Disc News: Power Rangers megaset morphin in July

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Earlier news had Shout! Factory putting out the first Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Season One, Volume One on July 30. Turns out that there’s a whole lot more available on that date. Shout! Factory has teamed up with Time Life to offer The Power Rangers: Seasons One – Seven. That’s 40 DVDs of Morphin excitement at once. Time Life is offering the megaset at $219.95 with no shipping and handling fee. Here’s the press release from Shout! Factory and Time Life:

In a move to provide avid collectors of all things Power Rangers with an exclusive first-to-own experience, fans now have the opportunity to purchase box sets through a Time Life direct-response television and online campaign. Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Saban Brands, has teamed up with Time Life to make a 40-DVD collection of Power Rangers: Seasons One – Seven directly available to fans. Fans can pre-order now at PowerRangersonDVD.com or at 1-800-826-8545. The collections will be available beginning July 30, 2012 through Time Life’s direct-response, on-air TV campaign, as well as online.

The Power Rangers: Seasons One – Seven collection will include all 145 original episodes from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Seasons One, Two and Three, plus the ten-episode series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Alien Rangers. It then continues on with Power Rangers: Seasons Four – Seven, featuring all of the original 183 episodes spanning the seasons entitled Power Rangers Zeo, Power Rangers Turbo, Power Rangers In Space and Power Rangers Lost Galaxy. In-depth bonus content includes a retrospective featurette on the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers phenomenon, brand-new interviews with members of the cast and the creative team and much more!

Also, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Season One, Volume One, 3-DVD set will arrive in stores and will be available through select digital entertainment platforms on August 21, 2012. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Season One, Volume One features the first 30 original episodes from the first season and delivers over 10 hours of high-energy, family friendly entertainment. Sure to attract young fans of current Power Rangers as well as young adults who grew up with this popular series, this 3-DVD set is priced to own at a suggested retail price of $19.93. Pre-order is now availablavailable at Amazon.com.

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