Paramount's Terrible Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 Complete Series DVD (TMNT Review)[Soundout12]

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[@JimmyG96]

While I'm not a TMNT fan... I feel your frustration. I'm a LOONEY TUNES fan, and trying to collect all 1000 cartoons on DVD/Blu-Ray is a NIGHTMARE!

[@nickwpearce]

Should be a nice torrent with all episodes ???

[@brandonandcharlene9527]

​@@nickwpearceThere is a way to get all the LT/MM. But because many from private collections are in such bad shape, many of them look awful. Relying on WB to slowly restore them over time, and some they probably never will for PC reasons

[@NeoKokoro20]

At least with Looney Tunes, it's more understandable, considering the sheer number of shorts there are. Like you said there's 1000 of them (technically slightly more, if you count the handful of the post-Golden Age shorts). Plus, some of those shorts have content that wouldn't fly today, such as the Censored 11. The best you can do is get all 6 volumes of the Golden Collection (which you can get bundled together) and the Collector's Choice Blu-Ray sets they've been putting out lately.

[@JimmyG96]

@@NeoKokoro20 …and also the Platinum Collection Blu-Rays, the Super Stars DVDs, the Mouse Chronicles Blu-Ray, the Porky Pig 101 DVD and Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Blu-Ray. If you buy all those AND the Golden Collections and Collector’s Choice sets you’ll have about 60-65% of them.

[@jadedheartsz]

@@NeoKokoro20 not to mention some of them have the original negatives missing.

[@racx_00]

I ripped all my DVDs, put them in order on my portable HDD and just watch it that way.

[@andyc6542]

Snap. Been a pain, but busy putting all my media onto Plex. Currently working on ripping a 59 DVD TV boxset….

[@racx_00]

I don't think I've done anything that big yet, but I certainly know the pain!

[@PhillyTTT]

@@racx_00 can you share the correct tracklist episode order dude?

[@andyc6542]

@PhillyTTT What are you working through on Plex? If you Google the show name with Plex next to it, you'll get the correct naming order... With certain shows you need to create sub folders for specials. So for example, using a real old sitcom as an example, I'd title the specials of Last of the Summer Wine as 'Last of the Summer Wine e01' for the first special on Plex's server listing. Outside of that, it would be 'Last of The Summer Wine s01e01' for a normal episode. Hope that helps!

[@andyc6542]

@PhillyTTT the way I do it (not sure if it makes much difference), is to create a main folder titled as the shows name then subfolders for each series or season.

[@Asaylum117]

I get the feeling that the reason why so many modern DVD/Blu-Ray releases are so bad, is because they want to force people into digital media instead. I wouldn't be shocked if these phsycial releases being bad is done on purpose.

[@andyc6542]

Except, most releases are given good care. Releases like the ones in this video are the exception to the rule.

[@andyc6542]

Also, if the master plan was to drive people to digital, they wouldn’t of released physical versions AT ALL…

[@eskanda3434]

the physical media department has no money in it anymore so they just dont invest in it

[@kabbusses]

They don't even have the latter seasons on digital, so the logic doesn't really work here...

[@RealHomeRecording]

I don't know why a lot of people gave your comment a thumbs up. Because it's simply not true for the majority of releases.

[@bobjeezorham7658]

I will never understand why it's seemingly impossible for us to get a good DVD release for any of the TMNT cartoons. I was really disappointed with the new 2003 TMNT DVD's quality but at least that release has all the episodes in order. I wish Paramount would just let a company that knows what they're doing, like Shout Factory or Discotek, handle the DVD releases.

[@pacmancdi]

Shout factory did release next mutation on DVD 😂

[@kei_nishimaru]

Outdated master? Check. Poor cover? Check. Bad encoding? Check. Crap thicc case? Check. Well done, Paramount. What’s worse is that their home video division has been performing quite well recently, must be a license/right neglect. Thanks for you service.

[@Wheels8504]

The case is the only good thing about it. Saves so much room.

[@DennisTamayo]

& Paramount didn't have a box sleeve unlike what Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment had.

[@Wheels8504]

@@DennisTamayo You're right but that's never important to me. I always throw mine away.

[@Max_Toons]

It can only be licensing issues.

[@Wheels8504]

@@Max_Toons In my opinion that doesn't explain why the episodes are still horribly out of order. I don't think there's an excuse for at least that.

