The Adventures of Tintin: Collector's Gift Set (Tintin) | 
 enlarge | Author: Herge
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Category: Book
List Price: $150.00
Buy New: $83.94
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 6070
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 8.9
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.4 x 5.5
ISBN: 0316006688
EAN: 9780316006682
ASIN: 0316006688
Publication Date: November 1, 2008
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Product Description
Celebrate over 100 years of Herge with a new hardcover boxed set. Join traveling reporter Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy, along with well-known friends such as Captain Haddock, as they embark on extraordinary adventures spanning historical and political events, fantasy and science-fiction adventures and thrilling mysteries. These full-color graphic novels broke new ground when they were first released and became the inspiration for countless modern-day comic artists.
This fantastic collection, containing 7 hardcover volumes (each containing 3 classic Tintin stories) and an additional bonus volume, Tintin & Co. by famed Tintinologist Michael Farr, is a great gift for Tintin lovers and first-time fans everywhere.
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 Going blind reading these December 3, 2008
What were they thinking? I really want a complete Tintin collection in a a box, but the letters on these books are way too small for reading. Disappointed.
Most disappointing unless you have bionic vision November 30, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The box set is way too small. I was excited when it came out, but assumed that the box set would be the standard size. It wasn't. I bought it for my kids although I don't think they will ever read it due to the microscopic text - I have struggled with it myself. A terrible disappointment. The only think that stopped me posting it straight back was the hassle of sorting things out at a busy post office. It is now destined to gather dust at the back of the bookshelf and I will make pretty sure next time I put a bit more work into checking out what I am actually buying
 Honey, I Shrunk The Box Set November 29, 2008
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
As the owner of the gorgeously produced The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (Calvin & Hobbes) and The Complete Far Side 1980-1994 (2 vol set) box sets, I was excited to hear that Tintin would be getting the high end box set treatment as well. But when I actually saw the set in person, my enthusiasm evaporated. Like the Grinch's heart, this box set is 3 sizes too small. OK, to be fair, it's 20% too small -- that's the difference between the standard 11.5 X 8.5 inch size of the single books and the size of these volumes, which are only marginally bigger than the "3 in 1" Tintin reissues. The result of this is an attractive package which no doubt the serious Tintin collector will want to own, but for actual reading, it's an occasion for serious eye-strain. (Less bothersome is the politically correct omission of the controversial Tintin in the Congo; let's face it, even setting aside the cringe-inducing racism, the book is pretty dreadful in the story and art department.) Frankly, I'd rather spend more money replacing my paperback editions of the books with more durable hardcover editions than spending money on this pretty but useless edition.
 The ultimate Tintin collection ! November 13, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Ever since I read the Tintin books as a kid, I have always wanted to own the complete collection. This set has all the 21 books available in the US (the controversial ones are excluded) and is reasonably priced.
Not all the 3-in-1 hardcover volumes are easily available, so this set is a collector's delight. Recommended for every Tintin fan.
 ridiculous! November 5, 2007
49 out of 53 found this review helpful
According to a variety of sources, Little, Brown, the publisher of the Tintin series here in the U.S., will not be producing this complete boxed set because of protests both here and abroad (in the UK, particularly) regarding the racist nature of the title _Tintin in the Congo_. So, I have no further news as to when this is going to be published, other than to say that it will NOT be published as was originally intended (i.e., complete), but will be censored for the discriminating minds who assume that readers are, for the most part, ignorant boobs who know nothing about the history of European imperialist attitudes toward any non-white civilizations / cultures. Too bad. Tintin taught me so much about the world, intrigued me, made me want to learn more -- and I did... I learned, for instance, that not all Belgian artists / novelists are color-blind hippies determined to save the world from itself. Some of them are just highly talented yet limited human beings, like myself, like any reader, conditioned by his context, and that we know appreciate more (though we don't necessarily know more) about the world now than we did then. So let's make sure that Whoopie Goldberg can't just make a disclaimer in an introduction, and that the packaging can't just be labelled 'for the adult collector only' or some such, and allow the consumer the right to buy whatever he / she likes. After all, Hitler's rather bad book, _Mein Kampf_ continues to be published -- without any indication that it's at all rascist. Good going, Little, Brown. Let's make sure that all cultural productions go through the rigorous filtration process introduced by other luminary seers as the various Czarist regimes in Russia, the Bush administration, and our parents: NO BAD THINGS ARE HAPPENING, EVER DID HAPPEN, AND EVER WILL HAPPEN. This is paradise on earth, buddy. So suck it up. Thank goodness Little, Brown (and the stunningly educated organizations / individuals behind this blatant censorship) know what's better for me than I myself. The ignorant fool that I am -- I almost didn't realize that racism was abolished in our time, and forgot entirely what a dark era we only recently superceded! Congratulations. Brush everything under the rug. History teaches us nothing. But five stars, by the way, for the attempt to publish the complete Tintin for the FIRST TIME in the U.S., five stars for Herge for his talent, five stars for an attractive, uniform presentation, and a big offensive gesture towards Big Brother & Co.
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