Lone Ranger: 28 Thrilling Episodes

a good value for sure but there is much better....
If you are curious, this is simply discs 2,4,6 and 7 from the previously released box set and all from season one. This is a terrific sampling from the first season and a great and inexpensive way to sample the beginning of the legend. Of course it would have been better if they included disc 1 with the actual beginning of the Lone Ranger story. A MUCH better deal (now around $20) is this set The Lone Ranger: 75th Anniversary - Seasons 1 and 2 for about twice the investment you get 78 episodes instead of only 28 and all kinds of wonderful extras. I imagine most true lone ranger fans will not even check out this product but I thought I'd tell those curious just what it is.

THE LONE RANGER ON DVD
I don't know why companies can't release a complete series at a good price.
Seasons 1&2 have been released from classic media.
Where are seasons three, four, and five.
I hope the complete series set will be reduced in price.
The new movie will be in theatres on July 3, 2013.
PLEASE RELEASE THE LONE RANGER SEASONS 3, 4, 5 BEFORE THE END OF TIME.

Sadly, this is probably the best we're going to get
"The Lone Ranger" is a milestone in television history. Unfortunately, it appears the various releases by Genius Entertainment/Classic Media are the best we are going to get (these companies have issued this release, a seasons one and two release, and a complete series release). This particular release is part of the seasons one and two release, providing the buyer with discs 2, 4, 6 and 7 from that set (yet labeled discs 1-4). The labeling on the menu screen, however, coincides with the discs in the larger set.

That said, I am really glad that I just purchased this smaller set, as the quality is quite below par, and I would hate to have splurged and spent more money for low quality material. (Especially the $129 going rate for the complete series!)

Picture quality is above average, though film damage still pops up from time to time. My problem is with the way this set was assembled, and the source material.

The times for the episodes vary from ~25 to...

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The Lone Ranger: Collector's Edition

VCI deserves a pat on the back!
Without any knowledge of what this DVD 2 pack contained, I bought it based on my love of Clayton Moore and the Lone Ranger! I was completely surprised by the quality of the film print! This film looks better than many of the feature films today. It is prestine. The trailers, interviews with Dawn Moore and Michael Ansara and photo gallery were the iceing on the cake. This was Clayton Moore's favorite LONE RANGER feature film and rightfully so. This film should have been re-released to the theaters instead of making the forgetable film of the late 1970's and Moore never should have been in a legal battle over the mask he, and only he, deserved to wear. Rick Goldschmidt (Author of THE MAKING OF A RANKIN/BASS HOLIDAY CLASSIC: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER)

Good Set if you want the missing episodes (edited), otherwise skip it
My Collectors' Edition set arrived a bit ago from Amazon. I've had a chance to look at some of the discs, their running times, and the other contents of the set, and here's how it breaks down:

At first glance, the book is indeed the size of a coffee table book and won't fit on a bookshelf/media shelf. It has a nice slipcase with a glue-tabbed label on one side advertising all of the contents (it also mentions "Over 92 hours of Original Lone Ranger" and 221 episodes/30 DVDs including the 2 movies). The thing is quite heavy to boot.

The Discs Themselves: Each season's discs are color-coded with new disc artwork, and these have new menus compared to the 75th anniversary set. With that set, you had to wait for a portion of the intro to play before getting to the menu, and you couldn't skip it to go straight to the menu. Here, the menu loads immediately as the intro plays in a portion of the screen. I consider this to be a small, but pleasant, improvement...

"those thrilling days of yesteryear ~ The Lone Ranger & Tonto ride again"
VCI Entertainment and Warner Bros. present the first big screen full length in color "The Lone Ranger" (1956)(Special Edition) (digitally remastered in Dolby), long running Lone Ranger series on radio and then turned out in the early '40s in the movies...it's all new and in Warnercolor the west's greatest hero...the story line is excellent with outstanding action scenes and production with over hours worth of entertainment.... the Ranger and Tonto must overt an all out Indian War and stop the rancher Reece Kilgore from taking over Indian Lands...will the Lone Ranger come up with disguises to get in with the gang of local villians...can we count on the Masked Rider and his faithful Indian Companion to right all the wrongs across the plains...respect for the Native American and the diginity they have earned is displayed throughtout the story and film...watch the scene in which the Ranger bestows upon Red Hawk the Indian Chief, is very touching...we all know very well that Tonto and the...

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