Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Original Series (Volume 3)

Watching the original Ninja Turtle from the 80s is reliving your childhood, the full seasons can't be found streaming anywhere. You could buy or rent online (expensive) I would much rather have a DVD that I can hold in my hand and copy the episodes onto my media server and do whatever i want with them.

I loved this cartoon so much as a kid and now I get to enjoy these DVDs. I know, we're all a little disappointed that the whole seasons arent being released. I guess there are no plans since they keep putting out the "best of" volumes. STILL...it's awesome to have such an amazing series being released, however the format. I'll take as many best ofs they can throw at me! We can't control these companies, so we can make the best of it. 12 is a nice number, and these 12 from season 3 are some of the best of the whole series. Standouts include "The Old Switcheroo", when Shredder and Splinter swap places, "Enter the Rat King", where Splinter is put under this new villain's control, and "April Fool", where April is mistaken for a princess and kidnapped by Shredder who plans to use her for ransom to get a rare diamond. Part of the show's enormous success was due to the extremely likable characters. The turtles, of course all have distinct personalities. Their master,Splinter may not share in their love of pizza but he can whoop up on the foot clan and whip his students into shape, both physically and mentally. Their best friend April O' Neil is one of the best loved tough heroines since She Ra. Even her fellow reporters at Channel 6 are just as important to the series, usually adding comic relief. Check the Rat King episode where lonely desperate for a man Irma insists the Rat King capture her instead of April! Even a maniac will reject Irma, and you can't help but love her. Where is the Irma action figure by the way? As for the villians, the standards are Shredder, Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady, along with an army of foot and rock soldiers. The writing is razor sharp and very clever and the bad guys's constant bickering will keep you in stiches, especially the exchanges between Shredder and the brain-inside an android Krang. In one episode, Krang mentions he doesn't leave the technodrome without his "alien express card"..LOL! Another cool thing I've always loved is the music! Aside from the theme song, there are nice bits of music that builds up the tension or excitement. The show had a knack for an eerie synth-dramatic sound. It's brilliant. Parents, if you're concerned about the violence, I wouldn't be. Like He Man and the Masters of the Universe, there are messages and lessons to be learned, although not made as blantantly as He Man did at the end of every episode. Aside from the 80's -surfer dude speech of Michaelangelo, the series is not dated at all and is fresh as a brand new pizza. Sink your teeth into these! Keep 'em coming!

We bought this video for our grandson. He watches it everyday!

In this third and presumably longest season of the entire series, our turtle heroes and all the others go through a lot this time around. Here's a breakdown of some of what to expect out of this collection which really stood out to me. Splinter loses his memory; Krang desperately seeks various resources to keep his Technodrone running; Raphael, well, is just being Raphael; Leonardo falls for a beautiful female ninja; April masquerades as a look-a-like princess; Donatello relives a plot from a classic mystery movie; Bebop and Rocksteady become ninjas themselves, as well as get robo-duplicates of them; Shredder begins acting like Michelangelo; and as for Michelangelo, I'll let you find out what makes him say the words yo never thought he'd actually say: "I Crave Pizza No More!" (GASP!) Say it ain't so Mikey, say it ain't so! In addition to what goes on this season, I'd figured I don't forget about newcomers such as the hockey-masked vigilante Casey Jones, or new villains such as Leatherhead or his royal highness of all rats himself, the Rat King. And cheers to the late James Avery (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) for his fine work for making Shredder a lot more funnier this third season. Kudos! Well I said pretty much all that I wanted to say about this collection. I enjoyed it a lot. But don't take my word for it, I'd highly recommend you add this to your turtles collection if you hadn't already. And keep on kicking it with those turtles!

All episodes play well!

It's a very long season. It's long but enjoyable nonetheless. Growing up I was a fan of the 2003 animated show and one day at the store my dad got me seasons one and two of these original turtles and I loved those so when I saw season three for a ridiculously low price I had to check out more of the show and I'm just glad I got to see more of it. This season is over 40 episodes but they are fun. I thought it was gonna be the previously released volumes all put into one season set which I would've been fine with, but it wasn't they actually made it for a season three release which was also great. Each disc has around 12 episodes so they are really packed in there which makes it easier to binge watch them. Are you a fan of the turtles? Yes? Then definitely check this out.

Great kids show

ディスクに小さいですがヒビがあったり、映像が止まってしまって観れない部分があるので、交換してもらえるのか連絡をしたら無視するかのように返答がありませんでした

This series of Turtles is absolutely phenomenol. It genuinely is exciting, funny, has a great engaging storyline and absolutely tonnes of fan service to the mums and dads watching with their children. (Or watching alone, it is so good I'd recommend to Turtles fans without kids too.)Way better than the original series I watched and loved. Way better than the reboot in the 2000s. My daughter doesn't know how lucky she has with her generation of turtles!!If you buy this for your child and don't watch it with them you are seriously missing out.And if you know your TMNT get ready for loads of easter eggs, throwbacks and brilliant references to the original comics, the original films and even the brand new Michael Bay films (which were awful).Season 3 is as good as the first two, which were also 5 star if my humble opinion.

Liked everything kids love it

Wish i never bought this, as its all we have had on tv for the past 5 days. Be prepared to sing the theme tune every half an hour and by the end of the dvd you'll know every turtles name. Turtles in a half shell Turtle power!