4/5 Better than I thought
  by ABC Snoopy (New Jersey)
I forgot how funny this season was it's great. The deleted scenes are pretty good but the easter eggs not so much. The packaging was a little better than season 11. I hope season 13 comes out soon. I heard that in January they are releasing season 20. I may just get that. Still one of the funniest shows.

5/5 Better than I remembered - DVD still has problems
  by Derek Jensen (Northern Indiana, USA)
I've bought all the Simpsons seasons on DVD so far and was pleasantly surprised to find that I liked the episodes from the season overall more than I had the last couple of seasons. It may have helped that I was seeing some of these for the first time, since my weekly watching had become sporadic by this point.

However, the packaging has changed again and is more annoying than usual. Do they not test these thing with children or something? And the DVD menus are just as bad as ever. To their credit, the creators are still doing commentaries for every episode (thank you!) but getting the commentary to play WITH SUBTITLES is a ridiculous chore. You STILL can't simply turn on subtitles using the Subtitles button on your remote, and the menu selection for it is STILL buried several levels deep. You have to go into an episode, in the language setting, into the subtitle setting, and then select. Come on, guys; fix it!

3/5 Poor Packaging
  by D. Merritt (New Jersey)
I would have given this product 5 stars if it wasn't for the packaging. It is impossible to remove the DVDs from the carboard "sleeves" without touching or even scratching the DVDs. Not sure why Fox is cheaping it up on its longest running series.

3/5 The Simpsons Season 12 DVD box set
  by Andy U (England)
Although this DVD is a good release, unfortunately the packaging mantains the same APPALLING standard as Season 11.
What has happened at the manufacturers ?
The packing USED TO BE superb.
Now they treat the fans of the show as idiots, giving us abysmal packaging.
Come on, Matt Groening - or whoever is responsible - get your act together and give us the packaging we deserve.
Also, we don't want to wait for almost a year for the next one.

4/5 Another decent season, IMPROVED packaging....
  by David Falzano (Boston, MA USA)
This is another pretty good season of 'The Simpsons' (in the mid years) but of course doesn't compare to the first 9 seasons. As for the packaging this time around...it's pretty much like Season 11 but this time it's a little easier to slide the discs out. Don't be scared 'Simpsons' fans, the packaging isn't going to be a problem if you carefully & patiently handle the discs!