2003 Show's Nick Releases

[Bry]

Originally Posted by Netkeeper

Oh, you mean the thing they WERE doing up until a few months ago?

Face it, Nick hates 2k3. No need to be in denial now.

If they hated the show and wanted to bury it, they could easily do that. They could keep it all unavailable while having every trace of it pulled from YouTube. But they are airing and releasing it. I'm definitely not saying they're treating it as well as they could or should be, but it's something.

Thing is, I can understand why they were sitting on it until recently - they launched their new show in 2012, and they likely wanted it solidly established before they aired/sold any other, previous versions.

[ABrown]

I'm betting that this is LITERALLY duplicate releases of the dvds that were released back in 2004.

[Ramboraph4life aka Matt]

So in other words....they're not burying it...They're just Complete Morons who are out of touch with a lot of the fans.

If they WERE in touch, they would know that there would be a lot of people who would easily & quickly buy Season Sets of the Show.

Hell, they could have done this '3 episode DVD' thing for casuals AND Season Sets for the Fans.

And it's not like Nick are 'Poor Boys who Can't Afford it'. How many millions upon millions have they made off of TMNT so far on merchandise alone?

[Bry]

Originally Posted by Ramboraph4life aka Matt

So in other words....they're not burying it...They're just Complete Morons who are out of touch with a lot of the fans.

If they WERE in touch, they would know that there would be a lot of people who would easily & quickly buy Season Sets of the Show.

Hell, they could have done this '3 episode DVD' thing for casuals AND Season Sets for the Fans.

I'd like to see that, and I think there's a market for it. They may be playing it safe (or what they perceive as "playing it safe"). I dunno. But considering how prevalent (and cheap!) so many season sets are these days, I don't think these kind of releases are such a smart idea anymore. If they keep them dirt-cheap (like, $5 or so), then okay. But if they put out season sets for $25 or less, I like to think they'd sell.

[ABrown]

If Nickelodeon truly is just "testing the water", then put a poll up on nickelodeon.com and find out what fans consider their 10 favorite episodes and put out a "best of" set.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by ABrown

If Nickelodeon truly is just "testing the water", then put a poll up on nickelodeon.com and find out what fans consider their 10 favorite episodes and put out a "best of" set.

That's actually a really good idea!

You must not work at Nickelodeon...

[THGhost]

So it's finally happening, but not in the way that anyone wants. Typical.

At least... the box art... looks... nice...?

[Wildcat]

Hadn't noticed this topic.

The OT started out as volumes. I'm sure we'll eventually get season and complete series sets.
It's too profitable to never do...they know that. Basically every show gets them.

Probably don't wanna contradict the current show at the moment either.

[THGhost]

Originally Posted by Wildcat

Hadn't noticed this topic.

The OT started out as volumes. I'm sure we'll eventually get season and complete series sets.
It's too profitable to never do...they know that. Basically every show gets them.

Probably don't wanna contradict the current show at the moment either.

Oh I wish this was true. Not every show gets a complete set unfortunately. But hopefully this show will. It is TMNT after all.

And yeah, that's the assumption right now - not competing with their own show. It makes sense.

[ImmaAxolotl]

Even though it wasn't exactly what I wanted, I'm still buying this jazz. I was too young to buy my own things when the show was originally airing, so this is a great opportunity for me!

[turtlefanforever]

comes out the month after my birthday. if i was gonna get them at all i'd just ask for them as a birthday present so at least it wouldn't be my cash and i'd own them but i'll hold out for season sets. Lets just hope by years end they come to their senses and put one out. I'd even be willing to live with the crappy cover art for a season set. Although i'd hope they'd put in more effort.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by Wildcat

Hadn't noticed this topic.

The OT started out as volumes. I'm sure we'll eventually get season and complete series sets.
It's too profitable to never do...they know that. Basically every show gets them.

Probably don't wanna contradict the current show at the moment either.

The difference is the original cartoon DVDs started in order. Also only Season 3 was released in 4 different volumes, every other season was released as a season set. They also later on re-released Season 3 as a season set too. Then of course there's the huge Turtle Van set on top of that which had everything.

[ABrown]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

The difference is the original cartoon DVDs started in order. Also only Season 3 was released in 4 different volumes, every other season was released as a season set.

And it's not as though season three was getting released in three or four episode volumes. They were like 12 episodes on each one. 12 episodes for $10 isn't a bad deal.

[THGhost]

I'm surprised Powder isn't here telling ImmaAxolotl to resize their sig.

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

The difference is the original cartoon DVDs started in order. Also only Season 3 was released in 4 different volumes, every other season was released as a season set. They also later on re-released Season 3 as a season set too. Then of course there's the huge Turtle Van set on top of that which had everything.

I do hope this doesn't happen. I want this series now.

