The legend that is MacGyver! Why not give this guy a shot at fixing the global economic crisis, I bet he could fix it with two paper clips and a bag of sugar!

Seriously though the acting is terrible, the storylines are terrible and the haircuts are terrible but I still love this show. For a very reasonable price you get 22 episodes of good old fashioned fun,possibly the cheapest and safest form of time travel today. Sit back with a glass of red lemonade and let the nostalgia flow .........Aaaah the good times!

MacGyver was a show that was often silly, cheesy and sometimes even cleverly inventive, but above all it was always entertaining.

Although Richard Dean Anderson's mullet and the interesting fashion styles remind you the show has dated a lot since it first aired in the UK, the enjoyment factor is still incredibly high.

The story lines are often ridiculous and MacGyver's one liners don't exactly rival James Bond, but watching MacGyver was never about the plot - it was, however, all about seeing him escape from endless near-death situations using only random household objects he could find within reach.

If you were a fan of MacGyver, you won't be disappointed by this box set. You will smile, you will laugh (although not always where the writers intended you to) and you will no doubt marvel once again at the amazing ingenuity of the hero himself.

And, besides, even if you weren't a big fan of the show, it's probably worth it for that incredible theme tune alone.

Macgyver starring 'mullet' haired Richard dean Anderson was a great fun series that owes more to the A-Team than anything else. Angus Macgyver hates any sort of weapon but can turn his hand to anything to get away from danger. Over the series he manages to construct many machines or weapons from normal objects found laying about or from his ruck sack. This is very much a kids show therefore the plots are fun but not riveting. It's a bit like a live action cartoon in a way with some daft situations that Macgyver always escapes from. This is a good buy for a fan of 80's action series and inventive all at the same time. I suppose it could be compared to 'Alias' without the aid of Marshall and his hi-tech spy gadgets !.

As somebody who missed the original run of MacGyver but became a big fan of Richard Dean Anderson through Stargate SG-1, I picked this box-set up on a whim. Based on what I'd heard about the series, I expected it to be cheesy but fun. I was quite pleasantly surprised to find that actually, it's much better than that. The quality of the acting is on the whole quite decent, the dialogue is fairly fresh, and (despite some use of archive footage that stands out rather obviously when watching on DVD) it really doesn't feel particularly dated.

The main draw of the series is, obviously, RDA and his great personal appeal. MacGyver is not really a slick James Bond figure, although he gets up to some similar capers; he's a pacifistic government agent who comes up with inventive solutions to rescue hostages, capture bad guys, defuse bombs, and generally do good deeds. The morality behind the episodes is not at all subtle, but like everything else about the series, it goes down easily enough thanks to its overall charm.

The violence is naturally not remotely graphic, this being an 80s show, but it's also non-cartoonish; when someone gets hurt, whether it's our hero or the bad guys, they obviously suffer from it instead of bouncing right back to keep going (which adds a helpful flicker of realism to the 'somehow, no one ever quite dies' action-adventure antics). And while MacGyver often 'gets the girl', it never leaves a bad taste; he's portrayed as being friends with women as often as ending up in bed with them, and you get the impression that a good time is generally had by all, no hard feelings involved.

The show is not without its flaws (most of them attributable to being an American TV show made in the 80s, with all that entails) but on the whole it's so enjoyable that they really don't stick with you. If you're a fan of RDA or of light-hearted adventure shows in general, this one certainly worth checking out. Here's hoping the later seasons will get a region 2 release sometime soon.

I used to love MacGyver when it aired in the UK in the late 80s.. and have been dying to get hold of it on DVD or video over since - and now it's here! Everyone else has commented on price (but I don't care cos got mine as a gift! *lol*) so I'm going to actually review the programme...

If you've never seen the show, the basic premise is that MacGyver is a government agent type - but he doesn't like guns, isn't keen on violence, and uses his knowledge of physics and chemistry to build himself "weapons" to help him out of whatever situation he finds himself in. As with a lot of American TV shows, the moral is laid down with anvil-like subtlety and a certain suspension of disbelief if definitely required - oh and, in true 80s TV style, the bad guys are incredibly bad shots and no-one ever seems to get killed (they just get knocked out and arrested later!) There's a certain "James Bond" element to the show too - MacGyver always seems to get the women and the bad guys, if they ever catch him, always dream up some elaborate way to kill our hero - rather than, say, just putting a bullet in his head - from which, of course, he can "MacGyver" up an escape plan.

The first season has a good mix of episodes - some better than others - but is often let down by what appears to have been a seriously limited budget when it comes to hiring actors to play the bad guys - particularly in "The Golden Triangle" and "Target MacGyver" they are almost painful to watch! And "Thief of Budapest" is particularly hard to watch if you've ever seen "The Italian Job".. I mean, if you're going to save money by borrowing footage from a film for your car chase scenes, don't borrow it from one of the most classic, well-known car-chase films of all time!

Despite all this though, the series is thoroughly enjoyable - it's lighthearted fun, the "MacGyverisms" are entertaining and, what the heck, RDA was cute when he was younger.. :)

There don't appear to be any extras on the DVDs, aside from the option to change languages, but seeing as the show has not been available at all previously, it's nice just to be able to have the episodes and watch them. Roll on Season 2!