[@bombarde1701a]

Im glad I kept my original set that came in the Turtle van

[@2012gnosis]

Yeah same here.

[@freakshowfilmfestival3591]

I saw that and wanted. Glad I got 2 opinions on it.

[@GeniuzProductions]

I have the van set and it's pretty awesome.

[@Jinaria101]

That sounds scary

[@steelstreet79]

1987 -1990 was the best era growing up. I was 8-10 then. All the hype.

iam glad iam a 80s 90s kid best times.

[@steelstreet79]

Yes that era

[@GremmPaltakin]

first 2 seasons of turtles were good but the rest were sh!t

[@steelstreet79]

@@GremmPaltakin right. That's my favorite

[@Clay3613]

At least TMNT got to keep it's special features between companies. The Real Ghostbusters DVD collection from 2009 was done with Time Life/Sony, but future releases by Sony are taken from different masters or just lazy re-releases don't have anything but the episodes. Same with He-Man, the original boxset was loaded and every US release since has been missing features.

[@KoryGilesMusicGroup]

I can attest. I myself have the He-Man complete series DVD box set from BCI Eclipse (which at one point was affiliated with Funimation), and it was decked with every bell and whistle you could imagine: documentaries, art cards, fun facts, and a bunch of interactive stuff. I also have a later “best of” He-Man DVD from Mill Creek, and that had absolutely zero special features.

[@phenomforever825mjfp]

It Sould be Blu-ray Discs at This Point and Not DVD!

[@ChaseMC215]

It should also be properly done by Paramount, not just them reusing the discs from the Lionsgate release. It reminds me of those bootleg Star Wars: The Complete Saga DVD sets where it's just the DVDs from the older releases of the Star Wars Original & Prequel trilogies before 2011, but I think Paramount made that official, they literally took the discs from the Lionsgate release and placed it in their case. They did what the bootleggers did and made it official.

[@andyc6542]

Eh. The quality on the TMNT releases really aren’t THAT bad.

[@BoogSReviews]

I will never understand why so many people dislike regular DVDs. That’s almost exclusively what I buy. I bought the last TMNT the complete series on dvd and I’m happy with it. At that point, it came with a Vudu code on the Walmart receipt, so I not only do I have DVD, but I have digital too.

[@andyc6542]

@BoogSReviews I mean- I'm starting to see the appeal now of digital, BUT I don't think I'd ever swap out physical media for it. I'm working my way through ripping my DVDs and blu rays so I can watch anything at anytime, without the need of a disc (or swapping discs) on Plex. Still want to keep my discs as a backup for tech failing, but I'm happy knowing I'm now preserving my physical media.

[@sorenpx]

@BoogSReviews For animation I don't think it's a big deal either way but for live action there is a striking difference between DVD quality and Blu-Ray. I still buy DVDs myself but only either when a film was never released on Blu-Ray or when there's a huge price difference between the DVD and Blu-Ray.

[@RetroTube1982]

Thanks for this. I was curious about this set, but you saved me time and money from having to buy it. I don't care about the video quality or whatever, the DVD picture quality is fine, I just want the episodes in order..

[@TheLastWordWithBob]

You should care.

[@RM2011ish]

There are Blu Ray sets that put in many many episodes on Standard Definition which definitely helps with the clutter of having too many discs.

[@shaw8443]

TMNT deserves better.

[@colt5189]

In general, I always go by production order, not air date order. As lots of shows would be aired out of order like Firefly. I keep hoping they do a blu-ray of the original Addam's Family, but I figure they would have done it by now. I have the bluray of Star Trek Original Series and Next Gen.

[@FilmGamerX]

Honestly I feel like they should let a boutique label like Shout! take a crack at TMNT cause I feel like they’d do it justice with episode order and plenty of features.

[@twk8520]

Don't know I got a super overpriced gravity falls set from them and they messed the up the transfer of a major scene. Shout has had a History of good and horrible work.

[@FilmGamerX]

@@twk8520 whoa really??? I have the set but have yet to watch it. Is it present on all copies or only early ones??

[@flybuttero]

there's also the fact some say the wild thorn berries set has a error on 2 episodes not sure if its fixed since i'm yet to get a copy

[@twk8520]

@@flybuttero Yeah be careful 50 bucks for my defective Gravity falls I wasn't happy. Shout has gotten lazy in many releases. So far my insane priced farscape set is ok.

