Amazon DVD Deal of the Week: The Rat Patrol: The Complete Series - $19.99 Reg $37.99
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Man, I need to stop spending money, but I can't resist buying this set at such a great price.
I can still remember playing Rat Patrol with my buddies back in the early to mid 70's.
Thanks for the heads up, OP.
I can still remember playing Rat Patrol with my buddies back in the early to mid 70's.
Thanks for the heads up, OP.
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Thanks, Hammer99. I know I watched this as a kid but I only remember bits and pieces of the show. I forgot this was really a 1/2 hour TV show instead of a full hour. But, that's cool. The "bite-sized" episodes should be fun to watch and be a kid again.
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Fantastic deal...the seasons still sell for around $20 each separately (although they do go on sale from time to time). Still, no way that you can touch this price anywhere else. I bought it for $24.99 when it was released & sold my individual sets (opened) for $35 combined.
You're getting 58 episodes of a pretty decent war show. Sure, it's no Combat! and the shows get repetitive (how many different scenarios can you come up with in North Africa?), but they're still fast-paced little dramas. I read an interview with the actor who played Hitch in which he says that the second season suffered from being moved from a foreign location (Spain?) back to LA and the suits demanded budget cuts (resulting in indifferent scripts & direction). In other words, RP suffered the same fate as many high-concept series from that era...find a successful format, cut the budget, & run the formula into the ground.
Having said that, I'm putting my sand goggles on, roaring over the dunes, and going back in for 2 more copies for Christmas gifts.
Thanks for the alert, Hammer!
You're getting 58 episodes of a pretty decent war show. Sure, it's no Combat! and the shows get repetitive (how many different scenarios can you come up with in North Africa?), but they're still fast-paced little dramas. I read an interview with the actor who played Hitch in which he says that the second season suffered from being moved from a foreign location (Spain?) back to LA and the suits demanded budget cuts (resulting in indifferent scripts & direction). In other words, RP suffered the same fate as many high-concept series from that era...find a successful format, cut the budget, & run the formula into the ground.
Having said that, I'm putting my sand goggles on, roaring over the dunes, and going back in for 2 more copies for Christmas gifts.
Thanks for the alert, Hammer!
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Originally Posted by SkullOrchard
Man, I need to stop spending money, but I can't resist buying this set at such a great price.
I can still remember playing Rat Patrol with my buddies back in the early to mid 70's.
Thanks for the heads up, OP.
I can still remember playing Rat Patrol with my buddies back in the early to mid 70's.
Thanks for the heads up, OP.
Ah...those were the days. WWII was won on a daily basis right there in the basement (the same room I'm typing this in, since we moved back into the home place I inherited last year).