Back in January we
told you that a special DVD release of the
Ben 10 - Secret of the Omnitrix telefilm, which aired between episodes of the fourth season, was coming out early this month (May 6th, to be exact). Then, last month we followed up with a
report that said we wouldn't get
Omnitrix after all, but that
Ben 10 - Season 4 is coming out as an "Secret"-less 2-DVD set on
August 5th. What happened to the
Secret of the Omnitrix DVD? We might now know, thanks to all the readers who e-mailed us after seeing an ad this past week on Cartoon Network.
Since Monday, we've been getting notes from fans who says they saw a commercial air on the cable shannel, saying that
Ben 10 - Secret of the Omnitrix on DVD would be available on DVD this
May 20th...that's this coming Tuesday! Everyone agrees that Wal-Mart was the only retailer mentioned in the ad, giving a strong indication that this release might just be exclusive to the giant retail chain. No pricing or extras has been mentioned in any of our reader e-mails.
We've held off on passing this along to our readers, hoping to confirm this from either the Cartoon Network or their normal DVD distributors at Warner Home Video, but we haven't gotten responses to our inquiries about this. We were unable to find anyone at the Wal-Mart chain to discuss this with, either. Nor do we find listings for the release at their website, or in their weekly ad circular for the coming week.
If you happen to be near a Wal-Mart this coming Tuesday, though, drop in and take a look. Maybe you'll get lucky!
