The Chosen Collection available again
after apparently disappearing from most U.S. retailers.
Rumors of hidden caches at Costcos around the country notwithstanding, the collection was generally available only on the secondary market (eBay, Amazon Marketplace/zShops, etc), sometimes for more than retail. Now, it looks as though it's coming back in stock. Barnes and Noble has a pre-sale date of 9/19, but DeepDiscountDVD.com says they have it now!
I placed an order today and will see how long it takes to get to me. Those who want to live dangerously can wait until November when DDD usually has 20% off coupon codes.
August 15 2006
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risingwaves | August 15, 17:40 CET
SoddingNancyTribe | August 15, 17:47 CET
Tonya J | August 15, 18:00 CET
Chris inVirginia | August 15, 18:10 CET
Simon | August 15, 18:13 CET
I did love the packaging for the Chosen collection, but I lend individual seasons to people on a regular basis, and the non-closing cardboard covers in the Chosen collection aren't really condusive to that, whereas the slimset ones are perfect for it.
Now that the price for the Chosen collection and the slimsets are pretty much the same, it will be interesting to see which sells better.
RayHill | August 15, 18:19 CET
Haunt | August 15, 18:21 CET
thiscloud | August 15, 18:23 CET
SoddingNancyTribe | August 15, 18:49 CET
Charmuse | August 15, 19:20 CET
Knuckleball | August 15, 19:21 CET
ETA: And I found the other code I had...USATODAY. That might work if BUFFY7 doesnt.
[ edited by jerryst3161 on 2006-08-16 02:42 ]
jerryst3161 | August 15, 19:30 CET
Haunt | August 15, 19:52 CET
After I missed the initial sales, I looked for the set as early as for Christmas and I noticed many places that were selling them stopped. It was very strange.
And we all know Canada's more enlightened, that's why they have plenty in stock. :-)
[ edited by thiscloud on 2006-08-16 18:04 ]
thiscloud | August 15, 20:32 CET
Hopefully, that will be coming.
impalergeneral | August 15, 20:34 CET
Haunt | August 15, 22:06 CET
Lucidmind | August 16, 02:23 CET
Does anyone have both and if so, how does the Chosen set packaging compare to the Angel box (which I think is a very nice way to arrange things) ? Tempted to import it now it's available again (once my bloody mates stop getting married that is, do they think i've nothing better to spend my money on or something ? ;).
Saje | August 16, 03:45 CET
And, while I'm at it, exposing my complete and utter ignorance, is there any difference between the original sets and the new slim sets? Or is it just a matter of the box being slimmer? I know the slimmer ones are significantly less expensive. I'd like to get copies, either as a complete set, like the Chosen one, or keep picking up the new slim sets until I have all seven. (I have this morbid fear I will actually wear out the individual DVDs. Or that one(s) I loan out will fail to return, so I must have backup copies. . . .)
I apologize for my abysmal ignorance. Please enlighten my unworthy self.
SangChaud | August 16, 04:09 CET
AFAIK the slimsets are just repackaged original season sets but if anyone knows different feel free to leap in.
Saje | August 16, 04:19 CET
I knew if I kept putting off bedtime someone would help me out. (Do I sound like an eight-year-old or what?) I think I'll go check out my local Best Buy et al. tomorrow (today?!) and if that doesn't work I'll use your link or one of the others here and just get the Chosen set. I think you're right about the slimsets just being a repackaging of the original sets. But we'll wait & see if anyone chimes in and corrects us. Again, thanks!
SangChaud | August 16, 05:24 CET
I long suspected Saje's superhero status. Glad to know you're not one of those lame DC characters. BTW, who's doing you? Pencils, I mean.
jaynelovesvera | August 16, 07:01 CET
LOL. A lot. Thanks, jaynelovesvera!
SangChaud | August 16, 07:29 CET
Brian Bolland does my pencils which means it can be a long time between splash pages but it's usually worth the wait ;).
Saje | August 16, 08:13 CET
SangChaud, that is the main reason I am getting the Chosen Collection, for the bonus disc. I have Seasons 1-3 already, which will probably go out on "permanent loan" to friends/family that are not yet initiated to the ways of Joss. I could have gotten Seasons 4-7 for less than the Collection, but not much less, so I feel good about getting the Collection for the one disc I can't get with the individual sets.
thiscloud | August 16, 11:10 CET
jaynelovesvera | August 16, 11:47 CET
(British comics, apart from indies and reprints, are basically for kids like the 'Beano', funny like 'Viz' or '2000 AD' like, well, '2000 AD' which has had loads of memorable characters over the years but is probably most famous for being the home of Judge Dredd. In my youth there were a bunch of war comics as well - which were usually actually barely disguised anti-war comics - but a lot of these seem to have fallen by the wayside)
Saje | August 16, 14:30 CET
Saje, you missed your period. From the end of that sentence. here it is: "."
jaynelovesvera | August 16, 14:38 CET
BTW, you used a lowercase 'h' when you wanted a capital so here's one the Romans made earlier: 'H'. Sure it's not funny but good grammar is its own reward.
Saje | August 16, 16:13 CET
jaynelovesvera | August 16, 16:19 CET
Niels van Eekelen | August 16, 18:41 CET