Roswell - Gets Repackaging
 

Anyone that doesn't know they are repackaging all three seasons of Roswell and putting Katherine Heigl on each cover because she is such a hit now with Grey's. The link is here
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Oy vey!

glad i picked up the original packaging. not a fan of this new one... if they're repackaging, any chance for a complete series set?

Looks to be only repackaging of each individual season highlighting Katherine Heigel vs. a complete series set.

The marketing department strikes again! Reminds me of the movie Flirting with Noah Taylor and Thandie Newton. They're the leads and Nicole Kidman has 5 minutes worth of screen time (it may be more....) but my point being, she's prominent on the cover. Noah isn't on the cover at all.

I understand marketing and capitalizing on star power, but that is hilarious!

How about they spend time releasing TV shows that haven't been released at all, instead of repackaging ones that have already been released?

I couldn't care less who's on the cover, but it looks like these are slim sets, which is always a good thing, IMO. :up:

Rob

Weren't the previous releases in slim sets? Mine are...

I thought they were the larger ones for some reason, like the first Angel and Buffy sets were. Never mind! :o

Rob

Not like the Buffy / Angel slim sets.

Roswell used six single-disc slim cases instead of 3 double-disc slim cases.

Ah, that explains it. I knew they were bigger than the usual slim sets.

Rob

I wonder if they'll use the double-disk slim cases....at any rate, a friend would love these for her birthday on April 30th. I will wait for the new packaging (and maybe double-disk slim cases) as I doubt the existing sets will drop further in price.

How about getting the original music instead?

That will never happen.

waaaayyyy tooo expensive to even be considered fesable consider how much of a niche market this series is...

hmmm... looks like Best Buy is going to have a <a href="http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8762387&st=roswell&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1838918">"Complete Series" exclusive.</a>

image indicates its not just a packaging of all three box sets together. they're using the s2 repackaging in a different color scheme and you can clearly see "the complete series" written underneath.

doesn't mention anything about exclusive bonus discs or whatnot, which makes me glad. won't have to worry about another "complete series" double-dip in the future? plus, the new box artwork is a downgrade.

Ugh. So Heigel is front and center, in-color, and everyone else just chills in the background in bronze? If it was $50 I'd grab it...I'll just wait to the eventual Deal of the Day from Amazon. Angel Complete Series was available a few weeks after for way less then what Best Buy priced it at (and it was exclusive for a few weeks).

LOL! I got mine for $17.99 each season (the thick kind, not the slim crap) from bestbuy. Im not about to pay over $20 for the same show, but wait! For only $30 more you get brand new pictures on the front of every season! SCREW THAT!

Wait... FOX is trying to cash in on a pointless double-dip?! Inconceivable! :lol:

Keep in mind that's the MSRP. In other words, FOX lowered it by 20.00 per season.

That means when they do their inevitable sales the ROSWELL sets will likely go as low as 14.99, etc.

That said, I got the first 3 seasons at around that rate...

The absence of Shiri Appleby on the 2nd season is just laughable. Katherine Heigl is easily the 3rd or 4th most important character on the show and to package it implying she's the lead is just ridiculous.

Maybe the revenue derived from this brilliant marketing scheme will yield enough profit to warrant a third release. After all, these two programs do share a similar target audience, no?