User blog comment:SonicFan/Scooby-Doo!: 13 Spooky Tales - Buy or Boycott?/@comment-252417-20130805233536

They're making these DVDs compilations to get the specials released because they're just 23 minutes long. It's a rip-off really because at least a couple of the episodes they include have been released half a dozen times or so already. They're also (excuse my language) pussy footing around not taking the bull by the horn and just release them as proper complete sets. The original episodes with Mystery Inc. and Scrappy only have sixteen episodes. It also wouldn't take that long to release the three years worth of shorts starring Scooby,, and Scrappy. Of course the reason why they stopped is because of sales and the compilations are given them a reason not to pass it over to Warner Archive to finish. One thing I'll say though is Scooby-Doo is the one Hanna-Barbera franchise Warner Home Video haven't given up on it because of it's popularity. Of course the downside is compilations a must.

There's also The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show and The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries which are both thireen episodes long. Although I've found that there are some episodes from those series I wouldn't want so it's kind of good in that way.

Some of it could be because of Scrappy, but is that excuse getting old to anyone because they've already released DVDs that have excluded him.

Another option WHV may or may not have considered is to do what they did with the DCUOAMs: Include the specials with the feature-length. Of course the difference is those DC Showcase specials are only a few minutes long. But They could just as easily replace the already released half-hour episodes they include with the DTVs with the specials.