So today I've been watching a new video by one of the YouTube-Channels I follow, and this guy presents this new boutique blu-ray label, and I am like: Wow this looks interesting. And top of my head I guessed, that folks like @Grendel, @Veum, @Casiusco, @R1s1ngs0n and @Fortis93 would love this, as I know they are interested in Criterion, because they interacted with me on the Criterion thread. So I was all excited to share this news with you guys... but apparently you all already knew... yeah, I'm always the last to realize something new... my bad 🤪

Anyhow, I guess you haven't seen this YouTube Video already, now have you? May still be of interest to some of you, maybe, especially if you are undecided, yet. I think the label looks great, althoug it's a shame they did not use the Criterion casing which in my eyes look so much better, and also having no booklet is a bit of a downer. But you cannot have everything, now can you? The Slipcovers look really nice. I would get that bundle offer they have, right away. But financially, I have to wait until next month (already ). Hope the offer's still there then, and even more that it's still the release with the slipcover...


 

4 hours ago, icewire said:

 

Sieht echt schick aus, tolle Edition, gerade die Hartbox sieht super aus. Aber da ich den schon zwei male habe (FAC + BB), reicht das dann auch 

 

Huch? Warum denn drei male!? @extantsrevenge : "EXTANTSREVENGE! KOMMST DU MAL? Ich hab das Forum wieder kaputt gemacht!"

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Kommt mir das nur so vor, oder ist das ein sehr kleines Motorad? Gerade die Reifen wirken vom Durchmesser nicht so groß, aber - wie schon so immer - ich hab von Motorädern auch so absolut keine Ahnung

Auf jeden Fall schickes Teil, freut mich, dass Du die gleiche Maschine noch mal bekommen konntest; scheint ja dann auch unproblematisch/unstrittig mit dem Unfallgegner verlaufen zu sein?

Weiterhin ein gutes und schnelles Verheilen bei Deiner Hand, wünsche ich Dir! Pass auf Dich auf und bis bald

Einen schönen Donnerstag, zusammen. Ich werd mich hier auch mal zu äußern:

4 hours ago, extantsrevenge said:

Jetzt fangen die bei Filmarena/Black Barons schon mit Unnummerierten Reprints an 😪

 

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Finde ich nicht gut, dann hätte man halt den Printrun im Vorfeld auf 650 anheben sollen.

4 hours ago, Rockntoni87 said:

also ich bin nicht böse drum wenn ich so noch irgendwie an ein Shining komme - aber die ganze aktion finde ich auch uncool, FA wird immer schärfer...

 

btw: guten morgen rasselbande

Wer mich kennt, weiß, dass mir die Limitierungsnummer prinzipiell egal ist. Wenn ich einen Film mag, will ich eine tolle Edition davon. Wenn sie dabei auf 500 oder 2000 Stück limitiert ist, juckt mich nicht. Eine Individuelle Nummer hat natürlich was, weil es eine persönliche Note verleit - die Edition die ich habe, ist meine, die hat kein anderer und die kann man auch nicht ersetzen (weil's dann nicht mehr die Nummer hat) - das ist ein interessanter, lustiger, schöner Gedanke, irgendwo. Aber das war's auch schon. Ob's nun eine Nummer hat oder nicht: Mir egal. Und prinzipiell sind mir hohe Limitierungen lieber als nidrige - denn ich will auch nicht leer ausgehen. Ich hab keinen heißen Draht irgendwo hin, ich werde nirgends bevorzugt, etc. - ich bin ganz normaler Käufer, der idR kein Bock hat, sich ständig für alle den Wecker stellen zu müssen, weil die Dinger in einem Fingerschnipp weg sind, der sich so schnell wie möglich durch den Shop klicken muss, weil es sein könnte, dass einem während des Checkouts jemand anders zuvorkommt, und das Ding einem quasi aus dem Wahrenkorb geklaut wird. Und ich zahle - selbst wenn ich eine Edition wirklich wirklich wirklich gerne möchte, keine Unsummen dafür, sie zu bekommen. Wenn mir was fehlt, in der Sammlung, das ich gerne gehabt hätte, ärgert mich das ungemein. Was mich dann noch mehr ärgert sind diese absurden Preise, ich hab schon immer einen Hass auf Abzocker gehabt, das wird sich auch nicht ändern. Gut, wenn sich wer ein paar(!) Euro dazu verdienen will, von mir aus - machen Läden mit ihrer Marge nicht anders. Aber häufig reden wir hier von 3-4-facher Überteuerung des Produkts, und man könnte nach deutschem Recht sicherlich so weit gehen, und eine Straftat nach § 291 StGB unterstellen.

