Lost Cause: Galaxy Rangers DVD?

No no no, not the Power Rangers Lost Galaxy... I'm talking about a syndicated cartoon circa 1986. No toy-line or anything, this was a one-shot package deal that ran for a full season and nobody but me (and a few hardcore types) seems to remember. It was one of those shows that died a painful death: you'd wake up early on Saturday morning and stay glued to the television for like 6 hours because you were NEVER sure when that week's episode would run (usually got the shaft by running insanely early like 5:30am before going to cancellation oblivion).

Let's have a moment of silence for it...

The show was a brilliant independent story-line that was a western set in an epic sci-fi universe. It was about a group of elite "space cops" and their run-ins with the alien riff-raff (including ongoing plots like the resuce of the team-leader's wife, the mysterious past associated with the Eastwood-like loner, and the war with vast but crumbling evil empire)... yes, all this in what was a supposedly a "kiddie show" - don't ask.

About a year ago an announcement was made that some deal had finally materialized to distribute the series on DVD. Seemed very realistic because quite frankly, we've been innundated with 80's nostalgia lately - boxed sets of Transformers, GI Joe, Thundercats, COPS, Jem, etc. have all made appearances at DVD shops everywhere... But like all indy-productions, GR made their comeback as a series of stand-alone discs - not a set.
Problem is that over in Europe, the full set has been long since released. And over here in North America, we haven't seen a new release since volume 4 came out last fall. And usually, you're bound to hear some whisperings on the grapevine that the studios were happy to report good earnings and that a full set would soon follow. But nothing - I haven't seen or heard anything... in fact, the last announcements I've seen are from when the first disc was released.

Anyway, I've grown tired of waiting and last night decided to pick up disc 3 entitled "Phoenix." Again, don't ask, but it includes the first 2 episodes (doesn't seem to be any order to these releases). It's a decent package and of all 4, I'm glad I chose this one, because it also contains a later episode that specifically ties in with the events from the 2-parter from series launch. I had a great time watching the show last night ...and I guess the whole point of this post is, "show your love... because noone else will." I think I'm going to have to hunt down those other 3 discs... doesn't look like we'll be seeing a boxed set anytime soon.