MacGyver Complete TV Action Adventure Series All 139 Episodes (39 Discs) DVD Collection Box Set: Season 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 + Loads of Extras

Packaging.The Macgyver complete series arrived. A Stylish gloss printed carton box that I am happy to display on my TV Cabinet with my swiss army knife right next to it - just in case:)The box is roughly in cm L26xW7x13H so packaging for shipping is not too big which was cool. Inside the individual DVD's are individually packed in carton sleeves. (Some peeps don't like this as they would have wanted cd jewel casings for each. I can't even think how big and heavy this package would have been (cost for international buyers like me in South-Africa would have been double) So carton sleeves is what Macgyver would have chose as well. They are neatly packed in sequence of seasons etc. I want to watch Macgyver, not admire the disc packaging ;)The episode guide.It's a very simple fold up leaflet. It lists the disc number and the name of each episode with a small brief of storyline. I think it's more than enough and adequate.The DVD's.Each DVD has good quality print on it like normal shop DVD's. So the quality there is good. For fun, each disc is different. For instance one has a paper clip on, the other a stick of gum and wrapper, the other a bottle cap :)The Root Menu for the DVD gets loaded directly, no lengthy intro stuff. Straight to simple direct Macgyver style menu :) I love it! Choose episode - go!Visual and Sound quality.I have a 32inch LCD TV, so the image is fairly large. The quality is very good. The picture is clear and there is no signs that it "looks copied" from the originals. The quality of viewing in my opinion is better now on my LCD than the original aired back in the day on our home tube TV. The shows have subtitles in english and 12? other languages which is wow. The Sound quality is clear, bright and explosions have a lot of Boom! :) I say if you gonna buy the Mac series, get this particular one. I know there are one or two other boxed series of Mac out there, I took a chance with this one and it was the correct choice. I am fully satisfied.Now if you'll excuse me I have to dismantle my toaster, remove the nichrome wire, use the TV remote battery to heat the wire up so it can slowly burn through a string that's dangling an ice cube suspended above two naked wires hooked up to .......

This brings back some great memories, as soon as the memorable theme tune by Randy Edelman kicks in you know you're due 40 minutes of mostly light-hearted escapist fun. Refusing to carry a gun MacGyver works his way through all 7 seasons and 2 TV movies. Carrying not much more than a Swiss Army knife and duct tape and utilising all sorts of everyday chemicals Richard Dean Anderson manages to construct all manner of contraptions and instruments from a hang-glider, hot-air balloon, mortars and Breechers Bouy type rigs to escape from tight spots as the bad guys close in on him.I've finished the first 2 series and have just started on series 3 and it is even better than I remembered. Starting off as a lone troubleshooter for hire working all across the globe; when the series started in 1985 there was still a major divide between Western and Eastern Europe so understandably a large portion of the early years are spent breaking in and out of Communist camps/prisons etc.Part way through series 1 MacGyver stops working alone and we are introduced to the Phoenix Foundation and MacGyver's friend, and soon to be boss, Pete Thornton (Dana Elcar) who is with him throughout the rest of the series. Reading up on the show it was a nice touch when Elcar began to lose his sight through glaucoma that his character was given the same medical condition. It's details like this that would have made commentaries or cast interviews an invaluable addition.Even without that though we get 39 discs containing all 139 episodes and the two made for TV movies filmed after the series had been cancelled.There's a few supporting cast members who made return visits including Teri Hatcher as the dizzy Penny Parker, MacGyvers dubious friend Jack Dalton and an arch nemesis Murdoc who is forever seemingly escaping from the jaws of death.In the main it's good light hearted fun, almost always carrying the message that good wins out, although it's not without the odd tragedy on route and as the series goes on the environmental message gets stronger, season 5's rhino poaching episode is particularly moving.You can see echoes of MacGyver's laid back style surfacing later when Anderson starred as Colonel Jack O'Neill in Stargate SG-1.In the main it's fun for all ages and highly recommended.

Series is brilliantEvery episode in the collection and TV movies as wellBox won't fit on shelf though and all disks in cardboard sleeves only downside to this oneBut it is a great TV show and miles better then the remake that one can not hold a candle to the original show