Those eeeevil people at Rightstuf and their sales!!!
I just spent too much money at Rightstuf... Too much anime, too little time. Too many sales, too little money!
There were two things there that were too good to pass up so I need to pass them along.
First, they through the end of the month, they are having 40% off all BANDAI DVD titles (use coupon code: BLAST at checkout)... I got Please Teacher to replace my defective one that I got for Xmas, and the last Disc in .hack//twilight. Expect reviews at some point.
Second, the unaltered subtitled version of the original Macross, Super Dimensional Fortress has been on sale under their Weekly Specials for the past few weeks. Boxes 1, 2, and 3 are each $38. It may not sound like a good deal, but considering the whole set sold for over $300 when it came out 3 years ago, and the current retail price is around $80 a box, you won't find a better deal anywhere. What's more, these boxes are now out of print, as the Animeigo license has reverted back to Harmony Gold ... so if you want to see Macross in the original Japanese, this is the only subtitle version available in the states.
Now, I reviewed the Robotech Remastered, Volume 1 a few days ago and said it was part of the Macross Saga... what's the difference? Macross, Super Dimensional Fortress is one of the 3 shows that were intertwined to make Robotech by Carl Macek ... so this is it in its "pure" unedited form. There is no english track on the disc, only subtitles... and due to some license issues, I doubt we will ever see the English Robotech version (or any English version) and the subtitled version on one disc. I would love to eat those words, perhaps with HDDVD or Bluray? One can hope... than again, that would make this a quintuple dip for the same animation! That would even surpass my Star Wars Trilogy "collection" (Original VHS, Widescreen THX VHS, Special Edition Widescreen VHS, Super Extra Crispy Widescreen Special Edition DVDs)!
Regardless, for years I have wanted to see it in its original form since the story is a little different from the Robotech one. How different? I'll be sure to let you all know, but by then it may be too late to get this OOP title. If you think you may want it, be sure too get it now while you still can!
There were two things there that were too good to pass up so I need to pass them along.
First, they through the end of the month, they are having 40% off all BANDAI DVD titles (use coupon code: BLAST at checkout)... I got Please Teacher to replace my defective one that I got for Xmas, and the last Disc in .hack//twilight. Expect reviews at some point.
Second, the unaltered subtitled version of the original Macross, Super Dimensional Fortress has been on sale under their Weekly Specials for the past few weeks. Boxes 1, 2, and 3 are each $38. It may not sound like a good deal, but considering the whole set sold for over $300 when it came out 3 years ago, and the current retail price is around $80 a box, you won't find a better deal anywhere. What's more, these boxes are now out of print, as the Animeigo license has reverted back to Harmony Gold ... so if you want to see Macross in the original Japanese, this is the only subtitle version available in the states.
Now, I reviewed the Robotech Remastered, Volume 1 a few days ago and said it was part of the Macross Saga... what's the difference? Macross, Super Dimensional Fortress is one of the 3 shows that were intertwined to make Robotech by Carl Macek ... so this is it in its "pure" unedited form. There is no english track on the disc, only subtitles... and due to some license issues, I doubt we will ever see the English Robotech version (or any English version) and the subtitled version on one disc. I would love to eat those words, perhaps with HDDVD or Bluray? One can hope... than again, that would make this a quintuple dip for the same animation! That would even surpass my Star Wars Trilogy "collection" (Original VHS, Widescreen THX VHS, Special Edition Widescreen VHS, Super Extra Crispy Widescreen Special Edition DVDs)!
Regardless, for years I have wanted to see it in its original form since the story is a little different from the Robotech one. How different? I'll be sure to let you all know, but by then it may be too late to get this OOP title. If you think you may want it, be sure too get it now while you still can!
