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(?) · by **Perrydotto** (?) » Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:24 pm

Don't feel bad, Germany has the very same problem. That's why, against my better judgement, I preordered the set box like a boss.

(?) · by **drunkill** (?) » Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:31 pm

Region 4 (Aussie DVDs) can be played in most of the pacific, south america and also Mexico, if you live in the US (or anywhere really) just buy some mexican DVD player or something (or a region free player, shouldn't be too hard to find cheaply)

Edit: Or that VVVV If you are technically minded.

(?) · by **Perrydotto** (?) » Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:44 pm

Or you just unlock your current DVD player.
Works with most run of the mill models.
Google is your friend!

(?) · by **Jupiter** (?) » Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:46 pm

There's still the PAL-> NTSC problem, unless your DVD player has HDMI or DVI out (which I guess most do these days).

(?) · by **Demon Donkey** (?) » Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:45 am

Saw the collectors box at the Marion SA Gametraders tonight, $30.

(?) · by **Paperback Writer** (?) » Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:56 pm

Most PC drives and DVD software will let you switch regions. My DVD software (PowerDVD) "officially" only allows 5 region switches, but you can fix that by just deleting a specific cache file in the program's folder. That resets the number of switches, making it essentially a region-free player, and it's not a big hassle to do. It also doesn't have any of the usual PAL/NTSC conversion problems, like speed up. edit: A lot of laptops also have HDMI-out these days (mine does), and I don't think PAL/NTSC should be a factor on any modern HDTV, so you could rig it up to watch it on your TV if you have an HD set.

That said, importing the whole season like this would seem to be very expensive, so yeah. Personally I can't afford to do it, but I'm glad some company out there takes it more seriously than Shout! Factory and their lame "themed" discs. :-/

(?) · by **Venusy** (?) » Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:46 pm

If Hasbro hadn't specifically made the themed releases a condition of the contract, I think Shout would have put the DVDs out in order. Clearly Hasbro don't care as much about Germany or Australia, or perhaps the market research data indicates that themed releases aren't as popular there as they are in the US or something. :pinkieshrug:

What I will say is that Shout really does need to get some decent bonus features going, because otherwise there's going to be a really big drop off in sales. Friendship Express had the benefit of being the first one, along with Derpygate providing an additional incentive to own it. If Royal Pony Wedding doesn't provide something extra, I can't see it doing anywhere near as well, and US DVD #3 may perform even worse. I've pre-ordered Royal Pony Wedding, but if it's as sparse as Friendship Express, I'll wait for subsequent ones to actually come out and see what extras are on them first.

(?) · by **synthorange** (?) » Sun Jul 01, 2012 11:59 am

So uh, on the spine of each Australian DVD volume is one of the main gang. Twilight is on the first, Applejack on the second. But there's only 5 volumes.
:fluttersmith:

Someone's going to have to go!

(?) · by **drunkill** (?) » Sun Jul 01, 2012 12:38 pm

I pointed that out in my review. There are also only going to be 5 posters/reverse cover inserts and only 5 disks (there are ponies printed on the disk, Applebloom is one of them)

And for season 2 do they repeat the main 6 characters and have different poses/faces or will side characters appear on the places by season 2 and 3?

Edit: VVVV The box is Pink...

(?) · by **Pocket** (?) » Sun Jul 01, 2012 6:23 pm

I vote for Pinkie Pie not making the cut. She's already on way too much merchandise. People will understand.

(?) · by **Bag of Magic Food** (?) » Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:35 am

They'll break the pattern and squeeze two characters onto the last disc. Fans will declare it the One True Pairing.

(?) · by **Venusy** (?) » Tue Jul 03, 2012 2:36 pm

https://www.madman.com.au/series/view/1 ... p-is-magic
Fourth Australian DVD: Fun, Games & Friendship, October 3rd, and the link for more info isn't currently working.

So yeah, all of S1 should be available by Christmas there if you want to get someone a surprise gift. :gotcha:

(?) · by **Bag of Magic Food** (?) » Tue Jul 03, 2012 2:57 pm

Someone told me that if you register on TVShowsOnDVD.com, you can vote for what kind of DVD release a show should get, and the results might be looked at by... someone who matters! :-P

(?) · by **Venusy** (?) » Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:03 am

Third US DVD has apparently been confirmed for the 4th of December. Unfortunately, the title is an S3 spoiler:

Seems odd that they'll be mixing all three seasons together. Was going to add some more speculation, but it's kind of spoiler-ish, so I'll take it to the spoiler thread.

(?) · by **Bag of Magic Food** (?) » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:21 pm

Sounds like "Adventures in the Magic Kingdom" for NES. We need such a video game for MLP!

(?) · by **synthorange** (?) » Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:37 am

Just got my volume 3 delivered! Four Seasons of Friendship! Featuring Winter Wrap Up, Call of the Cutie, Suited for Success, Feeling Pinkie Keen.
SPECIAL FEATURE KARAOKE SING ALONG :speakest:

(?) · by **Gravenstein** (?) » Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:41 am

synthorange wrote:SPECIAL FEATURE KARAOKE SING ALONG

Oooh, what song(s)?

