WB Announces Harry Pottter Set and Fans Are Not Amused.

 It's been rumored for months and WB has finally announced the Harry Potter Wizards Collection.  The set includes all 8 films on Blu-ray/DVD/ and UltraViolet Digital Copy.

Here are the stats taken from Amazon's Product Description:

Contains 31 discs, inclusive of all content ever previously released, in addition to over 5 hours of never before seen special features, in a limited and numbered edition.

18 movie discs

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Theatrical Version and Extended Cut

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Theatrical Version and Extended Cut

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 2D and 3D Versions

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 2D and 3D Versions

13 Special feature discs

Includes multiple specially-produced, collectable memorabilia items, including concept art, a Map of Hogwarts and much more!

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Coming in 2012.

Sounds nifty right?  Well fans are already calling foul and not just for it's astronomical $500 price tag ($349 on Amazon currently).  What this amounts to is a retread of what many Harry Potter fans already spent their money on, myself included.  The fans want something more, namely the extended editions of the films, including the Director's Cut of Order of the Phoenix.

I'm sure that this will sell like gangbusters regardless, but it still feels like a bit of a cash grab when there is barely any new content and the price is so extreme.  People can get the movies for less than $80 bucks by now.  That fancy box isn't work another $300.

Warners is going to need to do some serious damage control or really start boosting up the contents of this set or I fear they're going to be doing some serious damage to the Harry Potter brand.