MagnaUK has announced the 30th anniversary Blu-ray of The Transformers: The Movie will be released in the UK as a collectible steelbook! Some details from the Amazon.UK preorder listing:
Special Limited Edition Steelbook Bonus Content:
– Til All Are One A brand-new, comprehensive documentary looking back at TRANSFORMERS: The Movie with members of the cast and crew, including story consultant Flint Dille, cast members Gregg Berger, Neil Ross, Dan Gilvezan, singer/songwriter Stan Bush, composer Vince Dicola and others!
– Audio Commentary with Director Nelson Shin, story consultant Flint Dille and star Susan Blu Featurettes
– Animated Storyboards
– Trailers and TV Spots
– For the ultimate fans and collectors, The TRANSFORMERS THE MOVIE Limited Edition, 30th Anniversary Steelbook comes with highly collectible Steelbook packaging, 2 Blu-ray set of the newly remastered movie (Both aspect ratios), immersive bonus content including brand-new featurettes, plus many more. This is a must-own collection to every fan’s library!
Who will be buying the steelbook edition? Share your thoughts on this after the jump!
monish
Will this version work for canada?
PhaseSixer
Others may have noticed this, but I have watched TF the movie a million times, I can recite the entire movie without watching, and on the blu ray I noticed that the dinobots were on the moonbase when lazerbeak was spying, where they are manufacturing new weapons, never noticed it before, I feel like a food for not seeing it before, weird, was worth the buy for me, lol.
Stevie Rage
I would love to get the UK version in a remastered blu ray format. Doesn't look like this is it. Will it ever happen?
reave
Any mention of the UK text crawl being included in any form?
Rookgordijn
So will there be a version available with subtitles for the non-English speaking market? I own a copy with Dutch subtitles, but without any extra content. Would be nice to have the possibility to watch the extra features (and movie of course) with subtitles with younger family members.
PredaConvoy
I'm in. Hadn't bought it on Blu Ray yet, since there were some issues I'd heard of on other releases. So this is a must for me. Love TFTM.
motorhead9999
Iirc, those sections were never animated. There's some story boards for Magnus getting quartered I believe (included on the anniversary edition DVD I seem to remember), but I don't believe anything exists for the season 1 and 2 cast slaughter. I believe that was only a discussed plot point, but not taken any further.
flamepanther
Yes, but how many years has North America had to wait to get any Blu-Ray version at all?
Sylent
It would be crazy cool if this version had all of that extra footage of the bots that were killed off-screen that people always talk about. Also, if Magnus was quartered like in the comic instead of just falling apart.
RobS
No such thing!
saucesmithco
Ugh, so the UK has to wait 3 months longer for this to come out?
flamepanther
It should be an improvement. It's a new scan at the very least. Shout! Factory usually does a pretty good job with the sources they're given to work with, and I doubt they'll be using the older MPEG2 codec like the previous UK and Australian Blu-Rays.
Chrisola
Amazeballs!
Have the original VHS and DVD, a blu ray and now this new version on pre order.
Can never have too many choices I suppose…although I dont have a vhs player anymore!
ac77
The Transformers: The Movie – 30th Anniversary Limited Edition Steelbook (Includes Digital Copy) Blu-ray | Zavvi.com
£7 cheaper on zavvi
GasBlaster
Just checked Best Buy its on their website but not for preorder
we_are_forest
I'd only just picked up the multi-regional blu-ray off amazon a few weeks ago.
If this is any better quality wise, then I may have to ask around the family for it for xmas.
Booster Gold
Hummmm….I have two versions already…on DVD…do I replace them with this? I'm probably wont for now.
tikgnat
Preordered a couple of days ago at Amazon! Yeah… this will be my… 6th copy (4 on DVD, 1 on BD) in the house?
Overkill?
TheSpacebridge
Wonder if it's my old animated storyboards I made for Sony being used again?
I'd have made new ones if they asked!
Hitch
Murasame
Now I might have to buy the movie a third time