(?) · by **synthorange** (?) » Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:45 am

Looks like the extended intro. Nothing else. :pinkieshrug:

(?) · by **Gravenstein** (?) » Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:51 am

Haha, on the DVD that has both Winter Wrap-up AND Suited For Success? That's a pretty big opportunity missed, if you ask me.

(?) · by **drunkill** (?) » Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:54 am

Extended intro sing-a-long was on the USA Friendship express DVD, so they were probably just given that by Hasbro with the source files.

We know Rarity is on the spine and cover insert poster thing. Whos on the disk and menu screen?

(?) · by **thatbastardken** (?) » Mon Jul 30, 2012 12:04 pm

Rarity and Twilight on the disk.

(?) · by **Wayoshi** (?) » Mon Jul 30, 2012 6:40 pm

Apparently Germany is getting a full S1 release with English options.

I am half-expecting shitty quality on this and it doesn't say how many DVDs it will take, but... seems to be another step forward.

EDIT: Looks like it takes 4 DVDs to get through ~12 eps... so meh.

(?) · by **Perrydotto** (?) » Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:02 pm

The DVDs are in 576p and 2.0 Digital Stereo in both languages with no region lock.
Of course it's not superfantastic Blu Ray quality, but hoo boy am I happy to finally get a decent season 1 release that's not region locked! :yay:

(?) · by **Applepie** (?) » Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:16 pm

My Scandinavian The Ticket Master DVD.

(?) · by **Timall** (?) » Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:40 pm

Still waiting on my collector's box. And I live in Australia as well.

It's been over a month.

(?) · by **drunkill** (?) » Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:09 am

Timall wrote:Still waiting on my collector's box. And I live in Australia as well.

It's been over a month.

Send them an email, see if they have a tracking number on the parcle so they can talk to Auspost. should have arrived way earlier.

(?) · by **The Doctor** (?) » Mon Aug 20, 2012 2:15 pm

From Australian volume 3 (and the guys at Neogaf).

http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/ori ... 26/e02.png

:pcstare:

Editing because I can't confirm source. Was not from dvds.

(?) · by **Mr. Big** (?) » Mon Aug 20, 2012 2:25 pm

I'll be honest, when watching my first FiM episode (Call of the Cutie), I thought Apple Bloom was Applejack's daughter.

Although, geez, how old is Applejack if Granny Smith is her daughter? AJ aged really well.

(?) · by **Opposing Farce** (?) » Mon Aug 20, 2012 2:26 pm

You know, I was going to say I'd believe it if you told me AJ and Big Mac had originally been husband and wife at some point during development but then got changed to brother and sister because that's more relateable to children, but to be honest I'd probably still think that's kind of a stretch.

(?) · by **Headless Horse** (?) » Mon Aug 20, 2012 2:49 pm

This can't even be a "don't know the show" kind of error, because how do you even write a phrase like "her daughter Granny Smith"?

(?) · by **Frith** (?) » Mon Aug 20, 2012 4:18 pm

It's quite an achievement that none of the family relationships went right in the text. Didn't anyone read these texts before the dvd was put on sale.

(?) · by **The Doctor** (?) » Mon Aug 20, 2012 5:58 pm

I was wrong on my source on that. They're not from the dvd, I do not know where they came from.

Sorry about that.

(?) · by **Plobo** (?) » Mon Aug 20, 2012 8:00 pm

Obviously Applejack is Granny Smith's mother, but then changelings kidnapped her and put one of them at her place, infiltrating the Apple Family business and gathering information.
Nobody suspected Applejack of not dying, because Applejack, the Element of Honesty, never lies. It actually made Apple's apples more famous, because everyone thought that Applejack's strict apple diet granted her eternal youth somehow. :iiaaa:

(?) · by **Highbrow Dash** (?) » Mon Aug 20, 2012 8:32 pm

Is this like that Futurama episode where Fry is his own grandfather? :gotcha:

(?) · by **Headless Horse** (?) » Mon Aug 20, 2012 8:43 pm

That, mixed with the one where he thinks he's a robot.

(?) · by **Soundwave** (?) » Tue Aug 21, 2012 3:43 am

Oh man, I LOLed so much :-I

How does that get passed editing?

(?) · by **drunkill** (?) » Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:39 am

Just officially confirming it isn't from the third volume of the Aussie DVD. I own it and that doesn't exist in it.

(?) · by **londonarbuckle** (?) » Mon Sep 03, 2012 8:53 am

The Doctor wrote:From Australian volume 3 (and the guys at Neogaf).

http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/ori ... 26/e02.png

Editing because I can't confirm source. Was not from dvds.

Incredibly late to this, but am I the only one who was more weirded out by that clipart of AJ? Have we seen that before? WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? :gonkity:

(?) · by **Venusy** (?) » Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:37 am

It doesn't normally have the rope, but yes, IIRC, that clipart has been used before in the magazine comics and the iOS storybooks. :bluh:

(?) · by **Venusy** (?) » Thu Sep 06, 2012 6:18 am

Fifth Australian DVD announced (December 5th). I think that completes the S1 box set? :pinkieshrug:

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