Marvel's Phase One set delayed indefinitely

The release of The Avengers on Blu-Ray/DVD prompted a new set of marketing. One of them was a Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One - Avengers Assembled Blu-Ray collector set which was to be released on September 25, 2012. The set was to feature Blu-Ray editions of every Phase One film; Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, and The Avengers. The set comes in a briefcase with a copy of the Tesseract along with character artwork and sells for like $200.

However... the production and sales of this collector set have been put on hold for an indefinite amount of time. Why? Apparently Marvel failed to obtain permission from a German luggage company who is claiming that they illegally replicated and produced their briefcase design. They have filed a lawsuit against Marvel which is going to halt the production and release of this set. The pre-order page on Amazon has been removed and I assume everyone who already pre-ordered this set just had their orders canceled. I guess if you want The Avengers on home media you will have to do what everyone else did and buy a regular Blu-Ray or DVD copy.

The Avengers will be on DVD in September

The DVD/Blu-Ray release date for The Avengers has been set for September 25th. It will three different release options; there will be a 4-disc Blu-Ray combo pack (3D Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray, DVD, Digital Copy), a regular 2-disc Blu-Ray combo pack (Blu-Ray and DVD), and a regular old school DVD. I would assume the 2-disc Blu-Ray and the DVD will also come with a digital copy, but you never know. If they don't that is really shitty on Paramount's part.

With this news I think I will skip seeing The Avengers for a third time. It will be on Blu-Ray 5 days before my birthday. I think I can handle that.