(modified to add another sentence about my confusion on status of the product...)
Well, mine arrived today! The last couple weeks have been very confusing in regard to this set. And this past Sunday I got a very brief email (hardly any details at all) from DeepDiscount saying that it had been shipped, but my order was still saying that status was simply "Open", and my PayPal account hadn't been charged. And mention of the set was completely removed from the MPI web site. I wondered if the email had been a glitch, and instead of "shipped" it was really "cancelled". Then Tuesday my PayPal account was charged, and then yesterday I sent an email to DeepDiscount and they verified it had been shipped and sent me a USPS tracking number (which isn't able to provide any tracking info on the USPS web site...). Then the mail room notified me this morning there was a package for me!
Anyway, after all of that drama, I have to say it's worth it!
Even though the shape of the coffin box is hokey (I still think it's proportioned for a South Park character) the whole set otherwise is quite classy. The coffin is a sturdy paper-covered thick board box, containing 22 cases, each holding 6 discs, plus the episode guide booklet and a picture card of Barnabas autographed by Jonathan Frid. The UPC and limited edition numbering (mine is 801 out of 2500) is on a sticker on the bottom. It's big and heavy, and the case is going to take up most of a bookshelf, unless I just take the amaray cases out of it and put those on the shelf and pack the coffin away somewhere.
I haven't carefully compared the extras with all of the individually-sold MPI special documentary-type discs, but it looks like all that stuff is included (it doesn't include the episode edits and compilations, like "Haunting of Collinwood"--since of course all that material is part of the complete original series). The inclusion of those 5 extra discs along with the complete series makes this a
really great value. For anybody still wanting this, it's worth checking around for vendors who still have copies not spoken for. Good luck!!