Since a number of sites have these listed for pre-order, I guess it's safe to publicly unveil another Complete Series Blu-ray release (and DVD too, for those permanently stuck in 1998), this time from Mediumrare Entertainment in the UK, coming December 12th (that's 2022, for future readers).
My understanding is that Mediumrare is basing their effort on the Australian edition released by Via Vision in 2020 (sans that gorgeous hard box packaging, sadly; the above are slipcases). So hey, if you missed out on that, this may be an approximate solution. I should mention that there are NO NEW SUPPLEMENTS--- which is a shame, since there are two audio commentary tracks currently looking for a home (which I detailed last time). But, as I've stated elsewhere, 2023 is the 60th anniversary of the series, so I'm still hoping against all logic and reason that there'll be some reflection of that milestone on the home video front.
One interesting (i.e. confounding) observation: All the Blu-rays releases across the board have 11 total discs each. However--- the combined DVD sets from Kino have 13 discs. The Via Vision complete series DVD set also has 13. This new complete series DVD offering from Mediumrare has FOURTEEN. But I'm told there are NO NEW SUPPLEMENTS. What does it all mean?
Naturally, being the psychologically-imbalanced fool that I am, I ordered the Via Vision DVD set (which I don't already have, oddly enough) and pre-ordered both Mediumrare editions... which is to say: I'll report back when I know more.
