Real world article
(written from a production point of view)
Star Trek – The Collector's Edition was a VHS collection, released by Columbia House on a subscription basis in the 1980s and 1990s. The collection featured all 79 episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series, as well as the pilot episode "The Cage".
Episodes were typically collected two per tape; however, they were not released in production or airdate order – instead, Columbia House collected episodes in stardate order. Volumes were also sent to subscribers in a non-linear sequence; new subscribers received volume 9 as their first tape. Later series releases would not follow these patterns. Tapes were sent to subscribers every four to six weeks, and each volume was returnable within ten days.
A Betamax version was also released.
Releases[]
![Star Trek - The Collector's Edition advert](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/a/a4/Star_Trek_-_The_Collector%27s_Edition_advert.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20180910114636&path-prefix=en)
Advertising brochure for the collection
![TOS Collector's Edition The Cage](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/a/a8/TOS_Collector%27s_Edition_The_Cage.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20140318045029&path-prefix=en)
Cover of "The Cage" release
Tape |
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Reference |
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1 | 4312 | |
2 | 4260 | |
3 | 4324 | |
4 | 4325 | |
5 | 4259 | |
6 | 4327 | |
7 | 4328 | |
8 | 4263 | |
9 | 4268 | |
10 |
|
4426 |
11 | 4326 | |
12 | 4329 | |
13 | 4262 | |
14 | 4261 | |
15 | 4330 | |
16 | 4433 | |
17 | 4266 | |
18 | 4498 | |
19 | 4331 | |
20 | 4267 | |
21 | 4432 | |
22 | 4434 | |
23 | 4264 | |
24 | 4431 | |
25 | 4265 | |
26 | 4333 | |
27 | 4332 | |
28 | 4491 | |
29 | 4499 | |
30 | 4429 | |
31 | 4497 | |
32 | 4427 | |
33 | 4430 | |
34 | 4425 | |
35 | 4494 | |
36 | 4493 | |
37 | 4496 | |
38 | 4492 | |
39 | 4495 | |
40 | 4428 |
Previous release: First released |
Columbia House Collector's Editions VHS |
Next release: Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Collector's Edition |
VHS • Betamax |