “The Transformers” and “G.I. Joe” later this summer.

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