Cheap Walt Disney's Zorro - Season 1 - Volume 1 (DVD) Price

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Customer Reviews of Walt Disney's Zorro - Season 1 - Volume 1

No boxed set?
As discussed by other reviewers, this was a great show. I never tired of watching reruns on the Disney Channel. Great stories, great acting. <
>I'd probably guess that the transfer to DVD is exceptional, either in black & white or colorized. <
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>Please..... Eight 1/2 hour episodes released as volumes @ close to $50 bucks a pop? Where on earth is the logic to this for the consumer. I must be missing something here, and i'd hope someone could enlighten me and other consumers. Boxed sets are the norm. Disney could charge $100 for the season and i would still buy it. But 8 episodes for 50 bucks? Hey, don't do me any favors.

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Colorized Versions of Already Released Episodes
Buyer Beware: These are NOT different episodes from those that Guy Williams' fans already have on VHS tapes. Each of the VHS tapes (released years ago) had a title for each tape (which contained about 6 episodes each). Those titles do NOT appear on these dvds. However, they are the exact same episodes. <
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>What you get are "new" colorized copies and better picture quality (although the VHS tapes were fine quality). <
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>I'm not knocking these dvds. I just want to pass along this warning. I may not have jumped at the Christmas gift of a "deal" on all 6 dvds had I known that I was not getting any new episodes. <
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>All of that said, Guy Williams is masterful in every way in this series. His allegedly deaf valet steals the show many times. Sgt. Garcia is the Sgt. Schultz (Hogan's Heroes) of this series. It all works, in every episode. <
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>For you fans who followed Guy Williams from here into the additionally immortal Lost In Space TV series, there is another treat in here. Jonathan Harris (Dr. Zachary Smith on Lost In Space) appears in the Mountain Man set of episodes, as a dastardly, conniving sneak. I guess someone saw how well he did it, and signed him up as the permanent "Special Guest Star" on Lost In Space. <
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>Guy Williams died of a brain aneurism, in 1989 in Argentina. Though born in the Bronx, he had reportedly felt burned by Hollywood. After relocating to Argentina, he did some work with a traveling circus as Zorro. In Hollywood, he had also starred as Sinbad and as the sword-wielding Miles Hendon in a Disney version of The Prince and the Pauper. <
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>Guy Williams was the first of the Lost In Space actors to die, followed only recently by Jonathan Harris. Sadly, their first public reunion was after 1989. <
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>Guy Williams, born Armando Joseph Catalano, may have been one of the most untapped strong-male (a true 6'3") lead actors that Hollywood neglected, to their loss and ours.

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Why the Marketplace
E. Davis said: "I'm not sure why Amazon doesn't distribute it directly, but was able to order it from a Marketplace seller." <
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>Amazon doesn't distribute this directly because it (along with the other 4 DVDs of season 1) is currently a Disney Movie Club "Exclusive Title" (This is indicated by a gold logo in the lower right corner of the cover). This means the only "official" place you can purchase this is through that venue (currently at half the cost of most Marketplace sellers). The Marketplace sellers are obtaining theirs from a membership they have or through another DMC member. This violates a portion of the agreement you make when you join the Disney Movie Club which states: "Membership is intended for personal use only. Movies purchased through the Disney Movie Club are not intended for resale or other commercial purposes." <
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>That said... This is an EXCELLENT series! While this IS a colorized version and my preferences run towared the original B/W it is some of the best colorization I've seen. I'm looking forward to the second season.