[@brandonpage7087]

@FilmGamerX, ikr? Look at what Shout Factory did for ALF, after the butchering of the series by Lionsgate. Shout Factory restored all of the scenes that were missing from the Lionsgate releases. All except for the original version of the infamous "try to remember" episode.

[@andrew1435]

For the record, the episode order on the DVDs, except season 5, was based off of the episode guide on the old "official" ninja turtles website. This was considered to be the "official" order at the time. Though I'm not even sure you can trust the paramount plus air dates. Season 3 especially aired on many different networks across the US and many people who taped episodes back then had them in different orders. Who knows though. Probably information that is just lost to time. Also, the "never before seen" episodes on the season 1 disc, at the time, one of the people who worked on the DVDs claimed it was that those episodes didn't air in all regions.

[@Blackwolfninja89]

I'm shocked they didn't release the full Rise of the TMNT show with the movie included at this point.

[@AVeryUncreativeUsername]

I was considering picking this up. I do have the Lionsgate release. Also, you talked about the case this set comes in. Well, the Lionsgate release uses the exact same abomination of a case. This Paramount release is 1:1 the same as the Lionsgate set, except for different boxart. And the labels on my discs are really dark for some reason. Although to be fair, I think reprints of the Lionsgate discs was probably the best-case scenario here. Because if Paramount's 2003 boxset is anything to go by, then new DVDs made from new masters would probably leave a lot to be desired. Black bars burned into the side of the image, smeary, hazy, fuzzy shots. Episodes being censored, incomplete Turtles Forever, still. If they made new DVDs, then I suspect it would have been a similar story here. Either way, thanks for making this review. At least I know not to waste my money on it now. Still crazy to think that these DVDs are still being printed after 20 years!

[@tyrannozilla]

Why didn't Nick just ask Shout Factory to make the set? I guarantee that they would've done a far better job. Also, they could've given it a blu-ray release, as well as a butt load of extras.

[@egateqa1351]

Considering Hey Arnold, Danny Phantom, Jimmy Neutron, and Rocko’s Modern Life only got DVD Box Sets by Shout Factory… I think it’s likely the 87 Series would’ve gotten a shout set.

[@robynwolph3836]

WHOA! I saw this in Walmart yesterday at a decent price. I'm glad I didn't pick it up. Can't wait to see your DVD history because I'm been trying to find this specific TMNT disc set and I had no idea it had troubles behind it.

[@TF1945-BarneyArchival]

Tbh, I dont think its that bad of a release. Despite the episodes being mostly out of order, they're still numbered unlike the 2012 Series and the quality is still good unlike the 2003 DVD set.

[@berniedavis6676]

it's the Malibu Stacey with a new hat of TMNT DVDs.

[@TheHorrorExperiment]

It's 2024, 4K disc's are going on 9 years old, DVD should be obsolete, and every release should be at least Blu-ray. If this set was Blu-ray, the new format might have forced paramount to put in some effort to release these properly.

[@chrisvetor]

I think dvds are still available because some people don’t have blu ray players

[@DonDonP1]

Great vid. Seems like, I should begin a petition for Paramount to give _TMNT '87_ the same hi-def restoration treatment as, say, _Star Trek: The Next Generation,_ but for physical and digital home media and streaming releases.

[@itsjayden8002]

I don't think an HD remaster in the vein of what was done with Star Trek is possible, because this show was finished on video, and I doubt higher quality versions than the ones already released exist.

[@pferreira1983]

@@itsjayden8002 Someone needs to check their archive and confirm negatives do not exist.

[@GremmPaltakin]

the only benefit to blu ray would be the ability to put much more of the series if not all of it on one disc. TMNT was a cartoon in standard definition, not HD. There is no film master to re-scan.

[@pferreira1983]

@@GremmPaltakin How do you know the negatives no longer exist?

[@pferreira1983]

They would have to reanimate the show which is possible to do but expensive.

[@Zeldaboy2k2]

Thanks for taking the time to make this video, man!

[@cjlist9731]

Think yourself lucky. In the UK, we only got Seasons 1&2 together & NOTHING ELSE SINCE. Same with the 2004 series I think 😢

[@Max_Toons]

Actually, 2003.

[@gundambassexe31]

And wait a minute? They didn't even make new discs like 2003 but just recycled the old ones from lionsgate ? Wow ... Paramount, one step forward and 4 steps backward 😢😢😢😢 bummer in the words of Mikey 87

[@SBaby]

I don't think Paramount could afford to make new discs.

