Thread:JustMeJordanW/@comment-252417-20200210084920/@comment-39959488-20200212160452

I wasn’t exactly trying to back anyone up or take sides, I just really want to figure out what the answer to this is... and I think JustMeJordanW has been correct and I personally apologize for having any doubt. Rewatching all the previews again, it’s clear that the tape was released pre-May 1999, when Batman Beyond is said to come out, and post-October 13, 1998, since Quest for Camelot is already available on VHS. That was still too much of a window, so I did some searching online and found a couple things. First, an old copy of Billboard magazine has this tape on their June 26, 1999 “Top Kid Video” list, at number 15. Not only does it list the video as having a 1999 release date, but said it’s been on the chart for 5 weeks, which would be around mid-May(?)... Second, I found an old Los Angeles Times article, dated May 6, 1999 that says this tape was one of “Last Week’s Top 5 Sellers” - along with A Bug’s Life, The Rugrats Movie, etc. - which would be sometime towards the end of April... Next, I found a April 1, 1999 article from The Hartford Courant, which dates the tape’s release as 1999, and says fans had been able to vote on the episodes included online in 1998. Finally, there was a March 1, 1999 article from Kidscreen listing New Releases. This says that the tape had a prebook date of March 9 and a release date of April 13. It additionally lists out the advertising being done for the tape: large-scale print campaign, in-store merchandising and Scooby likeness on Dairy Queen kids meal bags, amongst other stuff. Needless to say, with all this evidence combined, it seems like the April 13, 1999 date is the release date of this tape. It required a lot of work to get to this point, even though JustMeJordanW had been telling us this all along, but at least now we know for certain. Sorry again for doubting you, I can only imagine how frustrating it is/was to know something’s correct but have it’s validity be questioned.