Complete Original Series April 10 on DVD

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Hopefully the price will fall in the future.

Amazon's prices often fluctuate all over the place - especially their pre-order prices - so the price is likely to change several more times before April 10th.

[jimbo]

I have to figure that MPI has some input on Amazon's discount percentages? I have to wonder if there is greed here? In any event this has changed my mind completely and I will not purchase this item at its current price.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

I honestly doubt MPI has anything to do with it. Places like Amazon, deepdiscount, and other video outlets online get their copies of DVDs/Blu-rays from the distributors for the wholesale price, and then they jack up their prices to whatever they like between that wholesale price and the retail/list price. And like I said, Amazon is quite likely to drop their price. And if my past experience with them is any indication, they may drop it several times before April 10th rolls around.

[Cousin_Barnabas]

And you are guaranteed the lowest price from the time you pre-order through Amazon.   

[jimbo]

Well hopefully someone here can let us know if the price drops significantly. I am done with this nonsense.

[Gothick]

On the Classic Horror Films Fan /"Monster Kids" board, the release of this set is now a headline topic on the site.  A fan posted these specifications about the new box set:


more information on the set Box Features:
131 DVDs with all 1,225 Complete Episodes
Commemorative large Coffin package (housing 22 amarays)
Deluxe booklet with episode summaries & photographs
Special Bloopers, Treasures & Behind The Scenes DVD s
Over 120 Bonus Cast & Crew Video Interviews
Autographed Postcard by Jonathan Frid (Barnabas Collins)
Limited Numbered Edition
Other features include nickel hinges, black ribbon to hold the lid when open, matte and foil coating
Box dimensions: (Coffin), 13 ½ L x 11 ¼ W (at widest) x 5 ¾ D.
Shipping carton dimensions, 16.5" x 8.5" x 14"
Weight Shipping carton with contents - 15.5lbs

I have no idea what an "amaray" is. 

I am sure the over 120 bonus cast & crew video interviews are the same ones on the originally issued discs, and that by and large what we have here is a repackaging.  Even the "booklet" could simply be compiled from the inlay sheets that came with the original sets.  It sounds as if they're only giving one postcard for the whole set, but it is supposed to have a real autograph from Jonathan Frid (although it may simply be a printed autograph--I shudder to think how exhausting it would be for him to sign all those postcards).

I am guessing that the measurements given are inches.  For a box that holds 131 discs it does sound tiny.

G.

[Cousin_Barnabas]

I would hope it's not a real autograph...  unless Jonathan is getting paid big bucks.   

The people who could actually "deserve" that autograph are the folks who bought the whole series on VHS and/or DVD separately... 

[retzev]

Commemorative large Coffin package (housing 22 amarays)
...
I have no idea what an "amaray" is. 

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_case

[Janet the Wicked]

Amazon's prices often fluctuate all over the place - especially their pre-order prices - so the price is likely to change several more times before April 10th.

I'm missing some sets and hope that individual sets come way down. But you're right about Amazon. They're prices are all over the place.

[B.Collins]

amaray i belive is the type of dvd case that'll come in if i'm NOT mistaken.

[retzev]

amaray i belive is the type of dvd case that'll come in if i'm NOT mistaken.

I sure do hope so, they call an Amaray a "keep-case" for good reason.

Has anyone heard any word on exactly how limited this edition will be?

[Nelson Collins]

yep:



nope:

My sentiments exactly.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

It's definitely true that that's the coffin Barnabas used most often. However,[spoiler]in 1897, when Barnabas no longer had access to his own coffin, he used one that was the same shape as what's been designed for MPI's complete DVD set. In fact, it was in that coffin that Barnabas was captured by Petofi and held prisoner:

[/spoiler]

So, technically, MPI can get away with it. 

[KMR]

But the proportions of the "coffin" box make it look like it's designed for Barnabas as he would appear in an episode of South Park!

[Mysterious Benefactor]

True! 

I would think the height was dictated by the number of boxes for the discs. But maybe the added width gives the box better balance to help it to stay standing up? Or perhaps to make the box sturdier and less flimsy? Who knows?    But one would suspect that MPI's design department has some reason...