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DuckTales - Volume 2

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So after plenty of lobbying and the internet community speaking out, DuckTales' Pilot, Treasure of the Golden Suns is making its way onto DVD, one Volume too late, but certainly nonetheless, great news. Not in its original movie format, but the 5 parts that went out into syndication after the first run of season one. Disc One includes, Treasure of The Golden Suns (Split into 5 parts), Back to the Klondike, Horse Scents and Scrooge's Pet. Disc Two includes The Firefly Fruit Contest episodes (1-4), Merit-Time Adventure, The Golden Fleecing, Ducks of the West and The Time Teasers. Disc three finished the set with Back Out in the Outback, Raiders of the Lost Harp, The Right Duck, Scroogerello, Double-O-Duck, Luck o' the Dcuks, Duckworths Revolt and the 2 story episode Magica's Magic Mirror and Take Me Out of the Ballgame.

As a child of the fifties, I grew up reading comic books. Though I was more a fan of the superhero variety, I occasionally read the "lighter" titles, which included such fare as "Archie" and Carl Banks' "Uncle Scrooge." It is the latter that served as the basis for the series from which this compilation is culled.

Premiering as a weekday show in 1987, "Disney's DuckTales" brought a new dimension to television animation. Though primarily geared for a young audience, the show had enough in jokes and historical/pop culture references to appeal to the children's parents. Well done parodies of "Star Trek," the "Indiana Jones" series, John Wayne, the Kentucky Derby, James Bond, fairy tales and world mythology, and even primetime's biggest soap opera, "Dallas," can be found among this 24-episode collection.

The highlight, of course, is "Treasure of the Golden Suns," the five-part pilot that introduces Uncle Scrooge and tells how he became guardian to nephew Donald's younger charges, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. The episode also shows the transition of Scrooge from miserly to a bit more compassionate to others as a result of his new-found "parenthood."

In addition to these characters, there is the introduction of Mrs. Beakly, the nanny, and her grandchild, Webby; the butler, Duckworth; inventor, Gyro Gearloose; erstwhile pilot Lauchpad McQuack; the boys' friend, Doofus; and McDuck's chief financial nemesis, Flintheart Glomgold. Filling out the cast are the recurring appearances of The Beagle Boys and sorceress Magica De Spell.

Voicing these characters is a talented array of voice actors. Leading the pack is Alan Young ("Uncle Scrooge"), primarily known for his memorable turn as Wilbur Post, owner of the "Mr. Ed" of television fame. Young brings vivid life to the sometimes cantankerous yet lovable duck millionaire. Terence McGovern has fun as "Launchpad," while Russi Taylor has a field day providing all the voices of the younger ducklings.

Hal Smith, forever "Otis" on the old "Andy Griffith Show," assays the duel roles of Gyro and Glomgold, as well as other incidental characters. Jim Cummings and Peter Cullen are other actors that bring voice to a myriad of characters.

And the legendary June Foray, the voice behind "Rocky the Flying Squirrel," utilizes her distinctive pipes as "Magica De Spell."

Besides the great writing, Ron Jones, composer of arguably the best score in "Star Trek: The Next Generation's" history ("The Best of Both Worlds, Parts I and II") is responsible for the exciting music that would be used throughout the series run. Much better than the usual fare that accompanies television 'toons, Jones deserved an Emmy for his compositions.

In all, "DuckTales" belongs in the cartoon hall of fame as a prime example of a program that is definitely "family friendly" and non-condescending to small fry, stimulating as well as entertaining.

DuckTales is not necessarily a children's show. It's actually a very entertaining show for all ages. Thank goodness the first collection was popular enough to produce a second. DuckTales was one of the best cartoons ever made. So far I own both collections, collection one of Chip n' Dale, and the Talespin DVD set. I'm also looking forward to a collection of Real Ghostbusters seasons but that's a whole other studio. Thank you Disney for bringing this show back. I'm hoping that the third collection will be out sometime next year (with Bubba and Gizmo Duck) and I hope the movie will be released on DVD soon. The only thing I wish the folks at Disney could find is some behind the scenes footage or have an interview video with the developers of the show. This show brings back so many childhood memories. The copyright date of 1987 seems like ages ago. Disney should really bring shows like this back into the market.

