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G.I. Joe A Real American Hero: The M.A.S.S. Device

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I can't vouch for the quality of the actual movie because I haven't seen it. However, I just received the G.I. Joe Season 1.1 DVD today (G.I. Joe A Real American Hero: Season 1.1), and it includes "The M.A.S.S. Device" movie (or miniseries) along with the rest of Season 1 of the TV show. So unless you are interested in "The M.A.S.S. Device" alone, do yourself a favor and buy the G.I. Joe Season 1.1 DVD set instead. It has a lot more content (as far as I can tell), and it's less than 10 bucks more!

This set is strictly for owners of the original Rhino Sets that were not able to purchase the first Two Mini-Series Set that was put out by Rhino (Which is out of print and very costly now). If you're starting your G.I. Joe DVD set with Shout Factory!! then skip this and just buy Season 1.1 because this is on there. Shout Factory is really only putting this out, I feel, to help those who already have Season One, Part One from Rhino.

As other reviewers have stated, this is the first mini series that kick-started the phenomenon; if you're already a fan, the season 1.1 or the complete collection is probably more worth your while and money; but as far as introduction DVDs go, this is quite nice for newbies who want to get a feel for the cartoon and research it.

It comes in a nice see-through jewel case; and as far as completists like myself are concerned, the picture on the disc is different than the season 1.1 first disc which holds the same material... the disc pictures three fighter jets with the jetstream smoke forming the red white and blue colors behind it; which I was excited to add to my collection, even if it's repeat content; it is possible to find the DVD for $8.27 elsewhere. Note: The individual series set releases have picture discs that are NOT the same as the 17 DVD complete set release.

Don't get me wrong, I love GI Joe and The MASS Device is an awesome miniseries. But why release it by itself? After all, MASS Device is disc 1 in the season 1.1 set, which by the way had alot better quality than season 1 volume 1 that was released by Rhino. Do yourself a favor and don't buy this, but preorder season 1.2, (available everywhere Nov. 3, 2009).

This is just the first mini series, which is availible from rhino, as well as on season 1.1 from shout factory. But if you like the cartoon series you can get it in its entirety in a pretty sweet box set from shout [...]right now, so don't waste your money on a 5 episode mini series when you can get all 95 episodes right now.