The Lone Ranger (Collector's Edition)

I LOVE THIS SET! IT IS TRULY A DREAM COME TRUE FOR ME! You need to understand that some of my earliest memories as a five-year-old are about:1. Waiting all week for WGN-TV in Chicago to play one hour's worth, i.e., (2) Lone Ranger episodes from 8-9 a.m. every Sunday morning, before our Catholic Sunday Mass.2. Dressing up in my treasured, official Lone Ranger costume, complete with the black mask, sky-blue shirt and pants, the white hat, a red kerchief, a pair of the 'Ranger's cowboy boots, a sturdy, leather-look holster, (with hard plastic "silver bullets" to fill the holster, but not the guns.)Best yet were 2 beautifully-reproduced "six-shooter" cap pistols. When loaded and fired, they made a really loud bang, and, coolest of all, the green paper caps that any kid could buy in those days for your play guns from your neighborhood toy store. Those caps were filled with just a fraction of gunpowder. By no means was this dangerous, but when they went off, one could see the faintest bit of smoke, and smell the gunpowder, just as real cowboys did. I'll talk more on this in a moment, but, for now, let's return "to those thrilling days of yesteryear", that is, this simply awesome, fantastic boxed set.I'm really sorry that the one-and-only Lone Ranger, (Clayton Moore), and the real Tonto, (Jay Silverheels - sorry, Johnny Depp,) aren't around to see this set, or to autograph my copy! Moreover, if you had told me as that five-year-old, I'd now own every episode of my favorite TV show, (1949-1957), including the two Lone Ranger feature films on a 30-disc set, loaded with memorabilia? WOW. I'd have fainted. The films, FYI? "The Lone Ranger", and its sequel, "The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold", each about 90 minutes, in full color. Fantastic fun.The reproduction and remastering of each show is flawless, as is the cleaned-up (mono) sound. Critics say the show was often corny; as in, the good guy always wins, but so what? What the critics forget is that young boys looked up to the Lone Ranger and Tonto characters for reinforcing the moral lessons that Moms and Dads *used* to teach their kids! Virtues such as fairness and especially RESPECT. Respect for other people, for the law, and those who enforce those laws. That is, those folks who put their lives at risk daily to protect yours: the sheriffs and deputies then; the police today. Nowadays, big punks or little thugs can commit their crimes, then resist arrest and the cops are the somehow the bad guys? WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!Sadder still? Boys and girls can't play with toy guns in this sickeningly-Politically-Correct America anymore. Growing up in the 1950s-'60s THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. It was, years ago, a safe way to pretend good-guy-bad-guy. We took turns playing each, and, aside from sports, toy guns were part and parcel in learning conflict resolution and fair play amongst young kids. I contend that if kids had been able to play with toy guns in the last couple of decades, maybe there'd be fewer adults reaching for real guns today! Beyond that? Viewers of "The Lone Ranger" learned that, while the show's Bad Guys always shot to kill everyone in their way, the right-minded Lone Ranger and Tonto only shot to wound the Bad Guys. Big difference!It's GREAT that I don't have to miss this show anymore. If you're really a fan, "The Lone Ranger" Boxed Set is something that you'll treasure also. Buy it while you're still able!

Very happy with this purchase what a great package of this wonderful entire series the black and white episodes are really good quality both video and audio.The color stuff well i think could have been better.Not the series as much as the two feature films I own the both in earlier versions and I think the quality is better on those releases,not that they are terrible by any means but the clarity could be better.That being said the rest of the set is pure heaven for any fans of the LONE RANGER.I never saw many of these episodes before especially the season 3 ones with JOHN HART as the ranger.He could not really fill CLAYTON MOORES shoes but he gives it a good try.I don't dislike him as THE LONE RANGER as I once did.That season actually is pretty good.I haven't gotten through all included 220 episodes yet but I'm gong to try.Really a great thing to have all 5 seasons together in one big beautiful 30 disc set a must for anyone who ever loved these programs.The best thing to come out of the ill fated disney movie from 2013.

