Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
Getting eight feature-length telefilms with roughly two hours of bonus material for each one ... that's like $12.50 per episode at retail.
I know that, objectively speaking, its actually quite decent. DVD has in some ways spoiled us--I mean if you take a look at stuff like Battlestar Galactica, you get each hour-long episode with commentary and deleted scenes for like $3.00 or so. The problem is that the Young Indy set is very pricey relative to the market which, as far as companies being greedy, cheap, lazy, or whatever other accusation, is really the aspect that matters.
1) Like Ronnie Mervis the diamond importer says, "Nobody pays retail, why should you." Amazon's opening week on Vol. 1 was 48% off the MSRP.
Getting eight feature-length telefilms with roughly two hours of bonus material for each one ... that's like $12.50 per episode at retail.
I know that, objectively speaking, its actually quite decent. DVD has in some ways spoiled us--I mean if you take a look at stuff like Battlestar Galactica, you get each hour-long episode with commentary and deleted scenes for like $3.00 or so. The problem is that the Young Indy set is very pricey relative to the market which, as far as companies being greedy, cheap, lazy, or whatever other accusation, is really the aspect that matters.
1) Like Ronnie Mervis the diamond importer says, "Nobody pays retail, why should you." Amazon's opening week on Vol. 1 was 48% off the MSRP.
Yes, I had been thinking of doing this. Its still annoying that Lucasfilm has fixed the price in retail so high, and not just because I want to save money, because I also believe its a half-decent show that actually might have taught viewers about history, but now hardly anyone will get to see all the work they put into the sets. I'm sorry but a sale sticker with $90.99 is way too much when I saw this thing sitting beside the new Rome Season 2 set with its $64.99 sticker and much better quality content.