Originally posted by: zombie84
Just because the DVD haven't all been sold doesn't mean LFL is being dishonest--"limited time" mean they are produced until a certain time, in this case the end of 2006, and then production ceases. The copies you see lying around are excess stock that was manufactured before 2007 but remain unsold on store shelves. In the same manner that the Faces sets were limited to 1995, but i remember as late as 1997 seeing them in bargain bins at Blockbuster. The remaining copies of the 2006 OOT will probably be bought up this holiday season but if you really looked I'm sure it will be not too difficult to find them into 2009.
Just because the DVD haven't all been sold doesn't mean LFL is being dishonest--"limited time" mean they are produced until a certain time, in this case the end of 2006, and then production ceases. The copies you see lying around are excess stock that was manufactured before 2007 but remain unsold on store shelves. In the same manner that the Faces sets were limited to 1995, but i remember as late as 1997 seeing them in bargain bins at Blockbuster. The remaining copies of the 2006 OOT will probably be bought up this holiday season but if you really looked I'm sure it will be not too difficult to find them into 2009.
Lucas knows that and that is where they are being dishonest to the public. But Joe Average who doesn't buy hundreds of DVD's a year doesn't know they will be there after Dec 31st, he just sees that ad on TV or in the newspaper, and scrambles in his mind that he has to buy them sometime or he will never have the chance again. It is a simple marketing ploy to drum up demand and scare the public that they must get this product in the next three months or else.
It is just like the 'Faces Set' and 'one last time.' Was it one last time? No, in 2006 was the supposed last time, and once BluRay or HD-DVD settle their war, there will be 'one last time' for 'one last time' so the public can buy it again one last time for the third time! As C3PO said, "I'm so confused!"