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The Raccoons: Collector's Set 1

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The Gemini Award-winning tv series has long stood proudly as an incredible achievement in Canadian cartooning, and now it has finally been brought to DVD! Bert Raccoon's adventures in the Evergreen forest are an endless stream of excitement the whole family will enjoy as much today as it did years ago. This boxed set consists of The Raccoons Discs #1-3, containing a total of nine (9) fun-filled and heart-warming episodes from the 1987 season:

Disc 1- Double Play; The Sweet Smell of Success; Blast from the Past.
Disc 2- Power Trip; The Artful Dodger; Last Legs.
Disc 3- Read No Evil; Courting Disaster; Time Trap.

Special features include cast bios, never-before-scene artwork and the ability to create one's own scenes using the special DVD-ROM features on your computer. A great collection worthy of any family or animation fan's DVD library!

Okay picture quality and sound. Crappy Box and Cover Art. And only 3 episodes per disc! (uh huh, a box set with 9 episodes!)
But the Raccoons are great fun, definately a set to buy if you are a fan!

Despite not watching the Raccoon's series, I do agree that if my dad was to get me this DVD, I would find out how good it was. I did watch Episodes 11,12,24,35 & 54 of the series and I saw 'The Raccoons on Ice' and 'The Lost Star' specials, which were brilliant. THAT THEME SONG!!!! (Spray: Run With Us) is the best thing. OK, so people want violence, blood and really idiotic* programmes these days, but that Bert Raccoon, hilarious, I mean, his voice sounds dreadful and all cold-like, but I love it when he says 'Hang on, Broo, hang on!!!' in 'The Sweet Smell of Success'. Too bad it was cancelled in January of last year. If I lived in Russia, I would be happy. But, the negatives of the programme are: Cyril Sneer is oh-so soft in the series, but he was like an evil villain in the series. Heck, he even nearly destroyed Earth. Also, Bentley complains so much I could rip his heart out! Anyway, please put the Raccoons back on TV, I beg of you!!!!

*On my opinion, not Bentley's dead body

THE RACCOONS IS THE GREATIST CANADIAN CARTOON OF ALL TIME.
I LIKE MELISSA RACCOON BECAUSE SHE IS THERE FOR EVERYONE.
I WISH THERE WAS MORE RACCOON DVD'S.
FROM 1985-86 TO 1990-91.

`Racoons' is a blast from the past and makes for perfect viewing. From that catchy opening music you're transported back to your childhood and the endearing characters and fun stories are soon delighting you again. This cartoon had a certain innocence about it that seems to be lacking in modern cartoons and I'd prefer to watch this over anything around today. The animation is pretty great and there is a subtle ecological theme that runs through the series. The racoons are fighting the capitalist might of Ceril Sneer and his attempts to spoil Evergreen Forest in the name of profit. I know that I watch this through rose tinted glasses as I loved this so much when I was a kid, but I honestly think this holds it's own and make for wonderful viewing whatever your age. This is well worth a try and roll on the next series'

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Received item as stated. Took a little longer than I expected, but no worries. All was awesome! Will continue service.

I'm from the UK and just had to buy this DVD Box set! This is one of my favourate cartoons of the '80s and it really brought back some childhood memories! ;-) It's great that they finally brought this fantastic cartoon to DVD. And to the company that released the box set, if someone gets to read this, I really recommend you release a Region 2 box set in the UK as I know it would go down a storm! I have at least 6 friends here that always used to brag about it!

This is a great animated series for all ages.
Even adults will love it! ^_^
I recommend it to everyone who likes Cartoons from
any where in the world.