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If the disc(s) you've purchased have *the exact same name* as this set then you *may* see some duplication. Usually there's only 1 or 2 such single releases for each multi-disc set TL released and a few having the same name as a bigger set do *not* have duplicate episodes. The way TL did those releases is a complete mess. Even then, the amount of episodes, even if you have 50% duplication, is absolutely worth the price.

Here's the link to a thread on HTF which explains those releases as best as several of us could work out (most in the first 4 or 5 posts and a member posted a spreadsheet with a full breakout in another):
https://www.hometheaterforum.com/com...leases.350372/

I picked up those titles I listed as they were the only copies I saw and didn't want to chance not being able to get them. I had a "bounce back" coupon I used - but had a huge amount of stuff (took my wife and she picked up lots of 50% off Christmas stuff) so it took maybe fifty cents each off those titles. I'm still happy with the prices though so there's that.

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Thanks, Bob! I'll have to check out that info.

The 3 single discs I've picked up are all labeled "Carol's Favorites", I believe. Found them at either Dollar Tree or the Half Price Books store on clearance (fairly certain at $1).

Here's the notes I've made:

One More Time - Episodes #s: 909, 911, 923
This Time Together - Episode #s: 612, 914, 824
Together Again - Episode #s: 705, 712, 1115

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Based on the episode list you posted, your single disc "This Time Together" is the same as disc 1 on the larger set at BL. None of the other episodes listed appear on that larger set. That means you'll get 6 discs of new episodes and some nice bonus stuff.

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Appreciate the extra research you did for me. I'm more motivated now to go back.

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You're welcome! Just took a second as I have a copy of the spreadsheet I mentioned earlier and checked it to see what releases those episodes are tagged to.

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A bunch of new titles stuffed into the display at my closest store. It was easy to spot what wasn't there before because they were priced at either $2.99/$4.99.

These were $2.99 (I bought the Wayne's World films since I didn't have the 2nd on BD):
Collateral
Friday Night LIghts
Gravity
Lego Batman The Movie: DC Super Heroes Unite
My Cousin Vinny
Platoon
Wayne's World/Wayne's World 2 double feature
We're the Millers

There were quite a few at $4.99. Here were a couple that might be most interesting to others:
Mad Max Fury Road 3D $4.99
3 Family Film Favorites (Rio/Robots/Horton Hears a Who) $4.99

Here's a couple on DVD @ $4.99 which might be worth noting since they contain multiple films:
DC Universe 3 pack (Green Lantern: First Flight/Superman: Doomsday/Justice League: The New Frontier)
Hotel Transylvania/Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs/Smurfs

And another DVD at $4.99 which stood out because of its size:
Transformers 2-disc special edition -- like this one: Based on that Amazon price, let me know if I should go back and grab this one! :)

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I'm not a Transformers fan (movie or TV or toys) but for that price I'd grab one of those just for the transforming case. Kind of neat...

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I came across:

The LEGO Movie II Blu-ray
Hotel Transylvania 1 & 2 Combo Blu-ray
My All-American Blu-ray
Wayne's World 1 & 2 Blu-ray
Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite Blu-ray

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I hadn't been to my local Big Lots in quite a while, so I was happy to see new titles on the shelves.

Picked up:

The Curse of La Llorona (BD)
My Cousin Vinny (BD)
Samuel L. Jackson: 7-Film Collection (DVD)
Unsane (BD)
Wayne's World/Wayne's World 2 (BD)

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the Curse of LL and Unsane are two recent titles that can be found at many Dollar Tree stores.

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Also the digital copy on Unsane doesn't work anymore. If you contact Universal, they'll give you a limited list of titles for a replacement digital copy.

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Clearance stickered, bought these:

• Creed - $1.25
• Sully - $1.25
• BuyBust - $1.25
• JarHead 2 - $0.75
• Cloverfield - $0.75

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While I haven't seen anything new at the local Big Lots, perhaps this tidbit could be helpful to someone:

I typically decline the opportunity to donate at the register when the little screen prompts me to do so. A cashier told me this week that doing so will cause the register to spit out a $5 off $15 coupon. So today I chose to "round up" on the pad (only a quarter donation) and sure enough--received the coupon with an expiration date of 4/23.

