Got me there -- spin off wasn't the right word. Very similar styles in addition to the crossover episodes. Eureka is a bit heavier on the humor/quirk aspect, W13 a lot more on the fantasy/science fiction side.
Both are excellent in their own ways, but do seem to aim for the same general...
With Amazon.de shipping to the US cheaply again, I'd probably suggest looking that way.
More discs, episodes seem to be encoded at about 50% higher bitrate (9gb per episode vs 5-6), and their are some missing bits to the US set apparently --2 extended episodes (SD quality) and their...
Unless MC pulls off something out of character -- $30-35 German release vs $50 US release would seem to make the decision pretty easy.
Even if teh MC items drops to low $30's I'm not sure why I would be tempted (assuming I didn't already have the German set)
Best Preorder price on the US set...
Depends on how filled the German Discs are and how they repack the files of the MC discs. If the German discs average low 30GB and the MC are filled to the brim, it's possible they could be identical though I'm not planning on going through the discs to check
OTOH based on MC records I'm not...
No -- region free. English audio, English Subtitle, pretty good quality and cheap. I think it was on sale forever for $30-35 shipped. It seems like at one time Amazon.It even had it mispriced for a while for $25 shipped
The original 2013 Limited Edition was just a box with all the discs...