So what's your buy price point for the Batman TV HD series?
 

I really want the pre order the Batman Complete Television Series but I think I am going to have to hold off for $125 or so.


What is the best price now?

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Well it is a limited edition, so if it sells out, you may be waiting a long time.

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Waiting for a set that only has the BD discs. And then only when if it starts hitting BF like sale prices.

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The BD set also had DVD included?



So once the first batch sells out due to the LE, it will be awhile before the second shipments are out??

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Same. I don't need the fancy packaging or extra crap I'll only leaf through once and never bother with again.

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This would be fun to watch over and over again but I really only want to own the Bruce Lee episodes so I'm waiting till the eventual price drop.

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I still say that all things considered in how much of a hassle it was to put this show out at all to begin with the price is more than fair. Considering that its the entire series and under $200 I'm honestly way more than satisfied. My only gripe is that it sounds like the set is a bit lacking in the extra features department but as long as the episodes are presented in good quality I'm happy with the set we're getting.

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Same as anything, $15 per season is my max.

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Good luck with that. Maybe years down the road used.

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Don't buy the limited edition marketing spiel, that is a load. All indicators point to this set having been designed for easy reconfiguration into individual season releases, after they sell through the big sets.

If you are willing to wait two years after release, it will be significantly cheaper.

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Trevor has like 10 years of backlog. Hell will freeze over before he buys this set.

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For a second there I thought this thread was about Batman The Animated Series on Blu-ray. Got a little excited, and then disappointed.

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True, but getting it now, I can look forward to other things in 2 years time. Canceling the Halloween set and moving that money over to this set is what I'm doing.

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Probably $100 for me.

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I can't believe how many are waiting for it to get cheap. I don't care the price, this was a very long long wait to get released on dvd, and it took so long we are getting it in blu. This is worth the money to me.

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I'll even be getting some cash back from all of the rebates that I stacked up on it.

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Although I watched it as a kid, I really have no desire to own this set. It would be fun to check out a couple episodes though. I can remember a few of them. I remember the pilot to Green Hornet very well. Also remember the Batgirl episodes.

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Agreed. I find it odd that the series spent a bunch of time as the most requested title to be released on TVShowsonDVD and not to mention fans clamoring for it other places both online and offline but now its finally hitting and a bunch of people either seem indifferent or want it but only if its dirt cheap.e

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Dirt Cheap? No. Just not at the price they are asking for now. Especially when it includes junk many don't want. I suspect those saying no for now would buy it if it was a little cheaper and didn't include anything but the discs.

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They aren't throwing a bunch of crap in the set just to pad the price. There's a replica of the Batmobile which probably doesn't cost much (I'm sure its just a HotbWheels or something similar). As for the price like I've mentioned after all the hurdles and time it took to get the series released at all I really don't think the price is bad. I honestly expected it to be more. Of course when it first releases it'll cost more than later down the line, but for it to be under $200 I think is a decent price on it.

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Yes, crap. I suspect I'm not alone in having no interest in the tiny Hot Wheels like car and the other valueless stuff they have added to the box.

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You're not but the fact is that I'm not waiting two years for the set to drop in price.

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I suspect it will take less than a year to drop in price. Next BF at the latest. And if they're smart, they'll release disc only sets long before that.

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If you don't want the car fine but that's the only thing added to the set. Like I said I doubt that's adding too much cost to the set.

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Scrapbook? Trading cards? And given the way the promotion material reads, I believe they are expecting people to think more of the extras than you think.

But bottom line - many are waiting for disc only sets and a more reasonable price.

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Paper stuff isn't that expensive either. That kind of stuff is fairly standard to these types of sets. My guess is all that stuff adds maybe $20 tops to the set. Most of that cost is probably the car.

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I actually think the limited edition set is priced rather fairly given the swag. I was expecting a list price closer to $400. The lower list price suggests this will hit the sweet spot of $100 pretty soon.

I have no problem paying $180 for this set on day one. I just hope they did justice to the film transfers.

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I'm not waiting a year either. You go ahead and report back on the low price you eventually get.

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Since the altered (unfortunate darkened) color timing was announced, I've cancelled my preorder until I read the reviews... If it is darkened to oblivion, I'll not be buying the set at all. If it is acceptable, my price point will be $150. I would gladly have paid $250+ if the original, as broadcasted, brighter colors would have been used without the needless 'reimagining'!

I'll try contain my shock that the color-timing has been altered. Why must this new phenomenon exist?

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At this point I've waited 14 years for the series to come to DVD. If it had been released in 2004 it would have been a day one purchase. I've now waited long enough that waiting a little longer doesn't bother me.

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From what I read, the darker color timing is the original look of the series. It was later brightened when the show hit syndication. So the "reimagining" is the brighter version rather than the BD.

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$75. No superfluous stuff. The BDs are all I want or need.

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I'd go $20-25 for each season. But i can't pay that high price all at once for the whole set. Well, if it takes a few years more or even never i'll just have to deal with that. And even possibly miss out altogether.

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Correct. In fact, there's more on this in the dedicated HD thread to the set. Also, one of our members here has already viewed the set and said that it looked phenomenal.

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Right now, Amazon lists the DVD set at $135. I may end up going that route unless the BD set hits that price or lower before I pull the trigger. I just don't have the room any more for fancy packaging and am not interested in the cards or car. And as glorious as Julie Newmar's spandex-covered ass might be in HD, standard definition suits my old eyes just fine.

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135 bucks... for a DVD set. In 2014? Fuck that. Ain't no DVD set that has a BD counterpart, at the same time, worth that much.

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50 cents. :rolleyes:

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Yeah, given the legal wrangling involved I expected this to originally be a Star Vista or Time-Life direct marketing deal with a fixed retail price of around $300-$350. But then I also expected more substantial extras too to justify that. Then in a year or two the individual seasons would hit retail at about $50 msrp.

So my initial buy price point was anything under $200. I ended up ordering it from WB Shop with a coupon for about $150. Don't recall if that includes tax or not. I was satisfied...but I think there will be a better deal to be had before the end of this year. B&N, WB Shop, DD, DVD Planet- someone will have a good post release price and then a coupon will be available that will knock it down further under $150.


Even in HD releases that don't seem to be that big an improvement over their standard def counterparts, you can usually tell in the sharpness of something like a highlight in a persons eyes. HD is usually, depending on the nature of the original photography, pin point sharp where SD is softer and more diffused.
Just thinking about the costumes on Newmar and Craig, they're made of some kind of glittery, pearlescent fabric. Don't know if that alone is worth the $25+ premium for Bd, but I'm curious to see just how brilliant those sparkle in higher res.

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I paid less than that for the BD version through the WBshop and various e-rebate coupons, etc.