The Real Ghostbusters Volumes 1 to 5 Sony 2016 DVD Review
Thank you for this comparison! I was looking into buying the Sony version (thinking it was like the Time Life version) but thankfully was spared. I appreciate you taking the time to write this piece!
I’m a huge fan of the cartoony Slimer sub-series (please don’t throw tomatoes). It’s so disappointing that these Slimer episodes aren’t being released on their own disc (at least not that I’m aware of). Do you know of anywhere I can find the Slimer episodes (besides forking out hundreds for used Time Life discs)? It seems they get left out everywhere. I’ve searched high and holy for Volume 5 from the boxed set but it seems it just isn’t available anywhere.
Thanks for any help you can provide! It’s appreciated!
All of the Slimer episodes are available on the TimeLife Volume 5, Discs 3 and 4. People sell loose discs all the time on eBay. Search for “Real Ghostbusters Volume 5 Disc 3 Replacement Disc” and if any are available at the time, you’ll find them.
The goofs you refer to notwithstanding, are these episodes in order? And does Vol. 5 end with the finale of Season 2?
(btw, “Who are you going to call?” is not answered incorrectly by capitalizing all the other letters in addition to the G)
I took the plunge on bought the Sony produced “Volumes 1 to 5″ boxset, after seeing at Walmart for only $20 CDN (knock off about ~25% to convert to US dollars).
I’m a purist, but I’m not likely to come across the TimeLife edition any time soon (and certainly not at such an affordable price!). I prefer physical media over digital, and so I figure this disc collection, while flawed, still makes a nice place holder if/when I ever come across the TimeLife edition. Sure it’s available on Netflix right now, but who know when they may take it down or region block it. Any TV show or movie I’m particularly fond of I want sitting on my shelf. 🙂
It’s unfortunate for the missing episodes, but most of season 1 and 2 are there. Real Ghostbusters was one of my all time favorite animated shows, but after Lorenzo Music and Laura Summer left the show I started losing interest (and gave up altogether once Arsenio Hall left, and it was retooled as the Slimer show). So most of my favorites, or at least what I watched in the 80’s, is in this collection.
I’ll give it a watch shortly and see how it looks and sounds (I keep an old CRT TV handy to watch DVD’s on).
Well, scratch that. After several weeks of sitting on my shelf unopened, I decided to return the Sony volume 1 to 5 box set. For what it is, it just needlessly takes up far too much physical space (worth noting I have other animated TV series that managed to fit 5 discs inside one regular size DVD case!). I would assume Sony did it this way to fool people into thinking, incorrectly, it’s the Time Life version repackaged. Is it a coincidence both are 5 volumes with nearly identical cover art? I think not.
As mentioned, my interest is mainly in season 1 and 2, but looking more closely, this is *20* episodes short to make it complete. Then there is the issue of the missing title cards, commercial bumpers, and Tahiti music in one episode.
I may consider purchasing the new 10 volume box set if/when it drops in price. At least it’s 1/3rd the physical size and only missing 3 episodes from season 1 and 2. Although I doubt it will improve on this set, other than throwing in twice the number of volumes in a much smaller footprint.
Incidentally, to the question asked above. These episodes on disc appear to be in production order, NOT air-date order. And season 2’s episodes extend onto volumes 6 and 7 (you’re only getting about 70% of those season 2 episodes in this box set).
Both Slimer Come Home and Adventures In Slime And Space are available digitally on certain download sites like Amazon, iTunes, and Google Play.
I recently discovered something interesting…
The two missing episodes mentioned above had previously been released by Sony. Back in 2006, a hodgepodge of episodes came out on a DVD and one in particular, called “Slimefighters” (now-out-print), contained:
-Adventures in Slime and Space
-Victor, The Happy Ghost
-They Call Me Mister Slimer
-Slimer Come Home
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