Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl


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Also released with its previous entity, this set was no exception to having its controversy. In an attempt to appeal to family markets and "HD supporters", a good fraction of the shorts are cropped. This unfortunately leaves about 5 shorts that managed to make it untampered, which makes it a hard sell for the more hardcore collector, even though all make their disc debuts here.

Like the previous set, a prototypical list was accidentally leaked that points out that a different set of cartoons was intended to appear on the set - many of which are deemed superior choices depending on who you ask. The planned selection included the following, with any axed being underlined. Unlike the previous set, though, all but four got canned instead of five making it to the final set.
  • Tick Tock Tuckered
  • Ain't That Ducky
  • Nasty Quacks
  • Daffy Doodles
  • Along Came Daffy
  • The Prize Pest
  • Quack Shot
  • The High and the Flighty
  • Boston Quackie
  • Don't Axe Me
  • China Jones
  • Daffy's Inn Trouble
  • Quackodile Tears
  • Good Noose
  • Fast Buck Duck

What happened? You can check out the synopsis on Hare Extraordinaire for a refresher, as the majority of its same background applies to this set. The set was intended for a release on April 27th, 2010, but was delayed greatly, and to make things easier, a large amount of earlier shorts were swapped out with the more basic 1960s shorts to make restoration a lot quicker. This is also not to mention that "China Jones" would be a bit controversial to the family market as a racially insensitive short, and the new additions would add some of the more family-famous stars, like Bugs and Taz. This can be seen as a bit ironic, as there were shorts in the prototype set that did include notable stars, such as Elmer and Foghorn.

The uncropped shorts included are primarily a few shorts that missed out on the Golden Collection, with two largely awaited shorts being "Nasty Quacks" and "Daffy Dilly". The cropped shorts are more in line with the studio's post-shutdown output, primarily consisting of shorts directed by Robert McKimson, including one from the DePatie-Freleng era.

Unlike Bugs, not all the cropped and prototype shorts have been given their fair share of releases. Some of the cropped Bugs shorts were ported over to HD collections, but even if you do have the main ones (the Platinum Collection, the Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection, and volume 4 of Collector's Choice), there's still a good amount of shorts that still await an uncropped restored release: "Design for Leaving", "Dime to Retire", "Daffy's Inn Trouble", "The Iceman Ducketh", and "Suppressed Duck". As for the prototype shorts, only a few of the omitted shorts have been released restored for home media, which can be done via the Platinum Collection and the Collector's Choice/Vault series. This still leaves some to await their release, although they all have been restored.

Disc Specifications

Collector's Recommendation Score

What's this?This is a rating of how recommended it is to obtain the set, rated from a scale of 0 to 10. This is automatically done and is calculated from three criteria by default: how many shorts are new to the format (20%), how many shorts is an upgrade from previous releases (30%), and how many shorts don't have an upgrade in future releases (50%). The higher the score, the more recommended the set is.

Each short in itself contributes an equal amount, and miscellaneous and post-Golden Age shorts are also included. Thus, even if all Golden Age shorts are upgraded in later sets, shorts in other categories may still prevent the set from scoring a 0.

For compilation sets, only the amount of shorts without a better version on later sets are scored for up to 10 points, as they tend to be repackages of previously released sets.

Any set that scores 0 on new-to-format or upgrade tests are deemed as double dip-only sets and instantly fails with a 0. Sets that also scores 0 on the "don't have an upgrade" test are also deemed as obsolete, usurped sets and instantly fails with a 0. As more sets get released, the score may be subject to change.

This is not an exhaustive rating on the set itself in terms of quality, but rather a marker on how worthwhile it is the obtain the set for a complete collection in the most cost-efficient way. Thus, sets with a higher score are a much better value for your cash than lower rated ones; sets rated with a 0 are generally a waste of cash.
This set has achieved a Collector's Recommendation Score of 7.333 out of 10, based on the sum of the score from the following categories:
  • New-to-format score (up to 2 points): 2
  • Upgrade score (up to 3 points): 3
  • Doesn't have an better version score (up to 5 points): 2.33

It might be somewhat ideal to get this set for collection's sake. It may contain a good amount of shorts available in their best state, but contain significant amounts of double dips and/or inferior versions of the shorts. If majority of the set contains unrestored versions of the shorts, they will likely to be subject to being upgraded in future sets. You may get a better value getting a higher rated set.

Included Shorts

Short NameRelease DateStatusNotes
Looney Tunes Tick Tock Tuckered Blue RibbonApril 8, 1944Restored SD
Merrie Melodies Nasty QuacksDecember 1, 1945Restored SD
Merrie Melodies Daffy Dilly Blue RibbonOctober 30, 1948Restored SD
Looney Tunes Wise Quackers Blue RibbonJanuary 1, 1949Restored SD
Looney Tunes The Prize Pest Blue RibbonDecember 22, 1951Restored SD
Looney Tunes Design for Leaving Blue RibbonMarch 27, 1954Unofficial SDCropped to widescreen
Merrie Melodies Stork NakedFebruary 26, 1955Unofficial SDCropped to widescreen
Merrie Melodies This Is a Life?July 9, 1955Unofficial SDCropped to widescreen
Looney Tunes Dime to RetireSeptember 3, 1955Unofficial SDCropped to widescreen
Merrie Melodies Ducking the DevilAugust 17, 1957Unofficial SDCropped to widescreen
Merrie Melodies People Are BunnyDecember 19, 1959Unofficial SDCropped to widescreen
Merrie Melodies Person to BunnyApril 2, 1960Unofficial SDCropped to widescreen
Looney Tunes Daffy's Inn TroubleSeptember 23, 1961Unofficial SDCropped to widescreen
Looney Tunes The Iceman DuckethMay 16, 1964Unofficial SDCropped to widescreen
Looney Tunes Suppressed DuckJune 18, 1965Unofficial SDCropped to widescreen
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