Hey hey!  We’ve been selected to give away some great prizes to our awesome community!

The PRIZES

We will be giving away one of each of the following:

Transformers Universe GI Series Optimus Prime 25th Anniversary Pack with DVD

The original Optimus Prime is back! Includes a DVD and a graphic novel. Speaks phrases straight from the initial television show. It’s the Optimus you know and love! The original, die-cast Optimus Prime is back! Based on the earliest toy from 1984, this amazing recreation updates his coloring to look just like he did in the initial cartoon series. Able to transform from truck to robot and back again, this new old Autobot leader truly is more than meets the eye. His firing missiles are here, as are his trailer, traditional gun, and little buddy Roller. What’s more, the original More than Meets the Eye animated miniseries is included on DVD, along with the 1st few issues of the classic Marvel comic book! Bringing the hero to life even more is an electronic voice box that speaks phrases straight from the initial television show. Unbelievable! Requires 3x ‘AA’ batteries, included. Stands about 6-inches tall in robot mode.

THE TRANSFORMERS: SEASON TWO, VOLUME ONE

The adventures of OPTIMUS PRIME and his valiant AUTOBOTS continue as they protect their new home planet, Earth, and its people against power-hungry MEGATRON and his DECEPTICONS. With the help of their human friends Spike, Sparkplug, Chip and Carlee, the AUTOBOTS search for the fuel necessary to send them home and reenergize their planet of CYBERTRON. But if the DECEPTICONS seize their energy source first, the entire universe may suffer the consequences under the reign of the malevolent MEGATRON!

Now you can relive the excitement of Season Two when Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Hasbro, Inc., unleashes THE TRANSFORMERS: Season Two Volume One 25th Anniversary Edition DVD box set on September 15th. A must-have for any Transformers fan, this 4-DVD set contains the first 28 episodes from the second season of The Transformers in the order they were intended, including fan-favorites such as Dinobot Island, Enter The Nightbird, The Master Builders and The God Gambit. THE TRANSFORMERS: Season Two Volume One 25th Anniversary Edition DVD box set is priced at $ 29.99 SRP.

How to enter!

We are excited to offer TWO WINNERS a copy of either the The Transformers Season Two Volume One 25th Anniversary DVD, or Transformers Universe GI Series Optimus Prime 25th Anniversary Pack with DVD. Entry in our Transformers DVD giveaway is free and simple. Entry is open to anyone in the US (I am paying shipping, if you live outside one of those areas and it’s cheap to ship, feel free to enter, I’ll do my best, but no guarantees). Two random winners will be drawn using random.org on October 1st. Please include your email (or other contact point) in your entry so we can contact you if you win!

There are two ways to enter.

1. Post a link to this giveaway on the web (site, blog, facebook, etc.) and add a comment here with the link included.  (all posts will be validated)
2. Submit an article for publication on this site.  Love Transformers, have some good news or analysis, here is your chance to be heard!

The fine print:

The winners will be chosen at random by me.  The winners I pick are final.  If you win and live to far away to ship cheaply, I’ll pick another winner or give you the opportunity to pay for shipping.  Have fun, spread the word and Roll out!  You don’t get to pick which one you win.  You can enter up to five times.

Watching these again from the beginning made me remember why I loved these cartoons in the first place.  The classic battle of good vs. evil, Optimus Prime (and his stupid trailer) and just the general cheesiness of it all.

The set has the entire G1  original series and some great extras.  The Origins of the Transformers, a printable script (very cool!), a PSA from tv at that time, some old Hasbro commercials, etc.  I haven’t even made it through all of it yet but I can’t wait to dig deeper.

Quality:

Wow.  About a year ago I watched the original series again on sites like youtube, etc.  The quality was ridiculously bad.  Watching it again in this release made such a difference!  It has a stereo soundtrack which makes a big difference, especially for the Tranformers sound!  It looks pretty dang good considering it’s 25 year old animation.  As good as you remember and very easy to watch quality wise.

Packaging:

The packaging looks great and when I unwrapped it I couldn’t have been happier!  The Autobot logo (as big as a DVD) was a great surprise.  The raised images of Optimus Prime and Megatron look great and everything else looks legitimately good.  There is nothing cheap about this set.

Wrap it up:

With feature films coming out like G.I. Joe and a second Transformers movie, taking this walk down memory lane was a great diversion and an excellent way to get amped for the next batch of movies that take me back to my childhood!  I recommend this set for our community here over the previous versions that were released (crap).  I know our members here LOVE G1 and everything it was about, this DVD will not leave you wanting!

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Apparently when you buy the new Transformers DVD going on sale October 16th, you’ll find a special insert inside with a website address from the folks at Chevrolet.

Transformers: Buy Transformers DVD, Win A Chevy Camaro! – Jalopnik

Transformers: Animated is an upcoming animated series based on the shape-changing robot toy line, Transformers.

Transformers: Animated – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Order from 11/7/06 – 11/29/06 on DIRECTV Pay Per View and receive a Special Edition 20th Anniversary two-disc DVD set, packed with hours of bonus features. For even more goodies, check out the official site at

Only 5 days left so get busy!

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More DVD news, this time from Rhino Entertainment who are releasing TRANSFORMERS: ARMADA: SEASON ONE PART TWO on DVD on September 26th 2006.

via thehollywoodnews.com

Transformers: The Movie 20th Anniversary Special Edition DVD

Looks like Transformers: The Movie is being re-released on DVD just in time for its 20th anniversary. It’s hard to believe that I first saw this movie in theatres over 20 years ago.

This post has great information regarding what will be included in the DVD as well as some side by side video comparisons of the remastered footage. Here is the official website with some great multimedia and freebies

via giza