I didn't get any Transformers related stuff for Christmas, but I did get a gift card and decided to finally do what had been on the back burner for some time: get myself a copy of the
Transformers 30th Anniversary blu-ray. I never saw it at retail, and though I've had it on my wish list, I'd never bought it. The price kept going up and up, but I found that the steelbook version was $10 less than the regular, so I bought myself a copy, which arrived today. It's my fifth version following an off-air recording from the late 80s (featuring a live action Optimus Prime talking to a kid named Tommy as a framing sequence), a VHS copy, a DVD copy, the 25th anniversary special edition, and now the blu-ray version. I suppose when the 3D holographic version is available, I'll buy a copy of that too.
I watched about the first 20 minutes and I did notice details I'd never seen before, even though they've been there the whole time. A robot's face through the glare when Unicron approaches Lithone, two of the Dinobots (Swoop and Sludge?) among the Autobot assembly line when Laserbeak flies up and starts taping, the ship out in the distance as Ironhide drives down the ramp, Hot Rod and Daniel reflected in the lake, etc., and just a generally crisper, slightly more focused picture than I recall seeing before. If my tv wasn't so old, the picture would probably be even better. It seems to be a genuine upgrade in quality, and I thought the 25th anniversary DVD was pretty good.
