What's the Most Expensive Box Sets you've ever had? (1 Viewer)

[chadHobbick]

ST:TNG was mine. I purchased it when all the seasons were out and they sold them in that super set w/the cardboard display. I can't even recall how much I paid, I just know it was alot.

I cringe when I think how much i've paid for tv-dvd and regular dvd purchases that are now half price or more. It irks me to no end, but at the time I had, still do, that if I don't purchase it now it might not be around later on. I know better now, but still do it regardless, unless it's not a high priority then I wait for the DD-sale.

 

[Gary OS]

GET SMART from Time-Life when it was first released. This is the only set I've ever bought at what would be considered a full price. And it's also the set I most regret purchasing. I like the show fine, but looking back that was a dumb purchase for me because it was way overpriced.

TWILIGHT ZONE from Overstock.com a couple of years ago when it was discounted about 50%.

LAND OF THE GIANTS when it was a Gold Box deal at Amazon.com

MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. same as above.

STAR TREK: TOS on a good sale at B&N, using a 20% Off coupon on top of the 40% discounted price. So that one was a great deal.


Gary "those are the 5 most expensive sets I've ever bought" O.

 

[sestamuch]

Same, with the exception of the flinstones.

 

[Mark Talmadge]

Let's see:

Northern Exposure Complete Series $180
Miami Vice Complete Series $180

 

[Stan]

Semi-related, but the most expensive set I "almost" bought was The Carol Burnett Show.

It was one of those infommercial subscription type things, didn't really pay much attention to it and bought the first one. But if I remember correctly, after that, the price per episode would have ended up in the $10+ range.

Luckily I cancelled immediately once I found out the real terms.

 

[Jeff Willis]

Same as Gary, I like the show but should have waited for the inevitable price drop.

It's a close call, but my 1st regret in TV/DVD buys was Lost In Space S1 at its release. I watched the whole set but for me it didn't hold up well from watching it as a kid when it originally aired. I traded it at a local DVD store.

After buying the T/L Get Smart set at its release, I rarely pre-order or buy on release any TV/DVD's. The only exception since then was that Room 222 S1 set when Amazon had it listed for $10.99 for a couple of days.

 

[Gary OS]

I'm the same as Jeff. I almost never pre-order anything at this point. But if I find a good pre-order price on a holy grail show, like "Father Knows Best Season 3", then I'll order it before it's released. But it has to be a great deal and it has to be a show that is very, very, very important to me for me to do that now. I used to pre-order everything under the sun, but no more. I'm now content to wait things out, knowing that a little patience will score me any release at a minimum of 50% off. And that's my price point for almost every single release I want these days.

Gary "I know pre-orders are important for the studios in terms of figures, but money is too tight in my home to keep it up" O.

 

[Radioman970]

(I'm just listing Complete series sets)

Andy Griffith. About $170
Twilight Zone. About $170
Monty Python. $125
Dick Van Dyke. $89
Brady Bunch shag Box. $85

Have yet to receive Dick Van Dyke but each of the others was worth the price paid by many many times. I'm 99.99% Dick Van Dyke will join the club. EDIT: Holy moly! That Dick Van Dyke set is a stunning piece of work! What a deal that was. Woo hoo!!







Hell, make that 100%. ;P)

 

[Ethan Riley]

Oh god--I just had to have American Dreams season one the day it came out. It cost about $79.99 IIRC. I never even watched it. Nowadays it typically retails for about $16.99 and you can find it anywhere.

 

[RyanAn]

I have Cirque Dreams box set that was $125.

 

[Rodrick]

Mine are

Gilligans Island boxset
Brady Shag
Seinfeld Box
StarTrek TNG box
Will n Grace Box

Yes indeed They were all quite expensive. I like the packaging for Alias, Everybody Loves Raymond or FullHouse. May add those.

 

[kbrooks190]

Purchased X-Files Collection for around $179. Deadwood series were around $50 each.

 

[Greg_S_H]

Thanks to Amazon's recent sci-fi sale, my answer is now every season of Voyager in one shot, for $261.

 

[RoyGBiv]

Upstairs Downstairs.

At times the audio is awful, and the picture quality is sorely lacking, but it's on videotape from 35 years ago. It was $249 and worth every penny.

SMK

 

[Mr.Grant]

Steven,
If you have a region-free player then you can get Upstairs,Downstairs from the UK(Region 2)at a much better price.The sets released by Network DVD have perfectly fine picture and sound quality and lots of great extras including documentaries,commentaries and archive interviews.

 

[Mr. Papagiorgio]

I spent the most on the Sopranos and Real Ghostbusters.

 

[dhammer]

Anything from Time Life.

Man From Uncle
Get Smart
Real Ghostbusters

Great quality but you are going to pay for it.

 

[Clyde's Place]

Mine would be Everybody Loves Raymond, the complete series which I paid about $115 for in one of Amazon's Christmas Sales.

I did catch Man From Uncle for about $85 at one of Amazon's Gold Box specials. But, I have bought all six seasons of Hawaii Five-O so far and each of those cost me at least $30 - $35. So it's all how you look at it.

 

[Regulus]

The Sets I mentioned were ones where I bought the Complete Series at once, either because they were offered that way (Sky King, Land of the Giants) or because I ordered all the individual sets at once.(MacGyver, The Twilight Zone) As for those that I have accumulated one-at-a-time, the three most expensive are:

JAG

Walker, Texas Ranger

Mission: Impossible

As of today none of these series are complete, yet.