4K Ultra HD Review: Transformers: 6-Movie SteelBook Collection

By John Corrado

This week, Paramount Home Entertaining is releasing all six Transformers movies (the five Michael Bay flicks as well as the Bumblebee spinoff) on 4K Ultra HD in a limited edition SteelBook collection.

The six films included in the set are Bay’s Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), and director Travis Knight’s Bumblebee (2018).

The packaging itself is the main draw of this collection. The SteelBooks all have a matte finish to them with colourful, matching artwork, each one featuring a different character on the front cover and the corresponding number of the film. They each hold both a 4K and Blu-ray disc.

The six SteelBook cases are held inside a sturdy, steely grey cardboard box, decorated with the Autobots logo on the front and a red “TF” on the back. The box flips open with a cardboard flap, that folds over and is secured closed by a magnet (the cases are slipped in right next to each other without any barriers, which could cause some scratching, though I so far haven’t noticed any issues). A collectible Autobots decal is also slipped inside the case with the first film.

While the films themselves vary in quality (Bay’s first one from 2007 is pretty good, and I remember enjoying Bumblebee, but the other four sequels are wildly hit and miss, with Revenge of the Fallen being the weakest), this is an attractive and nicely packaged set for fans of the franchise. It also ties in to the release of the latest sequel Transformers: Rise of the Beasts on June 9th.

Bonus Features (4K Ultra HD):

There are a number of bonus features spread across the set’s dozen discs, all listed below from the press release. Digital copy codes are also included for all six films.

Transformers:

Disc 1 – 4K Ultra HD