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Invader ZIM - House Box Plus Extras Disc

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Wow. Invader Zim is awesome. I'd heard of it, vaguely, but only watched it when my Tivo happened to record an episode at random one day. I had it record a few more, then went and bought this "House Box Complete Set".

First off, Invader Zim is hilarious for all age ranges. The animation style and overt humor will surely appeal to the younger crowd but there's plenty of jabs that adults will laugh over. (As the hamster runs on a wheel in its cage, the teacher explains to the children that they should watch it to prepare themselves for their lives in our nightmarish corporate system, for example.)

The premise of the story is that Zim is an alien Invader, so incompetent (and so oblivious to this fact) that his leaders have packed him off to invade the most distant, uncharted planet they could find: Earth. Normally, Invaders are sent out with fearsome robot assistants but because they didn't like him, Zim's leaders gave him an "advanced" model, which was actually a defective unit that has a short attention span, acts crazy virtually all the time and can generally only attack people by annoying them -- Zim most of all. Between Zim's incompetence, his insane robot and his arch-nemesis, Dib, Zim's chances of actually conquering the earth are pretty much zero but there's also roughly zero chance that he'll ever notice this or get discouraged. Zim is nothing if not persistant.


The voice acting and writing for this show are both absolutely great. Zim in particular is fantastic. He's a complete megalomaniac, yells almost all the time, for no good reason and has the best maniacal laugh ever.

Anyway, if you're not familiar with the show, catch an episode or two on TV if you can, then come buy this.

If you are familiar with the show, here's why you want this box set:

* The "house" is awesome. Shaped like Zim's house from the show, the front of it swings open to reveal the DVDs inside. The roof also opens up to reveal GIR.

* There's a bonus DVD that contains a "demo" soundtrack for the show, interviews and other stuff. The reason it's a "demo" soundtrack is because it's built into the DVD and can only be played from there, it's not in CD format, which is too bad. That much is sold seperately. Interviews with the musician behind the show are on this DVD.

* The DVDs themselves contain other extras, including an interview with the voice actors and a mode I think they're calling "Animatrix". I didn't know what it was until I turned it on: in this mode, instead of seeing the regular show, you'll see the rough drawings and storyboards used to construct the show, well before being finalized into the crisp animation you usually see. This is pretty awesome if you wanted to get a glimpse of a work in progress.


All in all, this may be the best box set I've ever bought. It now sits proudly on top of my TV, since it's not just a box set, it's a display piece! Sadly, it seems these shows always eventually drop off the charts and the DVD sets become unavilable so if I were you, I'd buy this. Now, human! Obey me, OBEY ME!!

Don't you hate it when you buy the DVDs for a series as they come out, only to see a box set - with a nifty box, bonus DVDs, and a figurine come out months later, forcing the true fan to choose between frugality and redundancy?

Well, fear not - that's not what's happened here.

This item is just the empty box from the boxed set, with an bonus DVD and a GIR figurine. If you already have purchased Invader Zim volumes 1-3 on DVD, this is for you.

If you haven't bought the episodes yet, look for boxed set with the episiodes included.

This DVD set met and exceeded my expectations. Every episode of Zim that you ever wanted to see is found here. Not to mention the figurine of Grrr and Zim's house that nicely compliment a coffee table or flat surface of choice. If you like Zim, you have to have this.

Dieses Produkt kann ich nur noch weiter empfehlen! Ist sehr witzig und hiermit kann man ziemlich gut die Langeweile vertreiben.

i got it and love it, the dvd really doesnt have anything important theres only like a couple of seconds extra on the xmas episode. the Gir robot figure is so cute!!! and the soundtrack is actually on the dvd so it doesnt come with a sountrack cd. the house is real awesome.

heres a picture of what comes. house, dvd, figure.

http://www.geocities.com/theparanoid_99/zimhouse.JPG

For all of you who don't know, this page is for the full box set. There is another page if you just want the box and bonus disk. This set will also come with an exclusive Gir action figure, which is really nice if you ask me. These figures come with both the full set and the single disk set. I ordered this a long time ago, and since these are limited editions, you should, too.

... you absolutely supercalifragilistically have to get this box!!! In fact, you get 2 boxes for the price of one. The actual house boxset is shipped within another Zim decorated box. It's a nice extra feature to have standing on your shelve next to the actual DVD boxset.

The house itself is gorgeously decorated with tough materials and an internal magnet that keeps the door shut. The roof folds open perfectly. Where origininally there used to be a unique G.I.R. toy is now nothing, and that's a big bummer for people who only now see the true beauty of the boxset. They do however mention perfectly that the G.I.R. toy is temporerally out of stock which keeps them within their right. Another Zim-related toy would have done the job too...

The extra DVD disc contains so many extras that you would never be able to get your hands on wether legal- or illegally. If only you wanted to discover what else goes on beneith that which is called Invader Zim, you would have to get this set.

Don't spoil your perfectly good money on the seperate DVD's if you could get ALL of them in the worlds most magnificent box at an even lower price then the others combined!!

BE A FAN, BUY THE SET!!!

I had the other DVDs and would have gotten this box set regardless, I just thought it was bad on amazon to list that this set still comes with the GIR figure when the sticker on the box says it's sold out.

Anime Works also needs to get on the ball and replace the GIR figure with something. Hell I'd even take a Dib.

This is AWESOME! It has all the episodes ever aired in the US, plus many in the second season that were never aired in the US, only abroad. The replica of Zim's house is cute, and the little GIR doll is even cuter. My only complaint is minor, and that is that the top of GIR's head keeps falling off (I guess that it's to make more room for cupcakes, tuna or a beehive). For those of you unfamiliar with the show, it's definitely NOT for youngsters, but perfect for teens, preteens, and yes, adults, too. There's more than enough bizarre off the wall humor here to keep even me in stitches, and I'm almost 42!

First off, it's a miracle that Jhonen Vasquez was even able to make a cartoon, a miracle that Nick produced it, a miracle the design and animation and voice talent was as great as it was, a miracle that it was put to DVD and a huge miracle that we now have toys and shirts and DVD Collector's boxes.

Does anyone remember the days when we thought this would never make it to DVD? The lame 3 inch DVD's to "test the waters?" Anyone? I mean, my girlfriend just got a Gir shirt at Target!! Not Hot Topic!! TARGET!!

Please put this in persepective...if you don't wanna shell out the 30 bucks then don't. You have to understand how things are priced relative to the numbers produced...This ain't a Harry Potter DVD that will sell 20 million copies...the time and cost to make something is high if you're only going to sell 3500 of them...jeez people!! It's just like a collectible toy or book or comic statue. It still costs the same money to produce something that will sell a million copies or something that wll sell 1000 copies. When it's limited it costs more to cover the production cost.

I personally think it's one of the coolest things I own. Has anyone ever priced Anime boxes? Anyone? And the "design" is just that it's a box. And they're like 6 discs for 150 bucks.

And one last thing: this is in no way a "rip-off" as some have said. No, a rip-off would be if they released this box with the 4 DVD's and that's it, leaving those of us who bought each of the first 3 DVD sets out in the cold. I think it was brilliant and very acommodating that they released a "full" and "empty" box. They were very mindful of the rabid fans in doing that.

And again, if you feel that it's a rip-off then just don't buy it. How easy is that?

Please...don't complain...be a little grateful.

This box is similar to the "Invader Zim Box With Extra Disc", but this one includes all of the volumes. It also includes the extra disc and a GIR action figure. This is a must buy for anyone who is a fan of the show, but hasn't gotten any of the DVDs.