Loc Nar

I saw that such a box set will be available for R2 on November 22, 2004 (Link).

I've seen Season 1 via NetFlix and this is definitely on my Buy list. However, if an R1 Complete Box set is around the corner, I can wait till Xmas as opposed to buying them separately.

Any news for R1?

WestEndRiot

i don't know if it can be considered a box set but the three releases will be packaged together for sale. retail will be $59.92. here is the story from tvshowsondvd.com...

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2016

Loc Nar

Ah, thanks for the heads up. I will wait.

conscience

There will be a "box set" of all three releases (atleast that was said in an earlier thread here), I believe when the Christmas Special comes out in November,

but I find this odd from Amazon, although it is just a mix up in cover art:

Here is the page for The Office Special:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...v=glance&s=dvd

but here is the page for The Office Series 1 & Series 2 - yet the cover art on the page is for The Office Series 1, Series 2, and The Special.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...864064-5273647

And they do not have a preorder page for the supposed "box set".

ThatGuamGuy

This was linked on DVDtalk's "coming soon" page:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...116008-1069601

buckee1

What he said.

conscience

Thanks. I will be getting the box set and sell my Series 1 and 2 sets if the box set includes the same packaging, but I will not be buying it from Amazon.

And thanks for finding the link for others.

I usually don't go through DVDTalk's coming soon, so I wouldn't have known.

Loc Nar

Absolutely, thanks for that link. It's curious how the box set just says, and "Specials", but does not specifically refer to it as the Christmas specials (as I thought they had come to be known as). PC kicking in? In any event, it seems that the release of this box set will be perfectly timed with ddd's next 20% off sale.

ThatGuamGuy

What's really weird is that it actually says "The Special", singular.

I'm guessing, rather than jumping to the PC conclusion, that when BBC-America airs them in October, they're going to air them as one episode, rather than spread over Christmas and Boxing Day as they were in Britain ... so, to avoid confusion for the people who only know it from BBC-A, they'll call it "The Special", since it's not airing at Christmas.

Just a thought, though.

UPDATE: The BBC America site seems to be calling it a two-hour special, yeah. I think they were the Christmas episodes because they aired at Christmas.

I'll double check the episodes.

Abranut

It's an office Christmas party and

conscience

First (part of) special:

Leading up to the Christmas party

Second (part of) special:

Leading up to the Christmas party and the Christmas party