UPDATED: Shout! Factory continues war on VHS, reissues original MST3K DVD set

In the latest blow against video cassettes that you really should’ve ditched when you moved to Austin after college, Shout! Factory will reissue the very first set of Mystery Science Theater 3000 DVDs this September. Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume 1 collects episodes mocking Catalina Caper, The Creeping Terror, Bloodlust, and The Skydivers, eliminating the need for the Catalina Caper VHS you bought in high school because disputes over the licensing rights made it so hard to come by in tape trading circles. With special features that far outstrip “ads from a late-night Comedy Central broadcast,” the Shout! Factory release is a second take on Rhino’s original, out-of-print Volume 1, which currently sells for as much as $132.41 on eBay. (More affordable than the addition you built to house all 10 seasons of the show on VHS, but still a lot of money for 13-year-old DVDs.)