Deswegen ist es mir lieber, ich sehe irgendwo eine Auflage von 2000 Stück, als dass es eine Auflage von 500 Stück ist - gerade bei Filmarena macht mir das auch immer wieder Bauchschmerzen - ich sammel die seit jetz schon einem halben Jahrzehnt, hab jeden Titel mitgenommen (den ich kriegen kann, einzige Ausnahme die FF1-7-Box), und wenn ich dann sowas wie Ghost in the Shell, oder auch The Shining, etc. nicht kriegen kann - dann ärgert mich das sehr. Und insofern kann ich jeden verstehen, der sich so fühlt und ich kann auch mit jedem mitfühlen, der leer ausgegangen ist. Sowas ist scheiße. Was ich nicht verstehe ist, warum Filmarena überhaupt erst solche nidrigen Auflagen rausbringt. Ärgerlichstes Beispiel ist für mich immernoch Ted, wo Ted 1 plötzlich auf 400 Stück reduziert wurde, wohingegen Ted 2 auf 1000(?) Stück herausgebracht wurde - Wäre ich nicht schon in der Sammelbestellung drin gewesen, hätte ich Ted 2 direkt storniert weil ich echt sauer war, aber da bin ich dann auch Andre auch so loyal gegenüber, dass ich sowas nicht tu.

Bei Titel wie Ghost in the Shell, The Shining, Stephen Kings IT (was meines wissens noch nie eine special Edition bekommen hat) oder IT sollte doch ziemlich klar sein, dass die Nachfrage deutlich höher sein wird, als nur 500 Stück? Wie lange ist Filmarena denn bitteschön schon auf den Markt, wollen die mir erzählen, dass sie blutige Anfäger sind und den Bedarf unterschätzt haben?


Auf der anderen Seite hab ich aber auch ein problem damit, "belogen" zu werden. Und nichts anderes ist in meinen Augen eine Nachauflage, ob nun Nummeriert oder nicht. Filmarena hat von anfang an kommuniziert, wieviele Stück es gibt (dann kamen die üblichen Kommentare bei Facebook wo Leute schreiben, dass das zu wenig sei, und ihre Nummer höher ist, was Filmarena ignoriert) nummeriert diese sogar um so das Versprechen zu geben "es gibt so viele und mehr nicht". Diese Nummer lügt jetzt: Ich hab nicht mehr die 324/500. Und wer sagt dass es bei dieser Nachproduktion bleibt? Eine zweite Auflage mit anderem Motiv, von mir aus (auch wenn ich das auch ein wenig grenzwertig finde). Es ist doch eben auch so, dass viele diesen hohen Preis zu zahlen bereit sind, weil es limitiert ist und es sind die am teuersten, die am limitiertesten und gefragtesten sind. Die 500 Breakfast Club? Stehen bei Filmarena für 42,69€. Die 500 Ghost in the Shell? Stehen bei Flmarena für 89,31€ -- und da kommt dann der Versand noch hinzu. Hätten sie hier von anfang an eine hohe Auflage gemacht, wäre der "Bedarf" wahrscheinlich nidirger, weil jeder eines hätte kriegen können, und dann ließen sich so hohe Preise auch schlechter rechtfertigen. Und das ist das was ich bei sowas so kritisch sehe. Das Titel wie Der weiße Hai, Shining, Der Exorzist, etc. weggehen wie geschnitten Brot ist doch schon von vornherein klar. Das sind absolute classics, insbesondere wenn sie noch niemand (oder nur sehr wenig) andere vorher im Fullslip gebracht haben. Da ist eine Auflage von 500 Stück ein schlechter Scherz. Von mir aus, können sie die Limitierungen und Limitierungsnummern weglassen - ich hab genug "unlimitierten" Stuff in meiner Sammlung wo andere sagen würden, das sei nix wert, wo ich mir aber denke: Das ist eine der geilsten Editionen, die ist mir persönlich unglaublich viel wert. Aber WENN man  eine Limitierung macht, also den Kunden verspricht "es gibt nur so und so viele", dann sollte man sich auch daran halten. Alles andere macht das Unternehmen in meinen Augen unglaubwürdig und schadet den ruf.

