This is the source where most of the current Mythbusters “complete sets” you see on eBay come from: https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/MythBusters-the-Complete-Series-Boxset-74_1600789267192.html?mark=google_shopping&seo=1 Note at least one big red flag found in the “Key Attributes” section: dvd+r dvd-r.

There was another set that likely came from a similar source, which you can’t seem to find online anymore. At one point it was sold on Walmart, therefore some claimed it was legit, but was always sold by third party sellers. Can’t find the listing anymore, but I remember reading through the fairly negative reviews when it was available and seeing a lot of complaints. Discs not working, multiple sets purchased to get all discs at least functional. Quality was questionable, at best, and no reporting if actually all episodes were included. I assume the previous set is the same as the one you can find now on eBay, just with slightly different packaging. There’s also a blu-ray “complete set” that pops up every once in a while, but the consensus is there’s no chance all episodes would be included considering the low disc count.

I created this list years ago, after my own multi-year research process to try to track down all original Mythbusters episodes on dvd. Found all but one episode.

I’m honestly vaguely curious to look into the current “complete set” you can find on eBay, but I always talk myself out of it because it’s definitely bootleg, so why bother? I’d love for someone to do the work I did with my list, to actually track all episodes in the eBay set and give definitive info on what it offers and quality. Until then, I’m always gonna say it’s probably best avoided.

Realistically, very few people probably want to do the amount of work I did to collect all officially released dvd sets, and I don’t blame them. If it’s not for you, but you want to actually own digital media files of the series that no company can take away later on, you need to pursue…other means.