New York Mets 1986 Collector's Edition (DVD, 2006, 9-Disc Box Set)

This is a great DVD set for the die hard Met fan. All us Met fans from the 80's remember that Amazin year, but do we remember all of them play by play. Awesome! Not only you get all seven games of the World Series, but you even get the seventh game of the NLCS vs. the Astros and you get the bonus of the interviews with the players from the "86" Mets team along with an exclusive interiew with Billy Buckner (the man who made it possible). The reason I gave it a "Good" is cause we are all spoiled with the crisp picture quality we get today on TV. So don't expect that same quality we get today, as a matter a fact it's the same as back in the day just not to todays standard!

If you saw the 1986 Mets than you acn not be w/o this DVD. It is excellent, to see the games as they were broadcast 20 years ago and to relive every pitch in one of the most memorable World Series' every is such a joy. Every REAL Mets fan needs to have this in their collection.

This is great to have if your a Mets fan that remembers the good old days of Strawberry, Gooden, Hernandez, Dykstra, Mookie, Knight and Carter. You can watch every game as it appeared to you in 1986. The best thing about watching them again is listening to the comments and fun filled facts that the commentators give you during the game. The last disk is another good one as well.
The only drawback is the lack of extra interviews on the DVD. Maybe it's because I'm an avid Mets fan who knows more about that season then the average fan or maybe it's because most of the stories I know about them could never be told in front of the camera.
Overall it's still a good DVD collection to have if you're a big Mets fan. LET'S GO METS!!

I bought this as a gift. Arrived in decent packaging and shipping time was average. Overall everything was good.

This was a gift for someone....i did not watch it but it looks good if your a mets fan and are into stats and history of the team.

I loved the product. It's pretty much what I wanted. The only thing to dislike about the order was that it took a little over a week to get to me to the point where I was almost doubting it will get to me, but I got it and all is well.

Though I do not have all the Collectors editions of the World Series, I imagine there is not much difference betix them. The meat of it is the TV broadcast of every game in its entirety sans commercials or National Anthems and in this era there are no FX information on the screen, which we forces you to pay attention. Also, in this era, TV would show the catchers signals which tells you weather a pitcher is hitting his spots or not and bringing the viewer deeper into the strategy.
What separates these series is the bonus material and though the 16 inning affair with the Astros, every pitch for 5 plus hours, was indeed interesting, it still wasn't close to the Game 5 of the ALCS between the Sox and Angels which Henderson revives the SOX from death but the Angels tie it up in the bottom of the ninth for a back and forth extra inning affair. So, because of that ommision, I give it a Good rating instead of Excellent.
Ahh, to recall a time when all players wore low top spikes except the injured Buckner. And all those Stars...Good God Yawl! Hernandez, Carter, Boggs, Buckner, Rice, Clemons, Gooden, Strawberry, the rookie Dykstra...But this collection doesn't answer the burning question, "Why was Buckner playing at that point in the game?" From the first pitch of game 1 you see that he is crippled and bandaged like a revolutionary soldier.
Being a Phillies fan, I can be objective and say that Games 1 thru 4 are a snore but six and seven? SHEW! They are a microcosm of Shea Stadium and Mets fans who were loud, smart and funny.

SIMPLY AMAZIN'...WHAT CAN I SAY? PROBABLY ABOUT THE MOST INTENSE NL PLAYOFF GAMES AND WORLD SERIES GAMES EVER PLAYED AND I'M NOT JUST SAYING THAT BECAUSE I LOVE THE METS. 1986 WAS A MAGICAL YEAR FOR EVERYONE ONVOLVED, FROM PLAYERS TO SPECTATORS. THE INTESITY IS SHOWN IN EVERYONE'S FACE AFTER EVERY PITCH, AFTER EVERY OUT. A GREAT WAY TO EXPERIENCE THEM ALL OVER AGAIN AND SHARE THEM WITH GENERATIONS TO COME. CLEARLY THE 80'S WERE A GREAT ERA FOR BASEBALL WHEN IT WAS CLEAN AND NOT TAINTED WITH STEROID ABUSE, AN ERA WHEN PITCHING DOMINATED BUT HEART AND WILL PREVAILED - YOU WILL NOT REGRET BUYING THIS SET!