[@n1bleachfreak]

They had to produce new dvds for the 03 series funimation/4kids releases because they never released season 7 or the turtles forever movie.

[@gordonfreeman2634]

Why cant anyone just release a new blu-ray set and forget the old dvds?

[@kabbusses]

In the case of TMNT87, I'd be incredibly disappointed if a blu-ray set didn't have a proper HD remastered (from film, not an AI upscale) season 1. Yet, I have a feeling that's beyond impossible in present day.

[@RealHomeRecording]

​​@@kabbussesyou assume these cartoons were filmed and not just recorded to video? It makes more sense to put a bunch of standard definition videos on fewer discs. That way it's less expensive, but at the same time the audio quality is pristine and video can be encoded at a higher bit rate than DVD.

[@cabbusses]

​@@RealHomeRecording It's hard to say regarding other seasons, but Season 1 was done by Toei and they've kept film reels for their local productions of the time, otherwise Dragon Ball Kai being made from remastered Dragon Ball Z footage would have been impossible. You can also see the obvious signs of film use/decay in their more recent Fist of the North Star and Sailor Moon releases vs, past ones. I don't think Toei's process would have dramatically changed for TMNT (They were paid enough money to make the show look as good as their theatricals releases, they sure as heck didn't cheap out on recording methods), so they most likely made TMNT Season 1 on film. Whether they kept the original film or a copy of it is not as certain - it is possible MWS confiscated it all. Going by how DBZ and Sailor Moon look, I imagine there would need to be a lot of color correction to make it look like the show we remember, if it was otherwise usable. Anything past season 1 would be a wild card nightmare to try to grab film reels of if they exist, considering the show was then farmed out to multiple animation studios doing different episodes with clearly different methods.

[@Tricob1974]

Apparently, DVD versions have sold significantly better than Blu-ray counterparts with the same content. And I've seen inexcusable mistakes when The Simpsons was transferred to HD/4K form. Me myself - I'd be happier seeing a 720x480 DVD video with black bars on the sides ... rather than "cropped" videos where credits - and even visual jokes - are ruined because they were cropped in the wrong places.

[@elijahvincent985]

To preserve the 1941/1953 NTSC standards from dying out. I'm grateful for the DVD standard. It's what I can afford easily.

[@cooltaylor1015]

Despite the improper order, this is a fine DVD set, and more in print is always a good thing. New masters would have been better, but it is what it is.

[@DaybreakerRein]

Not sure how this got in my recommends, but glad it did! I had noticed this new release, and me and a friend had been talking about getting it, as it was a set I had been putting off getting since I started collecting physical media, and had really wanted the one that came in the Turtle Van. It sucks to hear that even with all these re-releases that the same issues still plague the set, and that not one of them have corrected the issues. Unfortunately I don't have trust in many streaming platforms given the nature of them and how they can just yank shows whenever they feel like, so for someone like me it seems the headache of piecing the episodes together properly is the only solution. But hey, the heads up is appreciated!

[@rocknrollkid90]

Paramount should restore and remaster on the original, “TMNT” cartoon, the original, “Garfield” TV specials, and “Garfield and Friends,” on the complete, Blu-ray sets.

[@rocknrollkid90]

Including, the original, “Ren and Stimpy Show.”

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

Honestly that’s what Paramount’s Home Media division should’ve done from the get go. Heck, I would be glad if every SpongeBob episode were on BluRay, same goes to the other Nickelodeon Blu-Ray Sets.

[@rocknrollkid90]

@@ShockwaveFPSStudiosI didn’t know that the original show’s episodes, on the complete DVD set, are out of order.

[@OhBear-j8l]

Naaaah cause eff John k.

[@nicklundy9965]

I would love a TerryToons blu ray release for animation nerds like me

[@Jinaria101]

I mean most of episodes are standalone so it’s not a total loss I mean I’d be more upset if it was a continuative narrative series like the 2003 series the 87 series is more of an episodic series

[@masterben9592]

Ironically, i had a dream about Turltes last night. I blame you for doing this to me

[@MuckyPup115]

Coincidence, not irony.

[@jadedheartsz]

The Dexter complete series DVD set re-release had that same epic style, I bought a used copy and some of the discs were damaged to the point where I couldn't play certain episodes with any amount of cleaning and i'm pretty sure that damage was due to the packaging.