Mir selbst ist weiterhin der Film am wichtigsten, und ich kaufe mir auch weiterhin die Titel von Filmarena. Aber sonderlich positiv kann ich über das Unternehmen als sloches dann halt nicht mehr sprechen (wobei sie dafür ja auch schon genug andere Sachen geliefert haben).


Aber das ist eben auch nur meine Meinung und das soll nicht sagen, dass ich mich nicht für jeden trotzdem freue, der jetzt noch was abkriegt, und vorher leider leer ausgegangen ist.

3 hours ago, Veum said:

🥤good  morning here, good day there... Veum here❣️🤠😇😷😊

 

Happy Wednesday❣️

 

 

Oh my god! Been there, friend. This entire day!

Es gibt Leute die sind 1.) Dumm, 2.) absolut dreiste Lügner und 3.) offensichtlich psychisch gestört. Und ich Idiot lasse mich immer wieder mit sowas ein. Ich glaube, ich sollte da auch mal in Therapie gehen, irgendwas kann mit mir nicht richtig sein, dass ich auf sowas überhaupt noch reagiere....

3 hours ago, R1s1ngs0n said:

No worries, UC will blow that one out of the water 🙂

Err... why don't I see your name on that GB list btw?

Actually, I never got into UC as well... to be quite honest, I am just a little bit overwhelmed by all these editions. For a long time there where those really few Asian ones, and Filmarena. Today you've got so many labels: BlackBarons, BluFans, CineMuseum, EverythingBlu, Fantastic Selection, Filmarena, HDZeta, KimchiDVD, MantaLab, NovaMedia, PlainArchive, SteelArchive (okey they stopped), UHD Club, U'Mania, WeET, and so many more that I haven't listed, because I don't even know half of them anymore.

And for the most part, they all do the same thing. There are few exceptions, and if I remember correctly UC was that crazy company with those wooden boxes? But yeah, most of them do the same: Fullslip, Lenticular Fullslip, Cards, Booklet, WEA Steelbook (sometimes WWA); and even Titles are the same. Everybody did Wonderwoman, everybody did Blade Runner 2049, everybody did <ADD HYPE MOVIE HERE>. Which is why I just stopped looking into new things. There's so much out there, I couldn't even afford getting into all of them. And in the end, you never know, which one you like best, so yeah.

Also, I believe UC is quite expensive? With getting most of MantaLab, all of Filmarena, next to all of BlackBarons, all of EverythingBlu and selected titles from Nova, Kimchi and BluFans, I feel like I already spent so much cash (and there's even more - I am also into classics, so there are these Mediabook companies, like Wicked and Anolis where I get everything, plus next to everything from Turbine and Birnenblatt, a lot of Capelight, and a couple of NSM, Nameless, etc.). So all in all, I have pretty much on my hands already, and somewhere I just have to draw a line. Sorry that it is your GBs, but that's nothing personal  

@Casiusco Again, in general I share your opinions, but I have two things where I deviate a bit:

57 minutes ago, Casiusco said:

The success of "Tenet", even without having seen it, is consistent with the madness and sales behind any Christopher Nolan film or edition. Retailers should take note, because the first part of his filmography is there, waiting.

I wouldn't just credit it to "madness" (btw. madness in what sense? That the fans/public are/is mad for Nolan even though it is undeserved? [i.e. negative madness] Or the madness Nolan shows when creating his projects? [i.e. positive madness]) and sales behind Nolan, but also to Nolan himself as a filmmaker. I mean, one cannot dispute that he has done some pretty good movies, can one? Memento, Dark Knight Trilogy, Inception, Interstellar (I don't like it too much, personally, but the imagery is still pretty impressive), and Dunkirk are rather exceptional, compared to most movies that hit the cinemas. People associate these with his name if they liked the flicks. It's of similar quality (to me) as would the name Tarantino, Hitchcock, Bava, etc. would be: you have certain expectations and associations. But that's not (or not just) due to the marketing and sales behind the movie.

