"ONCE UPON A TIME MACHINE" & "PLANET OF THE TURTLEOIDS" coming to DVD!!
 

In Germany... :P According to fellow 'Dromer, hudemx, Germany's next box-set of the 1987 cartoon will include these episodes, and will be released on December 5th.

The box will include all episodes in their uncut, English audio glory with an option to watch the UK-based edit with German dialogue. So, for fans importing the set, all you need to worry about is getting around the Region coding... and maybe the PAL video format might be an issue as well.

*sign* [EDIT: *sigh*; dumb "h's"]

Once again, the TMNT get the shaft in their home country! Why was Lionsgate Germany smart enough to include them but Lionsgate US oblivious?

Maybe because there is no Lionsgate Germany only KSM ;)

At the very least, people can rip the two episodes off the DVD and upload them to the Internet so everyone who doesn't import can have nice clean copies.

XD you guys doing this on purpose? I read OMW's typo.
Immediately, a movie quote comes to mind. "It's a sign, alright. 'GOING OUT OF BUSINESS'" Then, here comes hud:
"There is no Dana. Only Zuul." anyone? :P

@ gobo:
Nice one ^^

Because american companies just don't give a crap... no one puts any effort into things anymore..

We do not encourage piracy here, CyberCubed. Please refrain from any discussion of that sort of activity.

So how do we in the states get our hands on a copy?

I'm pretty sure gobo will import some copys to the States like he did with the "Special Edition" of the original Movie, but I'm not sure especially since the Boxsets for the TV Show are a "bit" more expensive...

Best you ask him ;)

Good question. It will be available at Amazon.DE eventually. Accounts for any country's Amazon affiliate are valid there. However, there's a little issue with their international shipping charges. Last time I checked, it was 14 Euros for any quantity of copies to America. So, I'll likely be running the same program I did for the movie w/ commentary that was also a Germany-exclusive. I'll take orders from interested fans to cut down on shipping, then redistribute to wherever as cheap as I can afford to make it. I only insist on breaking even though.

"Man, give a guy a heart attack!"

hey, great to hear that ksm is back on releasing the seasons dvds!!!I didn't even know about vol 4...this is really a great time to be a turtles fan...

Really wish we'd get this in the states. Not really worth it to me to import it for just those 2 episodes. I'll just have to hang onto my vhs I suppose. However, it was brought to my attention that Mikey makes some remark about Herman the Horrible that was cut out of the VHS release. That I definitely want to hear.

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-->> Dude, you are awesome.. keep us in check.

I'd never thought i'd see a release like this and have not ever participated in such an exchange !!

Really really COOL !! !! !!

This is great news, thanks hudemx! :tgrin:

Looks like it'll probably be $40-45/set. Bit more expensive than I was hoping... :ohwell: So, unless I get a lot of interest, I doubt I can afford to do this.

Price will drop until the releasedate - amazon germany usually drops the price a few days before the official Release by apx 5 - 10 Euros

Is $45 even worth it for two episodes? I think I'll stick with my VHS conversions.

THe problem I have with importing...is that everything I thought that would never be released in the US..was eventually released. Then you have a UK region 2 DVD that cost quite a penny to import..and no use for it anymore..

I'd be very upset spending $45's and then seeing the missing shows on the season 10 set

That's the #1 reason why I can never justify spending the cash on such things.

Indeed, I still watch my "Turtles Awesome Easter" VHS from time to time. "Planet of the Turtleoids" is one of those tapes that still goes for surprisingly high amounts on ebay and amazon.

I agree...I have the episodes, the quality may not be the best...but are the Lionsgate DVDs that much better?

Only for making screencaps!

True...and to do that you'd have to possibly cause your computers drive to be permanently stuck in region 2.

Was 'Time Machine' on awesome easter? I don't remember that. I'd like to think the transfers where better on the VHS, cause they where newer then. The DVD's are from transfers that are aged 15 years...

If it was not for spotting 'Planet' at a K-Mart, I would have no idea it ever existed. I only saw the tail end of it during a one and done run on WPIX new york at around 2:30.

I wonder though if KSM is gonna present "Planet of the Turtleoids" as the hour-long feature with unique end credits backdrop it was in the US or present it as a two-ep adventure with a recap like it probably was elsewhere in the world.

Why is it so hard for people to figure out how to get around region locks? This comes up every time there's an international release and people always whine. Google is your friend. :trazz:

Not trying to be argumentative, but I've never gotten any of those directions to work for me. :ohwell:

Then you're not looking for the right thing. There are software programs that will take care of region coding for you and you don't have to do anything to your DVD drive.

Oh. I thought you were talking about the codes for set-top players. I have all the other ways around it that I need. That's just the only concern I still had back when I was trying to play foreign DVDs on the bigger screen of my TV. :) I just lack the motor skills to push those buttons fast enough.

Yup, it featured both the Hokum Hare episodes, with the intro theme song only proceeding the first episode.

Well there is no Recap at the start of Part 2, it's starts right after the opening theme at the Technodrome shortly before Shredder finished building Chromedome - so no Recap ;)

We'll have to wait til December to find out for sure...

The VCR ate my copy of Planet of the Turtleoids the other day :( Snapped it in half...

Just the tape roll or the plastic too? If the latter, then I would like to see a picture of that beast!:lol:

Me too. That's pretty unbelievable. Did you install the guillotine attachment wrong or something? O_o

My VCR normally works great. It just made a very odd noise when I rewound the tape and when I carefully pulled it out the reel was sucked out. So I wound it up by hand and put it back in to make sure it was alright.... then it cut it :(

One thing that bugs me about "Once Upon a Time Machine" is that April, somehow working for Channel 6 again (though it's debatable as it was rebuilt in Turtles Forever), is still using the same van from 1988 (notice how in season 1, Channel 6's vans are white instead of blue?) with the same logo when the young turtles are fighting the gang members in the future. And we're already 20 years removed from the then-present, and now just 25 years away from the "future". Some things are trending in that direction, such as less crime in the real NYC, more and more "tributes" to the TMNT, as well as some more serious testing for flying cars as well as the attempt for a greener planet makes the world cleaner. I still have the original VHS to this episode, and I'm surprised people haven't invested in a VHS-to-DVD transfer given we still have so-so quality copies to watch.

Oh, alright. So, it's the tape that got cut and not the cassette. Gotcha. It happens. Main reason VCRs suck: too unpredictable.