Behold Game of Thrones: The Complete Seasons 1-6, HBO’s ultimate box set

A couple of weeks back, HBO released the Game of Thrones Season 6 DVD/Blu-ray box set. It featured all 10 episodes from the show’s Emmy-winning sixth season, along with deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes features, History and Lore videos, and commentaries. That set came to us earlier in the post-season cycle than usual, but HBO still loaded it up with all of bells and whistles we’re used to.

However, there’s another set on the market that got less fanfare, despite being a good deal more elaborate. Not long ago, HBO also released Game of Thrones: The Complete Seasons 1-6, which bundles together the DVD and Blu-ray sets for every season released thus far.

The discs in the Seasons 1-6 box set contain all the extras in the original releases. That means that, on the Season 6 Blu-ray discs alone, fans get documentary features on the making of the Battle of the Bastards and Vaes Dothrak, four deleted scenes, 13 commentaries, and 18 History and Lore videos. Then there’re all the extras on the other seasons. It’s a lot of watching.

As you can see above, the sheath for the box set features a lovely illustration of Drogon, done up in mosaic style. Once you take the set out of the sheathe, the actual cover features a handsome rendering of the Iron Throne.

You’ll have access to six individual DVD/Blu-ray cases, one per season.

The discs are packaged a little more ordinarily than in the individual box sets. In the Season 6 box set, for example, the discs are arranged in a kind of overlapping stack formation. Here, they’re on easily accessible leafs.

At the moment, Game of Thrones: The Complete Seasons 1-6 is going for $164.96 (Blu-ray) and $139.96 (DVD) on Amazon. Keep in mind that the DVDs have fewer special features than the Blu-rays. For comparison’s sake, the Season 6 Blu-ray box set by itself costs $39.99. If you (or a Game of Thrones fan you’re hoping to please at Christmas this year) doesn’t have any of the seasons on home video, the Seasons 1-6 bundle may be the better bargain.