I finally bought TF:TM on DVD today. LOSER!! I hear you shout. Well, I did see it in the theater and have had two copies on VHS. A friend "borrowed" my first copy - 13 years ago and never returned it Anyway, where does "The Movie" fit in your DVD collection?

I keep my G1 Box Sets in a separate case...I didn't want to break up the silver w/ the TF:TM DVD...

*shouts "LOSER!!"*

I am the only person in the world who actually bought individual G1 DVDs. My kids like to watch them and I figured they'd get destroyed in box set form (to which my BW box sets can attest)... As a result I have incomplete collections of both Season 2 and Season 3. I lost interest in both somewhere along the way. I have 5 of 8 Season 2 DVDs and only 1 Season 3 DVD. Season 1 is the best IMO anyway, flaws and all.

I never did answer the question though. I keep TF:TM in my DVD shelf and the G1 DVDs are in the basement with the kids' stuff. The only reason why is that Spike is a bit of a potty mouth.

Right now the order is Season 1, Season 2 parts 1 and 2, TF:TM, Season 3 part 1 (don't have part 2 yet) Then I have my Transformers: Heros DVD (season 4) and then Beast Wars season 1. Figured I'd keep them all in order.
Speaking of the TF:TM, has anyone heard anythign further about that version they found that had a bit more to the picture?

Chronological order for me, stick the movie in the middle. I also put Star Wars IV, V, and VI before the prequels, so I guess I'm not a good judge of the "right" way.

G1 boxsets on the right with the BW sets, and the movie on the left. I would put the movie after the G1 boxsets, but there is no room because of a divider in the media tower.

I assume you're talking about pan/scan vs. letterboxed, if so the thought that stuff was cut off the picture for a 4:3 ratio is only a rumor. TF:TM was designed for an "open matte" transfer, which means that to fit a theatrical screen the top and the bottom of the picture were cut off. So the "full screen" image of the current releases will have more picture than a letterboxed release.

I still haven't decided where to put it yet... probably with my "regular" movies just like the GI Joe Spytroops disc that came with Snake Eyes/Stormshadow.

As far as my boxsets, I have Beast Wars (season 3 only ) before the 5 G1 sets. I guess because of alphabetical order more than the timeline. That may change if I ever get the Armada sets. There is NO WAY Armada will come before G1 or Beast Wars

BTW, I wish every boxset could use the Futurama packing method. Each DVD has it's own slimline case. No more looking for a large flat surface to lay the set on. Madhammer's got us all beat on that regard

I arranged my transformers individual dvd's first. Tf the movie, Zone&
Scramble City, & Superlink. Then I have my box sets in order by season.

You may know this already, but the Armada box set has individual slimline
cases. I'm so used to the G1 sets and G.I. Joe sets, I was surprised to
see that when I bought them.

I picked after the season 2 box set only because that is where I would put it if I had it. This is the order that I have them in:

G1 Season 1 DVD Box set
Blockbuster exclusive VHS with MTMTE
Blockbuster Dinobots eclusive VHS
Rhino OTF v1 Prme Threat
OTF v2 Revenge of the Decepticons
OTF v3 Programmed for Evil
OTF v4 The Key to Vector Sigma
OTF v5 Return to Cybertron
OTF v7 Return of Optimus Prime
OTF v8 Evil Experiment
OTF v9 Grimlock the Hero
OTF v12 Size Matters
Sunbow G2 Megatron's Master Plan
Sunbow TFTM (unedited)
Sunbow G2 Rebirth
Alliance BW Beasties Escape
Alliance BW Warning from Space
a VHS that has BW and BM episodes taped off the TV
BM The Reformatting / Master of the House (KayBee)
BM Sparkwar part 1: The Strike (KayBee)
Energon Return of Megatron DVD

ones I don't have in the rack are FHE Ultimate Doom, FHE Countdown to Extinction, and a couple other ones... the Kid Rhino TFTM...

I put right in the middle between season 2 vol. 2 and before season 3. To me season 1 and 2 and the first half of the movie went into my system fine. Tasted good.

Everything was ok, but when Prime died and I found out most of the other characters I liked died, watching the second half of the movie along with season 3/4 it all came out like a huge a$$ explosion. Kind of like what happens when I eat hot wings!!

