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Shout! Factory Will Release Final Episodes of Beetleborgs Metallix on May 5

posted on 2015-03-15 16:30 EDT by Lynzee Loveridge

Shout! Factory announced it will release the final 17 episodes of Saban's Beetleborgs Metallix hybrid special-effects show on DVD on May 5. The company first announced it licensed the franchise in 2012 and released Beetleborgs Metallix volume one in 2013.

The Beetleborgs series aired on Fox Kids from 1996-1998 and utilized footage from the Heavy Armor B-Fighter and B-Fighter Kabuto tokusatsu series.

[Via Tokusatsu Network]

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Shout! Factory Will Release Final Episodes of Beetleborgs Metallix on May 5