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G.I. Joe A Real American Hero: Complete Collectors Set [The Complete Series] Review

DISCLOSURE: While I am interested in purchasing this, and will more than likely do so, despite the flaws listed by others, I DO NOT currently own this at this time.

Now that that's out of the way, let me get to why I am on here. I have seen two big, in-depth reviews of this product and they have been more helpful and insightful than anyone can imagine. In fact, it should be mine and everyone else's wish that more people write reviews like these so that others know just exactly what they are getting when they purchase said product.

Yes, packaging is very important when making a big purchase. Would you buy this if it was made out of cardstock, or regular untreated cardboard, or manilla folders?

And yes, the quality of print transfers definitely matter. If you are spending the time to make something this big, do it right. Although, I am a fan of tv to dvds being made as they aired, political incorrectness, flaws and all. Does something as trivial as two seconds of credits really matter, as someone asked? YES! In terms of music and video, especially animation, two seconds is a lot. I have refused to buy official LP to CD releases because of such known omissions. And I would do the same for dvds. And censorship? You betcha! Why can't things be released as they were made, language, images, and all. Popeye The Sailor, Vol. One has disclaimers, so should Johnny Quest (1964) (Hint, hint!)

And for the people that get on here and make rude comments about said reviewers, take a long look at yourself before coming on here to try to insult people who write heartfelt reviews of products. Without them we would be a nation of pansies, too scared to buy anything or we would have a s-ton of less than stellar products clogging up our houses.

G.I. Joe A Real American Hero: Complete Collectors Set [The Complete Series] Overview

G.I. JOE is the code name for Americas daring highly-trained special missions force. Its purpose: to defend human freedom against Cobra, a ruthless organization determined to rule the world. For the first time ever, the complete collection of the original animated series is on DVD including the final half of Season Two which has never been on DVD before.

In 1983 Hasbro made a bold statement when it relaunched its classic toy line of military action heroes as an adventure-based team of unique characters, each with his, and her, own specialties. And because it captured the imaginations and hearts of boys and girls aspiring to make a difference in the world, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero was an immediate success lasting over 25 incredible years.

Now you can relive the original animated adventures of Duke, Scarlett, Snake-Eyes, Flint, Lady Jaye and rest of the Joe team with this 17-disc collectors set of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. It is all housed in a premium footlocker package. Inside it includes all 95 restored episodes on 17 DVDs, new interviews, exclusive featurettes, rare PSAs, archival Hasbro toy commercials, the original G.I. JOE 1963 Toy Fair Presentation, fan material, printable scripts and much more! This set also includes a collectible 60-page book, exclusive rub-on tattoos and a 1GB Dog Tag flash drive (USB 2.0) with 2 G.I. JOE silent comics preloaded on the device.

Bonus Features:

* PSAs

* Over 2 Hours Of New Featurettes

* Archival Hasbro Toy Commercials

* The original G.I. Joe 1963 Toy Fair Presentation

* Concept Art

* Printable Scripts

* And more!

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Customer Reviews

G.I Joe A Real American Hero: Complete Collector's Set - CDS - Ohio
Great set it brings back memories of coming home after school as a kid and watching G.I. Joe with other great cartoons of that time. My only complaint is the case is a little hard to keep open and easy to tear which I found out very quick. Other then that it was great viewing!

A PERFECT SET!!! - R. Howard - Orange County, CA
As you read all the many positive reviews here, you'll see why I chose this item as my first Amazon review, it deserves it! This set is simply fantastic (AND WORTH EVERY PENNY!). This review really goes out to the producers of the set, Shout! Factory. You can instantly tell that this set was manufactured with the utmost care and detail for the fans and I'm not talking about just the fancy packaging. I'm talking about the video quality/clarity, the sharp/clear sound, the way its all organized/presented and all the wonderful extras included, which have some really touching moments, especially seeing the ensemble of voice talents together and seeing how they genuinely loved and miss working on the series. You truly get an understanding for why the GI Joe animated series has endured as long as it has with us BIG kids (and hopefully our generation of kids, because Rise of Cobra is s&*t!) I just hope that if you're on the fence (like I was) with purchasing it, you just go for it, because the guys at Shout! who put this together deserve the recognition and praise for compiling such a wonderful set for all us fans of JOE!

Good buy - M. Bell - seattle
As good as I remember. Now, my kids can watch it. For some reason my 4-yr old daughter seems to enjoy it more than me now, and she especially likes the opening and closing music. Got it when amazon had a sale for 93 dollars, which is about a dollar an episode. Great value! I wish I didn't donate all of my vintage figures (and I had a gigantic collection). Oh well.

Ultimate GI JOE Collection - S. Silva -
Used to watch this growing up as a kid and just had to add it to my collection of favorite cartoons I used to watch as a kid. I have the episodes on VHS already but the quality of the tapes is not the greatest and some episodes are missing, so I knew it was time for an ungrade to DVD.

The only problem I have so far is the same issue a lot of other ppl have with this box set. For the price you pay certain things are rather flimsy like the pocket that holds the DVDS is just glued on and the straps look as if they will rip at any time.

But all in all I am pleased with my purchase.

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Thursday, August 12, 2010