Naturally, I am pretty excited when I hear that name. I would have definitely watched it in cinemas, if I could. But I am not going to, even if the Cinemas reopen and even if they are showing it, due to the current Corona-situation. So to see it, I have to get it anyways, and I don't go for Amarays which make me unhappy (as they are ugly) for a couple of reasons - even for a blind buy (given however, that I have a strong feeling that I might like the movie!):

1. If I like the movie, I'd be unhappy, that I missed out on a premium edition when I had the chance; resell prices might skyrocket and then I would never get that edition, as I usually am not willing to pay much higher than the original price
2. If I don't like the movie, I probably wasted 10€-20€ for a movie, that I won't get back. Used Amarays usually don't sell for much more than 1€-5€. If on the other hand I had the Full slip, these you can always sell, if you wanted to. Originally sealed packages usually go for much higher than the asking price, so getting something in the area of the asking price for an opened one is not that hard (even though nowadays it actually is getting harder and harder).

Those are at least my reasons for being exited in Tenet, even though I don't know it yet.

57 minutes ago, Casiusco said:

The only thing that has surprised me is that "Her" has so few votes, when reselling the Kimchidvd edition has been quite expensive for many years. It's also true that, as perhaps I have already said once, this lenticular, as a concept of adaptation to the film, originality and elegance, is insurmountable.

Actually here, I did not expect the demand to be as high - even with the Kimchi lenticular - I think most people just got that because of the package itself, rather than because of the movie. It is pretty special interest, it is a slow burner, a movie to think about, I would go as far as to say it has arthousy tendencies. So I wouldn't expect any yaw droppings just because the title is mentioned. Then again, if the edition manages to excite people even if they don't know the movie yet, then demand for this will skyrocket (as we saw with KimchiDVDs release), if not, it's probably not the best pick for the masses. But I am pretty excited for this release as well, as I missed out on the Kimchi one, and really want to get this movie in an edition it deserves

@R1s1ngs0n, thank you. Totally missed that one. But I've never gotten any HDZeta releases till now anyways, so that's why I might have missed it.

Great presentation of the result. I really like the effort you put on this, so thank you, @extantsrevenge!

11 minutes ago, extantsrevenge said:

also 41 votes Blade Runner (guess we already had some fantastic releases, but I would love to see more)

This remark puzzles me a bit. What releases of Blade Runner are there? For me, just the Briefcase release (with an amaray and the Origiami Horse) comes to mind. Oh and of course 1 or 2 Steelbook releases, that all wheren't too beautiful either. I don't remember seeing any other "premium" release besides these, and I wouldn't think of the releases I remember a "premium", as they all had their downsides as well. But maybe I've missed something? Just for this reason, and am really looking forward to the MantaLab release. It's a classic master piece and I always wanted to own a copy worthy of the movie.

Regarding the results, I feel the same way that @Casiusco already excellently expressed: There is no clear winner. Maybe it's just my perception but it feels like there is no one real excitement for any of the titles, and I would again argue that this probably has to do with the fact that most titles have already been done, regardless by whom ad how many times. I do really get excited when I hear about a title that hasn't been done yet, and that I look forward to. E.g. the first Pan's Labyrinth release by Kimchi. Boy was I happy. Or the Ex Machina release. Or Gladiator, Bad Boys, Black Hawk Down, etc. The only title that was really surprising for me is Tenet, but I haven't seen that one yet (probably never will [in Cinemas] due to the ongoing Corona virus stop using inappropriate language), so it will be a blind buy.


 

Thank you, @CAYENNE-FAHRER for the update! I have two additions:

1) Supposedly this is only a problem with the UHD disc, not with the BD or DVD. So make sure you check that disc - if you don't have a 4K setup, you can still "play" the disc on a X-Box One, if you own one (PS unfortunately still does not feature an UHD drive, so no chance there). Or ask a friend to play them for you, or lend a device, or something - to just check if it's running smothely you just need the drive to play the disk, not an entire 4K setup (i.e. reveiver, cables and TV can still just be HD). I guess nothing would be more annyoing than to find out a few years from now when you finally did an upgrade to 4K, that your UHD disc won't work, and that there's no way to exchange it then.

