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40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
average DVD with tons of extras, November 27, 2001
By A Customer
For awhile, Playboy has been giving us DVDs with recycled material, or DVDs with mostly amateur models. For the first time in almost a year, we get a DVD with all-new material, with several Playmates making their video debut.We get to see 2001 Playmates like Stephanie Heinrich, Dalene Kurtis, Kimberley Stanfield, Nichole Van Croft, Lindsey Vuolo, and my new favorite Playmate, Jennifer Walcott, who appears on the cover. We also get to see Playmates from year 2000 or earlier, like Kimberly Spicer, Jami Ferrell, Shannon Stewart, Buffy Tyler, Kerissa Fare, and Neferteri Shepherd. If you're a fan of blondes, this DVD might be for you, as 8 of the 12 Playmates are blonde. This is a short DVD at 52 minutes. There are 8 segments, each around 5-7 minutes each. The theme for this DVD is Christmas, and most of the scenes are somewhat corny. This DVD is much tamer and not as risque or erotic as recent Playboy or Penthouse DVDs have become. No girl-girl scenes in here, no soapy bathtub or shower scenes. Just wholesome, perverted fun, like when Santa Claus acts as a voyeur as 4 Playmates are unwrapping their gifts in the nude. If this DVD just contained the 52 minutes of content, I would probably rate it 3 stars. There are better Playboy DVDs available, but there are also much, much worse titles. This DVD earns an extra 4th star for the tons of extras that are loaded in the bonus feature section. There is a 4 minute behind-the-scenes look at this particular DVD title. We also get a 15 minute Playmate Profile of the lovely Jennifer Walcott. We also get 3-to-4 minute behind-the-scenes featurettes each (total about another 15 minutes) of 5 different Playmates during the filming of their Playmate Profiles for: Stephanie Heinrich, Lindsey Vuolo, Jennifer Walcott (again), Kimberly Stanfield, and Dalene Kurtis. There's also 3 preview trailers for other 2001 Playboy DVD releases, and a still frame gallery of each Playmates' statistics, taken directly from the magazine centerfold. The bonus that I really liked, though, was the extensive Playmate videography that they included. It lists every VHS video, laserdisc, and DVD that Playboy has ever produced, and it tells you what Playmates appeared in which videos. You can do the search by 2 ways: the Playmate's last name, or the year the video/DVD came out. This extensive list dates back to 1982 and even lists one of the upcoming 2002 titles, called Roommates. This list looks to be 99% accurate, and lists quite a few titles that have only appeared on VHS or laserdisc. For those longtime Playboy fans who've wanted to know what videos or DVDs your favorite Playmates have appeared in, this is a great list to use to see what you're missing in your collection. The videography isn't 100% accurate, as I noticed it omitted my favorite Latina Playmate, Maria Checa, from the Lusty Latin Ladies DVD. Upon scanning other Playmates' entries, the list did look more accurate than any list available online. The videography only has Playmates, though, which doesn't include any of the models who have appeared in the Newsstand Special magazines. This is easily one of the better releases of Playboy DVDs in a long time, especially with the 90+ minutes of total video footage when you include the bonus features. Even the videography takes about 30 minutes to go through to help you determine future Playboy purchases.
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