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Bonsai · 11-01-2009, 06:46 PM

I ordered The Complete Series back when Time-Life had their initial promotional offer in 2005 or 2006. I see the HBO release all the time in the stores with (nearly) identical packaging and I know that it has the same extras, etc. My Time-Life box has logos for Time-Life AND HBO on the bottom.

So my question is this: How do you tell a T-L Complete Series and an HBO Complete Series apart? Does the HBO one just not have the T-L logo as well? Are there any other differences?

gilligan fanatic · 11-09-2009, 11:29 AM

I don't have either complete series set, but I do have the first two seasons from HBO. From what I remember reading it is missing some of the commentaries from the Time Life set. They all have the intros by Barbara Feldon and about 5 comemtaries per season. There isn't a logo on the screen either. I think most of the extras are missing, at least from the individual season sets, I just don't know if the complete HBO set would be different.

11-01-2009, 06:46 PM	#1
Bonsai Gilligan Ambassador Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 12, 2005 Posts: 356	Time-Life vs. HBO I ordered The Complete Series back when Time-Life had their initial promotional offer in 2005 or 2006. I see the HBO release all the time in the stores with (nearly) identical packaging and I know that it has the same extras, etc. My Time-Life box has logos for Time-Life AND HBO on the bottom. So my question is this: How do you tell a T-L Complete Series and an HBO Complete Series apart? Does the HBO one just not have the T-L logo as well? Are there any other differences?
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gilligan fanatic Born to Be Bad Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: down by the Lagoon Posts: 9,954	I don't have either complete series set, but I do have the first two seasons from HBO. From what I remember reading it is missing some of the commentaries from the Time Life set. They all have the intros by Barbara Feldon and about 5 comemtaries per season. There isn't a logo on the screen either. I think most of the extras are missing, at least from the individual season sets, I just don't know if the complete HBO set would be different.
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