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'''''NOTE:''' This is the placeholder for the 95th issue of the Tri-State Gazette, scheduled to be released on or around July 4, 2013.''
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* Whilst on the topic of Mr. Stoppable, his latest blog on the ratings for "[[Great Balls Of Water]]" / "[[Where's Pinky?]]" can be found [[User blog:Ryan Stoppable/The Numbers Game: Not So Ordinary|right here]].
* Whilst on the topic of Mr. Stoppable, his latest blog on the ratings for "[[Great Balls Of Water]]" / "[[Where's Pinky?]]" can be found [[User blog:Ryan Stoppable/The Numbers Game: Not So Ordinary|right here]].
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''by [[User:RRabbit42|RRabbit42]]''
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No, you didn't read that wrong. This time the merchandise review is for a wholly electronic item, so there's no hands involved, except for what it takes to obtain and start them up. And, the merchandise review also includes an episode review.
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How did we get a merchandise review and an episode review in one? Let's find out.
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On May 20, 2013, a new item became available in the iTunes Store called "Phineas and Ferb: 104 Days of Summer!" This is the 104 episodes that you can find in what iTunes calls "Season 1" through "Season 9", with the following notes:
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* It includes the first 6 episodes in "Season 9", which goes up to "Bee Day"/"Bee Story".
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* It does not include "[[A Phineas and Ferb Family Christmas]]", which is in "Season 7" as "Phineas and Ferb's Family Christmas Special".
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* It includes two bonus episodes, which can only be purchased in this set from iTunes. They are not available from Amazon's Instant Video.
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The two bonus episodes are ''[[w:c:mst3k|Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''-style versions of "No More Bunny Business", "Flop Starz", "Perry Lays an Egg" and "The Ballad of Badbeard". Baljeet, Buford, Dr. Doofenshmirtz, Norm, Carl, Major Monogram, Linda, Candace and Stacy sit down in a movie theater and make comments about the "movie" they are watching, which is actually the aforementioned episodes. Two of them can't quite grasp how they could be watching a movie of something they knew already happened. Any guesses on who those two might be?
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There's some pretty good jokes in those comments, such as what gives Carl nightmares, noting that most cartoon characters only have three fingers (plus the thumb), and a reference to ''Happy Days''. Doofenshmirtz also makes a comment about looking up orange moss on the Internet. Guess what? If you do that, Phineas and Ferb Wiki comes back as the number 2, 3 or 4 result, depending on which search engine you use.
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In a normal episode review, I would provide more details about what happens, but in this case I can't really do more than give you the overview above because it would spoil the jokes for you. Maybe later on we can create transcripts for each one and add in what references and allusions are included.
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One thing I almost forgot to mention is the artwork. In ''MST3K'', you'd see a silhouette of Joel or Mike and the Bots sitting in movie theater chairs as they watched the movie they were sent by The Mads. But for the P&F versions, the chairs and the people sitting in them are partially lit so that you can see the edge of the chairs and some of their faces. You can see the expressions on their faces and when they blink. This is exactly what you'd see in a movie theater because the light from the screen is reflected back onto the chairs and people in front of you. Another example of the type of detail Dan and Swampy and the rest put into this show. (Click on the picture to enlarge it so you can see the lighting effects.)
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This is also an unusual merchandise review because I can't tell you exactly what it will cost to buy this set. How much it costs you depends on how many episodes you already bought.
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You're going to pay $49.99 for either the HD or SD version. Unless you've got an iPod or iPhone that can only handle the SD versions, skip that and go straight for the HD version. It will look much better on your computer, especially if you have a large widescreen monitor. Before you start the purchase, go into the Preferences to the Playback section and make sure "High Definition (1080p)" is selected for the Preferred Video Version. I don't know if it affects the quality of the episodes you download, but do it now and at the very least they will play in the best quality available.
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If you've never bought any of the episodes, this is the best bargain yet. That $50 breaks down to 47 cents per episode, which is 85% off the individual episode cost of $2.99 each. That's the really expensive way to go, so here's how to get the most cost-effective purchase from iTunes if you've never bought any of the episodes before:
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* Buy the "104 Days of Summer!" set for $49.99
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* Buy "Phineas and Ferb's Family Christmas Special" from Season 7 for $2.99
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* Buy a season pass for Season 9 for $19.99
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You'll wind up with duplicates of the first 6 episodes in Season 9, but buying the 2 episodes that were just released plus the 5 yet to come is more than $20, so just get the season pass and ignore the duplicates. (There are 12 or 13 episodes per "season" in iTunes.) That totals $72.97, which is about 65 cents per episode. Still a good bargain.
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Now, what if you've already bought the episodes? Well, then you will have to decide exactly how much you want those two bonus episodes. If that's the only two you don't have, then you're paying $24.99 each. You can reduce the effective cost per episode if you get the set with the intent of replacing SD versions of the episodes you bought before, but you're still forking out fifty bucks to do so.
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This, unfortunately, is a common practice in the TV and movie industry. When they re-release a movie or TV show, or even when they release a special edition along with a regular edition, there is usually at least one thing that is not included in one of the sets. Buying the "better" (more expensive) version doesn't always guarantee getting everything because sometimes that's the set that is missing an item that you'll find in the regular version. Both of these methods encourage the people who want to get everything to buy it more than once. Or twice, or three times, depending on how many times something is released in a slightly different version.
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In my case, I have bought the same episodes a few times each. First it was the SD versions of Season 1 and 2, back when iTunes actually had their seasons match the broadcast seasons. After HD versions became available, I bought those. Right about then is when iTunes started shuffling the episodes around into volumes of 13 episodes each, which they now call a season, so some I got in a season pass and others I bought separately. Plus this "104 Days of Summer!" re-release, just so I could tell you about the bonus episodes.
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I don't really have a complaint about what it's cost me to buy these episodes. It's been worth it to me to pay extra to support the show and so that I could share with you what I learned. The only actual complaint I have is all of these episodes show up in iTunes in the "No Season" group. If the iTunes Store was going to sell a special set, they could have taken a few minutes and made it so that they are shown in a special group on your computer. I can probably organize them later, but the end user shouldn't have to do this. It should be done ahead of time when they were made available to purchase.
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To wrap up, this is a great set to buy if you don't have any or very many of the episodes. If you've already got all or most of the episodes, you might want to wait before trying to get these two bonus episodes. Maybe they will made available separately in the future so you only have to pay about $6 to get them.
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For the next issue, we'll take a look at a game that I have been waiting to buy. It was in a store I didn't expect to see it in, which saved me from having to order it across the Internet.
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* Hands-on with the Merchandise
* Recent episodes review
* Recent episodes review
* Other articles to be determined (submissions wanted - send to [[User talk:RRabbit42|RRabbit42]] or use the [[Phineas and Ferb Wiki:Newsletter submissions|Newsletter submissions]] page)
* Other articles to be determined (submissions wanted - send to [[User talk:RRabbit42|RRabbit42]] or use the [[Phineas and Ferb Wiki:Newsletter submissions|Newsletter submissions]] page)