I did the opposite of what you did for the Blu-Ray set. I'm from the USA, and I imported the UK version of the Blu-Ray set back in 2012 because I wanted it more standard, shelf-friendly packaging. Plus I really hate discs in cardboard sleeves like the way the initial USA release was set up. The fact that the UK version was cheaper didn't hurt, either. I don't see myself jumping on the 4K set, though, in any form. I enjoy the show a lot. I bought all of the individual seasons on DVD years ago, and then got the aforementioned Blu-Ray set. I do have many 4K movies in my collection, and I'm not opposed by any means to shows like this making it to 4K. But I can't see paying full price for this yet again, especially with some of the issues that are being reported with it (as mentioned in this video). Even if it was a completely stellar release, I would still wait for a major eventual price drop / sale.
Interesting we went opposite ways! I guess there is a market for all these releases after all 🙌 I think a price drop on the sets is inevitable. Probably the one I've pre-ordered too!
Do you know how/why? The way I see it the extended scenes are still on the film reel with the rest of the footage. They scanned the reels again to crate the remastered episodes. They probably backed up all the reels footage. So they do have it. They just don't have a financial incentive to reconstruct those versions when those "longer episodes" aren't the versions syndicated on tv.
