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 - GREAT BIRTHDAY PRESENT!I remember when my brother was a kid and how he'd rush home from school to see "Speed Racer". That was HIS show. He loves cars. I was happy to see the complete set (5 volumes) available and plan to give it to him on his birthday - June 30th. (He will turn 50 years young)! Rating:  - SpeedWhen I order, the item description said "Includes Collectible Die-Cast Toy", but I didn't received this. Rating: - Exciting and Fun, more violent than previous SR volumesI loved Speed Racer as a little Girl, and my daughter, age 6, loves the series as well. A lot of reviews have already been written about this vol., but I wanted to make a few points. First of all, of the first 1-4 volumes, this is the most violent. Again, it's cartoon violence and doesn't seem particularly gratuitous, but I waited a full year until my daughter was 6 before letting her watch these. Older kids, I'm sure, will have no trouble with the material. Second, one of the series is very much like a previous episode "Car Hater", but it's still a good story. Finally, I have to say that there are more twists and turns in this one than I remember in the First Two sets of Speed Racers. One of them, "The Man in the Mask", actually left me and my daughter gasping with shock at the end! Very exciting stories; and, I think they have a good message, too, of Right Vs. Wrong, Good Vs. Evil, etc. Great series, and this is sure to be one that you'd like to include if you liked the previous three volumes. Rating: - Adventures' waitin' just ahead......Wow! Nothing can stop Speed, as he battles to defeat the evil plans of villains out to conquer the world (or at the very least, a race with a bizarre name!)! Will they succeed, or will Speed prevail?! The answers to some of the questions at least, are as follows: The Terrifying Gambler The Secret Invaders (part 1) The Secret Invaders (part 2) The Man Behind the Mask The Car Destroyer The Desperate Racer The Dangerous Witness Race The Laser Tank If Speed can keep this up, he may very well end up being a multi-generational affair!! On to the final volume! Rating:  - Die Cast no longer includedAmazon is no longer including the die-cast Mach 5, which if you read the other reviews is a selling point of this package.
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