Season 1 and 2 with the first half of the movie: Good eats!
Second half of the movie along with season 3 and 4: Diarrhea cha cha cha...

I didn't know that, thanks - though I wish "they" would sell Micron Legend in it's original form (w/ subtitles) in America. Well, that should be said for every original Japanese TF series. I don't want dubbed Armada anymore than I would want dubbed Fight! Super Robot Life Form. Give it to me in the original language - whether it's English (G1-Beast Wars) or Japanese.

BTW, are your copies of SC, Zone, and SL avi files copied to CD or DVD - or something else? PM me if you don't think you can talk about it here

I put it after G1 Season 2 Part 2 boxset. But then, I kinda have to, since I haven't gotten around to getting the Season 3 sets yet ....

the movie goes in the tin that i got with g1 series 1 collection.

in the uk they reeased series 3 as one set and the movie goes before it. sure the colour breaks up the silver look but that will easily be solved when i can be bothered to make it a new sleve.

Yup, pretty much in chronological order for me....so it's:
G1 S1, G1 S2P1, G1 S2P2, TFTM, G1 S3P1, G1 S3P2, (Headmaster VHS bootleg), BW P1, BW P2, BW P3, Armada S1 P1.

I throw both of my versions of the movie after the boxsets and right before my sets of headmaster, masterforce, and victory. And just let it be known, there is NO widescreen version of the movie. So don't get ripped off like I did. Now I have 2 movies on dvd with just different sleeves.

Mine are in a pile next to my Beast Wars box sets. TFTM is in there somewhere, but the silver box sets are beside one another.

I thought I wouldn't be able to watch the G1 cartoon after much BW intake, but I mader myself watch them and I grew to love them for what they are. You should really give them another go round Madhammer. I have all the Beast Wars DVDs and I watched them every might until I got kind of tired of them. Then I put in the G1 DVDs.

EDIT: Mader, whoa! I sound like HP.

G1 has its own special charm for me. But that's how I'd describe it. Season 1 in particular is still fun to watch, just because it's the most evocative of that time when I was getting into TFs. But Season 2 is a really mixed bag. I almost like Season 1 more *because* it's more low-tech budget-wise than Season 2. It seemed to me that there was more focus on characterization in Season 1 as well.

I don't want to start a G1 vs. BW thing here, but for me BW is enjoyable on an adult level, without me feeling self-conscious for watching a kids' show. Even more so with BM.

Ok, I asked New Soundwave this but I guess he hasn't been back in here. Where did you get your Headmasters, SG Masterforce, and Victory? Are they dubbed or subtitled? Also, are they avi files or can you play them on a regular DVD?

Nevermind... I see them all over eBay. I assume this is where you got them.

I purchased scramble city & superlink dvds off ebay. They claim to
be licensed but some individuals say they are bootleg. They look
like any dvd you would buy from a store. Insert them and they play right away.
They are not the dvd-r types some are selling. Here is a link to the scramble
city dvd.

here

Thanks for the link! I just ordered them Does it come with the second episode of Scramble City (the stop motion one) or just the first one? I'm thinking it doesn't have the second one because it's only 50 mins. and it has Zone on it too.

I'm not tooo familiar with the second one. It starts with the pre
movie recap footage and then scramble city starts. Zone
is there, but this is just the toons and nothing else. No extras.
I bought the superlink dvd's from a seller on ebay. He's in China.
Here is another auction from someone else for the same dvd's
Dvd's

That certainly looks like a bootleg to me. High quality but bootleg none the less. Reason being: The packaging design is the same as the ones used on Kid Rhino's Heroes and Villians DVD sets.

Very high quality and it's not a dvd -r which I think is cool.
There is really no alternative. I heard this was released in Asia
as a legit release, but others say it is a bootleg of the high quality.
These are sold as new by anime shops all over the net as new
official releases. Oh well. Sometimes there is no other way to buy them.

The reason I believe that they are NOT bootlegs is that creating both English and Chinese subtitles would require a very skilled team. Just the straight Japanese to English fansubs take alot of work to complete, and that's just to get them on the web. Also, Takara would be all over these companies if they were bootlegs. Don't forget that China has the G1 boxsets for sale and they are legit. Now if someone would find and publish the other 5 episodes of Zone locked away in Japan plus the Zone and Return of Convoy/Battlestars comics