Volume 2 has arrived and with it the much wanted Treasure of the Golden Sun Series. The first five episodes are dedicated to the first disc along with 3 other episodes. Swap the first discs from Volume 1 and Volume 2 and you'll have the Treasure of the Golden Suns on Volume 1. The other episodes are all classics from the Ducktales series, Working for Scales is one of my personal favorite episodes from the series and I was glad to see it, along with its series from Catching as Cash Can. I am also glad to say that the episodes are uncut and include scenes that are not shown on Cable.

While you cannot skip past the opening theme song, there are chapters when you play all, and you can skip from chapter to chapter. There are no extras again, but for the price the Volume is a really good value. I have noticed no problems in video or sound quality. If you're like me and could care less about extras and just want the episodes for a good price this is the set for you.

So sit back and enjoy this viewing of the second Volume of the Ducktales series, many classic episodes for your viewing pleasure.

The second volume of DuckTales is as much a delight as the first, because it in a sense starts over, opening with the pilot episode, here presented in five parts, Treasure of the Golden Suns. At the outset, Donald Duck has joined the Navy, so his nephews go to live with their money- loving Uncle Scrooge. At first they don't get along: he's got lots of rough edges, and the trio blench at being restrained. The very first episode brilliantly brings in the Junior Woodchucks, the scouting group Huey, Dewey, and Louie joined up with in the later Dell/ Gold Key Carl Barks comics.

From the beginning, this was an imaginative, lavishly done cartoon series, the flagship of the Disney Afternoon, which would also include TaleSpin, Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers and Gummi Bears. Like DuckTales, these shows brought back stars from the Disney archives, building on the Disney strength of strong character design.

DuckTales is also a textbook case of how to make a DVD set. This box set includes three one- sided discs, each in their own slipcase, with a total of 19 episodes as well as the five part pilot. You can easily skip the initial Coming Attractions by pushing Menu on the remote. If you're doing Cartoons without Cable, your kids can look forward to a new episode each day. If you're an animation lover, fan of Carl Barks' comics or a Disneyphile, this is the set for you. Disney has long been synonymous with quality in animation; now they also lead the way in creating excellent DVD box sets.

After I bought DuckTales volume 1, I decided to find more on the internet, so I found volume 2 & 3 from my favorite site, Amazon.com. I bought the remaining volume 2 and 3. Both volumes are a good quality DVDs. Volume 2 DVD series have 24 episodes and introduces us to Mrs. Beakly, Webbigail, Gyro Gearloose, and Doofus. I like Flinthead Glomgold character as he the nemesis of Scrooge McDuck. The best episodes are (The treasure of the Golden Suns), (The golden fleecing), (Raiders of the lost harp), and (Scroogerello).

Disc 1 includes: Treasure of the golden suns (part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5), Back to the Klondike, Horse scents, and Scrooge's pet.

Disc 2 includes: Catch as cash can (part 1, 2, 3, 4), Merit-time adventure, The golden fleecing, Ducks of the West, and Time teasers.

Disc 3 includes: Back out in the outback, Raiders of the lost harp, The right duck, Scroogerello, Double-O-Duck, Luck O' the ducks, Duckworth's revolt, and Magica's magic mirror / take me out of the ballgame.

The Golden Suns are here, finally! This is an amazing set, and better than I remembered it as a kid! Compelling stories, good animation, great voice acting. Tons of fun for any age. Wish they made cartoons today as good as they did back in the "day". The Temple of the Golden Suns completely got me hooked on Duck Tales as a kid, and got me into reading the Carl Barks/Don Rosa comic books. I remembered it from, gosh, when I saw it in 87', so it must have made a big impression! Go get it today - you won't be disappointed! Because life IS like a hurricane!

Here is volume 2 feature more episodes from 1987 till 1988 that has more adventures of everyone's favorite richest duck in the world named Scrooged McDuck (Voiced by Alan Young) and his family.

