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- Ronald Epstein
I usually praise Fox for the things they do.
It's very seldom that I'll stand up and chastise them for
a decision that I feel is very unfair to consumers who have
been very loyal to them.
In this instance, it is the loyalty shown by consumers like
myself who spent good money purchasing the 11 individual
Bond titles released over the years in hopes that the studio
would make the remaining titles available to us as soon as
possible.
Well, Fox did arrange to make the remaining titles available
to us, but they did so by only including them in an upcoming
$200 complete collection boxed set.
I have to say, this a real kick-in-the-pants to those of us that
put faith into the studio for completing something they
started -- that is, making all the individual releases available
to those that started collecting them as such.
While I don't find fault with Fox releasing a boxed set like this,
I am very disappointed that they have made no indications to
anyone (no matter how hard we have already pressed them
privately) as to whether they will continue with the individual
releases shortly after this boxed set is made available.
I mean, I think we all know what is being done here. The
studio doesn't want to jeopardize the sale of the boxed sets
by making promises that individual releases would be forthcoming.
However, personally, I think this goes against the grain of
the great folks I know at Fox and MGM to make a decision to
keep the Bond collectors in the dark. It's as if the studio wants
to intentionally force the original collectors to repurchase titles
they already own, via the complete set, by providing as little
information as possible about the future of Bond singles.
At best, I would have hoped that a complete roadmap of these
Bond releases would have been outlined with the announcement
of the boxed set.
You just don't leave collectors wondering what to do next.
So, my question is, as an owner of the already released Bond
titles, are you planning to buy the complete set or are you going
to hold some blind hope that the studio will make the new titles
available on an individual basis sometime in 2013?