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.Seasons 1 & 2: These have the same episode counts on each disc and same run times on each discs as the 75th anniversary set (varying from 24 minutes and change up to 25 minutes and change). Prints look the same. Aside from the menu change, these discs seem identical to the earlier set.Season 3: I can't recall from syndication if these episodes still featured the Clayton Moore intro, or if they had a new intro with John Hart, but here on these discs, it's the same Clayton Moore intro as Seasons 1 and 2. Run times vary from 22:40 to 23 minutes and change, with a stray episode here and there running around 24 minutes it seems. These appear to be of similar video and audio quality to the Season 1 & 2 shows, but obviously shorter syndicated prints than on those seasons. The shorter run times allow them to fit more shows on each disc compared to Seasons 1 & 2. These were also clearly authored from videotape transfers. 9 episodes to a disc this time, 6 discs for the season (7 episodes on the last disc).Season 4: Same as season 3--we get episodes ranging from 22:40 to over 23 minutes and almost 24 in a few instances. Same audio/video quality, videotape transfers. 9 episodes to a disc once again, 6 discs for the season (7 episodes on the last disc).Season 5: 4 discs, with 10 episodes on the first 3 and 9 on the last disc. Same audio/video quality as the other seasons (except of course they are now in color, and appear to be videotape transfers). Run times are around 22:30 each and a few run close to 23 minutes. I compared these prints to Rhino's Season 5 set, and while those also had the same run times as these (~22:30-23:00), the Rhino episodes look better simply due to much less compression (that set had about 5 episodes to a disc, compared to the 10 on these). The Rhino episodes also had several chapter breaks in each episode, whereas this set has no chapter breaks on any episodes.With regards to the season 3-5 episodes, I did not detect any time compression or speed-up in the audio or the video, same as with the earlier seasons.Bonus Disc 1: This appears to be the same bunch of extras as the 75th anniversary set (same Lassie episode-"Peace Patrol", same Lone Ranger animated episodes from 1966, and the same radio broadcast). I believe the menu is even the same, so I think this is the exact same disc with new disc art.Bonus Disc 2: Features the 2 movies, "The Lone Ranger" (1956, color) and "The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold" (1958, color). Run time on the first movie is 1:26 and the second movie is 1:21. Prints are not remastered in any way, but generally good quality, same as the episodes themselves, perhaps slightly better due to less compression. These also seem to be from videotape transfers.The Collectibles: The same contents in the sleeve pouch as the 75th anniversary set, EXCEPT no trading cards (at least not in mine). The pages of the coffee table book hold 2 discs to a page (top and bottom right side), and the discs are easy to remove without having to pinch the edge of the page (by comparison, the James Bond 50 set discs were much harder to get out of those sleeves which were also contained in the pages of a book). The artwork on the pages is similar to the artwork on the pages of the 75th set's collectible booklet. HOWEVER, the 75 set's booklet had a TON of text material, which I found very informative, and this set has NONE of that text material contained in the pages of this book. Both feature the same timeline (with the new set having an updated timeline for 2007 and 2013). The lack of all that wonderfully written historical information giving detailed background on the history of the character and the series is SORELY MISSED in this book--I don't understand why it wasn't included here. You do get a Life Magazine-sized episode guide to each season's shows by disc, but no other written content.Interestingly, my 75th set had a certificate for "Weber's Lone Ranger Safety Club" and a number, 90240. The same certificate and number is included in the pages of this set as well.Overall, if you already own the 75th anniversary set and the Rhino set, you do not need to purchase this set unless you simply want the missing episodes (I'm sure some enterprising individual will probably be selling the Season 3-5 discs on ebay before too long). The Season 3-5 shows are also heavily edited down, unlike the earlier episodes. Additionally, the wonderfully detailed text from the book is not included, nor are the trading cards, and the prints on the Rhino set are a little nicer looking with chapter breaks, unlike these. HOWEVER--you do get the 2 theatrical features, and I'm not sure if these are/were sold separately on DVD at some point.I'm a huge Lone Ranger fan who never missed an episode an syndication as a kid, week after week, year after year, so having a complete run of the shows was worth the double-dip for me ($150 on Amazon currently), even though the size of this set is cumbersome. I am disappointed that not as much TLC went into this set as went into the 75th anniversary set, but ultimately, I'm happy to have them and share them with my young 'uns!Hopefully this info helps some of you make an informed decision on whether or not to purchase. Hi-Yo Silver, awaaay!

I've been waiting for years for this series to be released as a complete set with all 221 episodes. I had taped all but six of them from the TV and converted them to DVD but the quality wasn't as good as these. I would have liked it better if it had been released in the size package that the 75th Anniversary set was, instead of the large coffee table style. I don't have a coffee table and it won't fit on the shelf with the rest of my Lone Ranger DVDs. The first two seasons were released on the 75th Anniversary set and it seems to me like it would have been better if they had released the last three seasons as a companion the the 75th. But that didn't happen and I'm just happy that got the whole set now. I would recomend this set to anyone that grew up with The Lone Ranger. I went to the new movie and ddidn't like it at all.

yes i very much liked this show to me when it came to The Lone Ranger John Hart was just playing the part he was not any good but also to me Clayton Moore really brought The Lone Ranger to life i would have to say Clayton Moore did for the Lone Ranger what Christopher Reeve did for Superman and what Lynda Carter did for Wonder Woman i did not care for the episodes with John Hart but i really liked the episodes with Clayton Moore the box was a bit bigger then i thought it would be and the cost is kind of big but after going over it i would have to say it would be worth the cost after all you get 2 movies and all those episodes of to men that put aside all the dumb thoughts about white men being better then everybody ells and an Indian and a white man working as brothers to bring justice and respect to all men and women no matter the race or anything ells yes this is a very very good show

Been in love with Jay Silverheels since I was a toddler. Yep, and I still have a life size standee of Lone and Tonto, in my bedroom. You can't imagine the pleasure that this long awaited complete episode dvd boxed set has given me. I feel 5 years old again.