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Season one Part 1 to get re-release!

posted 16 years ago by jediliz
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http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/GI-Joe-Season-1-Part-1/11518

Wooohooo!

I'll tell my dad to try to hold off going to Missouri until the last week of July so I can buy this set and then I can share with my nephews. They really like the old 80s cartoons (He-Man is one example) so now to get them to like GI Joe OLD SCHOOL.

[–] Candygurl00 16 years ago

I will pick this up too! I loved watching G.I. Joe in my earlier years. It was so much fun watching and collecting the toys back then. I'm so glad Shout! got the rights to release the series now.

[–] Fluke_Skywalker 16 years ago

This is awesome news! I think we could all see this coming when Hasbro re-acquired their rights to their 80's cartoons recently. And with new 'Transformers' and 'G.I. Joe' live action movies on the way, it made sense that they would re-release these highly requested DVD sets. When it was announced a few weeks ago that 'Transformers Season 1: Volume 1' was coming out, I felt good about our chances of seeing G.I. Joe as well.

Thanks for the heads up!

’Cause there’s thunder in your heart... Every move is like lightning!

[–] merhawk7 16 years ago

I wish they would release season 2 part 2 on dvd. I bought the series back in 2004 and have been waiting for over 4 years for season 2 part 2. I also would like to see the DIC 1990 JOE series on dvd as well.

[–] Fluke_Skywalker 16 years ago

I'm guessing the plan is to finally release 'Season 2: Part 2', but they'll do it in chorological order. As for the Dic series or 'G.I. Joe' Extreme, it's tough to say. As far as I know Hasbro only bought the rights to the Sunbow cartoons.

’Cause there’s thunder in your heart... Every move is like lightning!

[–] raphaeldonatello 16 years ago

There are only two words i can say about this news and that is YO JOE!!

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[–] Astrolupine 16 years ago

http://tvshowsondvd.com/n/11678
Here be the awesome box art for G.I. Joe Season 1.1, there's also talk of a complete series set. Bring it on!

Astro's gallery of random comics at: http://astrolupine.deviantart.com

[–] Fluke_Skywalker 16 years ago

Nice! Thanks for the heads up. Now the question becomes, do I wait for the potential complete set, w/ more extras possible, or buy them as they are released?

I'm telling you, both of these have been out of print for a long time, and with their continued popularity and the hype from the movies I think they'll be big sellers. And Shout Factory! does quality work.

I simply cannot wait.

'Cause there's thunder in your heart... Every move is like lightning!

[–] stutzgrinder 16 years ago

It looks like the first 4 disc DVD set (and this is all based on info someone posted on Amazon), is going to be a re-master of the first Rhino DVD set (Season 1, part 1), with presumably cleaned up audio, video, etc. The episode content looks the same, for the most part

(I'm really hoping the Shout! Factory one is going to be English subtitled or Closed Captioned this time since I'm hearing impaired, ha ha).

But what I'm stoked about is the packaging and bonus features. The box set and disc are looks sooooo nice.

What I'm wondering now is, in addition to the regular series - will Shout! Factory reissue the first 2 miniseries ("A Real American Hero" and "Revenge of Cobra"), as well as G.I.Joe the Movie?

The Rhino double disc set of the 2 miniseries is out of print too, and it looks like GIJ: The Movie is as well. I hope those get a re-issue as well as the 2 miniseries are probably my favorite G.I. Joe releases of all time. So if Shout! is going to reissue the regular series, they should do those as well.

Here's hoping! Yo Joe!

[–] Fluke_Skywalker 16 years ago

It looks like the first 4 disc DVD set (and this is all based on info someone posted on Amazon), is going to be a re-master of the first Rhino DVD set (Season 1, part 1), with presumably cleaned up audio, video, etc. The episode content looks the same, for the most part

(I'm really hoping the Shout! Factory one is going to be English subtitled or Closed Captioned this time since I'm hearing impaired, ha ha).

I don't know why so many DVD releases, and not just cartoons, aren't CC'd. It's a real shame.

But what I'm stoked about is the packaging and bonus features. The box set and disc are looks sooooo nice.

What I'm wondering now is, in addition to the regular series - will Shout! Factory reissue the first 2 miniseries ("A Real American Hero" and "Revenge of Cobra"), as well as G.I.Joe the Movie?

The Rhino double disc set of the 2 miniseries is out of print too, and it looks like GIJ: The Movie is as well. I hope those get a re-issue as well as the 2 miniseries are probably my favorite G.I. Joe releases of all time. So if Shout! is going to reissue the regular series, they should do those as well.

Here's hoping! Yo Joe!

The mini-series were actually re-released last year as part of Hasbro's re-launch of the 'A Real American Hero' toy line [That began with the 25th anniversary]. They came as part of themed action figure multi-packs.

[Here's a link to the thread where we were talking about it. It includes a link to a sight with images of some of the figures from the sets]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086719/board/flat/98562293?p=3

And another thread discussing it with another link to more images.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086719/board/flat/131744461

Each set was about $20, so it was a great deal as it included 4 figures plus the DVD. Now of course that doesn't mean they won't re-release them again separately.

As for 'G.I. Joe: The movie', it's been out of print for a while now, so hopefully it'll get a release sometime this Fall.

EDIT: UPDATE

Just read this article that says that three of the miniseries, "A Real American hero [AKA 'The MASS device'], 'The revenge of Cobra' and 'Pyramid of darkness' are going to be included in the season 1.1 DVD!

http://enewsi.com/news.php?catid=268&itemid=15017

The first 3 discs are the mini series, all of which pre-dated the weekday cartoon, and the fourth disc has the first 7 episodes of the actual series. So this is looking like it's going to be not so much Season 1.1 as the first three minis and the first 1/4 of season 1.

’Cause there’s thunder in your heart... Every move is like lightning!

[–] classOFfitness 16 years ago

is this 1985 verison getting release. or the 1990 verison.

[–] Fluke_Skywalker 16 years ago

It's the 1985 version

’Cause there’s thunder in your heart... Every move is like lightning!

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[–] CyberSurfer27 15 years ago

The Complete Series Collector's Set is now available for pre-order here:

http://www.GIJoeCollectorsSet.com

It's 17 DVDs! And it comes with a ton of cool extras, including a dog tag flash drive. Not to mention the fact that the set itself looks amazing. The link has all the details.

Yo Joe!

[–] Houdini52 15 years ago

What I'm wondering is if any of the Shout! releases will have the interview with Marv Wolfman that the original mini series release by Rhino had (the one that came with the toy). And will future releases and/or the full series release include the same extras that the Rhino releases had like the interview with the voice actors who played Flint and Lady Jaye. I wish they would put out more details for the fans, that way I know if I can upgrade or not without losing anything since I already own all the Rhino releases.