MacGyver: The Complete Collection [Blu-ray], English

For those of you who don’t want to take the time to read my whole review, here is a synopsis:-The box itself is very flimsy and not well made, but it will do the job if you’re careful.-Season 1-4 are in one plastic dvd case and Season 5-7 + the TV movies are in the other.-Total of 39 dvds housed in plastic, removable flip holders. Exercise caution, may break.-TV movie is on one disc that is simply affixed to the back of the Season 5-7 case with a sticky piece of mounting tape. It will probably come off and rattle around, so go get it a separate case for it and it house it separately.-All episodes are present and play, including episodes that some other people said they were missing or that would not play.-Quality is what you SHOULD except out of an old tv show. It is not HD. If you love Mac, then you will not care.Packaging: The box itself is not good quality. It is a very flimsy, foldable pop-up box (you could unfold it yourself). It is unlike my other boxed sets, one of which is just a plastic case and the others are thicker, actual cardboard boxes. This “box” could be ripped by hand. The corners of mine were already worn when it arrived from shipping, so be cautious. If you are careful with it, it should be fine. The designs on the outside are not good. It is a combination of episode screenshots, badly photoshopped pictures and explosions all on a background of a grid pattern and cityscape. The designs don’t really matter; what matters is the episodes themselves, but it would have been nice if CBS DVD could have come up with a better design featuring original images instead of bad photoshop jobs. The box measures about 4.1 inches (10.5 cm) across the spine, and about 5.5 inches (14 cm) across the front. It stands about 7 ¾ inches (19.5 cm) tall. The box contains two plastic dvd cases. The first one contains Season 1-4 and the second one contains Season 5-7 + the two TV movies. The case for Season 1-4 is still photoshopped promotional pictures on the front, and original promotional pictures and episode screenshots on the back. The use of random images of people hanging from planes, riding dirtbikes, swinging from vines, climbing mountains, etc., is odd. The case for Season 5-7 + the TV movies is more of the same: bad photoshop jobs, silhouettes of people performing “MacGyver-like” stunts, and original, unphotoshopped promotional pictures and episode screenshots on the back.Once opened, the cases contain plastic, removable flip holders. They are not attached to the spine of the cases. I would recommend caution when flipping through them as they seem like they could break relatively easily and I know some people have already said that theirs broke. Season 1-4 has six “wings” to the dvd holder, and Season 5-7 + TV movies has four. The dvds can be a little hard to get out, which is good in the way that hopefully they won’t just fall out, but it is bad in that you could risk damaging them while trying to get out one to watch. Just exercise caution.The inside of the slip cover has the season number followed by the names of the episodes, but there is no episode description or original airdate. There is no artwork on the inside of the slip cover minus a stock image of a cityscape running along the bottom. Season 1-4 contains 6 discs for Season 1 and 2, and 5 discs for Season 3 and 4; a total of 22 discs. Season 5-7 contains 6 discs for Season 5 and 6 and 4 discs for Season 7, and 1 disc for the TV movies; a total of 17 discs. All together that equals the correct number of 39 discs in total. The discs are simply grey with shiny letters for the titles.My main issue with the set came in the packaging of Season 5-7 + the TV Movies. The TV movies are on a separate disc by themselves in the Season 5-7 plastic case. A small dvd holder was stuck on the back by a small, round, sticky pad, similar to foam mounting tape. When my set arrived, the dvd holder had unattached itself and the disc was rattling around inside the packaging. I removed it as soon as I saw the issue, however the disc was already sticky from where it had bumped the sticky pad that it had been supposed to be attached to. It took me several hours to get the disc cleaned of all the sticky residue, but when I finally got it clean the disc did play fine. I put the TV movie disc into a cd holder, but I plan on buying a dvd case and housing it separately from the rest of the boxed set. I would highly recommend other buyers to do the same as the tape that is supposed to hold it will probably not do the job, and you would not want to risk the dvd getting scratched or damaged from rattling around in the case. If you don’t want to buy a separate dvd case, then I suggest you MacGyver something to protect that disc.DVDs:In Season 1, the first disc (Season 1 Disc1) originally had a misprint. It was labeled as the episodes from Season 5 Disc 1, but this misprint has been corrected. It now correctly displays “The Pilot, The Golden Triangle, Thief of Budapest, and The Gauntlet”, which are what is actually on the dvd. Some people said that their copies of this set did not contain the episodes “Harry’s Will” or “The Coltons”, or some people said that their set would not play the episodes on Season 6 Disc 2 (“Twenty Questions”, “The Wall”, “Lesson in Evil”, and “Harry’s Will”). This set DOES CONTAIN the episodes that some people said were missing or would not play. I have checked the dvds to make sure that the audio is in sync with the video (which it appears to be), and I can tell you that all the episodes are present and do play. They are all in the original aired order, except for Season 7 Disc 4, as The Stringer is listed as being the last aired episode, when The Mountain of Youth was actually the last aired episode. It aired on May 21, 1992 and The Stringer aired on April 25, 1992. There are no digital copies with this set, and there is no “Play All” button on the menu. The promotional ads on the front for Happy Days, Lavern and Shirley, etc., are skippable, but you cannot “jump” to the menu. You will have to use the skip button. The episodes are in 4:3 ratio. The menus are mostly made of digital graphics with promotional pictures for Season 1-4, then digital graphics with mostly episode screenshots and a few promotional pictures for Season 5-7. Nothing fancy. There is no bonus content, just closed captioning and the previews for other old tv show collections.DON’T EXPECT HD QUALITY. This is an 80’s show, so it is not going to be in “eye-popping” high definition that everyone thinks they must have nowadays. If you really love MacGyver, you won’t care. I will note, though, that they are a bit better quality than the reruns of MacGyver that are playing right now on my TV. Overall, this is a good set, minus flimsy packaging, terrible artistic designs, and bad housing for the TV movies disc. Hopefully this set should last me a good long while so that I can continue to watch MacGyver outthink the bad guys by coming up with ingenious ideas.

