I have finally started collecting the Stargate SG-1 collection. The show last 10 seasons and had two tv movies also come out. I looked at getting the big boxset which has all the 10 seasons on dvd and the two movies but I am now weary of getting larger box sets. The boxsets are nice and save a lot of space on shelves and for me in my small bedroom where space is at a premium. I bought the Star Trek series – TOS, TNG, DS9, Voyager & Enterprise – all in these big boxsets. Ok, TOS which just has 3 seasons and Enterprise which has only 4 aren’t that big but the other three are.
The other large dvd boxsets I have in my collection are the Stargate Atlantis (5 seasons), The X-Files 11 season one, and the Frasier 11 season box set. Other than that I have 3 smaller Friends sets of 2 dvd cases each covering the 10 seasons but yeah together it is large. The last large box set I purchased was the Frasier one. When it came here to the local post office, I was informed by the post man that I would have to pay an amount as import fees levied by Customs. I had to wait till Saturday and went to the post office on my way out to a bar on a date and collected the package and reluctantly paid the extra cash.
So now I am scared to order packages from Amazon or Ebay that are larger sets as I am not sure which one will catch the Customs departments. I find it ridiculous as they don’t seem to be consistent as I have gotten the two box sets of Star Trek TOS & Enterprise in one package and I only paid the shipping charges from Amazon UK. This is ridiculous. Just before lockdown started here in Kerala, I had placed orders for the complete reboot Battlestar Galactica set and that too was tagged by the customs department so I just refused the package and didn’t go to the post office to go and collect them. After 7 days the package was shipped back to Amazon and I got my refund.
I also wanted the Stargate SG-1 set but I am not risking the customs charging another fee. So I waited and after lockdown has ended and it looked like I placed orders from this set that you see here in the pic above. It is the somewhat newish set (I reckon) that is called (I think) the region 1 gift set. I like the colourful but bulky dvd sets that have 5 smaller dvd cases for each season! It is a lovely set but it will take a lot more space on my shelves and that is something I am wary about. But I do like these dvd covers as well and they are also about the size of regular dvds cases and use trays for housing the 5 dvds inside each season.
I am excited and cannot wait to have all 10 of them plus the two movies in my collection.