Jayce & The Wheeled Warriors - Volume 2 - 33 Episode Set

Almost worthy of a five star pre-review.
I am going to commit what a bunch of people are going to whine at me as being the cardinal sin of revewing before receiving here. I cannot help myself. The fifteen or twenty people who had the privilege of ever hearing of "Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors" in their youths have been waiting for a COMPLETE release of the series ever since "Shout Factory!" teased us with the first thirty-three episodes before dropping the project several years ago now. Then, just when it looks like Mill Creek is about to do the same thing to fans...HERE is the final half of the series, due out in mid-February! I said it before in reference to Mill Creek's rerelease and COMPLETION of "C.O.P.S.;" Mill Creek truly does care about their fans!

Lightning Strikes!
I'm a big cartoon fan of anything from the 1980s and I was more than excited when I signed up to review Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors Volume 2 courtesy in exchange for my honest review. The series aired in 1985 for one season consisting of only sixty-five episodes (the standard life-time of an average kid's show). It was based on the line of Mattel toys.

The series used the 'good vs. evil' plot. Jayce's father, Audric a botanist, created a miracle crop that could grow in any environment, but things go horribly wrong when a solar flare sends a burst of radiation causing his plants to mutate. The first plant is known as Saw Boss and the others are his Monster Minds. The plants are evil creatures who can transform into vehicles. Only a magic root can stop them. Audric has half of the root and his son, Jayce has the other half. Every episode has Jayce, along with the wizard Gillian, the telepathic Flora, the squire Oon and the pilot Herc Stormsailor (a rip-off of Han Solo from...

Not too thrilled about the DVD packaging...
However, the second season/set of Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors cartoons are finally here and that should be cause for celebration! The cartoons on this set look fantastic, and the price is quite reasonable (especially compared to the cheaply remastered/produced Warner/Hanna Barbara archive animated tv shows that are WAY overpriced for the home made discs and the cheap menus--if there even are any--so lame). I do applaud Mill Creek Entertainment for their efforts, which are at times clumsy (as they do stumble on the remastering front from time to time) but well meant. They really do care about the fans of these shows, and for this value of a price they deliver a consistent deal on their cartoons and tv show DVD sets. This one comes packaged in a regular plastic DVD case with THREE PAPER SLEEVES INSIDE TO STORE THE THREE INDIVIDUAL DISCS... ughhh. Two of our discs were slightly scuffed just opening and removing the discs for the 1st time! Too bad. Otherwise, it's quite...

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