Jazzman99 wrote:
A lot of fans were unhappy with things like the Essentials release, which paired one new-to-dvd episode--Santa Clause Conquers the Martians--with one most fans already had on DVD, Manos. They got even unhappier when one online retailer (I no longer remember who) turned out to have an exclusive version of the set that contained a disc of the third volume of selected shorts (the first two volumes had been in earlier sets). That set of shorts has never been released again.
Was it the Best Buy site?  I remember buying the set twice to get the bonus disc.  I also remember my pre-order for the volume 10 set getting cancelled and scrambling to find it at retail when it was released.
I'm still kicking myself for missing Cinematic Titanic when they were in town a couple of weeks back.  I'm going to have to order some DVDs off their site.