Futurama

Futurama Diecast Figures Series 1 - Fry/Bender/Leela/Professor
$18.98
Purchased these for my Futurama obsessed Husband and he was thrilled with them. Great packaging if you wanted to keep as collectors items in the box. Very cool.

Futurama Slurm Energy Drink
$3.50
Someone stated that this Slurm energy drink was tasty. I have to disagree. It tastes like a really bad, really cheap energy drink that you can almost feel destroying your liver. It's not even Mountain Dew(tm) green, it's actually see-thru, which was very disappointing.

In regards to being a good collector's item, it is nice to own one, but the can itself is elongated like a can of Red Bull instead of regular shaped, like a Coke or Duff beer or the original Slurm on the series. I will say this: 5 bucks for it is waaaaay too much. I paid 1.99 plus shipping online and I was told by a friend that they sell this drink in some candy stores. If you really want it, find another website that sells it cheaper or find it at the mall.

Futurama: Bender's Game
$29.99
I gotta say, I'm a big fan of Futurama and I really enjoyed their previous two films, sorta, but what the heck went wrong? I remember a time when Futurama was witty, clever and laugh-out-loud funny, Bender's Game wasn't all that witty, clever or laugh-out-loud funny. Fact is I really didn't enjoy myself at all while watching this and, trust me, that's rather hard to admit being such a follower of the TV series and films.

Okay, I get it, the entire thing was a tribute to Gary Gygax and his D&D legacy as well as a LOTR parody, I'm good with all that but I just wasn't entertained by any of it. The winks, nods and yuks, none of them seemed to really be effective this film installment around, it all felt so "by-the-numbers" and uninspired. Perhaps this will work better once it's split into episodes and aired on cable but I won't be tuning in to this again. Let's hope the fourth film installment offers us the type of Futurama that spawned the loyal cult following it has today.

Futurama: The Complete Collection
$199.98
I already own all the DVD seasons and movies, but the Bender head case is a must-have for all the die-hard Futurama fans.

The head looks very cool anywhere, has a nice detailed finish, and has all the Futurama until 2009!
Of course, we will get more Futurama in 2010, but this is a unique item, well, unique next to other 25499 Bender heads.

This collection includes:
- Plastic Bender head case (almost real life size)
- Rubber de-attachable antenna
- 19 DVDs (15 of the seasons, 4 of the movies). Of course, you'll get all the extras, easter eggs, languages and features that each original DVD has.
- A letter from Matt Groening and David X Cohen talking about the support of the fans to the Series in all this 10 years. Includes the number of Bender head you bought.
- A guide to know which episode is on each disc (something that people complained in some of the reviews, trust me, is inside the box)

Minor complaints:
- I wish that the DVD discs layout were like the original ones, more detailed. Is nice to see different images, but the designs are too simple in my opinion.
- the 1st and 19th (last) DVD discs are difficult to pull out.

Recommendations:
- To open the Bender head from the back, DON'T PULL the back door, lightly (and gently) push it from the dented site and then pull.
- To pull out a disc, you'll have to pull it with your fingers like a clamp (The Clamps!)
- To put the disc back in the case, you can do it by holding the disc with your fingers from the edges.

About the packaging:
- I pre-ordered and bought the item in order to ship internationally to Ecuador, South America. The printed box came inside a box of the same size, and that box was inside a bigger box with some neat extra big air-cushion plastic bags. The discs are flawless!
- I wanted to cancel the order I made for this collection one day earlier from the release date (I didn't had a lot of money), but it was impossible. I was told not to receive the item here, and when the package returns to Amazon, I'll get a refund. I changed my mind and it was the best choice. I love my Bender head and the DVD discs inside!

JavieR
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