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Discovery Essential Dinosaur Pack

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Finally, after waiting years for several shows to come out on DVD from Discovery Channel. Yes, we get these shows all on two DVDs! Including the very popular Dinosaur Planet. Here is a list is a shows that are one the two DVDs.

- Valley of the T-Rex

- When Dinosaurs Roamed America

- Utah's Dino Graveyard

- Dinosaur Planet (includes all 4 episodes!!!)

- The Mystery Dinosaur

- Dinosaurs: Return To Life

- T-Rex: New Science, New Beast

Trust me, this is a must have for anyone who loves dinosaurs and loves to learn about them and be entertained. Buy this set! It's worth the cost, which is pretty good. It's eight hours of pure entertainment!

The Essential Dinosaur Pack is more than 8 hours of dinosaur programs by the Discovery Channel. Lots of dinosaur action, groundbreaking discoveries, dinosaur facts, stories and just plain fun. Great for the kiddies and adults and something that makes a great gift for anybody, anytime, anywhere. The shows cover everything from telling us the story of the T. Rex, and the mystery of how he lived his life, to the ideas of bringing dinosaurs back to life via the DNA of birds. Raptors, fossils and birds, this is a wonderful peek into dinosaurs and how we see them.

Where as the BBC series "Walking with Dinosaurs",(also including "Chased by Dinosaurs", "Walking with Monsters" and "Allosaurus", nicely takes us right there amongst these glorious beasts,(many amazingly convincing and lifelike), the "Discovery Essential Dinosaur Pack" brings us neatly back to the present so we can understand the "study" of dinosaurs.
Therefore, not only do we get to see even more "convincing" dinosaurs rampaging all over the place,(don't worry, there's plenty!), we also get a great deal of scientific "hands on" documentary insight from many of the best known paleontologists around, as well as plenty of step by step analysis and documentation.
This goes perfectly with the BBC series.

BOTH MY 12 YEAR OLD GRANDSON AND MYSELF REALLY ENJOYED THE DISC SET.WE WATCHED ONE EPISODE PER EVENING FOR ABOUT 10 NIGHTS.MUCH BETTER THEN THE USUSAL JUNK ON TV
MICHAEL MCKAY

The essential dinosaur pack is very well done with a lot of science explained (especially in the creating a dinosaur episode). However, the one point that I found a little odd was that the graphics were not what I was expecting. After watching Jurassic Park and especially the 'Walking With' series from the BBC, the graphics and lack of constant interaction with their environment made the dinosaurs depicted look at times like cartoons, not the realistic creatures I was expecting. A good series, and well worth it, especially with so much on the 2 discs, but could have been better.

We ordered this for my then 5 year old son. I thought he would have to grow into it a bit, but he LOVED it from day one. I am surprised at how much he comprehends and remembers, and he loves sharing his new knowledge with friends and family. I would encourage this video series for any serious dinosaur lover.

I bought this as a present for my 9 year old cousin...what a hit. He is a dinasour fan and it was the best present I have ever bought him!!!

I got this video at Amazon.com for Christmas last year, my 10 yr old gr-son watched it for hours, he was thrilled by it, very exciting and everyone enjoyed it, and it's like you're there and you're running for your life! I highly recommend all of the disosaurs movies-documentories, and my gr-son is taking it to school for all to learn about it, because it's very educational.

AWESOME AND VERY INTERESTING....... THE LIFE OF ANCIENT DINOSAURS,
VERY EXPLICIT AND EDUCATIONAL FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
LOVED IT! (ALTOUGH RETURNED IT DUE TO RECEIVED 2 OF THE SAME)

The four episodes of "Dinosaur Planet" are just the best thing I have seen of its kind. My grandson loves them and they do indeed fit very well with the BBC series Walking with Dinosaurs. Highly recommended.