With each game of the 1986 World Series on DVD available in one convenient collection, I'm able to watch that ball trickle through Bill Buckner's legs again and again and I can the Mets win the World Series every day, which is my greatest dream.

I am very upset with the way your company handles when someone buys something and pays for it and never receives the item. I have wrote to the person I purchased the NY Mets 1986 World Series DVD's from and he never has written me back or said anything. I even gave him my phone number in case there was a problem and have never heard anything from him. I paid for the item with a money order that I sent to the address he gave me and that was over 2 months ago. This was suppose to be a Christmas present and I have never received it. I checked to see if the money order was cashed and it was and he still wont send me my item. This is not fair and I am now going to report this to the BBB and whoever else my lawyer recommends me to report this to. I am very upset and do not like being taken advantage of. Thank you for listening. Kim Frank

I love the Mets, they are my favorite baseball team! I am unable to view the Mets on television very often, which is one of the reasons as to why I purchased this item. If E-Bay carried more dvds of the Mets games, then I would gladly purchase them.

To say that the release of this dvd collection was long overdue would be an understatement. The 1986 world series was one of the best ever--especially the last 2 games. Re-live the roller-coaster of emotions as both the red sox and mets provided not only their fans, but ALL baseball fans with many thrills in this 7 game classic.
It brought back many fond memories of my youth watching these games again, not to mention the joy of finally being able to replace my vhs tapes of games 6 & 7, which by this point are on the wane as far as picture quality.(Many of you out there know what I'm talking about!)
All games are in their entirety and the bonus dvd, is packed with great highlights of the mets-astros nlcs..such as Lenny Dykstra's walk-off hr in game 3 & also Dave Henderson's hr against the angels in game 5 of the alcs when the sox were one strike away from elimination.
The best dvd of this magnificent collection (in my humble opinion) is the 16 inning marathon between the mets and astros that took place in the astrodome(game 6)..a game that that started less than 24 hours after the conclusion of their 12 inning 5th game at shea stadium, and lasted roughly 5 hours.
Highly recommended collection, feels like you're watching it again for the first time!

This is a great series, 7 evenly matched games for the most part, only one clunker to me, which is game one (1-0), and even then, you have the game 6 of the nlcs to make up for it. This is good, solid baseball, a clean full screen (no ticker tape across the screen garbage like they have now), vin scully calls the series. The crowds are quiet the first 4 games or so, and 5-7 the crowds are really into it and chanting.

I am a Red Sox fan, and bought this to add to my colletion of DVD Series of Red Sox apperences in the World Series (win or lose). These sets are done very well and bring to life again the fun and heartbreak of these great moments!
Mets fans will love this set, Red Sox fan will be heart broken again, but they bring great moments back to life (like your there all over again!)

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Watched game 6 and memories flooded back....like being there again! The picture was very clear as expected from a recording 21+ yrs ago. It was taken from Video format, so don't expect the Digital clarity. Statistics were on screen while players came up to bat, and the capture of great moments was realized! Obviously, these DVD's were formatted from the original game transmissions, nicely marketed, packaged, recorded for many years of enjoyment. It also included bonus DVD's! It's a great set, and it made this NY Met die-hard fan very Ü very happy! STRONGLY RECOMMENDED ! GREAT VALUE for the PRICE !

Great DVD and the price on ebay was so affordable. If your a mets fan or just a fan of baseball this is one dvd set to buy. The amazing thing is that every game from the 86 series is in this set and all the games are complete. Also there is a bonus dvd with the complete 86 NLCS game clincing win for the mets vs the astros. Finally each dvd box has the complete stats for the game that you would want to watch.

Product was cheaper than in store, with the same quality. You can search for equivalent products with a lesser cost on e-bay. This purchase exemplifies this.