No More Episodes To Mine? Whither Volume Thirty Nine (XXXIX)

[Diet Kolos]

Was 38 the last regular set?

What could be on Volume 39?

My very shaky picks:

601-Girlstown
623-The Amazing Transparent Man
906-The Space Children
913-Quest of the Delta Knights

[davidbeegah]

Ok why not.. Just for the heck of it.. No research involved with these guesses

201- Rocketship X-M
416 - Fire Maidens from Outer Space
418 - Attack of the The Eye Creatures
601 - Girls Town

[Torgo]

Since the latest set was all-Mike, it's starting to seem a bit whittled down. Probably the safe bets are:

The Amazing Transparent Man
Quest of the Delta Knights

Everything else is pretty much a headscratcher. Paramount is the most likely nut to crack, so maybe I'll fill it out with:

Fire Maidens from Outer Space
Girls' Town

With the following set being filled out with:

The Deadly Bees
The Space Children
Diabolik

But all eyes are on that one studio as far as classic MST's future is concerned (unless Mrs. Nicholson has a change of heart). Until then, it seems like new episodes on DVD is going to halt right when the new season gets off the ground. How's THAT for planning?

I still thing Shout would be wise to lump up the old singles and sell them as volumes, so I think we still have another two more sets made up of:

The Crawling Hand
The Hellcats
Eegah
I Accuse My Parents
The Wild, Wild World of Batwoman
Beginning of the End
Red Zone Cuba

And maybe Manos, though that two disc they released is hard to beat.

[CrowTrobotfan92]

From the sounds of it, they're definitely coming to the end of the road. My best bet is they're gonna go after Paramount and try and get whatever episodes they can get their hands on.

So, my personal bet is....

Fire Maidens from Outer Space
Girls Town
The Amazing Transparent Man
and possibly Quest of the Delta Knights.

[torgortega]

Just taking a shot in the dark
905 - The Deadly Bees
623 - The Amazing Transparent Man
913 - Quest of the Delta Knights
1013 - Diabolik

[said43]

I'll go with:

- Fire Maidens From Outer Space
- Amazing Transparent Man
- Quest of the Delta Knights
- Diabolik

[zurk]

601 - Girls Town
623 - The Amazing Transparent Man
913 - Quest of the Delta Knights
1013 - Diabolik

[markymark]

623 The Amazing Transparent Man
913 Quest of the Delta Knights
and 2 singles from either earlier Rhino or Shout releases - probably Joel episodes. Anything with Paramount themselves Olive who has Paramount titles, or Susan Hart will be very difficult , who knows what will happen between now and the next volume. We could get a double feature series 

[mrmeadows]

My guesses:

201 - Rocketship X-M
418 - Attack of the the Eye Creatures
623 - The Amazing Transparent Man
913 - Quest of the Delta Knights

[Afgncaap5]

I know I don't play along with these very often, but I'm loving the guesses so far.

[citizensmurf]

Safe guess:

601-Girls Town
623-The Amazing Transparent Man
906-The Space Children
913-Quest of the Delta Knights

What I'd really like:

201-Rocketship X-M
416-Fire Maidens From Outer Space
905-The Deadly Bees
913-Quest of the Delta Knights

Leaving the 5 Hart films for XL, and the remaining 4 sans Godzilla for XLI (I think Diabolik should be in the last set). Then a possible 2 pack of 212/213 when Toho finally submits. At least that gives us 2 more Joel/Mike sets.

One can hope.

[christmas]

The way I see it there's a few strategies here that Shout could take:

RE-PURPOSING SINGLES: Get those single releases that were never released as part of a volume set and tack them on to current volumes.

HOLD-OFF ON VOLUMES: Just don't release new ones until episodes become easier to come by.

MAKE THE VOLUMES TWO-EPISODES: That way they can just do a volume with the two easy-to-get episodes to buy time for the next set.

OPEN THE KTMA VAULTS: Maybe the KTMA bonus disc is a signal of things to come? My guess is they MIGHT pad sets with KTMA episodes while explaining their intent to ONLY include exceptional episodes from the KTMA era. Maybe the next set will have one to gauge fan interest/reactions?