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All kinds of new stufff appearing at the local stores this week. Prices are all over the place. Certainly some things of interest. I'm listing what I noticed/recorded realizing not all of these are huge bargains. Yes, there was a 4K set in this batch. I haven't had the chance to compare the notes BobO'Link provided previously, but there's another Carol Burnett set in this group as well.

I had 2 $5 coupons on my account, so bought $10 worth of food and the Big Bang Theory set and Masterminds without any additional cost. Had the cashier round up my total and received another $5 off paper coupon, my 2nd of those.

$2.99
Act of Valor
Dragon Heart: Vengeance
Girls Trip
Just Mercy
Masterminds
Show Dogs
Teen Titals Go to the Movies

$3.99
Adrift
Godzilla
The House With a Clock in its Walls
Mile 22
Scoob

$4.99
Abominable
Beetlejuice
Bull Durham
City Slickers
Downton Abbey: The Motion Picture
Friday
Homefront/End of Watch
Oculus
Seven
The Train Robbers

$5.99
Clint Eastwood 4 Film Favorites - Enforcer/Firefox/Absolute Power/Sudden Impact

$6.99
Sherlock: Season 1 (4K)

$7.99
Twilight Zone: Season 2

$9.99
Beauty in the Beast (original - 25th anniversary)
Peter Pan (Anniversary Edition)


The ones below are **DVD**

$3.99
Paw Patrol DVD/Book Gift Set

$4.99
Atomic Blonde/Lucy
Blade Trilogy
Crocodile Dundee I/II
Daddy's Home I/II
Jack Black 3 Film Collection
Superman: The Animated Series: Volume 2
Trolls: Seasons 1-4 (26 episodes)
We're the Millers/Vacation

$5.99
Carol Burnett Show: Lost Episodes (6 disc/16 episodes)
Jack Reacher 2-Movie Collection
Lemony Snicketts/Spiderwick Chronicles/Hugo
Looming Tower: Series
Mark Wahlberg Movie Collection (4 films)
Zac Efron Collection (5 films)

$6.99
Big Bang Theory: Season 12
4 Movie Comedy Collection - Life/Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins/Bulletproof Major Payne
John Wayne 3 Movie Action Pack

$9.99
Mission Impossible Seasons 1-3

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Visited a store out of town and actually saw a sign near the register promoting this "deal". It indicated it was taking place thru April 16th, so plenty of time to take advantage of it should you wish to do so.

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I really should take a trip there with the current $10 off of $20; but it's been so long since I found anything (not just movies) worth buying at BL or $T, that with Covid still running rampant I try to limit myself to stores that I really need to go to.

I've also got thousands of unexpected expenses coming up (a cat's tooth cleaning & two pieces of very expensive broken audio equipment that both need very expensive repairs; I don't have a definite total yet), & I am really trying to watch my finances. Like everyone, the food & gas inflation is also really tough on my finances.

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I have a hunch there might be some new stuff about to appear. My closest store hasn't even put the latest batch out yet, however there was a sign today next to the existing displays which had DVDs $2.50 (with $5 slashed out) while the other side had DVDs $1.75 (with $7 slashed out).

At first, I thought this might mean current titles were discounted. But there's hardly anything priced at $7. The only things around at that price are the God's Not Dead collection and the previously viewed Marvel/Star Wars BDs.

I took a closer look at the sign and at the bottom, it says 4/10 waterfall or something like it. So I believe there might be a new display to make an appearance with some $2.50/$1.75 stuff. Maybe I'm wrong, and maybe it's just DVDs only. But I'll probably try to keep an eye open in the days ahead.

Yes, I could have asked an employee. But the odds of them having any information about this is usually slim. :)

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E-mail from Big Lots: Deal of the Day (today only): Buy 1 DVD, get 3 free! Limit 8 total (buy 2, get 6 free).

Wow, this is huge, depending on what qualifies (BDs/Sets, etc). I still have several $5 coupons in hand as well.

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I'm hoping this includes BDs.

