darkside

No dice at the 281 & 1604 and 281 & 410 locations.

Several copies at the I10 and DeZavala location.

RustyOrgan

Picked up the first edition w/ book at the Fair Lakes, VA location...

kunert

I braved three WalMarts in Sacramento, Folsom, and Rancho Cordova and I didn't find any, nor any trace that they were ever there (No empty spots on the shelf where they would be). I don't I've seen an Emmy section either.

EdL

Thank You peateargryphon

I was able to pick up SNL Season 1 at the Seper Wal-Mart in Bellevue, NE.

EdL

DerangedHermit

None at the Walmart in Centereach, NY. That store is a cesspool.

Ravenous

Thanks for the tip! I found 4 at the Bandera location, wrapped with that stupid wire censor. Luckily they were wrapped together so the outer ones were the only ones heavily damaged. They were all the regular edition with a book inside, no emmy pack.

Thanks OP!

surfingelectrod

None at the stores I've been too. I really want this for the price, so I'll keep looking.

kitkat

I just saw a few at the Henderson, NV, WalMart on Sunset.

smashthesymbols

I was able to find a copy at my local store today. They had two copies with the book hidden behind the others. I took one and left the other.

brocklanders

Sounds like the ebayers are eating up all the SNL's. One of the drawbacks of the great info on this site is that it gets in the wrong hands sometimes and the ebayers will hord the good buys and screw it up for the average consumer.

I was lucky enough to find the orginal version at the Chula Vista, CA store. Unbelievable deal. The musical performances alone would warrant this set worth at least $50. 27 hours of material. The second episode includes a Paul Simon and Garfunkel reunion well prior to the Central Park concert. The first episode has George Carlin as a guest with Billy Preston and Janice Ian. It gets better and better from there.

One little trick when you cant find these good deals is to go to areas with high hispanic populations. They normally dont buy American TV shows, especially classic ones. When the ebayers were swooping up all the HBO shows during the Costco coupon sale, I went to the Chula Vista Costco and they were loaded up.

surfingelectrod

Where in the stores have the Emmy displays been? I haven't seen any so far.

BAMJoe

I can't find any in the Chicagoland area. Anyone else having any luck there?

n.phelge

Same question on the Dallas area - anyone finding these sets? (I just want one for myself).

Thanks in advance

Surfinhank

Check the Best Buy ad for this Sunday. They're going to have it for $29.95.

SeymourGams

Went back to the Williamsburg Wal-mart yesterday morning and they had 4 copies in stock (last week there wasn't even a spot for it). Grabbed one for myself but may go back to get some more for resell.

The one I picked up was the version with the gold emmy slip over the cover but it did in fact have the photobook.

dsa_shea

Why don't you leave a few so that others can pick a copy up for themselves.

jgorow

just slightly off-topic, but I just heard that season 2 will be released for the holidays! yeah!!! and, just like season 1 it will have all of the musical performances.

orion1998_1

so the non emmy is a better version? i can get some for members looking

surfingelectrod

Got myself a copy, finally. Emmy cover, book included.

conscience

Question:

I actually like the box for the newer version better. I couldn't completely tell, but does the Gold bordered front come off and reveal the cover that is on the original release or is the gold border the only thing on the front and won't come off? I tried to pull down the front cover through the plastic and it looked like it budged a little but I couldn't completely tell.

Thanks for the help.

dsa_shea

The gold border comes off. I bought the original big box that opens up and has the pic inside. The digipak then comes out of the box holding 8-discs. It also had the picture book.

jackson walker

My Walmart had a ton of these in a display that featured repackaged series (West Wing, Newhart, Cheers) all for under twenty bucks. And it must be the original release of SNL because one of the "special features" included (according to the boxset) is the "collector's booklet" which is nowhere to be found in this purchase.

dollfins1

i picked one up today at my walmart (they had a ton!) but alas no booklet. how does one tell if the set has the booklet? mine may have to go back since one of the disc spindles is broken and will not hold the disc.

shyguy1083

will they send booklet out if your copy is missing one? or is something that was only available from a first pressing? did they every specifically mention anywhere that the book would onyl be available for a limited time?

thomkai

Wait... I was under the impression that both sets had the booklet, although only the golden-slip cover says it does. I bought the non-gold and haven't opened it yet. Maybe I'll be exchanging it...