2) Nothing mayor, but two words in the translation totally mess up the meaning. I've fixed the wording (in bold font):
 

15 minutes ago, CAYENNE-FAHRER said:

 

As much as we would like to present a solution for this, 
the troubleshooting is unfortunately still running. 
(...)
Only when we have located the cause, do we know how we can remedy them.

 

9 minutes ago, Intentcoin said:

I've not heard or seen any of these, can you give me some links? Interested to see what they have

Uhm... just take a look at this sub-forum? Here are just the first ones I posted for the different labels (just on the first and second page of this subforum ).

• Turbine:
   
• Wicked Vision:
• Anolis:
• Capelight:
• Unglaublich Phantastische Film:

Thanks for posting this, @CAYENNE-FAHRER. I wanted to but totally forgot about it. Here are just a few more information about this release:

This "coffin"-release is (as was the wood box for the initial Dracula) by Anolis to celebrate them finally managing to get these editions to be released in Germany by them. "Dracula" of course had other releases as well, but The Prince of Darkness was never before released - hence the special coffin release. As with Dracula, this mediabook has an exclusive artwork (Cover D) that comes just with the coffin, but also three additional mediabook releases and an Amaray release - if you don't want the coffin, you can still own the movie in a beautiful mediabook. However, these will be available for preorder only shortly before release (all together on Oct. 30th), whereas the coffin release is available for preorder since January 2020, and on Febuary 2020 they posted that 50% is already ordered (however, I guess since then not much more happened, as there was no other update regarding the stock). But to be sure: If you really want the coffin, don't wait too long.

Here's a pciture of all the other mediabooks (unfortunately in bad qualit) as well as one other shot of the coffin. Be aware, that as the release is only in October these are still subject to change (according to Anolis).

 I first wanted to put this as an answer on one of the posts, but given that not everyone reads the older posts, I feel like this should be more prominent. I feel a bit responsible for you guys because in here, I advertise a lot of (in my opinion) great editions that are produced in Germany by labels such as Turbine, Wicked Vision, Anolis, etc., and a couple of you guys decided to pick them up and thanked me for showing them to you. However, lately I've heard from my US friends, that they've been waiting for their orders and growing nervous and impatient. I was asked if I could check what's happening and contact one of the labels, but as I wanted to do just that, I found out that this label had already answered in comments about the situation. I already forwarded it to the one asking, but I feel everyone should be informed about this situation - I would feel really bad if you don't know and buy and then wait forever and feel frustrated, so this is not ment as a (political) discussion or anything, just as information for you, and for me to keep doing what I do without having a bad feeling, that you might order something because of me, and then feel really bad for the wait! And maybe you/we can find other solutions (one idea I have is will follow the quotes at the end of this post).

So here is the first message:

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Due to the current corona crisis, we are confronted with many restrictions when shipping our products internationally.
Depending on the shipping destination, different restrictions apply, which seem to change daily.
Please ask before you order if we can deliver to your country.

Update: 26.06.2020

- There are no more special restrictions for Europe. Only one postal code area may be subject to restrictions.
- We can deliver Canada again.
- USA is currently not available.

BUT: To give you the opportunity to buy items from our store before they are sold out,
you can still place your order and we will store your items until the shipping restrictions are lifted.

Today, one label boss ranted on his personal account about the situation some more - the posts where still publicly and sharable, so I took the liberty to copy them for your information as well:

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Langsam ist das echt nicht mehr witzig. Seit Monaten ist nun die Warenpost International und DHL in die USA nicht möglich bzw. DHL am Anfang mit einem Gefahrenzuschlag von 16 €, jetzt 2,20 pro Kilogramm.

Gründe? Die Ausreden geht von Trump ist dran schuld bis hin zu "nicht genug Kapazitäten!" Bullshit!

Aus den USA nach Deutschland können weiterhin Sachen geliefert werden und die kommen auch via DHL, teilweise schneller als sonst. England, Frankreich, Polen alle können in die USA verschicken. Nur wir dürfen nicht?!? Was soll der Mist? Ich dachte mal eine Monopolstellung sei verboten? Leider gibt es keine alternative zu "Warenpost" - via Briefpost ist ja ebenfalls nicht mehr möglich bzw. nicht erlaubt. Da habe ich jetzt die wildesten Geschichten gehört. Und wenn jetzt Händler mit all ihren Bestellungen über die Grenze fahren, um von Polen oder Frankreich aus ihre Kunden zu beliefern, dann läuft hier Grundsätzlich etwas falsch.

