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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | I was so excited when the announcement came out that “Land of the Giants” was finally being released to DVD…until I saw the price at Amazon.com  . I loved this show as a kid, but as an adult, I just don’t think I can fork over that kind of money for a two season set and respect myself in the morning  . | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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| Registered: May 29, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 3,475 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting 8ballMax: Quote:
I was so excited when the announcement came out that “Land of the Giants” was finally being released to DVD…until I saw the price at Amazon.com . I loved this show as a kid, but as an adult, I just don’t think I can fork over that kind of money for a two season set and respect myself in the morning . If you get series and still want to respect yourself - think of it costing "only" $19 a disc! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Kathy: Quote:
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I was so excited when the announcement came out that “Land of the Giants” was finally being released to DVD…until I saw the price at Amazon.com . I loved this show as a kid, but as an adult, I just don’t think I can fork over that kind of money for a two season set and respect myself in the morning .
If you get series and still want to respect yourself - think of it costing "only" $19 a disc! Somehow that doesn't seem to help . | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 291 |
| | Posted: | | | | then look at all the groovy stuff you get with it. how can you bypass that spindrift key chain??? or the comic book or the cards or the photos or the kitchen sink!!!!! krik   | | | | "Vampirism is still not a disease, Julia. Vampires are the living dead...dead...dead..." | | | | Last edited: by Krikarian |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,777 |
| | Posted: | | | | Dang...I think I'll wait around and hope for a cheaper version without all the extra crap! Based on FOX pricing, that's got to be about $100 worth of junk that I don't even want. I suppose the goal is to make the set profitable across the few hundred people that will pay that price. Ouch! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting mdnitoil: Quote:
Dang...I think I'll wait around and hope for a cheaper version without all the extra crap! Based on FOX pricing, that's got to be about $100 worth of junk that I don't even want. I suppose the goal is to make the set profitable across the few hundred people that will pay that price. Ouch! Actually, since the production costs for the show were so astronimical for the times, I think the studio is trying to recoop the cost at the expense of the gullible consumer......me . | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | That does seem a tad high for a 9 disc set. I, too, loved ths show when I was younger but I can't justify paying that much for it now. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,777 |
| | Posted: | | | | I didn't check but does the set include vaseline? You know...for when they...um. Well, you know. I think FOX is going out of their way to challenge folks to bootleg. I mean there's really no excuse for that price. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting mdnitoil: Quote:
I didn't check but does the set include vaseline? You know...for when they...um. Well, you know.
I think FOX is going out of their way to challenge folks to bootleg. I mean there's really no excuse for that price. Tell me about it. They don't even give you a reach-around when they're through...sorry SOBs. This is by far the most over-priced DVD release I've ever seen. The complete Star Trek: TNG was expensive at $696.00 but this puts TNG to shame. I'm sure it'll be a collectable one day...as in collecting dust for lack of sales...lol. | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 291 |
| | Posted: | | | | someone who lives in krik's head went to best buy at lunch and picked up, touched, smell...but dinna taste...the lotg box set... it appears to be a real wooden box with a raised graphic of the cast behind the wire mess cage. looks kinda really sorta you need to buy it cool... krik aka "if i'm spending money, the rest of you are spending money..."  | | | | "Vampirism is still not a disease, Julia. Vampires are the living dead...dead...dead..." |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,777 |
| | Posted: | | | | Wow, sounds like a really nice box. I should be able to save at least $50 if I can scam a non-boxed version. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 291 |
| | Posted: | | | | but the box is the whole point....oy vey!!!! it's wood it has a handle to carry it around it has little tiny people inside who get bigger when you transport them to your tv.... ooooooo....... krik | | | | "Vampirism is still not a disease, Julia. Vampires are the living dead...dead...dead..." |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,777 |
| | Posted: | | | | I hear ya, the box is cool. Unfortunately, my wife has input on shelf usage. Anymore, minimizing the storage footprint is king. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting mdnitoil: Quote:
I hear ya, the box is cool. Unfortunately, my wife has input on shelf usage. Anymore, minimizing the storage footprint is king. It's good to be King... | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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