[Wildcat]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

The difference is the original cartoon DVDs started in order. Also only Season 3 was released in 4 different volumes, every other season was released as a season set. They also later on re-released Season 3 as a season set too. Then of course there's the huge Turtle Van set on top of that which had everything.

Even so it started slow and it took time before they were all released and the complete van set came later.

I'm sure 2k3 will eventually get there. It's too big for Nick to pass up forever.

[evan2000]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

The difference is the original cartoon DVDs started in order. Also only Season 3 was released in 4 different volumes, every other season was released as a season set. They also later on re-released Season 3 as a season set too. Then of course there's the huge Turtle Van set on top of that which had everything.

OT Season 3 had 47 episodes in total, a valid reason to be split across 4 volumes initially. Don't forget the first 26 episodes of the 2003 series was split across 8 volumes, although they gave us a nice DVD spine art of Leonardo and Raphael so I'm fine with that.

Probably the only thing that would attract me to triple-dip on the 2003 series is an equivalent of the Turtle Van set. I already double-dipped on the US full set and Australian full set anyway. Unless they make a Blu-ray set... nah, dream on

[THGhost]

I guess all we can do then is wait and see if these 2 volumes sell well (they no doubt will) and hope that Nick will then commit to full season sets. We've waited a long time already, so I guess we're used to that now.

[Shred Head]

A friend of mine tells me the 2k3 series is going to be put on dvd but he doesn't have any more info. I get all happy go to this site to read the good news in detail and celebrate with my fellow 2k3fans and BAM disappointment. Really Nick 3 episodes not even in order. Just f**k you Nick f**k you and everyone who works at your DVD division. No one is going to buy this kids already got there turtles and no adult is going to eat this s**t up. I knew the release was going to be lazy and not include all the things we wanted like any extras or all the little mini flash animated episodes but to sabotage it. Yeah you read right there doing this on purpose they want this show buried they want to be able to say "Sales were to low simply put theirs no demand."

I already know the reply I'm going to get so I'll just answer it now. "But Shred Head they may be testing the waters before they bring out season sets. They aren't burying the show They aired the two seasons during the holidays and have them up on itunes." Testing the waters is bull **** they already tested the waters if they cant get enough data for a sales team from ratings on Nicktoons sales on itunes and hits to there website then nick desperately needs to fire some people. Also there not stupid they know dvds like this don't sale. As for the show being on Nicktoons briefly and itunes pure and simple it was a trap. They knew the show was on Youtube and pretty easy to find all the episodes and they wanted that crap to stop. Of course they could always throw copyright claims on them but lets face it that doesn't do any good it would just get re uploaded again. So how do you get that to stop make them think something official is coming around soon. They probably think people will be less likely to pirate or upload things if a legal version is coming out. Yeah I know I sound like a crazy conspiracy theorist but its how a feel about the Nick brand as of late. This is the last straw that broke the camels back for me I used to always be optimistic about Nick buying them and not thinking of them as the badguy but no more. Just once more Nickelodeon go **** your self.

[Aaronardo]

Originally Posted by Shred Head

A friend of mine tells me the 2k3 series is going to be put on dvd but he doesn't have any more info. I get all happy go to this site to read the good news in detail and celebrate with my fellow 2k3fans and BAM disappointment. Really Nick 3 episodes not even in order. Just f**k you Nick f**k you and everyone who works at your DVD division. No one is going to buy this kids already got there turtles and no adult is going to eat this s**t up. I knew the release was going to be lazy and not include all the things we wanted like any extras or all the little mini flash animated episodes but to sabotage it. Yeah you read right there doing this on purpose they want this show buried they want to be able to say "Sales were to low simply put theirs no demand."

I already know the reply I'm going to get so I'll just answer it now. "But Shred Head they may be testing the waters before they bring out season sets. They aren't burying the show They aired the two seasons during the holidays and have them up on itunes." Testing the waters is bull **** they already tested the waters if they cant get enough data for a sales team from ratings on Nicktoons sales on itunes and hits to there website then nick desperately needs to fire some people. Also there not stupid they know dvds like this don't sell. As for the show being on Nicktoons briefly and itunes pure and simple it was a trap. They knew the show was on Youtube and pretty easy to find all the episodes and they wanted that crap to stop. Of course they could always throw copyright claims on them but lets face it that doesn't do any good it would just get re uploaded again. So how do you get that to stop make them think something official is coming around soon. They probably think people will be less likely to pirate or upload things if a legal version is coming out. Yeah I know I sound like a crazy conspiracy theorist but its how a feel about the Nick brand as of late. This is the last straw that broke the camels back for me I used to always be optimistic about Nick buying them and not thinking of them as the badguy but no more. Just once more Nickelodeon go **** your self.

This. This one post sums up my feelings of anger and betrayal.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Well said, Shred-Head.

I was at first optimistic about Nick's ownership of the turtles, but after I lost interest in their show, and after seeing how flippant they are regarding the 4Kids series... I think it was a huge mistake.