{"id":22687,"date":"2012-08-08T21:25:25","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T11:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=22687"},"modified":"2012-08-08T21:25:25","modified_gmt":"2012-08-08T11:25:25","slug":"media-release-fathers-day-is-boxed-up-with-sbs-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=22687","title":{"rendered":"Media Release &#8211; Father&#8217;s Day is Boxed up with SBS DVD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Engineering Connections \u2013 Series 1 &amp; 2<\/em><\/strong> ($39.95srp) \/ Available Now<\/p>\n<p>Join <em>Top Gear<\/em>\u2019s Richard Hammond, who is on a quest to discover the \u2018engineering connections\u2019 behind the world\u2019s most advanced projects. The Airbus; the Skyscraper; Sydney Opera House; Hong Kong International Airport &#8211; these structures are feats of sheer engineering genius, massive in concept and scope. But hidden deep within their DNA, Hammond finds that they are made up of an amazing range of unexpected and sometimes brilliantly simple ideas.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The James May Collection<\/em><\/strong> ($49.95srp) \/ Available Now<\/p>\n<p>And while we\u2019re on the subject of <em>Top Gear<\/em>&#8230; this must-have DVD box set collects all of James May\u2019s hugely entertaining and in-depth engineering programs.<\/p>\n<p><em>James May\u2019s 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century<\/em> takes us on a tour of some of the era\u2019s most life-changing inventions in the fields of travel, space exploration, medicine, warfare and city living.<\/p>\n<p><em>James May\u2019s Big Ideas<\/em> sees the journalist, presenter and all-round forward-thinker travelling the world to explore the question of whether technology can really deliver us the likes of the flying car, the robotic human or limitless energy.<\/p>\n<p>And in <em>James May\u2019s Toy Stories<\/em> we regress into James\u2019 childhood, taking the iconic toys of yesteryear and spectacularly supersizing them in an attempt to make them relevant to our current technologically obsessed world&#8230; which means building a full size Lego house, a Plasticine garden for the Chelsea Flower Show and constructing a WWII Spitfire from a 1:1, full-scale Airfix model airplane kit.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Swift &amp; Shift Couriers Box Set<\/em><\/strong> ($49.95srp) \/ Available Now<\/p>\n<p>On paper, a courier\u2019s profession seems relatively simple. The customer calls in a job, the call center passes on the details to dispatch, they book a courier to arrange the pick-up and the courier delivers it in a timely manner\u2026 Sounds easy, right? So how does the team at <em>Swift &amp; Shift Couriers<\/em> always manage to stuff it up?<\/p>\n<p>From the makers of <em>Housos<\/em> comes <em>Swift &amp; Shift Couriers Series 1 &amp; 2<\/em>, together for the first time in this unique collectable packaging!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Wilfred Box Set<\/em><\/strong> ($49.95srp) \/ Available Now<\/p>\n<p>Adam can hardly believe his luck when he&#8217;s invited home by Sarah \u2013 a gorgeous young woman he\u2019s just met. This joy is quickly turned on its head when he meets <em>Wilfred<\/em> &#8211; Sarah\u2019s cantankerous canine who is determined to make him feel as uncomfortable as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Containing both series 1 &amp; 2, the <em>Wilfred Box Set<\/em> is the complete collection of stories about the dysfunctional love triangle between a girl, a boy and a bong smoking dog who thinks he&#8217;s human.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>New York: A Documentary Film<\/em><\/strong> ($79.95srp) \/ Available Now<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Ric Burns, brother of acclaimed and highly regarded filmmaker, Ken Burns, <em>New York: A Documentary Film<\/em> is an elegant, lyrical and compelling portrait of the greatest and most complex of cities. This definitive series chronicles the history of New York, from its founding in 1624 as a Dutch trading post, to its continuing pre-eminence as the cultural and economic capital of the world.<strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Empires Collection \u2013 Box Set<\/em><\/strong><strong> <\/strong>($119.95srp) \/ Available Now<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Within the long history of civilization there are great eras of struggle, triumph, and loss. These periods are reflective of the best and worst of humanity: explosive creativity, ultimate depravity, the use and abuse of power, and war that have changed the world. Collected here for the first time are all 11 of the ground breaking, epic historical films in the <em>Empires<\/em> series \u2013 including <em>Egypt<\/em>\u00b8 <em>The Medici \u2013 Godfathers of a Secret Empire<\/em>, <em>The Greeks \u2013 Crucible of Civilisation<\/em> and more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coming September 5&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Coast<\/em><\/strong><em> <strong>\u2013 Series 1-5<\/strong><\/em> ($119.95srp)<\/p>\n<p>Discover the secrets and hidden stories of the beautiful British coastline and beyond with five series of the BAFTA award-winning BBC documentary, <em>Coast<\/em>. Presented by a team of history and geography experts, <em>Coast<\/em> mixes expert comment, compelling storytelling and stunning aerial photography to uncover the unique relationship between the British and the seas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engineering Connections \u2013 Series 1 &amp; 2 ($39.95srp) \/ Available Now Join Top Gear\u2019s Richard Hammond, who is on a quest to discover the \u2018engineering connections\u2019 behind the world\u2019s most advanced projects. 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