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Published on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 - 2:39am

BIONIC!! I-SPY!! AVATAR!! ME!!
TREK!! MST3K!! GILMORE!! OC!!
Herc’s Super-Exciting
Season-Box DVD Vault!!

I am – Hercules!!

In August 2006, Rhino/WEA released “Mystery Science Theatre Vol. 10,” on which Joel, Mike and their robot puppets made sport of “Godzilla vs. Megalon,” “Swamp Diamonds,” “Teen-Age Strangler” and “The Giant Spider Invasion.” Then Toho (or somebody) tapped Rhino/WEA on the shoulder and pointed out that it never really secured the DVD rights to “Megalon,” so Vol. 10 disappeared from store shelves and became an instant collector’s item that now fetches north of $190 a copy.

Mystery Science Theatre 3000 10.2 is the replacement set, which swaps “Giant Gila Monster” for the verboten Godzilla movie. If I understand correctly, early MST3K stars (and current “Cinematic Titanic” stars) Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu and J. Elvis Weinstein even contribute a bit of new material delving into the substitution.

Those who purchased the now-super-expensive “Megalon” version of Vol. 10 (and those who haven’t) can purchase the MST3K-enhanced “Giant Gila Monster” as a single movie from Rhino here.

The reason Linda Hamilton isn’t snuggling up to Ron Perlman on the cover of Beauty and the Beast: Season Three is because her character died in the second hour and Linda Hamilton disappeared for the final 10 of the show’s 12-episode third season. The final installment aired on CBS Aug. 4, 1990. “Terminator 2” began principal photography two months and five days later.

Herc’s Popular Pricing Pantry

If ever series-sets were priced to move right out of the gate! I give you I-Spy: Season One and I-Spy: Season Two: Each contains 28 one-hour episodes on five discs of this acclaimed and groundbreaking series for $13.99.

That price is so low I kinda think it might be a mistake. Just buy these sets so you’ll have an extra stocking stuffer near Christmas. Or you can use them for coasters. I can’t believe they’ll ever sell for less.

Last week Paramount slashed – almost in half – the prices of a few seasons of its latter-day “Star Trek” series which had retailed in the prior week for $116.99. But we all moaned “Still not cheap enough” and this week Paramount has cut the prices even further, and on ALL the “Voyager” and “Enterprise” season sets:

Star Trek Enterprise: Season One
PRICE TWO WEEKS AGO: $116.99
PRICE LAST WEEK: $69.98
PRICE NOW: $62.99

Star Trek Enterprise: Season Two
PRICE TWO WEEKS AGO: $116.99
PRICE LAST WEEK: $116.99
PRICE NOW: $62.99

Star Trek Enterprise: Season Three
PRICE TWO WEEKS AGO: $116.99
PRICE LAST WEEK: $62.98
PRICE NOW: $62.99

Star Trek Enterprise: Season Four
PRICE TWO WEEKS AGO: $116.99
PRICE LAST WEEK: $69.98
PRICE NOW: $62.99

Star Trek Enterprise: The Complete Series
PRICE LAST WEEK: $219.99
PRICE NOW: $211.99