 

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Hier liegen jetzt ungefähr 70 Sendungen rum, ein paar musste ich schon stornieren. Die Kunden wollen natürlich auch nicht ewig warten. Und dann haben wir noch einen Titel in der Pipeline, wo wir das komplette Worldwide-Ding durchziehen können inkl. Werbung im Ausland usw. Lizenz läuft, und wir können den nicht Ankündigen, weil wir ihn so nicht verkauft bekommen. Ich habe echt für alles aktuell Verständnis, aber das stinkt. Hinzu kommt dann noch, dass man als Geschäftskunde einfach links liegen gelassen wird. Ab und an mal Updates auf der Website, auf Fragen kommen nur blöde Antworten.

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This isn't funny anymore. For months now I cannot ship "Warenpost"-parcels (i.e. parcels containing commercial goods) international and DHL to the USA. DHL in the beginning was asking 16€ hazard pay and 2,20€ per kilogram additionally.
Reasons? The excuses are ranging from "it's Trumps fault" to "we don't have any capacities left!" Bullshit!
From USA they can send parcels to Germany, and they are using DHL as well, and the parcels even arrive faster than usual. UK, France, Poland, they can all send parcels to USA. Only we are not allowed?!? What a crap? I though monopoly in Germany was forbidden? Yet there is no alternative to DHLs "Warenpost" - sending via letter mail is forbidden as well. I've heard the craziest of stories. And now retailers are driving their goods accros the borders to get them sent via Poland or France, something is really fundamentally going wrong.

 

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I'm sitting on arround 70 orders, that I cannot send, some were cance11ed. Customers don't want to wait forever. And then we've got some titles in the pipeline, which we could sell worldwide, including advertising them internationally, because we've got the licenses to do so. Now licenses are running, but we cannot announce these titles, because we cannot sell them like this. I have a lot of understanding for the current situation, but this just stinks. Additionally, as commercial customer, DHL doesn't care aobut you. Sometimes you get an Update on their website, that's it. If you ask questions you only get stupid answers.

I've also checked this with the DHL website, and it is totally true - DHL does not permit sending to the USA, or only at really extraordinary additional priceings; and apparently there is no other service you could use for international parcels. I feel like you should know this, in general. This will also be true for other retailers, and basically should also count for Mediamarkt offers, etc. (however they probably have warehouses in whole Europe anyways [I know that there's a Mediamarkt on Gran Canaria, so...].). Especially those small labels and retailers will not be able to pull off sending them by proxy via a third country. So please be patient if you've ordered something (you should of course always ask, just to be sure), or consider cance11ing your orders. Another option would be to maybe organize someone as a proxy here via Mediapsychos. Maybe someone in a country able to receive packages from Germany can order things for you and relay them to you. I guess retailers will be open to this as well, if you send them another address they can send to, and that will relay items to you.

Of the top of my head, I just know @Veum and @RAK that are from US and showed interest in German products (or at least my postings about them). Feel free to tag further members you know, to whom this might be of interest.

Was genau ist denn das? Weiß man da mehr? Ausstattung? Etc.?

3 hours ago, Scary Hair said:

FLIPPING HECK 

 

I still have a V.H.S tape of this in the big box .

 

Cover A 

 

under rated gem of its time .

 

THANKS @pygospa  

Oh, you are very welcome Always happy if I can point anyone to something interesting that'll make them happy

I also got Cover A in the end, because my girlfriend liked that one the best, and I was torn between A and C, so in the end she decided for me

5 minutes ago, Veum said:

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🥤morning here @pygospa

 

Do you have Wicked Shop’s facebook page, a link?... sorry I can not find it?🤔

Of course, no worries - it's a bit tricky. Wicked Vision is a magazine/e-zine, not a label, so once the label was founded by one of the magazines employees, it was called "Wicked Vision Media" - and now they renamed themselves this year to "Wicked Vision Distribution GmbH" (GmbH = the British 'Limited') - so they are finally a "legit" big company . But when you look for just "Wicked Vision" you won't find them but the magazine...

