Customer Reviews

Star Trek Fan Collective - The Collectives

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I purchased the first 4 Fan Collectives for my family (all Star Trek nuts) before the "Captain's Log" was out. The someone apparently stole them -- guess it was a fan without money! Anyhow, the Fan Collectives are so detailed, well-chosen and action filled that I am buying the whole set again! The absolute best is that they are arranged in such a way that each series builds on the last on the particular topic (i.e. Borg, Klingon) - you would never know that unless you owned and had viewed all of each series. I highly recommend it for any Star Trek fan, casual or as intense as our family.

If you are a star trek fan of ALL of the series (TOS, NXT GEN, DS9, VOYAGER AND ENTERPRISE) then this collection is for you! It has the best of all of the 2 part episodes, the 2 hour premieres and the "special episodes". However it does-as an earlier reviewer commented-repeat 2 episodes (Trials and Tribbulations and Q-who) but frankly I didn't care. This collection is a wonderful gift for a fan who doesn't want to own all of the episodes from all of the shows yet enjoys all of the shows.

I'm a big trekker but not to the point that I have to have every episode of every series. These collections are a great highlight of some of the best Trek. There are a couple of episodes that I would have added. The only real gripe is that some of the episodes are duplicated. Overal though if you don't own all the episodes this is a wonderful "greatest hits" collection.

I agree with earlier reviewers about how great these are, but there are some problems.

First, it doesn't include the sixth volume in the series, "Alternate Realities". With only six volumes ever made, a set that includes five is needlessly incomplete.

Second, I paid less for all six volumes individually at Walmart when they first came out than Amazon is charging for this set, so I can't see it as much of a bargain.

Third, too much duplication. Yes, there are some episodes that fit into more than one of these categories. That doesn't mean they had to be included in each of them, at the expense of other episodes.

Fourth, a few of the episode selections. Darmok? Really?? DARMOK?!?! Could they have found a more flawed episode?

Still, though, flaws aside, this is a set that highlights what made the franchise so great, so I still give it four stars.

I truly love the collection. It had great resolution and sound and many of the star trek I have never seen before. I will treasure it for years.

I bought this for my husand's birthday. I would have giving it a 5 star rating except I am not enjoying watching one Trek episode after another. Before purchasing remember this is almost 2400 minutes of Star Trek.The shipping was on time and the product was as advertised. I would say if you like Star Trek or know someone who is this is a great purchase.