[@Craigers8637]

I always hear blurays are scratch resistant but the few times I've had disc issues it's usually Blu-rays not regular dvds

[@Decimal91]

I was considering picking this up when I saw it at my local Walmart. Thank you for helping me save money

[@jshain4117]

This video confirms what I thought when I saw this set at Walmart yesterday that it was the same as the previous complete release with new artwork.

[@surrealbrain4227]

I got the Lionsgate set, and I put the discs in a CD case because I felt like they were safer there than in the official packaging.

[@jonathanmercury1885]

I'm sorry but shout factory should have bought the rights to it

[@gashtape]

this spreadsheet is a lifesaver! thanks heaps :D

[@rickreed8014]

The fact that the episodes aren't really in order don't bother me much but the lionsgate set I have doesn't play worth a crap. Once you get into season 3 it starts freezing like the discs are totally scratched but not one visible scratch on them.

[@bmasters1981]

9:32: "MGM used to have their DVDs distributed by FOX..." One all-in-one I have from Shout! is much the same, at least in its first three seasons: Barney Miller (its first three seasons [early 1975-1977] were originally from Columbia-TriStar and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, and Shout!'s all-in-one has the original C-T/Sony releases as they came, albeit w/Shout! labeling; starting with the fourth season and through to the end, Shout! released those last five seasons themselves, both individually and in the all-in-one).

[@AJAT800]

Paramount should've given the TMNT 1987-1997 DVD creation duties to Shout Factory, look at the great job they did with Alf compared to Lionsgate. Full uncut episodes of Alf, plus the two animated shows and the film Project: Alf

[@frankschloss2355]

I’m happy someone is covering this

[@litterboxstudios]

I may have the same set, but at least it’s in a case that looks like the Turtle Van. I’ll take “foam base with cuts to put DVDs in” over that kind of packaging, any day.

[@beauwalker9820]

Truthfully, I didn't mind the Lion's Gate releases. (In fact, I was very impressed they fit the entire second season of 13 episodes on one single disc.) And in fairness, the 2004 release of the first season, the 4 bonus "unaired" episodes actually didn't air everywhere in the USA, or in some countries so in a way for some territories they were unaired. From the sound of it, this set would of been better if they were just the Lion's gate discs redone.

[@Evan-xn1br]

I got the boxset in the turtle van and yes that’s exactly the same as that one. But that one does have a booklet of all the episodes.

[@mccflo99]

Please do the complete history video ASAP. I have the complete collection in the van, sealed. I'd love to see you break all this down as I have no clue if all the separate releases.

[@MST3KTom]

Thank you for this review, I had purchased the lionsgate complete box set earlier this year and was disappointed that it was just an awful rerelease of the older box sets. When I heard about this set coming out I was as skeptical as you so I have been waiting for a review about it and now after seeing this,I’ll not waist buying it. Hope your video somehow reaches paramount and they actually fix this.

[@karlmueller1980]

I feel your pain. I have the party wagon edition of ninja Turtles well, maybe if the series was converted to Blu-ray maybe then they’ll fix the problem, but I doubt it at this point. It kind of sucks that even my party wagon edition has episodes that are out of order, but I’m gonna still keep it

[@mattmc5069]

Only reason this was re released was for a new audience discovering it. Thats really it. Thats always been tricky especially in season 4 as some episodes aired on saturdays and others week days. One episode, "the cufflink caper" aired in prime time right before the very first episode of "tiny toons adventures" the other daily episodes where syndicated. They aired on WPMT FOX 43 for us 1989-1990 at 3:30-4:00 mon-friday. Beginning in season 5 it was all Saturday mornings. So season 3-4 are the trickiest considering the regional difference in air times and stations and the partial saturday morning exclusives during 1990-1991. And those where massive seasons

[@boscotheman82]

The show started on CBS in 1990 with Season 4

[@sixthwizard2744]

Its almost like everyone forgot how companies do marketing and resell everything just packed different

[@sorenpx]

This really makes me wonder how many adults are spending a significant amount of time watching old cartoons. I grew up with this show but I don't really feel compelled to watch it now in my middle age.

[@popretro1]

I thought I had this from a purchase a few years back, but it looks like I have the Lionsgate release from 2018. Great rundown of the probkematic nature of these discs! I had no idea.

[@Max_Toons]

Actually, 2012. The copyright year is on the disc labels.

