Maverick Entertainment

This article is about distribution company. For the Unicron-allied Mini-Con, see Maverick.

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Maverick Entertainment was a distribution company that released VHS and DVD collections of the Generation 1 cartoon in the United Kingdom in the early 21st century.

Maverick made their releases in association with Sony's childrens division, Sony Wonder. Because of this partnership, Maverick's releases all featured the Sony Wonder logo on their spine and a catalogue number starting with either SWV (for Sony Wonder Video) or SWD (Sony Wonder DVD).

Succeeded by: Metrodome

Releases

• SWV??? — Transformers: The Movie — In the year 2000, Maverick's first Transformers release was a budget VHS release of the UK version of Transformers: The Movie.

• SWD133 — Transformers: The Movie — In 2001, Maverick released their own much-delayed DVD version of the film. It was the UK version of the film, but included Spike's swear. However, the release was burdened by badly interlaced video, though it notably included the RTM 1 dub version of the Headmasters episode "Four Soldiers from the Sky" as an extra. This version (including the Headmasters episode) was also released as a "Special Collectors Edition" VHS.

• SWD134 — Special Collectors Series: Transformers: Original Series Volume One — Featues the episodes "Fire on the Mountain", "War of the Dinobots" and "The Ultimate Doom" parts 1-3. These releases are notable for using the original broadcast source for both the video and audio.

• SWD135 — Transformers: Generation 2 — Contains the CG-enhanced versions of the episodes "More Than Meets the Eye" parts 1-3, "S.O.S. Dinobots" and "Heavy Metal War".

• SWD136 — Transformers: Takara — Contains the RTM 1 dub of the first six Headmasters episodes; "Four Soldiers from the Sky", "The Tale of the Master Star", "The Birth of a New Leader", "The Resurrected Billy Against the Decepticons", "The Revolt on Planet Pistoll" and "The Evil Meteor". Even though all the episodes are from The Headmasters, Sunbow had replaced their opening credit sequence with that from the Victory cartoon. By extension of this, Star Saber is predominantly featured on the DVD's artwork and title menu, despite his not appearing at all within the series.

• SWV138 — Transformers: The Movie Special Collectors Edition — The same as the above DVD version.

• SWD144 — Special Collectors Series: Transformers: Original Series Volume Two — Features the episodes "More Than Meets the Eye" parts 1-3, "Transport to Oblivion", "Roll for It" and "Divide and Conquer". As with Volume One, this disc uses the original broadcast source.

• SWD146 — Special Collectors Series: Transformers: Original Series Volume Three — Features the episodes "Fire in the Sky", "S.O.S. Dinobots", "Countdown to Extinction", "A Plague of Insecticons" and "Heavy Metal War". As above, this disc uses the original broadcast source.

• SWD??? — Transformers: The Movie —

• SWD??? — Transformers: Five Faces of Darkness Parts 1-5 —

• SWD??? — Transformers: The Rebirth Parts 1-3 —

• SWD150 — Transformers: Complete Original Series: Deluxe Edition — The complete first season of the Generation 1 cartoon, in proper running order, plus "Five Faces of Darkness" part 1 and "The Rebirth" part 1. This set still features the original broadcast video, but rather than using the broadcast audio as on their previous G1 discs, for this release Maverick decided to "upgrade" the sound by using the infamous 5.1 track put together by Rhino and Magno. The extras are good, though. They include a whole bunch of commercial bumpers and adverts from G1, G2, and The Headmasters, as well as character profiles, episode scripts, classic quotes, a fan art gallery, trivia quiz, and the promotional trailer used to sell The Transformers: The Movie to potential investors, featuring the Diaclone-coloured Ultra Magnus.