MASSIVE Rhino DVD Cartoon Update!

Tim Finn, who is described both by the site and by himself as "Rhino's Transformers and G.I. Joe consultant" has posted a LOT of information about upcoming Rhino releases related to the world of Transformers in its various incarnations, plus has info about G.I. Joe, Jem, the possibility of Rhino putting out Visionaries DVDs, and more.

Below is only a short summary of the whole article. To read Tim Finn's opinions and comments, then pleace check out the following article!

RELEASE DATES:

G.I. Joe Season 1 Part 2 IMMINENT
G.I. Joe Season 2 Part 1 Aug 17
Transformers Armada Vol 5 Aug 24
Transformers Armada Vol 6 Aug 24
Beast Wars Season 3 Aug 24
Jem Season 3 Part 1 Aug 31
Transformers Armada S1 P1 Nov 09
Beast Machines Season 1 2005
Beast Machines Season 2 2005

The announcement of Fox doing Beast Machines for Canada does not affect the US release.

G.I. Joe S2 P2 and Jem S3 P2 depend on Sunbow renewing with Rhino.

TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE

Rhino wants to do a 1-disc letterbox Movie.

VISIONARIES

Sam at Rhino couldn't remember if Visionaries was a part of the Sunbow deal that Rhino struck. If it is, they'll do a 2-disc set for 29.95 at some point, my guess is 2005. If they do not already have the rights, I suggested they get it. They'd be happy to get Flint Dille in for an interview or commentary, as he's already done an interview for G.I. Joe and lives in LA. Your letters and comments would help push this forward.

TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE

Saban, which is owned by Disney, which means not a Rhino possibility.

TRANSFORMERS ENERGON

If the Armada box sells, they would consider it. But that decision is a long ways off.

TRANSFORMERS HEADMASTERS

Rhino likes the idea of doing this, and I've been telling them for a year to do it. It all depends on if a deal could be worked out with Pioneer (or whoever did the Headmasters DVD box in Japan, I forget who is was). It is yet one more kind of deal and would require getting Rhino, Hasbro, Takara, and Pioneer (or whoever) to agree on terms of money, shipping, schedules, and then actually following through and delivering the digital masters.

That said, if Rhino did do Headmasters, it would be subtitled, and they'd bring in a Japanese speaking Transformers fan to tweak the subs. They understand the show has idiosyncracies and wouldn't give it to a translator without running it by a TF fan.

RELEASES ARE COMING OUT TOO SLOWLY

In terms of speed and patience, we all have to remember that Our Favorite Animation is but a fraction of what the DVD team at Rhino handles. They've got MST3K, music concert videos, and live action stuff like Ed Sullivan. We may want more and faster releases, but they can only do so much and I'd argue that the above release schedule coupled with what's already come out in the first half of the year is actually a huge amount.

MASTERFORCE, VICTORY, ZONE, SCRAMBLE CITY

Would only happen if Headmasters happened.

Source: TVShowsOnDVD.com