[@tripdefect87]

The Complete Rocky & Bullwinkle DVD Set is much the same way. It recycles the old Sony Wonder releases (some even on double sided discs), but does have a nice included episode guide

[@arcademcfly1039]

That’s a DOPE tshirt!!!! That sewer background hits hard

[@egateqa1351]

Wait a minute, I thought they already owned the rights to the 87 TMNT Series. They owned TMNT for a long time, and the 87 characters showed up in the 2012 crossovers, and had newly made toys based on them, that I assumed they own the rights to the 87 show.

[@JimmyG96]

I also share your frustrations with Paramount: as a Golden Age of Animation fan (cartoons from 1930s, 40s & 50s), I've been waiting for them to release the Betty Boop and Mighty Mouse cartoons.

[@Wheels8504]

Looks like I'll be saving money by just buying Captain Planet. I love the special features on the TMNT DVDs. But other than that, there is no excuse for this at all. I will have to just continue to keep the repackaging case release that has the purple cover art. Thank you for making this video.

[@TrekkieJPN]

I know this product only shows the Lionsgate logo, but not Paramount Home Entertainment. Same thing with Akira 4K they only have Funimation not Crunchyroll logo.

[@andykishore]

Yeah, they've had nearly 12 years since November 13, 2012 to get this right and they never did. It they've released this set 3 times now and never got right, they never will. But of course, we know that's because in order to fix the episode order or use new masters, they would have to entirely redo the discs from scratch along with having to change what's listed on the episode selection screen(s) which they are too lazy to do. So that's why the 2018 re-release and now the 2023 re-release just repackage the same old discs with all of the existing problems left intact.

[@Fuuntag]

Glad to hear your passion, but not about the lazy effort put into the release.

[@omegashenron8]

Watching this set in proper order sounds like a nightmare lol.

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

Given how Streaming Services has been becoming even more of a big deal in this decade then how they were in the 2010s, it’s clear that DVDs are just dead compared to BluRays. A lot of modern DVDs don’t usually contain special features and exciting behind the scenes stuff, and it’s frustrating that we get a complete series DVD of a famous cartoon from the 80s, instead of getting a Blu-Ray box set. I swear, this isn’t just a Paramount Home Media Thing, this has been happening with any other dvd of a famous show. Last year, Sonic Satam got a dvd in order to celebrate the cartoon’s 30th Anniversary. Not a Blu-Ray of Satam… a DVD. WHY!

[@boscotheman82]

It's a standard def show that's why

[@PixelsNcreatureS]

I have the set that's inside a Van shaped case. The disc art looks different but probably the same

[@MuckyPup115]

This was a great video but I find myself wondering how this young guy knows the Original series. Did your folks turn you on to it?

[@TheSlashTraxNetwork]

And companies wonder why people just torrent their shows that area presented in good sets or streaming

[@justinthiltgen2483]

Okay I bought the lionsgate set a few years ago and thought I was tripping when the episodes were just bouncing around haha

[@SantoSelene]

then what's the fate for rise of tmnt home release??

[@brianstreng6736]

You pretty much covered it all, but yeah, the maddening thing about this release is that they could've improved it over the previous one. Killer part is if they remade it from the ground up and did it the right way, it would still be a 23 disc set. Accounting for all 193 episodes here: - 9 episodes per disc from discs 1-18 which would be the first 162 - disc 19 have 7 episodes which stops at episode 169 - discs 20-22 be the final 3 seasons each since each one of those is 8 episodes. (I'm suggesting it this way to separate the red sky seasons and to keep it organized that way) - disc 23 be the previous special features, minus the duplicate episodes of course (and assuming having special features would really matter?) To address the cases, the one the 2003 set came in is the epik pak, whereas the stacked discs pack is called mega pak. But yeah the cases are maddening as well, considering the epik paks can hold up to 24 discs at most, and when it's an odd number of discs, at least one side of the trays would only have one disc hub, so yeah, they really screwed this one up. Which is why the Nickelodeon complete series release sucks as well because that could've easily been in a 20 disc epik pak case, but they put that one in a mega pak instead.

[@BoogSReviews]

I bought the last TMNT the complete series on dvd and I’m happy with it. At that point, it came with a Vudu code on the Walmart receipt, so I not only do I have DVD, but I have digital too. I honestly don’t care about Blu-ray or anything like that, so the regular DVDs are cool with me.

