Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003): The Ultimate Collection [DVD]

Arrived a lot earlier than expected. All Working perfectly

Despite being Region 1 which is irritating, not to mention confusing that it has the UK price but doesn't even ship from the UK, all DVDs play great, no troubles with that!

It got here a little earlier then I thought but it feels good to have the complete series. It feels like a dream to obtain the 2003 series fully.

TMNT 2003 is my favourite TV iteration of the TMNT, and the series has, up until now, been a chore to almost impossible to pick up physically because of incomplete season disc sets, and releases of 3 episodes at a time. This set finally features the entire series all in one set.However, the set just comes across as really cheap. Image quality is inferior to some of the older releases (comparing specifically to the PAL Aussie Season 4 and 5 disc sets versus what's included here) with some really muddy compression and some horrible deinterlacing that leaves a lot of the show looking like a blurry mess. Every episode also opens with a "You're watching Nickelodeon" stinger, as if Paramount DVR'd the repeats of the series from TV. Again, nothing major, but this is noticeable if you just watch the DVDs. The copy of Turtles Forever is also 11 minutes shorter than the PAL DVD Widescreen DVD copy as well, so this is not the 'definitive' release of Turtles Forever. Finally, the subtitles are, interesting.The box itself is also a bit nasty and cheap, similar to the job they did for the 2012 Complete Series boxset they released a while back, with all the discs on a pile of cheap spindles that aren't secured to anything in the box. All my discs work, but it just doesn't feel like a high-quality release job.As it stands though, this is the only way to buy the full series without turning to eBay scalpers and amassing a pile of small DVDs with a couple of episodes each. On that basis, if you want to watch the 2003 series, or finally own it physically, this is it. It is the complete set. It's just a shame this doesn't feel like a lot of care went into the actual physical release.Also, becaue I've seen some less savvy UK buyers, you need a region free DVD player if you live outside of NTSC land/North America, these are NTSC discs!