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I was just in the local store yesterday and looked over the DVD/BR offerings... and came up pretty empty. Possible a couple of things but don't know if I already own them for sure (took notes but didn't check last night when I got home). I, too, have a couple of $5 coupons but really wouldn't be able to get to the $15 minimum with just DVD/BR purchases. I'll *still* swing by just in case - and I overheard a checker saying they're starting inventory at this store today...
It usually does - has in the past. You might have to convince the checker to ring them up though as I've had them tell me before that something wouldn't qualify (qualifiers for BxGx offers, getting/using a BR for an offer instead of a DVD though BR isn't specifically mentioned, and coupon stacking) when it would.

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1 day sale today: buy 1 get 3 free. The sale states "dvd"; but I just called the local store & they said blu's are included.

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I opted to not bother as I really didn't find anything yesterday. I considered getting 4 or 8 cheap BRs just for the cases to replace broken ones on other releases but just don't want to bother...

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I went to the closest one. I was there the other day & was surprised that little had sold today. While there was nothing i would have paid full price for, with the sale/discount I picked up 8 (& only discovered that i already owned 2 when I got home, yay!).

Blu's & cd's are included. They seemed to actually be taking a varying discount off each disc (the receipt shows the discount, & it is not 75%). I paid $14.98 + tax for what would have been a regular price of $40.22.There were a few tv box sets, I got 2: Flintstones S01 & Handmaiden's Tale S01. Mixing blu & dvd is ok. sale ends at closing tonight.

Blu-ray:
Platoon $1.22
Godfather (I already owned this) $1.78
Hotel Transylvania 1 & 2 (I already owned this) $2.04
Handmaid's Tale S01 $3.57
Underworld: Blood Wars $1.79

DVD
Silence of The Lambs $0.51
Trumbo $1.22
Flintstones S01 $2.85

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I was surprised to find 8 disks including the first 4k I've seen at Big Lots. Not sure exactly how the discount worked but it averaged out to 72%.

4K
Sherlock Season One (2 disks)
Blu-Ray
Snowden
Rocky (upgrade)
Bull Durham (upgrade)
Train Robbers (upgrade)
4 film favorites Clint Eastwood: Enforcer, Sudden Impact, Firefox, Absolute Power (all upgrade)
Dvd's
The Looming Tower (mini-series)
Throw Momma From the Train

All for $11.98--not bad.

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The e-mail arrived right before I left for a prescheduled trip out-of-town, which gave me the chance to stop by 5 locations while on the road. Only 1 was a complete waste of time. Otherwise, grabbed quite a bit.

Scoob! (BD) - $3.99
Lego:Batman the Movie: DC Super Heroes Unite (BD) - FREE
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (BD) - FREE
Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - FREE

A.D. The Bible Continues (BD) - $7.99
Lethal Weapon: Season 1 - FREE
Queen Sugar: Season 1 - FREE
Riverdale: Season 1 - FREE
**Used $5 off coupon as well**

Abominable (BD) - $4.99
Homefront / End of Watch (BD) - FREE
The Train Robbers (BD) - FREE
Superman: The Animated Series: Vol. 2 - FREE

DC's Legends of Tomorrow: Season 2 - $8.00
Supergirl: Season 2 - FREE
The Twilight Zone: Season 2 (BD) - FREE
Sherlock: Season 1 (4K) - FREE

Blindspot: Season 1 - $8.00
Fuller House :Season 1 - FREE
The Looming Tower: Limited Series - FREE
The Carol Burnett Show: Lost Episodes - FREE
**Used $5 off coupon as well**

Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol (Steelbook BD) - $5.00
Smokey and the Bandit (BD) - FREE
Paranormal Activity (3 Movie Collection - BD) - FREE
King Kong (Triple Feature) - FREE

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Interesting that your store honored the deal, & mine gave a large discount but didn't honor the advertisement.

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I'd bet they pro-rated the discount among the titles and that if you add up the discount given on each grouping of 4 titles it'd be the full price of the most expensive item in that group.

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THey actually listed a price for each movie on the receipt. I decided not to bitch, but it was closer to 62% off then 75%.