[@CosmicSponge2004]

Nick's got a weird case of these reprints with Paramount. Their Hey Arnold Boxset has Seasons 2-4 reprinted from Shout Factory (same with Rocko's Modern Life) SpongeBob's Next and More 100 Epsiodes just reprint the Seasons 6-13 DVDs when the First 100 Episodes was an original anniversary thing in 2009. Paramount's always real weird. But never have I seen them DIRECTLY REUSE THE DISCS DOWN THE ART, HUH!? Fun Fact, That Ultimate Collection name on the 2K3 set is from their Hey Arnold set for some reason. Along with the packaging design

[@MoiveGuy24]

I used to have all those ninja turtle DVDs back in the day, I wish they would stream them somewhere just to save money on having to buy the DVDs

[@Soundwaves329]

8:33 I have the enterprise complete Blu-ray set and that’s in the same case as your discovery and 87 ninja turtles set

[@carloso5910official]

Even re-releases of pre-2018 DreamWorks Animation releases by Universal still keep the original printing from their original distributors. They just change the disc label

[@Spindash54]

Had no idea these ancient DVDs came loaded with an ad for 4KIDS OF ALL THINGS!? Absolute insanity that this is what we’re stuck with now. EDIT: I’m sorry, POWER RANGERS SAMURAI!? WHAT!?

[@Soundout12]

@@Spindash54 *Welcome to my Nightmare begins playing softly in the background*

[@downspiral]

Yep, even a TMNT Fast Forward trailer!

[@Spindash54]

@@Soundout12 Ivan Ooze: WELCOME, to my nightmare!

[@DaltonLunday2103]

It’s sad that the dvds are the exact same ones that are on my turtle van set that came out in 2012. I had my set since 2013 and I was lucky enough to get Rob Paulsen and Jim Cummings to sign it so unless we get this show on Blu Ray, it will never be replaced(even then I would just swap the discs and still use the van).

[@Futuredynamo]

The big irony is that I think the Power Rangers Samurai DVDs are out of print now. lol

[@marioxb]

Looks like the best thing is to get this (or any other set, if you don't have the DVDs yet, like me) and use it to burn your own set in proper order.

[@RealHomeRecording]

MakeMKV for the win!

[@thecellardoor54543]

That first dvd had me so excited ...then vol by vol it was like wooooof. Got the purple complete lionsgate one eventually but didnt realize any problems because i haven't watched them. Also didnt realize until now that they were the same disc i already bought haha bruuuuutal. Glad it was only 40 bucks i guess.... MOTU did it right. Those 4 volumes were beautiful and exciting to get.

[@JustinEvitable80]

The order of episodes on that set reminds me of the X-Men 90s series. By Volume 3, the episodes are all over the place. When I watch those, I have a list of the episodes in the order they were intended to view.

[@nickridge101]

Pretty sure i have the Lionsgate complete series set. Never knew about the episodes being placed out of order. Never seen this series before. Bought the set. Finally got around to watching it and saw a season 9/10 episodes on disc 1 bunched with season 1.....

[@clarku4]

Getting any comprehensive collection of this show in the UK was virtually impossible.

[@Gellus-C]

It’s truly disgusting they purposely release poor dvd sets. They can easily remaster and Blu-ray everything for cheap. For example the power rangers original on blu ray is 100 dollars because they are not available. 🤢🤮🤮

[@ContraryASMR]

21:36, In that case, the best DVD release of a series would be Fast Forward, at least that one had the Theme Sogn

[@media-collectables78]

What we need is a bluray release

[@marsbase1357]

I have over 4,000 dvds, blue Ray's, 4k, i ran out of room starting to put them in a slim cd case. It cut down the size by half. One book case holds 800 by using slim case now 1600 fits

[@proxyon155]

I think it's time to a blu ray 1080p release or even a 4K release. Don't you think?

[@ljkelty1766]

I hate those Epic Packs. Paramount uses them for their complete Star Trek blu ray sets and everything is so tight and the discs always come loose.

[@Rob-z7k]

I get so pist when i hear a dvd sliding out of place in a box set.

[@itsjoshua2508]

I kinda expected, considering how lazy Paramount is, that they would just reuse the same discs but they even reused the same awful packaging style.

[@egateqa1351]

I never expected they would do such a thing, but DVDs are getting worse nowadays, so it’s more then just a Paramount thing.

[@domtaylor1887]

I already have the older complete set, so I wasn't going to get this set anyway. While the sets may have their flaws (like the episode order situation), I'm just happy to have this show on physical media of any kind.