Here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/wickedvision.media/
And if you are interested in the statement, that one was in a comment, here: https://www.facebook.com/wickedvision.media/posts/2763620617075125?comment_id=2763961707041016&reply_comment_id=2764868863616967

Small heads up on shipping: In Germany, if you order over 50€ there's free shipping - you could do so, by getting this one as well, it's same pre-order/delivery date (Wicked often releases in sets of two, for their own releases so you can save some money). For USA (not Canada though) I unfortunately learned, that there is no shipping permitted until further notice. If you want to be save, you can preorder, and he'll put them aside for you, but he cannot tell when it's possible to send those parcels for the US out again. Stupid Corona

9 minutes ago, pygospa said:

Der letzte MCU Film kam vor 3 Jahren (GotG 2), ...

Stimmt ja garnicht - ich Lügner. Die zwei Spider-Man hat Filmarena ja auch - sogar relativ zeitnah - geliefert. Und das waren auch echt schöne Releases, die ich nicht missen möchte

Finally some news - preorder has started yesterday at 15:00 at the Wicked-Vision shop - other shops are sure to follow, so check your favourite Mediabook dealer (be aware though, Amazon will definitely be third party, so no guarantee and is usually a bit more expensive). Maybe some admin/mod can add this to the initial post (because I cannot )

Release: 31.07.2020

Link (Wicked Shop): Cover A, Cover B, Cover C

Price: 29,99€

Limited: 444 Cover A, 222 Cover B, 222 Cover C

They also provided a new banner, that I'll add, and on Facebook they added this little announcement text (in English):

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Dear visioneers,

with ELIMINATORS / DESTROYERS we will release a Empire cult classic for the first time in Germany on Blu-ray and DVD. July 31st in three limited mediabook editions!

Again there are 200 cards for the first preorders. To save shipping costs, in Germany, when ordering this one as well (both released in July 31st, both preordable now), you won't pay anything. And unfortunately, if you reside in the US: Wicked is currently unable to send to the US, due to Corona. They'll take your pre-orders if you want (so you definately get your edition save), but will keep the editions untill shipping is permitted again.
 

I'm not sure if anyone was really interested in this one, so no tags :D You'll probably follow me anyways, and get all the updates you need - or follow this thread, or... maybe get tagged by the others who know you better than I do :D

2 hours ago, Catgirl said:

dat wird teuer 😲😟

Godzilla: King of Monsters (FAC Exclusive No.???)

Captain America: Civil War (FAC Exclusive No.???) 

Allied (FAC Exclusive No.???)

Predator (FAC Exclusive No.??

Doctor Strange (FAC Exclusive No.?? 

Kong: Skull Island (FAC Exclusive No.???)

Captain Marvel (FAC Exclusive No.???)

Top Gun (FAC Exclusive No.???

Black Widow (FAC Exclusive No.???)

 

Bad Boys for Life (FAC Exclusive No.???)

 

Ad Astra (FAC Exclusive No.???)

Die kommen aber bitte, bitte nicht alle auf einmal, oder? 😵 Dann wäre ich raus, ob ich will oder nicht. Bei mittlerweile 60€-75€ je Edition, wäre das für mich nicht mehr drin.

- Godzilla: King of Monsters: Must have, fehlt mir noch - leider auch der erste, aber vielleicht kommt der dann ja auch noch nach (auch wenn ich hier damals mal das brüllende Futurepack ins Auge gefasst hatte)

- Captain America: Civil War: Hätte nicht sein müssen. Das Filmarena hier noch alle 23(!!!) Marvelfilme irgendwann nachliefern wird seh ich ehrlich gesagt nicht. Auch find ich's bescheuert, dass sie, wenn sie das vorhaben, nicht erstmal bei den aktuellen Titeln bleiben, und dann die andern nach und nach nachliefern. Erstmal die zwei Avengers-Finalteile, und dann langsam aufrollen. Aber so? Der letzte MCU Film kam vor 3 Jahren (GotG 2), dieser hier ist 4 Jahre nach Releasedatum und nach NovaMedia, WeET, KimchiDVD, BluFans, etc. - mit teils exklusiven Artworks - und hier wird's dann auch noch wahrscheinlich wieder WEA....  Bin ich der einzige, der sich hier fragt: Muss das jetzt noch sein?

