bought this box set for my kids as the old copies of the first three are scratched and they wanted the fourth. really good value for money i think. we haven't watch 1 - 3 yet as they love the final chapter to bits. not sure how well it did at the cinema but it is a really good film for all of us. anyone with little people will know how quickly films become annoying when watched repeatedly, but so far its still holding up (about 4 watches in three days).
the extra donkey dvd is a bit of a disappointment; one half is really short and the other bit is a log fire with characters occasionally wandering into shot, doing a small party piece and wandering off again. it looks like the idea is that its on in the background of a real christmas party, but didn't really work for me. also, i bought this in february, so a christmas dvd is a bit useless.
the films all have their own slim cases so we'll have to hope we can keep them together (one 4 disc box without the christmas disc would be my preference) but it is good to have the set now they're finished, and just over a fiver a film is very good value.