What a roller coaster the past few months have been. But at long last, we appear to be nearing the end of this saga.
It all began back in March, when some eagle-eyed fans noticed that the first four episodes had been removed from (well, set to “Private”) the official Hasbro Pulse YouTube channel. What could this mean? Was this going to be the beginning of more takedowns of archived Transformers episodes, or even episodes from other Hasbro properties?
We reached out to Hasbro themselves to see if they could provide an answer. That went about as well as you’d expect.
Then in April, it was revealed that the same four episodes that had been removed would be shown in cinemas! Well, some cinemas. Depending on how lucky you were. And for three non-consecutive days in May, no less!
When the time finally came, fans ventured forth to take in this new experience, and… well, it was an experience.
At the very least, the redubbed first episode went over well. Well enough to leave some wondering why they didn’t just redo the other two parts of “More Than Meets The Eye,” if not all four episodes being shown.
Then, just as quickly as it came — well, quicker, really — it was gone. Over. Finished.
Yes, I’m invoking Furmanisms when talking about the cartoon, and you can’t — won’t — stop me.
As I was saying, the 40th anniversary experience came and went, and the episodes that Hasbro opted to remove from YouTube remained gone from the platform.
But now, hope shines anew!
Our heroes at Hasbro Pulse put out this official announcement, stating that yes, True Believers, it’s really happening: Hasbro Pulse is restoring the episodes they removed from their YouTube channel for three and a half months backto the YouTube channel from which they were originally removed!
It all happens on Friday, June 14th at 12pm EST, and you can be a part of it!
“But,” we know you’re asking, “will the newly redubbed live voice reading version of the first episode be included this time?”
We don’t know! They haven’t really said here one way or the other.
If you’re ready to give Hasbro Pulse the heroes’ welcome they so richly deserve, then head on over to the “G1 Episodes in Select Theaters in May” thread (because why not? It’s close enough) in our forums to plan the ticker-tape parade in their honor. (I get to drive the float.)
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