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I'll point out that I didn't examine my receipt too closely, and perhaps I need to go back and check. I do remember the first time I checked out, I had 4 different titles at $4.99 and as soon as the last one was scanned, my total price was $5.xx, so I assumed it was automatically making the adjustment correctly.

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I bought 8 movies on that special.....ended up being pro-rated charged for each "free" one. I went back, made my case and was refunded back the difference. Seems like it was more of a sham than a deal!!

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If you then didn't pay *full* price for the qualifying title then you ripped them off.

Prorating the cost is how they do them on the receipt just in case you try to return the qualifying title and keep the free ones. Target does the same thing with their sales that involve a full price purchase to get a discounted item - the cost of the items minus the discount is prorated across the purchase of all those items. It protects the merchant against fraudsters. Many vendors do it where if you return the qualifying item then they deduct the full discount amount from that item before issuing a refund - which can actually cost you money if the discount was more than the price of that qualifier (as it could well be with that BL sale).

Again... add up the discounted amounts and check them against the qualifying title. You should find the discount amouts add up to that cost It's *not* 75% off *unless* all four titles were the same amount. If any of them has a lower cost than the qualifying title then that discount will be less.

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I DID pay for the 2 full-priced DVD's. The difference I was refunded was for the "pro-rated" ones which were supposed to be free. My 2 highest priced DVD's did ring up correct and I paid for those. However, I was charged for an extra $9 over that total. They ripped me off.

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Dam it been long time since got any media at big lots since last i got media was dollar tree like 3 movies which was a mix but good stuff in ways. but since gotta move anytime later i really gotta limit what i get if ever till all moved and set.

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I wonder if this is Big Lots way of getting out of physical media?

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I was wondering the same thing. I suspect we'll know soon.

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I figure it's just a simple lack of overstock/closeout product. DVD sales are way down, many new titles are from "boutique" type distributors (Kino, ClassicFlix, etc.) who generally print fewer copies, and distributors don't stock nearly as many copies as in the past which means fewer for places like BL. The last few times I bothered looking at the WM dump bins it appeared to be the same titles that've been there for over a year. Same reason that BL has fewer titles.

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I am guessing if dvd sales are way down cause now u got blu ray and 4k. now u got streaming and even streaming movies has become webrips so u can get those and make dvd for ur own wants any and any extras u find those any way possible and got ur own movie with any extra u really wanna keep. but since u got media at a variety places now from real cheap to expensive kinda that some or many stores are not selling media as much as before kinda so like big lots, 99 cent stores get some or any, and thrift stores get some by chance used or new anytime now i think still. i have not asked but guess some stores are still getting media or not for any reason.

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BL sent out an email with a large clearance sale. Movies aren't mentioned. Does anyone know if they're including them?

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They weren't yesterday when I was in the local store - lots of other things were. That sale is mostly all the summer stuff - deck furniture, gazebos, fake plants, pools, etc. and some furniture.

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I'm in my closest store frequently and discoverd a bunch of new stuff in the same old display. It wasn't obvious until you got close and looked. Some things were "repeats".

Here's a few things I noted:

Atlantis: Season 1 (BBC) - $5.99
Carrie (the original) - $3.99
The Flash: Season 1 - $9.99
Stargate: Atlantis: Season 3 - $7.99

New things in my display on DVD:

Battlestar Galactica: Season 20 - $7.99
DC's Legends of Tomorrow: Season 1 - $7.99
DC's Legends of Tomorrow: Season 2 - $7.99
The Flash: Season 2 - $9.99
Fraggle Rock: Season 1 - $8.99
Murder One: Season 1 - $8.99
The Riches: Season 1 - $6.99
Robin Hood: Season 1 (BBC) - $6.99
The Rockford Files: Season 4 - $6.99
Wayward Pines: Season 1 - $6.99
X-Files: Season 8 - $12.99

I used the current $10 off $40 coupon (expiring today) along with a couple of $5 coupons from my own account and picked up The Riches, Wayward Pines and the 2nd season of The Magnificent Seven ($4.99) which has been in my store for a number of weeks.