INCLUDE SEASON 11: It's clear that Kickstarter promised a full season set, sure. But that doesn't mean they can't include Season 11 just to keep the volume train going. Fans wouldn't like this, I'm guessing.

...or any combination of those ideas. Maybe the next volume will include a single and a KTMA. Maybe A Season 11 episode will be included a bonus disc to get old fans on board with the new incarnation? Maybe we'll all be in a death camp because Trump never cared for this show or it's fans? Only time will tell. I'm excited to find out.

[CrowTrobotfan92]

Having a mix of the new and old episodes? Hmm..... yeah, I don't see them doing that, but who knows what the future lies ahead of us...

[christmas]

MY PROJECTION FOR ALL FUTURE VOLUME SETS:

This projection does not forecast for season 12, nor the demise of the DVD format, America, or Earth. It also does not take into account the likelihood of any individual KTMA episode. Swallow with as much salt as you can humanly stomach. I consider this to be a fun exercise in what MIGHT happen. I don't have much confidence in being right about most of this! Just a fun thought experiment!

Volume 38 (early 2017)

[Announced already]

Season 11 debuts on Netflix (mid 2017; no home video release as a result)

Volume 39 (late 2017)

601 - Girls Town
623 - The Amazing Transparent Man
906 - The Space Children
913 - Quest of the Delta Knights

In 2018, we slow down to two volumes per year. Or: Season 11 is split across two volumes and the two-volumes-per-year slow-down happens next year.

Season 11 box set (early 2018)

Volume 40 (late 2018)

K01 - Invaders from the Deep/K02 - The Revenge Of The Mysterians
201 - Rocketship X-M
416 - Fire Maidens from Outer Space
1013 - Diabolik

This is an anniversary set, celebrating the 30-year anniversary of the KTMA debut. As such it includes episodes K01 & K02. It also sets a precedent: KTMA episodes are now included on the volume sets with two episodes per disc. Also they move some major mountains to get Wade Williams to say yes, but this is an important set.

Volume 41 (early 2019)

K03 - Star Force: Fugitive Alien 2/K12 - Fugitive Alien
106 - The Crawling Hand
321 - Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
507 - I Accuse My Parents

With this volume they continue with previously-unseen KTMA episodes and start folding the singles into the volumes.

Volume 42 (late 2019)

K09 - Phase IV/K10 - Cosmic Princess
209 - The Hellcats
418 - Attack of the The Eye Creatures
506 - Eegah

Attack of the Eye Creature's murky status softens, which is a portent of things to come...

Volume 43 (early 2020)

Susan's Hart grew three sizes this year. This causes her heart to explode and she passes on. Her estate releases the rights. Deadly Bees also becomes available.

K11 - Humanoid Woman/K13 - SST Death Flight
309 - The Amazing Colossal Man
807 - Terror from the Year 5000
905 - The Deadly Bees

Volume 44 (late 2020)

K14 - Mighty Jack/K15 - Superdome
K16 - City on Fire/K17 - Time of the Apes
311 - It Conquered the World
809 - I Was a Teenage Werewolf

They resort to two KTMA discs for this volume as they lurch to the end...

Volume 45 (early 2021)

K18 - The Million Eyes of Su-Muru/K19 - Hangar 18
K20 - The Last Chase/K21 - Legend of the Dinosaur
212 - Godzilla vs. Megalon
213 - Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster

Either this, or Godzilla is simply a lost cause and they do an all-KTMA box set. Perhaps they get Toho to agree as long as they rename the episodes on the box ala Operation Kid Brother.

Volume 21 rerelease (late 2021)

GAMERA VS. MST3K VS. KTMA

The Gamera box is reissued, but with the KTMA shows added as extras.

[rocketman]

My guess is on...

623: The Amazing Transparent Man
913: Quest of the Delta Knights

Plus any two of the nine standalones (The Crawling Hand; The Hellcats; Eegah; I Accuse My Parents; Santa Claus Conquers the Martians; The Wild, Wild World of Batwoman; Beginning of the End; Red Zone Cuba; Manos). Preferably the first five, which haven't been released by Shout so far.