I bought the box set, too, for $37 at Wal-Mart here in the Philadelphia area. Instead of “living” in my DVD collection, it occupies a “spot of honor” on my entertainment center.

What I didn’t like about the box set is that disc 4 did not allow you to skip over the four previews – you could, instead, fast forward over them.

Only discs 1 & 2 had special features, but there is a sixth disc with the history of the cartoon and a preview of the “next generation” cartoon.

An odd thing that I saw was that Episode 52 (Race Around The World, Part 2 – the last episode) had a voiceover at the end saying “don’t miss the next exciting episode of Speed Racer!” There aren’t any next episodes!!

I do like that the original creators placed Trixie in a “Curved Dash” Oldsmobile (made from 1901-1907 – hers was probably an ’04-’07) in the end credits.

I attended an all-Oldsmobile “homecoming” car show in Lansing, Mich. in June 2007 and they had about a dozen of the Curved Dash models on display, all privately-owned. They formed a motorcade and drove around the show grounds late in the day. Impressive for cars that are all over a century old!

Bill S.
Co-president, GM Skywagon Club
Bucks County, PA

One of my favorite cartoons to watch as a kid. I think Channel 34 might have shown them in the afternoon after I got home from school.