Posted by Michael Magliocca on 04/08/07 18:39

Derek Janssen wrote:
> Invid Fan wrote:
>
>>> Since Classic Media seems to have pretty much abandoned its
>>> GodzillaonDVD.com site after the first attention
>>
>>> It leaves it up to the fans to spread the word that the next wave of
>>> restored sub/dub licensed vintage-60's Toho GZ titles have surfaced
>>> at Amazon:
>>> "Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster" and "Invasion of Astro Monsters"
>>> [aka "vs. Monster Zero"] now have June 5 dates,
>>> http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B000OCY7IU/
>>> http://www.amazon.com/Invasion-Astro-Monster-Nick-Adams/dp/B000OCY7IK/
>>>
>> Mind you, Godzilla Raids Again and Godzilla vs Mothra were also listed
>> on web stores for iirc a December release before disappearing until the
>> eventual April one. Don't believe it until you see it :)

I saw both of these in the local Best Buy yesterday. Nice looking discs.

> That would be about when Classic Media.com re-decided to sell them as
> website-only exclusives (although also available at Amazon), and they'd
> been available online all that time--You just had to know where to look.
>
> (Classy editions, too, and MvG worth a rent for the commentarians
> interviewing two of the English dub actors about the days of 60's
> monster-dubbing.)
>
>>> While CM's new owner Genius Products is slowly releasing the
>>> "declassified" Wave 1 disks to mainstream shelves, with last
>>> November's "Mothra vs." and "Raids Again" hitting normal stores this
>>> week.
>>>
>> These guys have to be related to the owners of Star Blazers and Yamato,
>> or refugees from Anime Villiage. Good disks, though :)
>
> Given their ultra-cult niche titles, Classic Media.com has been
> recategorizing a lot of otherwise comprehensive pulled lesser-demand
> niche boxes as Website exclusives (qv. the Underdog and Mr. Magoo
> boxes)--Which's a refreshing change to bigger studios simply killing the
> projects for "lack of sales interest"...
> They know the right people will beat a path to their net-door. :)

Very true. I wish Disney would do this with Gargoyles Season 2 Part 2
instead of killing the set before we reach the best episodes of the
show. Gotta love "The Gathering" :)

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The Elder Party
Cthulhu/Nyrlathotep in '08
Why Settle For A Lesser Evil?

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