Customer Reviews

Walt Disney Treasures - Elfego Baca and The Swamp Fox - Legendary Heroes

5 star:		(21)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(11)
1 star:		(23)

 

 

Swamp Fox was great. But why release only 3 of the 8 episodes? Why not a seperate set for each show with all of the episodes? Please, disney, gives us the whole series! My fuzzy VHS tapes off of TV are getting old!

I was hoping for a COMPLETE set of Swamp Fox, Disney! Now, I know that someone else wrote that the complete series might not be available. However, up until four years ago the Disney channel aired the series at 4:oo in the morning. Right after I had my little girl, I discovered this. Anyway, for about 4 months I was able to see all episodes. Then, Disney channel stopped airing all the "Classic Disney" shows during the wee morning hours. Now, all that one sees is the repeat of new shows -- yuk!
I think Walt would roll over in his grave if he knew all the terrible shows that Disney produces now (Lizzie, Raven, etc..). Especially since he loved history, old folk-lore, and learning.
I think like Boomerang, Disney should have a "Classic Disney Channel" that only runs tv shows/movies produced before 1985.

For those who think this is a complete collection of the Swamp Fox series,there were 8 episodes, not 3. For those who remember watching on "Walt Disney Presents" this will not be
a good choice; there is too much missing material. Had hoped for
a complete,unedited release of this Disney classic. This can only be a partial amount of the original.

I bought this thinking it was a box set with the complete 10 episodes of El Fago Baca and 8 episodes of the Swamp Fox. I sat down and watched the Swamp Fox DVD with my girlfriend. Imagine my surprise when I finished episode three and went to see the conclusion of the story line on episode 4.
They only gave us threee episodes of each show!!! In this world of box sets and double sided DVDs this is nothing but a complete RIP OFF.
Now I won't buy the Spin and Marty set and it's unlikey I'll buy another Disney Treasures! Frankly Leonard Maltin should be ashamed of himself for being associated with this ripoff.

Maybe this is not fair, to write a review without even seeing the DVD. I wanted to make sure Disney understands that people do read these reviews, and I am not buying this DVD, as Swamp Fox is incomplete! Three out of Eight episodes is hardly a reason to purchase!

Good grief - yet another DVD collection we are not buying because Disney doesn't seem to understand. We LOVED these series when they were on television but we will not buy something that is slapped together and incomplete. I hope the folks at Disney get the message eventually. Same thing applies to their live action feature films. Disney should release them in widescreen with some extras or not bother. Too bad because we have all the animated films and would happily buy the live action if the same care was given to the production.

I agree with most of the reviewers that it was bad form on the part of Disney to only release 3 episodes from these series--fans of either show are left unsatisfied (I wanted the set for Swamp Fox). Surely Disney could have fit all the available episodes on two disks? Noone should buy this! The only thing Disney seems to understand anymore is the bottom line. If desperate fans buy it, Disney won't provide the quality releases we're all hoping for. Buying this is like buying half a movie! I've been hoping Disney will release the original black and white Zorro series on DVD, but not if they're going to do this...

The reviewer who called this a Disney "bait & switch" hit the nail right on the head! I, too, remember seeing all these episodes on TV as a kid, then later on Disney Channel, and was awaiting these to be released on DVD, as I have already purchased the Davy Crockett and Tomorrowland sets and loved them both; but imagine my overt disappointment when I read the actual details of this slapped together, third rate offering!
I never cared for the Elfego Baca story, I had been known to go to my room and VOLUNTARILY do my homework on Sunday nights when these episodes played, but I would have GLADLY paid the price for this set if it had included ALL of the "Swamp Fox" episodes!
Above and beyond the fact that I am proud to have Francis Marion as a distant relative, and that I hail from the same part of our great country as this hero of the Revolutionary War, who, with his compatriots, probably contributed as much as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, or any of the other Founding Fathers to win us our freedom, I really loved this story just for itself!
Not only have I decided NOT to waste my money on this incomplete set, I have even gone as far as removing it from my "Wish List" to save the funds of my family and friends, as well! I shall wait to see, hopefully, if Disney will ever release the entire "Swamp Fox" story in a complete set, for which I would GLADLY pay their somewhat exorbitant price.

as a protest.

Iwas quite excited to learn the Swamp Fox was being released on DVD, as this was my favorite Disney series...that is , until I find there are only three episodes in the set. I will not spend my money on a partial offering.

If and when they present us with the entire Swamp Fox series, then I will invest in a copy.

If you are expecting to receive and see all the episodes of THE SWAMP FOX and the ELFEGO BACA series in this release, forget it! As pointed out by many of the other reviews, and Amazon's product description, there are only three episodes of each in this "collection." I wish I had read these before ordering. I would have never purchased this item and in so doing would have prevented the frustration of being engrossed in, then cut off and left hanging, from the rest of the series and their conclusions.

Even on the outer DVD packaging that you would see in a store, nowhere does Disney come straight out and tell you the set is not complete -- unless you look at the DVD's running time for the clue (aka "the fine print").

This DVD's Disney production team evidently couldn't care less about your entertainment satisfation!

For what you DO get, the picture and sound quality of the product are fantastic, but I don't understand why this was released in such a lousy, partial manner -- especially in these days of complete TV series being release a season at a time on DVD (again, as pointed out by other reviewers).

Please don't feel badly about passing this DVD by. Don't give it another thought. Leave it on the rack, save your money, and wait until the Disney studio heads come to their senses and release ELFEGO BACA and THE SWAMP FOX in their entirety. You will miss nothing but aggrevation.

When the time comes, I truly hope this Disney crew doesn't decide to handle ZORRO in the same "piecemeal" manner, and they release that Guy Williams classic ONLY in its full completeness!