MST3K Collection Vol. 6

[Crow T. Robot]

From MST3k.com

"Rhino Announces "MST3K Collection Vol. 6"
Rhino Home Video has informed us that The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 6, due out Sept. 21st, will include:

episode 511- GUNSLINGER
episode 404- TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE
episode 406- ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES (with short: UNDERSEA KINGDOM PT. 1)
MR. B's LOST SHORTS??!! (which includes "Mr. B Natural" (from episode 319- WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST), "X Marks The Spot" (from episode 210- KING DINOSAUR), "Hired!--Part 1" (from episode 423- BRIDE OF THE MONSTER), "Design for Dreaming" (from episode 524- 12 TO THE MOON), "Johnny At The Fair" (from episode 419- THE REBEL SET) and "Are You Ready for Marriage?" (from episode 616- RACKET GIRLS)"

[Icon769]

I'm very much looking forward to this set since I haven't seen any of those episodes before. I don't get it though, is it going to include all those shorts you listed?

[NotEd]

Originally Posted by Icon769

I'm very much looking forward to this set since I haven't seen any of those episodes before. I don't get it though, is it going to include all those shorts you listed?

Yep. There are several collections of just the shorts from episodes that came out in the past. I believe it was easier or not necessary for them to get the rights to put them out on VHS and now DVD, unlike the films they were originally featured with on the show.

[JFelix]

I'll start buying these sets once they stop including stuff that was already released on VHS that I bought years ago and still have.

[Hamburger3]

Im going to buy all the dvd's they release as Im not stuck in the 80s and I want them all on dvd if available and not on a crappy vhs tape.

[3DMan]

Originally Posted by Hamburger3

Im going to buy all the dvd's they release as Im not stuck in the 80s and I want them all on dvd if available and not on a crappy vhs tape.

Since MST3K WAS in the 80's, no matter what physical incantation you support, aren't you inherently "stuck in the 80's"? It's not like A/V quality really matters for MST3K. These sets are WAY too much for what you get(although I dig the packaging). Rights issues are the problem, but if I had broadband, I would probably just download all of them and burn them to dvd.

[Icon769]

mst3kinfo.com is offering an exclusinve bonus DVD of shorts when you order MST3K the essentials through them. Anyone gonna get it there? Even though it comes out to $30 shipped I'm tempted too just so I can get the bonus dvd with the shorts.

Does anyone know if the essentials includes Poopy that was included with the original Manos DVD?

[manigrasso]

Originally Posted by 3DMan

Since MST3K WAS in the 80's, no matter what physical incantation you support, aren't you inherently "stuck in the 80's"? It's not like A/V quality really matters for MST3K. These sets are WAY too much for what you get(although I dig the packaging). Rights issues are the problem, but if I had broadband, I would probably just download all of them and burn them to dvd.

Actually, MST3k spent more time in the NINETIES than the eighties. It started on the Comedy Channel (later Comedy Central) in 1988 after being on a local Minneapolis station for less than a year, then moved to Sci-Fi Channel until they cancelled it in 99.

I think the "stuck in the 80s" comment was a reference to owning video tapes of the eps instead of DVDs, not the show itself.

As far as their being too much money, I usually get these sets for 45 bucks from Circuit City or Best Buy. Which works out to less than 12 bucks a DVD. If you consider that each disc is a whole movie, sometimes with the uncut movie added as a bonus, you're paying a comparable price for, say, 4 MGM Midnite Madness DVDs. I don't consider that a bad deal at all.

Oh, and Icon, mst3kinfo.com is probably offering that bonus DVD of shorts to make up for the fact that most fans already bought Manos: The Hands of Fate when Rhino first released it as a standalone episode, before they started doing box sets. It might make the double-dip worth it. But if THIS Manos DVD is the same as the ORIGINAL Manos DVD, then the "Poopie" outtake program is included as a bonus on the DVD itself, as you said. I can't imagine them pressing a new DVD just to take that blooper reel off.

[Crow T. Robot]

If anybody wants a huge history of MST3k go Here .

[Icon769]

I'm going to go ahead and order Essentials through the link at mst3kinfo.com just so I can get the bonus disc with the shorts. It seems that you order it through esecurecare.com when you click the order link on mst3kinfo.com. I never even heard of esecurecare, anyone know if they're reliable?

[Anti-Hero]

"Rhino Home Video sent over the artwork for the Volume 6 set yesterday, but we just got time to post it. The set will be released on October 5th and will contain 4 discs for $59.95.

Don't forget that the set will contain :
Gunslinger
Mr. B Natural's Shorts
Attack Of The Giant Leeches
Teenagers From Outer Space"