Disc one features the 5 part episode that was a movie pilot that premiered on ABC back in Septmeber 1987 called "Treasure of the Golden Sun" which tell us how it all began. This pilot movie introduces us to Scrooge Mcduck on how he is a greedy and selfish billionaire of the city of Duckberg and introduces us to the three nephews (Voiced by Russi Taylor) who are left by their traveling uncle Donald Duck who just joined the navy and are under the new care of Scrooge thus causing him problems until his rival millionaire enemy Flinthart Glumgold (Voiced by Hal Smith) with South American criminal El Captaino (Voiced by Jim Cummings) know that one of his prized possessions known as the old ship model that he owned for years is a treasure map that leads to a special kind of treasure in South America as he gets teh help of dumbluck pilot Launchpad McQuack (Voiced by Terry McGovern) and goofy inventor Gyro (Voiced by Hal Smith). Then after 5 parts we get "Back to the Klondike" is a story about Scrooge Mcduck who goes back to Alaska to find a long lost love and of course trying to find out who actually robbed him earlier when was once a prospector. Next up we get "Horse Scent" where Scrooge with family go to Kentucky to win a horse race as his rival Glumgold wants to win the race, "Scrooge's Pet" is about the boys and Webby (Voiced by Russi Taylor) who buy a cute pet lemming for their uncle thus it steals a locket that contains the combination to his new safe as they go after it all the way to Norway where there is an army of lemmings attacking the town thus they must try to find the right one who has the locket.

Disc 2 features the 4 part serial episode "Catch as Cash Can" where Scrooge and Glumgold compete in an international contest on who is the richest duck in the world even if Scrooge can face dangers such as a killer whale sub, meeting his nephew Donald, fighting sea people and using a floating island (ala "Castle in The Sky") to get to the contest in time. "Merit-Time Adventure" has the Junior Wooducks especially the lovable Doofus (Voiced by Brian Cummings) and new to the club Webby Gale with Uncle Scrooge and Launchpad who go to a island for adventure thus to discover what has been wrecking precious ships as there is a sea-monster or is it? guest starring Pete (Voiced by Will Ryan). The Golden Fleecing is based on the legendary Greek mythology about the precious wool substance for Launchpad with Scrooge and the boys go out to the black sea to find it as they discover four harpies and a man-eating dragon guarding it, guest starring the famous Ludwig Von Drake. "Ducks of the West" is about someone has stolen McDuck's oil in Texas as Scrooge with the boys go west to find out who is behind this scheme then finally "Time Teasers" is about Gyro (Voiced by Hal Smith) who invents a time stopping and time-slowing device that can solve people's problems including the boys's own delemia of doing everything in time as three Beagle Boys like Babyface (Voiced by Terry McGovern), Bugel (voiced by Brian Cummings) and Bankjob (Voiced by Peter cullen) steal it then accidently breaks it as they go to 1689 to end up being entertainment for a group of pirates lead by Pete's ancestor as Gyro and the boys too go back in time to help retreive his stolen money and get the beagle boys back in prison.

Disc three starts with Back Out In The Outback where mysterious Whisp creatures in Australia are shaving the sheep as Scrooge and family are visiting a rancher (voiced by Peter Cullen) as they must find the mystery behind the bizarre flying objects. "Raiders of the Lost Harp" has a magical greek harp taken by Scrooge thus a giant minotaur statue comes to life to search for it, "The Right Duck" has everyone's favorite idiot pilot Launchpad going into space with Doofus on the planet Mars but can they save the race of Earthlings from destruction? next up we have "Scroogorello" where he is a sick duck that dreams of being in a fairy telling that is a mixture of Cinderella with him as a male version who falls for Goldie who is a princess in search of a prince as she gets kindapped by wicked stepbrothers and Glumgold plays his wicked stepfather in the dream. Next is "Double O'Duck" where a lookalike of Launchpad gets Launchpad to take his place for a while to go on a mission to save the world from a criminal named Dr. Nogood, followed by "Luck O'The ducks" has the kids discovered a Leprechaun in a crate as Scrooge with the gang go to Ireland even in hopes of finding a treasure so Scrooge can be a multi-zillionaire and guest stars Billy Barty (Legend, UHF and Willow) as the voice of the Leprechaun King, "Duckworth's Revolt" has him being fired then accidently brought up in space by alien vegetables to become a slave along with Huey, Duey and Louie as they fight against the alien system and finally a double feature of short episodes in one called "Magicia's Magic Mirror"/"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" starts off with Magica who has a sly plan of using a fake magic mirror to trick Scrooge and the kids so she can come up with a plan of stealing his lucky dime then we have Scrooge with Launchpad leaving for Europe leaving Duckworth being a coach to the woodchuck baseball game against Ma Beagle and the Beagle Brats.

Another solid collection.

We love Duck Tales and are very glad to be able to get the second edition of the series. We are introducing a new generation to this fun filled cartoon. To semi-quote Launchpad..."On a scale of 1 to 10, we give it an A!"

These new episodes of the Duck Tales are just as good as the previous release. My daughter loves watching them, and honestly, so do I. Highly recommended.