Children of the 80’s Rejoice, “Our” Cartoons coming to DVD!

For all my fellow children of the 80’s I bring good news. Two of our most beloved animated cartoon shows from our childhood are getting a respectable DVD treatment. Shout! Factory and Hasbro are teaming up to bring the original ‘Transformers’ and ‘G.I. Joe’ episodes to DVD.

The first of these epic DVD releases scheduled to hit store shelves will be ‘The Transformers: The Complete First Season — 25th Anniversary Edition’. This is set for June 16, 2009, a week before Michael Bay’s live-action sequel ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ hits theaters on June 24, 2009.

The 3-disc DVD set will include the original 1984 broadcast version of all 16 episodes of season one, in the intended story line order. The DVD will feature a remastered picture and a new stereo soundtrack created from it’s original audio recordings, unlike the original Rhino DVD release made from incomplete work prints. Shout! Factory will release DVD sets of the complete series of ‘Transformers’ and ‘G.I. Joe’ later this summer.

This anniversary edition of season one will sell for $29.99 and tentatively include the following extras:

• Triplechanger: From Toy to Comic to Screen: The Origins of the Transformers featurette
• Printable Script
• Rare PSAs
• Toy Commercials
• Concept Art
• Limited Edition Autobot Magnet

[source: Hollywood Reporter]