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'''Family Home Entertainment''' (also known as '''F.H.E.''') is an American home video distributor that released a number of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1]] episodes on video (both VHS and Beta) during the 1980s, and was also responsible for the first home video release of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. In addition to ''Transformers'', F.H.E. also released home video collections of other [[Sunbow Productions|Sunbow]] cartoons, including ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]''. | '''Family Home Entertainment''' (also known as '''F.H.E.''') is an American home video distributor that released a number of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1]] episodes on video (both VHS and Beta) during the 1980s, and was also responsible for the first home video release of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. In addition to ''Transformers'', F.H.E. also released home video collections of other [[Sunbow Productions|Sunbow]] cartoons, including ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]''. | ||
Perhaps the most memorable thing about the F.H.E. video releases was that the back of each box featured a comic strip summarizing the episode rather than a one paragraph plot description. With the strips being so extremely truncated, their coverage of the episode's plot was sometimes downright ''perplexing'' if the reader had no knowledge of the episode's content ("Why is Ravage mauling that crippled guy?"). They also had a memorable title card for all their video releases, featuring the company's "child's handwriting" logo and an INCREDIBLY LOUD "bwaaaaannnnnnnng" noise followed by a series of tones. | Perhaps the most memorable thing about the F.H.E. video releases was that the back of each box featured a comic strip summarizing the episode rather than a one paragraph plot description. With the strips being so extremely truncated, their coverage of the episode's plot was sometimes downright ''perplexing'' if the reader had no knowledge of the episode's content ("Why is Ravage mauling that crippled guy?"). They also had a memorable title card for all their video releases, featuring the company's "child's handwriting" logo and an INCREDIBLY LOUD "bwaaaaannnnnnnng" noise followed by a series of tones. | ||
== | ==Releases== | ||
* Volume 1: "[[ | *'''''The Transformers'' — Volume 1: "[[More than Meets the Eye]]"''' (1985) | ||
* Volume 2: "[[ | *'''''The Transformers'' — Volume 2: "[[The Ultimate Doom]]"''' (1985) | ||
* Volume 3: "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]" | *'''''The Transformers'' — Volume 3: "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]"''' (1985) | ||
* Volume 4: "[[Fire in the Sky]]" | *'''''The Transformers'' — Volume 4: "[[Fire in the Sky]]"''' (1985) | ||
* Volume 5: "[[Divide and Conquer]]" | *'''''The Transformers'' — Volume 5: "[[Divide and Conquer]]"''' (1985) | ||
* Volume 6: "[[Roll for It]]" | *'''''The Transformers'' — Volume 6: "[[Roll for It]]"''' (1985) | ||
* Volume 7: "[[Transport to Oblivion]]" | *'''''The Transformers'' — Volume 7: "[[Transport to Oblivion]]"''' (1985) | ||
* Volume 8: "[[Fire on the Mountain]]" | *'''''The Transformers'' — Volume 8: "[[Fire on the Mountain]]"''' (1985) | ||
* Volume 9: "[[War of the Dinobots]]" | *'''''The Transformers'' — Volume 9: "[[War of the Dinobots]]"''' (Release date unknown) | ||
* Volume 10: "[[Heavy Metal War]]" | *'''''The Transformers'' — Volume 10: "[[Heavy Metal War]]"''' (1986) | ||
* Volume 11: "[[Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction]]" | *'''''The Transformers'' — Volume 11: "[[Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction]]"''' (1986) | ||
* Volume 12: "[[The Secret of Omega Supreme]]", "[[War Dawn]]", "[[A Plague of Insecticons]]" | *'''''The Transformers'' — Volume 12: "[[The Secret of Omega Supreme]]", "[[War Dawn]]", "[[A Plague of Insecticons]]"''' (1986) | ||
* ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' | *'''''The Transformers'' — [[The Return of Optimus Prime]]''' (1987) | ||
* | *'''''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''''' (1988) | ||
*'''''The Transformers'' — [[Five Faces of Darkness]]''' (1990, also released on laserdisc) | |||
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Image:FHE-UltimateDoom.jpg| | Image:FHE-UltimateDoom.jpg| | ||
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<!-Image:FHE-ReturnOfOptimusPrime.jpg|-> | |||
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Image:FHE-FFoD.jpg| | Image:FHE-FFoD.jpg| | ||
</gallery></center> | </gallery></center> | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[[wikipedia:Family_Home_Entertainment|Family Home Entertainment]] at Wikipedia | *[[wikipedia:Family_Home_Entertainment|Family Home Entertainment]] at Wikipedia | ||
*[http://www.tfrid.com/pictures/US/usvideos.html Archive of F.H.E. comic strips] | *[http://www.tfrid.com/pictures/US/usvideos.html Archive of F.H.E. comic strips] | ||
Revision as of 11:26, 24 November 2009
Family Home Entertainment (also known as F.H.E.) is an American home video distributor that released a number of Generation 1 episodes on video (both VHS and Beta) during the 1980s, and was also responsible for the first home video release of The Transformers: The Movie. In addition to Transformers, F.H.E. also released home video collections of other Sunbow cartoons, including G.I. Joe.
Perhaps the most memorable thing about the F.H.E. video releases was that the back of each box featured a comic strip summarizing the episode rather than a one paragraph plot description. With the strips being so extremely truncated, their coverage of the episode's plot was sometimes downright perplexing if the reader had no knowledge of the episode's content ("Why is Ravage mauling that crippled guy?"). They also had a memorable title card for all their video releases, featuring the company's "child's handwriting" logo and an INCREDIBLY LOUD "bwaaaaannnnnnnng" noise followed by a series of tones.
Releases
- The Transformers — Volume 1: "More than Meets the Eye" (1985)
- The Transformers — Volume 2: "The Ultimate Doom" (1985)
- The Transformers — Volume 3: "S.O.S. Dinobots" (1985)
- The Transformers — Volume 4: "Fire in the Sky" (1985)
- The Transformers — Volume 5: "Divide and Conquer" (1985)
- The Transformers — Volume 6: "Roll for It" (1985)
- The Transformers — Volume 7: "Transport to Oblivion" (1985)
- The Transformers — Volume 8: "Fire on the Mountain" (1985)
- The Transformers — Volume 9: "War of the Dinobots" (Release date unknown)
- The Transformers — Volume 10: "Heavy Metal War" (1986)
- The Transformers — Volume 11: "Countdown to Extinction" (1986)
- The Transformers — Volume 12: "The Secret of Omega Supreme", "War Dawn", "A Plague of Insecticons" (1986)
- The Transformers — The Return of Optimus Prime (1987)
- The Transformers: The Movie (1988)
- The Transformers — Five Faces of Darkness (1990, also released on laserdisc)
External links
- Family Home Entertainment at Wikipedia
- Archive of F.H.E. comic strips
