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''Adult Swim in a Box'' is a seven-disc
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produced by
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and released by
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on October 27, 2009. The box set contains various seasonal volume releases from Adult Swim series, as well as several pilots that were pitched to
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. The box set was first announced by
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on July 31, 2009, to be released in October of the same year. The set was promoted as having a roughly threefold value, totaling 21 hours and 20 minutes of content. An Australian version titled the ''Adult Swim Meat Tray Collection'' was released on November 28, 2012; a Region 2 version of ''Adult Swim in a Box'' had been released a year earlier. Critical reception for ''Adult Swim in a Box'' was mixed, with some reviewers confused as to the selection of content or recommending fans who have already purchased the shows on the set passing it on.


Release

''Adult Swim in a Box'' was first announced by
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on July 31, 2009, to be released on October 27 of the same year. The set was promoted as having a roughly threefold retail value ( or $160 to $69.98), containing "4 of the 5 best selling Adult Swim series." It consists of seven discs, totaling 21 hours and 20 minutes of content. According to the network's now-defunct
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site, the set was chosen to harken to the experience of purchasing an entire
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"because you knew you liked at least one song."


Contents


Series

* The second season volume release of ''
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'' * The third season volume release of ''
Space Ghost Coast to Coast ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' is an American adult animation, adult animated comedy talk show created by Mike Lazzo for Cartoon Network and hosted by a re-imagined version of the 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Space Ghost. In contrast t ...
'' * The first season volume release of ''
Moral Orel ''Moral Orel'' is an American adult stop-motion animated sitcom created by Dino Stamatopoulos which originally aired on Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim from December 13, 2005 to December 18, 2008. The series has been des ...
'' * The second season volume release of ''
Robot Chicken ''Robot Chicken'' is an American adult animated stop motion sketch comedy television series, created and executive produced for Adult Swim by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich along with co-head writers Douglas Goldstein and Tom Root. The writers, ...
'' * The first season volume release of ''
Metalocalypse ''Metalocalypse'' is an American adult animated television series, created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha, which premiered on August 6, 2006, followed by a musical one-hour special, '' Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem'', on October 27, 201 ...
'' * The second season volume release of ''
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''


Pilots

The following pilots are contained on one disc: * '' Totally for Teens'' * '' Cheyenne Cinnamon and the Fantabulous Unicorn of Sugar Town Candy Fudge'' * ''
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'' * ''
Welcome to Eltingville ''Welcome to Eltingville'' is an American adult animated comedy pilot created by Evan Dorkin, as an adaptation of his comic book series '' Eltingville''. It premiered in the United States on March 3, 2002, on Cartoon Network's late night programmi ...
'' * The pilot episode of ''
Perfect Hair Forever ''Perfect Hair Forever'' is an American adult animated television series created by Mike Lazzo, Matt Harrigan, and Matt Maiellaro for Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim. The series revolves around a young boy named Gerald ...
''


Australian equivalent

A similar box set was released for Region 4 markets in Australia. Entitled the ''Adult Swim Meat Tray Collection'', it consists of six discs containing the first and only season of ''
Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil ''Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil'' is an American adult computer-animated television series that aired on Cartoon Network's late-night programming block Adult Swim. It was created and directed by Loren Bouchard (who later made the Fox show ''Bob ...
'' and the entirety of ''
12 oz. Mouse ''12 oz. Mouse'' is an American adult animated television series created by Matt Maiellaro for Cartoon Network's late-night programming block, Adult Swim. The series revolves around Mouse Fitzgerald, nicknamed "Fitz" (voiced by Maiellaro), an alc ...
'' and ''
Tom Goes to the Mayor ''Tom Goes to the Mayor'' is an American adult animated series created by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim for Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. It premiered on November 14, 2004 and ended on September 25, 2006 with a t ...
''. The set was released on November 28, 2012. A Region 2 version of ''Adult Swim in a Box'' had been released a year earlier on October 19. While still having the pilots DVD and Moral Orel, the first volume releases of SGC2C, ATHF, and Sealab are used instead, and Robot Chicken and Metalocalypse are not included. Season One of
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, and the first volumes of
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and
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are also now included.


Critical reception

The box set received mixed critical reception; R.L. Shaffer of
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was critical in his review of it, calling the release was "a complete waste" and the bonus disc "roughly 80 minutes of mediocre entertainment". He recommended fans purchase "the shows you like instead, and start in the proper place, with the first season." He ultimately gave the release an eight out of ten, however, stating "while this set is certainly well rated" in its content, he could not "find a reason to recommend it". Noel Murray of ''
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'' expressed confusion over the selection of material, suggesting to the network to release a "straight-up Adult Swim best-of set with rarities".
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's Mac McEntire felt the set was not "good enough to warrant you re-buying them all", should buyers already own all six season volume releases. He gave the release an 85 out of 100, remarking the pilots as showing "just how tough it must be to create a pilot, one that not only introduces characters and settings, but also promises a potential for weeks and perhaps years of additional stories."
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's Casey Burchby called the release "sloppy", stating that fans who already owned DVD releases from their favorite programming on the network "can safely skip the release", though the set "does fairly represent the insanely creative, off-the-wall nature of the network." Jeff Niesel of the ''
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'' found the physical build of the set "a bit flimsy, but that's to be expected for such an affordably priced set." ''
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'' James Renovitch dubbed the release "the anti-box-set" that keeps "with the spirit of Adult Swim", while John Scott Lewinski of ''
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'' called it "a sort of survival kit" for desperate fans of the network. Writing for ''
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'', Erik Nowlan rated it 90 percent, ensuring fans of Adult Swim will be "in pig heaven" upon its release. Nick Zaino of AOL TV praised the inclusion of ''
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'' and ''
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'', but called the pilots disc "a mixed bag, but mostly good."
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' W. Scott Poole felt that the selection of series was "odd", stating that while the series included "belong in any selection of Adult Swim bests", so did others, naming ''
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'' and ''
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law'' is an American adult animation, adult animated television sitcom created by Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter for Cartoon Network's late-night programming block, Adult Swim. A Spin-off (media), spin-off of '' ...
'' as deserving candidates that were not included.


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