[@ShaunMichaels2310]

Same. Grew up on this cartoon as a kid. Despite the flaws I didn't realize at the time and still don't care for, collecting the first run was worth the time. The memories of the show meant more to me than anything.

[@SKrumrie]

Out of order and repeated episodes didn't bother me nearly as much as skipped episodes. It was such a relief when we got them on the season 10 set.

[@gpsxbx5097]

i just got done ripping all the episodes for my plex server. thank goodness each episode as the title after the intro so i had to check every file

[@codemonkeyattack]

I wonder if this could just be repackaged old stock at this point.

[@hipsterelephant2660]

9:42 yeah that happened with me and my Once Upon a Time in America bluray. The disc says its from Fox (which makes some sense because it's owned by Regency Enterprises) but literally everything else is from Warner Bros.

[@razrentals8897]

I would have hoped they spread some of the seasons out into more discs because the picture quality of season 2 is pretty poor thanks to all of the compression to fit 13 episodes onto 1 disc. Even if I bought this complete set I probably wouldn’t be able to get rid of the originals just because I like some of the original package design. Season 5 was neat even if it is annoying to use. They also released seasons 3 and 7 in combined cases so I bought them and got rid of the multiple volumes. The combined season 3 also had really nice cover art.

[@PhillyTTT]

Can you share your spreadsheet for the correct track listing please? (apple numbers file is fine :) )

[@adamkaunfer4384]

When Paramount rereleased the first two seasons of South Park after acquiring the other half of Comedy Central, they actually did make a point to remove the WB branding on the discs.

[@ssj4jason737]

So they can give a damn when it comes to South Park but not when it comes to TMNT Ok

[@JasontheCartoonFan]

Also, when Paramount reprinted Shout! Factory’s Complete Series DVD sets of Hey Arnold! and Rocko’s Modern Life, they made new labels and updated the actual disc contents to replace Shout!‘s logo and FBI warning with their own.

[@adamkaunfer4384]

I think it’s more a matter of when the DVDs were done and how much effort they were willing to put in; the South Park season sets were relatively new in the mid-2000s, whereas these TMNT DVDs range from 10-20 years old, and Paramount just sees fit to reuse them as is. Not excusing that, and I think they should’ve at least revised the labels for this new set.

[@andykishore]

@@JasontheCartoonFan But a lot of the menus were left the same on the Hey Arnold! Paramount set, minus the first disc and openings.

[@egateqa1351]

@@ssj4jason737They owned South Park and TMNT, it’s just that they’ve never done TMNT Complete Series DVDs before. Whereas they’ve done South Park for decades.

[@JasontheCartoonFan]

The way Paramount handled these discs reminds me of how Lionsgate’s re-releases of HiT Entertainment DVDs would keep their old labels with the 20th Century Fox logo on them (or the Anchor Bay Entertainment logo in the case of 95% of their Thomas & Friends re-releases). Funnily enough, however, when Universal began reprinting those same DVDs in 2014, they actually went through the trouble of authoring new discs - not just with different labels, but also updated trailers, and sometimes even the removal of their old special features (which would make sense if they were just DVD-Rom extras that obviously don’t work anymore, but if those extras were genuinely substantial material…).

[@andybungert]

3:06 I had a good chunk of this pile until someone gifted me the turtle van DVD set and then I was able to get rid of the rest. Looks like I might not be much better off with that. Well, as long as they are all in there, I guess I'm not too crazy worried about the order.

[@agiammarco94]

The only way we're getting another set is if they decide to do a Blu Ray set. Which is highly unlikely

[@ChaseMC215]

I knew this would just be the Lionsgate release again. It should've been A: On Blu-Ray. And B: properly done by Paramount, not Paramount releasing a reissue of the Lionsgate release. This remijds me of a video that Nathan P. Butler did where he talked about the bootleg DVD release of the Star Wars: The Complete Saga 2015 reissue, and he said thst the discs innthst bootleg set are just from other releases of the Original and Prequel trilogies. I think Paramount took what the Bootleggers did and made it official.

[@TheStubbzy]

If Paramount have all of the TMNT episodes, why have Seasons 4-10 not been added to their streaming service? It's been 9 months since Season 3 was added. Is it a ploy to get fans to buy the series on DVD?

[@egateqa1351]

No, it’s just that Streaming Services usually have a limit compared to DVD box sets… unless it’s Disney.