Rugrats: The Complete Series

First quality , entire Rugrats series. These dvds are exactly what you’d expect. My son is really enjoying them. You’ll have a hard time , finding a better price on this set

Great Value

The complete series as I remember it so well, all packaged up in one neat little box. All discs came in pristine condition, no scratches or anything. Exactly as described.

Love it! Perfect condition!

Bought as a gift to watch with my daughter ,good choice

I was born in 1991, so Rugrats was a huge part of my life growing up. It was always my favorite animated show from the time I could remember up until I got busy with school and sports and stopped watching TV. But I love animated TV shows from early 2000s back as far as animated TV shows go to things like Looney Tunes. Really quick, I give this 4 stars because they surely could have given a better way to hold the disks rather than stacking 2 on top and the off set another 2 on top of that(3 disks somtimes) leading to an incredibly difficult time removing disks and getting to the one you are wanting, but having all these episodes in one release by itself almost makes it worth 5 stars. Now, I said Rugrats has always been my favorite, and I find it hard to say it isn't still my "favorite" given the impact it had on me growing up, however, what I can say is objectively it isn't the best animated TV show. Without going through a bunch of lists, I just want to say Rugrats holds up very well for the most part, just not as well as others. To give an example Hey Arnold was a show I liked but it never was Rugrats, but objectively as an adult Hey Arnold is an incredible show that holds up and is objectively better. Nostalgia is hard to put aside but in doing so I acknowledge which is better, but again that doesn't mean Rugrats isn't my favorite. To me growing up anything and everything Rugrats was amazing, that included everything up to Kimi. There is a lot of debates that get pretty heated regarding Rugrats and how it was ruined by Dil, or ruined by Kimi, but growing up I didn't care, I loved Dil and Kimi was one of my favorite characters(and still is despite what I am about to say) and I still loved the episodes... However, rewatching the series, the quality of the episodes are noticeably worsening as they progress. Starting at the beginning, Season 1 is fabulous, it has some shakiness and not every episode is on the mark, but as a whole the writing/stories/etc is fabulous. Season 2 was the best, the episodes are home run after home run with a grand slam mixed in regularly, and Season 3 was pretty much the same. Now season 4 is where I started to notice a decline in quality, it is still good, but they start stretching for ideas in my opinion in this season, but that being said there are still some of my favorite episodes mixed in. Season 5 sees the introduction of Dil, which marks the "ruined" start of Rugrats for most, but again while growing up I had no problems, it was Rugrats and anything Rugrats was amazing. Watching now, the decline that started in season 4 continued in season 5 though not a severe decline. Now is where I make my point that even if you think this is where Rugrats was ruined, I firmly believe that Dil didn't ruin Rugrats. Dil had nothing to do with the decline, the writers had been struggling with lesser quality stories and worsening dialog prior to Dil, and nothing Dil does or doesn't do marked a significant change(other than the fact all other babies talk and he can't...) in the show that wouldn't have happened had he not been created. As a matter of fact I think the introduction of Dil opened up some opportunities to expand upon(some of which were explored like Tommy being a big brother and it creating a rift between him and Chuckie) however they still lacked the charm, creativity, and wit the earlier seasons had. Then season 6 marked the lowest era of Rugrats in my opinion. This was the beginning of ultimately plain bad writing, they ran with the mispronunciation of words to a cringeworthy extreme, the adventures were confined to "imaginary" activities devoid of any creativity, the themes and purpose(or lack of one) were shallow and boring. I still watch some of the episodes and look favorably upon them as I remember watching them as an 8-9yr old, but as much as it pains me to say it, this season just isn't that good. My own personal connection helps me to enjoy them though despite that, however this is something no everyone is capable of doing. As I got further into season 6 and started season 7 the sheer consistency of lower quality episodes slowly began to become the norm, and with the expectations lowered, it started to seem better and more enjoyable even though I would still attest to lower quality. Season 7 also saw the introduction of Kimi, and from my standpoint offered a pleasant improvement. One Kimi does something that in the prior seasons no one could... Kimi could be independent. Season 5 and 6 specifically left us with Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil always together, never able to act independent of the others. Kimi we see playing by herself, addressing Angelica in a way that makes her seem more human and is willing to play/interact with Angelica or offer to include Angelica. Through ignorance or kindness or whatever seeing someone not afraid "of" Angelica or afraid "to" interact with Angelica introduced a dynamic that had been missing for seasons where we used to see Angelica not always seen in as "villainous" but merely an antagonist. Honestly, the episode quality is pretty poor, but I think Kimi improved the show than had she not been there. So again some people say Kimi "ruined" Rugrats, to which again I would argue the writers ruined Rugrats, and Kimi was actually a good character, and she was not just a copy of Tommy as some argue. Around this time is when I started getting busy with school and sports and not watching TV much, but the last episode I can vividly remember watching was "All Growed Up" which is the last episode in season 7. I remember "vividly" when this was being advertised on commercials, and in my mind I thought this was the very last episode of Rugrats to air... ever. I didn't know any episodes existed past All Growed Up because I understood this as the end of the series. So watching All Growed Up live back in 2001, I remember as an absolute Rugrats fanatic being stoked, and I loved that episode. Seeing the closet door and older Angelica there, then watching as they one by one come into view. Then the biggest most anticipated Dil makes his appearance with his first words(or sentence, since he says words sometimes). I was awestruck. I was locked in that entire episode and rewatching it 22 years later, I remembered every bit of it "vividly". I remember watching it live and believing this was the very last episode ever having such a nostalgic/nauseated feeling as Tommy/Angelica/Emica sang there song with clips of those old episodes flashing by. It hit me hard back then and I didn't even know a 10 year old could feel nostalgic, but this show that was my life since as far back as I could remember and brought me so much joy and excitement was coming to an end(at least I thought it was ending). So I am watching this 22 years later and I know that scene is coming up, I'm fully prepared for it, and boy! would you believe it hit me hard again. I just spent the past couple month or so watching 2-3 episodes a night of Rugrats, and I come to this episode right at the point I'm convincing myself how bad the writing has become and it wrecked me, taking me back on that journey, giving me the same feel I had as a 10yr old watching it for the first time and being unable to explain what I was feeling knowing this show that I had grown up with was ending. It's a hard thing to accept when something beloved to you ends, even when you know it needs to happen. Those people that say it was ruined with Dil may have wished it had ended then, but I am grateful it didn't, but that is also the nature of most good shows. If they are good you want them to continue, so the writers force their way forward whether they are out of ideas or not, but eventually the well runs dry, and then when people don't enjoy it any longer it hurts it's long term reputation. It's like a football player retiring, they never want to retire while they are on top of their game, but then they keep playing until they start playing bad and have to retire but not before their legacy is hurt. I will always love Rugrats, the amazing seasons, the good seasons, and the... well... bad seasons, and call it nostalgia if you want and I completely understand anyone who says they don't want to watch anything past season 3 or 5 or whatever season it is for them, but this will forever be my favorite and the memories from watching it, pretend playing as Rugrats(as a matter of fact I was pretend playing "all grown up" Rugrats before the "All Growed Up" was a thing), and much more will always be a part of who I am. Just really quick though, I find it really funny that they do not age AT ALL for the entire show. We see Summer, Spring, Fall, Winter episodes all with and without Dil and developmentally Tommy is exactly the same, and if you have kids or know anything about kids, you know at Tommy's first birthday he should be going to the doctor every 3 months to check his developmental milestones of which we know at least 9 months has to pass he has no development.

I love watching the RugRats on Nickelodeon when it’s was on TV now other people can now can watch it at home or by themselves in their room at home

Brings me back to my childhood