This review is for the complete series on blu-ray. Every episode on every disc played fine. Zero issues. All seven seasons have their own case, all enclosed in a typical full-series cardboard box. The two TV movies are included on the last disc in the season seven set. Although the two movies are on a blu-ray disc, they are not in HD, but high bit-rate SD. Oh well, better than not having them at all.For the series episodes, The HD picture quality is far better than the old DVD set. Sound quality as well, but not re-encoded in 5.1, which frankly, doesn't bother me at all. No bonus content. If you already own the series on DVD, the only reason to upgrade is for the superior picture quality.

My husband has been wanting these dvd'd for such a long time. I was thrilled when I found them. He loved the gift and is enjoying watching them! Thanks

It’s been a fun time watching Mac again for the first time since I was a kid. Ultimately I prefer physical media over digital and the packaging is good, keeping the whole series compact and organized. I would not recommend buying directly from Amazon because two of the disks are corrupt and I can’t get a replacement without returning the entire series, which risks getting another set with corrupted disks.

I was happy that it is a multi region blueray!The video and audio quality is amazing!I totally recommend for MacGyver fans!

This is a fantastic series and we are enjoying watching this!

MacGyver was a show airing in the late 80s that was about a Special Agent working for the Phoenix Foundation, who solves problems across the globe. Due to his scientific background, MacGyver has become a cultural icon by way of being a master of improvisation with common materials. If you mention his name, many will immediately think of him creating a bomb out of a everyday materials, usually a stick of gum, a paper clip, and duct tape. Fans will talk about his preference of using non-violence to solve problems or complain about his mysterious first name which was revealed in the final season. Lost to casual viewers though are his interactions with the youth community within the show’s universe, his personal demons of past events, and his dedication to his friends…no matter how much they continue to get him in to trouble. Lasting for 7 seasons and two tv movies, MacGyver used his brain and intellect to save the day.Originally, the show was released on DVD in single season box sets with slim cases. Each case had a short episode summary and the DVDs had color graphics depicting many everyday tools that MacGyver would use. Later a “Complete Series” set was release with horrible packaging where the DVDs were loose and only a portion of the DVDs had color graphics on them while the others had generic gray labeling.Now Paramount has re-released the series in better packing. Called “The Complete Collection”, this new set is packaged with a large box which contains two large clear plastic cases. Season 1-4 are in the first case and Season 5-7 and the two telemovies are in the second case. Both cases have the large removable flip holders (not a spindle) and the second case is noticeably smaller due to housing less DVDs. The total box set measures approximately 4.5 inch (11.5cm) across, which is nice but doesn’t really save you that much on self space. If you own all of the original season sets and movie, they measure about 7.5 inches (19cm). The interior has an episode listing of each disc, but only contains the episode title (no air dates, no summary). Each DVD has a generic gray labeling with the season, disc number, and episode listing for that disc. Currently, as noted in other reviews, the first disc of season 1 is mislabeled as having the titles of the first disc of the 5th season; however, the actual first four episodes of Season 1 are on the disc. For those who might ask, the first disc of season 5 is ok and has the correct episodes on it. And as of yet, there has been no plans for a disc exchange.The DVDs themselves are the exact pressings from previous sets, but they all now have the generic labeling. The content of multiple discs from the original season sets were compared to this set and they are the exact same material. As an example: Season 1 Disc 1 in this set has the same promos for Paramount’s Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, and Mork & Mindy that was originally on Disc 1 from the Season 1 box set.There has been no increase of quality on the episodes and the original close captioning are still there. No further bonus features are added.While the packaging is an improvement over the previous complete series set, it is still lacking. First, an episode guide would have been helpful, even the one from the previous complete set would have worked. The casual viewer wouldn’t be able to decipher what exactly “Soft Touch” was or even “Deathlock” without searching the internet. Second, the mistake in the printing of the first disc was kind of unsettling, in that I expected a few more issues with the set. I briefly looked at the other discs and this appears to be the only mistake. And finally, there are no extras and no real reason to purchase if you already have the originals. Adding a “Look Back” documentary or even the “Young MacGyver” unaired pilot would have been nice, but it is just another missed opportunity. So if you own the original sets, then there is no real need to purchase this one unless you want a little less shelf space, are replacing the poorly designed Complete Series, or just want to own all versions because you have to have all MacGvyer related material.

I have always loved watching Richard. dean Anderson and wanted to add to my active movie list. The actual applications aren't how the show portrays them but the films are meant to entertain not to educate. At least it makes the audience think. Two of the discs skipped but I don't remember which seasons they were which is the only real draw back to the order.

Die Dvd Box ist in einem einwandfreien Zustand bei mir angekommen. Die Dvds funktionieren einwandfrei, sind aber lieblos gestaltet, was mir aber nicht so wichtig ist. Der einzige Makel ist, dass es schwierig ist, die Dvds aus der Halterung so lösen und man echt aufpassen muss, die Dvds nicht zu stark zu verbiegen. Ansonten bin ich mit dem Produkt und dem Preis zufrieden.

Wer kennt ihn nicht aus Nem Kaugummi ne 💣 basteln kann nur einer!!!

Ich bin Fän der Serie seit Kindesbeinen an, faher 5 Sterne Bewertung.

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Musste unbedingt in meine Sammlung der Kindheitsserien und Filme!Sehr empfehlenswert für Bastler und Erfinder.