Warner’s Popeye a failure

Popeye the Sailor: 1933-1938, Vol. 1 the DVD collection was at most a farce. This overly priced set was only meant for the serious collector and alienated the regular folks and the little ones with an over priced 4 disc set of quality cartoons. Least we forget, cartoons were made for all ages and mostly kids and with a set like this and considering the fact that most of the toons can be had in the public domain at some point. Why go this direction and starve a good chunk of a hungry audience, instead of admitting a failed campaign Warner is now changing their tune on second set of the sequel to the Popeye’s earlier cartoons. Instead of releasing another expensive set, they will break the box set into two series. Could it be they want to squeeze a few more bucks out of two to pay for volume one which still stands in most stores. Time will tell if we will fall for this promotion. It’s disappointing that they were not able to re-energize this under appreciated franchise with a miscalculated pricing scheme. Warner has put out cartoon fare of inferior quality at cheaper bargain prices in the past. Time will judge this as a failed project but the real collectors are the winners, not me and you.