Warner Archive Collection
The Warner Archive Collection is a subdivision of Warner Brothers, mainly dealing with the release of classic films and TV on DVD and Blu-ray. It was spun off from Warners Home Entertainment in 2009, using a manufacturing-on-demand model that has allowed the label to issue a wide number of releases with little mainstream appeal.
Talking of which, they were able to negotiate the curious legal status of the Challenge of the GoBots cartoon series, which had been out of print since around 1987 with considerable questions as to who actually owned the rights to the series, while their business model fitted the niche of a small fandom. This seemed to be sorted out, with text on the DVDs referring to them as "Hasbro's GoBots". For those who liked the cartoon and had only been able to view it on aging VHS releases or off-air recordings the release of the entire series on DVD across three releases from 2011 to 2015, featuring crisp high-quality remastering from archive elements, has been a major delight.
Releases[edit | edit source]
Challenge of the GoBots - The Original Miniseries (2011)[edit | edit source]
Single disc containing the entire Battle for GoBotron mini-series:[1] -
Challenge of the GoBots - The Series, Volume One (2014)[edit | edit source]
Triple disc containing the first 30 episodes of the regular TV series[2]: -
- Time Wars
- It's the Thought that Counts
- Trident's Triple Threat
- Renegade Alliance
- Cy-Kill's Cataclysmic Trap
- Speed Is of the Essence
- Genius and Son
- Dawn World
- Nova Beam
- Forced Alliance
- Invasion from the 21st Level, Part I
- Invasion from the 21st Level, Part II
- Lost on GoBotron
- Cy-Kill's Shrinking Ray
- Doppelganger
- Quest for Roguestar
- Renegade Rampage, Part I
- The Renegades' Rampage, Part II
- Ultra Zod
- Sentinel
- Cold Spell
- Crime Wave
- Auto Madic
- Scooter Enhanced
- Tarnished Image
Challenge of the GoBots - The Series, Volume Two (2015)[edit | edit source]
Triple disc containing the final 30 episodes of the regular TV series[3]: -
- In Search of Ancient GoBonauts
- Gameworld
- Wolf in the Fold
- Depth Charge
- Transfer Point
- Steamer's Defection
- The GoBot Who Cried Renegade
- The Seer
- Whiz Kid
- Ring of Fire
- Cy-Kill's Escape
- Quest for the Creator
- The Fall of GoBotron
- Flight to Earth
- Return to GoBotron
- Pacific Overtures
- Destroy All Guardians
- Escape from Elba
- Fitor to the Finish
- Clutch of Doom
- The Third Column
- A New Suit for Leader-1
- Renegade Carnival
- The Gift
- Terror in Atlantis
- The Last Magic Man
- Braxis Gone Bonkers
- Inside Job
- Element of Danger
- Mission: GoBotron
- "Et Tu, Cy-Kill"
- The GoBots That Time Forgot
- The Secret of Halley's Comet
- Guardian Academy
- Quest for New Earth
Notes[edit | edit source]
- The feature film GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords has yet to be released on DVD, as it has a more complicated rights history.
