Comparisons of the different DVD sets?

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Comparisons of the different DVD sets?

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Hey guys,

I'm thinking of importing one of the many DVD releases of Rainbow Brite for my niece, but there's a problem in that in my experience, they all have one problem or another.

From what I remember (correct me if any of this is wrong)

* the Australian DVD set is missing the episode "Peril in the Pits"
* the British DVDs (Which are volumes, not a set) use the post-movie version of the opening and ending theme for every episode, including the pre-movie ones. I'd prefer each episode to have its actual original opening and ending.
* The german DVDs use edited versions of the episodes which are actually missing footage (there's a video on youtube which compares them against the old VHS release to demonstrate where content is missing).

So my question basically comes down to: Do ANY of the DVDs have the correct openings (or at least, feature the original "Rainbow Brite! See the shining light!" opening/ending theme as a bonus feature)? And are the British and Australian DVDs completely uncut? Or am I better off just hunting down the old VHS releases and putting them through a VHS to DVD recorder?

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You can compare all of the DVD releases here:

https://www.youtube.com/RainbowBriteEpisodes

I'm not sure any of them are perfect, but hopefully they'll at least help :)
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There actually is an American one, with all the episodes, but it might be bootleg. Still high quality though so I don't care.

I'm not entirely sure about the openings you mention, though.
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Yeah, the American ones (I've seen at least two) are bootlegs. I think they're up on that YouTube channel too.
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