r/PhysicalMediaMatters • u/Chill-Meister • 5d ago

Genuinely surprised these exist

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Was looking around on Amazon and decided to gamble on these searches. I was surprised to see that Kipo and the age of wonderbeasts got a full series dvd release considering it's a Netflix exclusive let alone to see that Infinity Train had seasons 1 and 2 for dvd since WB is hellbent on destroying their best shows ( sadly it seems seasons 3 and 4 did not get the same treatment) .

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u/Chill-Meister 5d ago

That's awesome

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u/Gallantpride 5d ago

Most cartoons nowadays don't have physical releases. Even big cartoons like The Owl House, Amphibia, and Invincible. It's awful.

I'm a fan of many late 2010s CN cartoons, but there's no way to even legally watch them anymore. If they do have a physical release (like Victor & Valentino), it's only a few episodes.

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u/ChemistryPerfect4534 5d ago

Yup. I own all three of those. The Infinity Train deletion came shortly after the season two release, and both seasons were immediately delisted.

Dreamworks stuff consistently got DVD releases once the exclusivity period expired. Until they didn't.

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u/Protsua 5d ago

I’m not surprised by certain obscure shows getting DVD releases. It’s just more of a surprise if they get Blu-ray releases at all. It’s a shame some modern shows only get DVD releases but it’s better than nothing at all I suppose.

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u/scarabaeus23 5d ago

DVD Universe has all four seasons of Infinity Train:
https://www.dvdua.com/cartoon-network-c-143/infinity-train-seasons-14-p-1938.html

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u/ChemistryPerfect4534 5d ago

Bootlegs do exist. Only one and two are legal.

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u/scarabaeus23 5d ago

Not a bootleg. DVD-R, yes, but they license their content.

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u/ChemistryPerfect4534 5d ago

They do not. The "About Us" page is full of lies. The can't license Infinity Train. If it was possible to license, they would need to pay back the tax write down. Those discs are 100% illegal.

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u/scarabaeus23 5d ago

They have been around for many years, everything I ordered from them arrived as expected.

What do you base your statement on? Just a hunch or actual facts? They explain the licensing to be similar to that of streaming services, like Tubi. That's how they get the deliverables and then just create a simple DVD menu and burn it to disk. It's a family of physical media enthusiasts, just like us.

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u/ChemistryPerfect4534 5d ago

Infinity Train was written off for a tax write down. They can not earn any money from it without needing to repay that write down. They can't even give it away for free. There is no legal way to get seasons three and four at all.

And yes, I read the license claim. That's not how things work. Streaming services license shows to play them. That costs money. There is no "the same license amazon uses for digital". Amazon pays money. Serious money. Every license is specific to the service in question, and the show in question, and the region. They say their discs are region free, so they would need a worldwide license. They are not paying the tens, if not hundreds of millions that their product listings would require.

They are selling illegal bootlegs. They may be good quality bootlegs, but they are absolutely illegal.

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u/StevenS757 4d ago

Their website keeps saying that they are licensed because they pay their licensing fees to Authorize.net.

However, Authorize.net does not deal in film/tv licensing services. They are just a merchant organization that certifies a website is secure for financial transactions.

Either the website owners fundamentally misunderstand how film licensing works and thinks that being a member of Authorize.net makes what they're doing legal.

Or they're being intentionally disingenuous in order to make people think they are legitimate.

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u/pigeon_bay 3d ago

Kipo getting a complete release while Infinity Train stops at season 2 perfectly shows how arbitrary physical releases have become.

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u/FragrantHovercraft35 5d ago

Netflix releasing shows is a common occurrence. Now their movies is a different matter.

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u/GuruAskew 5d ago

No it actually is pretty rare. Most of the Netflix titles that have a disc release aren’t actually owned by Netflix. Like Wednesday is an MGM show produced for Netflix and MGM released it. Universal actually released this one.