Mail will not retrieve/import archived mbox files. Thoughts? Help?

I've done a clean install of my wife's iMac (PowerPC iMac G5, 1.6 GHz with 1GB ram) on OSX 10.5.8. Prior to the clean install, I archived her Mail as per Apple on an external LaCie drive.
Upon installing and reorienting everything, I booted up Mail, and attempted to import the archived mail or .mbox files. Each time Mail quit cold showing a window which offered to Relaunch, Ignore, or Report to Apple.
I followed a few of the Apple tips, such as launching Mail from the Applications folder, and cleaning up third party plug ins (none here this time), same thing happened. Just as a test, I tried to import the archived .mbox with Thunderbird, no dice.
In fact, even if I try to copy the /mbox or Inbox folder to the desktop, it just hangs, showing a small window "estimating time to copy". . . .
I am able to open the table of contents folder in TextEdit, and there shows 24.2MB of data when I "Get Info" on the .mbox icon.
Any thoughts? How can I open these files, extract tham and do it better next time? Could it be an issue of an older machine dealing with newer software and choking?
FYI, when I did this on my MacPro, everything went 100%.

After rebooting and trying Migration Assistant nothing is working.
When I try and import the mbox files that I exported before I reinstalled OS X, I locate the files and click ok. The "import" dialog tells me that no valid mbox files were found. Any ideas please?

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