tylergfoster

You can get the seasons for cheaper now, but $35 a season + $15 a movie isn't that bad.

Also, the Dollhouse preorder crashed FoxStore.com and I would be surprised to hear that Dollhouse is more popular than Futurama, not to mention the exclusive is way cooler.

kstublen

I just wish I knew someone that was going to Comic Con. If I did, I'd be all over this.

cracksky

These sets are not moving very fast. I would be surprised if they sell out the 500 even on the last day at ComicCon. I bet they eventually put the remaining copies up on Amazon for a reduced price.

smashthesymbols

I suspect it's less the price and more the fact that you have to attend Comic-Con to get it. It may be expensive, but if it was available to ship I guarantee there's 500 people into Futurama enough to buy it.

Droidguy, you are going to share pictures of the actual set when you get yours right?

tylergfoster

Yep. I'll probably even write a review of it, since the press release states that some kind of standard version of "The Complete Series" will be streeting in October.

kstublen

Yeah I'm trying to find someone going to Comic Con to pick it up for me and then ship it to me.. If Comic Con themselves would ship, I would have already purchased it.

TheHypnoToad

Same here. Would have bought it in a heartbeat if they would have shipped it. Maybe we'll see a general release later this year. The press release seems to indicate that will happen.

kstublen

My only concern is, will the later release be in the Bender Packaging. If so, I can hold off as I don't need the letter signed by Groening and Cohen or whatever else it comes with. My main interest is the Bust (it'll look nice next to Caesar, Jack Skellington, and the T-800).

TheHypnoToad

I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens. I hear you about the main interest being the head packaging. Any fan of the show probably already owns most if not all of the DVD's. And yes, Bender would look very nice in that line-up.

Isny

I'm going to continue to hope that Amazon doesn't cancel it's preorders.

Mine still shows as waiting for stock.

kstublen

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Fut...llection/12393

Hooray! This is going to get a regular retail release on October 13th.

Eric F

Hmm...Problem here is that the DTV Movies included in the set are on DVD and a lot of us have it on Blu-Ray also...

tylergfoster

Well, as long as it isn't cheaper than the Comic-Con one, since I already paid for it...

Still, I'd like to know if there's some sort of difference between the Con version and the retail version.

mgdeals

$200 for the Oct. release seems way overpriced to me. Especially with Amazon's sale of vol1-4 for $43 today. The movies are already overpriced as it is, but I would say this set won't sell at all unless it's $120 or less MSRP with a street price under $100.

will94

The difference will probably be the hand number letter from the creators and that's it. The packaging and discs will be exactly the same.

tylergfoster

Quack

I actually like how the DVD's are stored in his head, wasn't expecting that to be honest.

UAIOE

The DVD's really should have been stored in his shiny metal ass.

Pointless for me to own as I already got it all...but still pretty cool.

hindolio

wow just wow.

love the total package, but is it me? or is benders forehead a little on the tall side?

droidguy, how is the weight? is it all plastic? or actual painted metal? whats in that booklet? episode guide? wasnt there a signed letter? are we there yet? are we there yet?

tylergfoster

I am inept at figuring out how to light photographs, so I end up using the flash whether I want to or not. Using it pretty much blotted out everything on the letter, so I didn't include pictures of it. The letter isn't signed, either, but instead is "hand-numbered", just like the number on the back of the head itself (photograph 2...blurry, but mine is 15/500). The booklet contains episode listings and short summaries, but it's kind of boring (no pictures! Fah! Also, listing the commentary participants would have been nice). The head is made out of plastic, and the whole thing is pretty light (all that's inside are 19 DVDs, which don't weight that much). The antenna is made out of rubber, and the sticker on the front of the box makes me wonder if the antenna is part of the "Comic Con Exclusive" package. Based on the DVD covers (I have two copies of "Futurama"), the forehead looks to be about right.

I am planning on writing a review for DVDTalk, since theoretically retailers will be getting a mostly-similar set.

hindolio

^ sweet. thanks for the reply

kstublen

TVShowsOnDVD is reporting that there will be a limited number of "Empty Bender Heads" for purchase for those of us that already own all the DVDs.

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Fut...-Release/12572

Personally, I'll be picking it up with DVDs because it'll be nice to have a separate set of DVDs; my Volume Sets have been heavily used and it'd be nice to have back-up discs.

cracksky

I might pick up an empty head depending on what they decide to charge for it. Meanwhile, the old Amazon link is back:

http://www.amazon.com/Futurama-Compl.../dp/B0029XFNBC [currently $139.99]

The Fox site has it for $159.99

http://foxstore.com/detail.php?item=6578

The Infidel

He's right. The forehead is a little on the tall side, when compared with pictures of Bender from the show. But, they are storing 19 DVDs inside, so I guess they needed the space.

kstublen

$60 bucks cheaper than what the Comic Con one was going for...