EXCLUSIVE BLU-RAY FEATURES:

Blu-Ray Complete Guide to Westeros: An interactive compendium of the noble houses and lands featured in Season One, PLUS 24 exclusive histories of the Seven Kingdoms as told by the characters themselves.

Anatomy of an Episode: An in-episode experience that explores the creative minds and colossal efforts behind episode six, “A Golden Crown”.

In-Episode Guide: In-feature resource that provides background information about on-screen characters, locations, and relevant histories while each episode plays.

Hidden Dragon Eggs: Find the hidden dragon eggs to uncover even more never-before-seen content.

ALSO INCLUDED:

Making Game of Thrones: An exclusive 30-minute feature including never-before-seen footage from the set and interview from the cast and crew.

Creating the Show Open: An inside look at the creation of the Emmy-winning opening title sequence for Game of Thrones

From the Book to the Screen: Executive producers David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, and author George R.R. Martin talk about the challenge of bringing Martin’s epic fantasy novel to life on HBO.

Character Profiles: Profiles of 15 major characters as described by the actors portraying them.

The Night’s Watch: An in-depth look at the unique order of men who patrol and protect the Wall, a 700-foot ice structure that separates the Seven Kingdoms from the darkness beyond.

Creating the Dothraki Language: An insightful glance into the comprehensive language created for the Dothraki people in Game of Thrones.

Audio Commentaries: Seven audio commentaries with Cast and Crew including David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, George R.R. Martin, Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, and more.

Day 1 purchase.

Never seen it, but I'm thinking the same thing.

No date or pricing?

not that I could find. Probably in the Spring

Day 1 purchase for me as well.

Amazon had had it listed for awhile at $54.99.

I'm on it. Can't wait to power through this before S2.

It's too bad they couldn't have gotten this ready in time for Christmas.

wasn't there supposed to be a documentary crew following along with filming, in house crew from HBO?
that couldn't be the "30 min making of"?

then again i was hoping for "hearts of darkness", so maybe my hopes were a little too high.

typical ungrateful bastard that i am, i see 7 commentaries and complain that there aren't ten.

I have it prebooked for $49.99.

March 6.
$79.98 Blu-Ray
$59.99 DVD

Love this show, but at that price for season 1 only, I'll wait until it drops into the $30-40 range.

Day 1 for me. Love this show. Can't wait for Season 2.

FYI there is a special bonus disc if you order it from HBO.com. However your going to have to pay full MSRP.

Yep. Way overpriced.
But HBO seasons have always been way expensive.

Are you talking about the $79.98 price for the BD? That's MSRP. It will probably be $45-50 release week.

which probably means
59.99 Blu
39.99 DVD
at best buy and target

Either Target or Bestbuy may carry a possible Exclusive Offer???

Yeah, you'd think they would want it out in time for Christmas. This would probably be a huge seller.

But when it comes to television programs, they are generally released about a month before the new season starts.

I STILL need to watch all these episodes. They've been sitting on my DVR since the season finished.

Here's a list of what episodes have commentary and by who:

Ep 1 ‘Winter is Coming’ w/ Commentary by Exec Producers/Writers David Benioff & D.B Weiss

Ep 2 ‘The Kingsroad’ w/ Commentary by Lena Headey, Mark Addy & nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Ep 3 ‘Lord Snow’ w/ Commentary by Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams & Isaac Hempstead-Wright

Ep 4 ‘Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things’ w/ Commentary by Bryan Cogman (Writer) and Kit Harington

Ep 6 ‘A Golden Crown’ w/ Commentary by Pete Dinklage, Emilia Clarke, Harry Lloyd and Daniel Minahan (Director)

Ep 8 ‘The Pointy End’ w/ Commentary by George R.R Martin (Co-Exec Producer & Author of Game of Thrones

Ep 10 ‘Fire and Blood’ w/ Commentary by David Benioff & D.B Weiss (Exec Producers/Writers) & Alan Taylor (Director)

http://winter-is-coming.net/2011/12/...etails-emerge/

Also, apparently the "Hidden dragon eggs" are cast audition videos.

This set looks beautiful.

Best Buy exclusive sets.

Those are cool but I think I like the regular set better.

The BB exclusives are probably just slipcovers over the regular set like True Blood had.

Better picture. Doesn't look like just slipcovers...