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The Home Improvement Complete Collection DVD set, released for the show’s 20th anniversary, includes all 204 episodes from eight seasons on 25 discs, packed in a collectible toolbox-style box with a Binford “All-in-One” tool. Extras include commentaries and blooper reels. It is a Region 1 set, in stock and ready to ship free within the US. Add it to your cart today.
| Format | DVD |
|---|---|
| Discs | 25 |
| Studio | Abc Studios |
| Released | May 10, 2011 |
| Run time | 6 hours and 20 minutes |
| Condition | Not specified |
| Availability | In stock |
The Home Improvement Complete Collection DVD set, released for the show's 20th anniversary, packs all eight seasons and all 204 episodes of the ABC sitcom onto 25 discs. Tim Allen stars as Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor in a run that lasted from September 1991 to May 1999.
This is a Region 1 DVD set, so it plays in standard US and Canadian DVD players as well as Blu-ray players. Episodes are presented full frame, as they were broadcast, with the original Dolby Digital stereo sound.
Home Improvement is based on the stand-up comedy of Tim Allen and is set in suburban Detroit. Tim hosts Tool Time, a Binford-sponsored home repair show that parodies This Old House, while his co-host Al Borland, played by Richard Karn, helps keep the show on track.
At home, Tim and his wife Jill, played by Patricia Richardson, raise three sons: Brad, Randy and Mark. Their neighbor Wilson, played by Earl Hindman, offers advice over the backyard fence, and his face is almost never fully shown.
The show was produced by Wind Dancer Productions and Touchstone Television and taped at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank. It was ABC's top sitcom for most of its run and reached No. 2 in the ratings in the 1993-94 season.
The box gathers the bonus material from the individual season sets rather than adding new extras:
Prefer to collect one season at a time? Start with Home Improvement Season 1 or jump to the finale in Home Improvement Season 8. Browse more TV box sets, or read our guide to the best TV series box sets. For the show's full history, see the Wikipedia article on Home Improvement.
Home Improvement Complete Collection DVD: Questions Buyers Ask
How many episodes and discs are in the set?
All 204 episodes from the eight seasons, on 25 discs.
Will it play in my US DVD player?
Yes. It is a Region 1 DVD set, the standard for US and Canadian players, and it also plays in Blu-ray players.
What makes the 20th anniversary edition special?
It comes in a collectible toolbox-style box with a Binford "All-in-One" tool and collects the extras from the season sets.
Is this the Home Improvement complete series?
Yes. It covers every season from 1991 to 1999.
The Home Improvement Complete Collection DVD is in stock, ships free within the US and is dispatched within 2 business days. See our 30-day return policy, then add the whole series to your cart.
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This is the DVD edition, 25 discs.
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Sweet Senior –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
No Improvement Needed for Home Improvement
All one can say is that (IMHO) “Home Improvement” was a comedy classic — but one with an intelligent story line behind it. The whole premise of the show is that an ex-hardware salesman gets his own handy-man show (ala Bob Vila), calls the show “Tool Time” and goes on to become the most inept and accident prone “unhandy man” anyone could ever imagine on cable television.
On “Tool Time”, Tim Allen’s character doles out advice about projects from installing a shelf or a wall outlet to creating an entire “man’s” bathroom complete with built-in television and beer cooler. Tim is usually saved from some near disaster of his own making by his basically insecure but really proficient assistant Al Borland, an old fashioned midwest kind of guy who just happens to only wear flannel shirts.
The other part of the program mainly takes place at Tim’s home in suburban Detroit with his wife Jill, their three extremely active sons, and their neighbor Wilson who provides advice coupled with philosophy to the Taylors over the wood fence dividing their back yards. Tim builds hot rod cars in HIS garage and tries to add “more power” to the home appliances while his loving wife tries to cope and keep it all under control while raising their three sons. What shines through most of all is the genuine affection between Tim and Jill set against all little and big situations that occur in any average family.
The show ran for eight years, so you watch the boys grow up to young adulthood; Jill stars out as a free-lance magazine writer then goes back to college to earn a degree as a professional counsellor; and finally Tim’s little show is swallowed up by “corporate bureaucratics” who buy out the tool manufacturing company that sponsored “Tool Time”, and take the program out of Tim’s hands.
“Tool Time” still airs on some cable television networks but having the entire series on DVD was worth the price. Oh, and the Anniversary Collection comes in that red simulated metal “tool box” with a handle on top and a “binford tape measure” inside. It’s fun and probably a neat gift, but now where do I put the box? If you don’t want the box, you’ll find the DVDs in other packaging.
Added Note: There is a terrific and much more detailed description of “Home Improvement” in Wikipedia. It can be seen by searching on Tool Time in Google. Home Improvement: The 20th Anniversary Complete Collection
DrummingMonkey –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
Amazon Customer –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
“Toolbox” package is cool, disc mastering and quality is terrible
First of all, the show itself is very funny, but you probably already knew that if you’re looking at this product.
The seller I purchased the set from packaged it extremely well. The disc cases come in a cardboard “toolbox” and that was shrink wrapped, stored in a cardboard box, and wrapped again in plastic.
The set itself comes in a cool cardboard “toolbox” which has real working clasp and hinges. Inside are the 8 DVD cases, 7 of which contain 3 DVD’s and the 8th contains 4 DVD’s. They are your basic DVD cases and hold the discs securely in place. There is also some printed notes and information on the inside slide-in cover of each case, which you can read when the case is open.
The discs themselves are horribly mastered. They are all single layer DVD’s and the shows are encoded at a very low bitrate. The volume name of each disc is simply “NEW”, which shows the lack of detail and care that went into mastering the DVD’s. Although the bitrate is low, thus making for poor quality video (compared to modern standards and expectations) you can still watch and enjoy the show and humor – you certainly don’t need a high quality video to enjoy them. I just wish there was more care that went into putting this historic series onto video for us to own.
Kathleen Johnson –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
Very disappointed
My problem is not with the product as I have NOT received it.
I did not realize my order could possibly not be delivered until after Christmas. My issue was that I was leaving a couple of days after the holidays and would not be home to receive my order. When I tried to change the delivery date it was difficult at best. When I finally emailed to cancel my order THEN I got a response saying that the delivery address would be changed. I responded that I would not cancel my order since the delivery address had been changed.
I received notice that my order had been shipped. My daughter has checked my mail several times and it has not been delivered there OR at her address where it should have gone if indeed the delivery address was changed.
This situation has been very frustrating and time consuming for both my daughter and myself.
I’m at a loss as to what needs to be done. I am very disappointed with this whole process. This was an expensive order and I hope that I haven’t lost my money. At this point I feel you need to straighten this mess out because I haven’t had much luck. It makes it extremely hard when there is no way to communicate, such as actually talking to a REAL person verses a computer.
Your assistance in correcting this problem, either reimburse me or get my order sent out correctly, will be appreciated and restore my desire to ever order anything from Amazon again.
Thank you for the chance to express my disappointment and frustration. Kathleen Johnson