- Allied: Wieder so ein Schnarchtitel. Liebesgeschichte zwischen zwei Spionen zwischen den zwei unterschiedlichen Seiten im 2. Weltkrieg. Hab ich im Kino gesehen, hätte gereicht.

- Predator: Finally we are talking! Auf den warten wir schon seit Jahren(?)

- Doctor Strange: Wieder echt komischer Titel. Einer der eher unbeliebteren Marvel Titel.
- Kong: Skull Island: Wie schon bei Godzilla: King of Monsters, find ich dieses Announcement dann wieder cool, und hoffe, dass Filmarena hier alle Teile bringt (also auch noch den ersten Godzilla und dann auch noch Godzilla vs. Kong). Das wäre dann mal wieder schnieke
- Captain Marvel: ... (wieder so ein top Titel aus den MCU Filmen... ). - aber okey, hier muss ich ehrlich sage: Der fehlt mir noch komplett, also hätte ich den so oder so genommen

- Top Gun: Für mich der erste Titel aus dieser Liste wo ich sagen würde: JA MANN! Unbedingt! Darauf freu ich mich. Noch kein Premium release von diesem Titel (nur gefühlte 100 verschiedene absolut billig gemachte, aber total überteuerte VHS-Editionen), noch keine Ankündigung von der ich wüsste - ich glaub den gibt's noch nicht einmal im Steelbook (WEA?) - mir ist da nur das stop using inappropriate language geprägte Futurepack bekannt (könnte natürlich jetzt wegen des zweiten Teils natürlich sein, dass da ein WWA schon geplant ist, und FAC das einfach nur einpackt, wer weiß).
- Black Widow: Wenn der Zeitnah kommt, gerne - da bin ich dann definitiv zu haben für. Hoffentlich bleiben sie dann aber auch am Ball, diesmal.

- Bad Boys for Life: Bin ich voll für zu haben, hab Teil 1+2 davon, war ein Lieblingsfilm meiner Jugend, sodass es mir echt wichtig war, die Fullslips damals zu bekommen, und natürlich hab ich mir nach der Sichtung von Teil 3 im Kino sofort gewünscht, dass der bei Filmarena aufschlägt!

- Ad Astra: Prinzipiell ja - aber auch hier wieder so ein Titel, der dann Zeitgleich mit MantaLab kommt. Und wo ich im Voraus schon wieder nicht weiß, welches mir da besser gefallen wird - wo ich aber sicher weiß: 2-Male bräuchte ich den eigentlich nicht... 

Noch sammel ich ja alle FAC - auch wenn ich das immer wieder in letzter Zeit in Frage stelle... einerseits wollte ich mal alle voll kriegen (was aber eh nichts wird, nicht nur wegen der unmöglichkeit mancher alter Titel, sondern auch wegen der Limiterungspolitik, die Filmarena aktuell immer mal wieder fährt), andererseits auch zur Loyalität ggü. Andre, der ja auch immer Mindestabnahmen von allen Titeln hat und sonst auf Dingen sitzen bleibt, oder die gefragteren Releases nicht vollkriegt. In letzter Zeit stell ich auch das immer mal wieder in Frage, weil ich das Gefühl hab, ihn würds fast besser gehen, wenn er das nicht mehr "an der Backe" hätte mit dem vielen Ärger den er die letzte Zeit mit FA hat...

On 6/24/2020 at 2:29 AM, Veum said:

 

@pygospa,

 

🥤Please do convey a message for me and thank you!🙏 Mike 🤠😇😷😊

Hey @Veum, here is a statement Wicked released yesterday:
 

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Due to the current corona crisis, we are confronted with many restrictions when shipping our products internationally.
Depending on the shipping destination, different restrictions apply, which seem to change daily.
Please ask before you order if we can deliver to your country.

Update: 26.06.2020

- There are no more special restrictions for Europe. Only one postal code area may be subject to restrictions.
- We can deliver Canada again.
- USA is currently not available.

BUT: To give you the opportunity to buy items from our store before they are sold out,
you can still place your order and we will store your items until the shipping restrictions are lifted.

So apparently it's due to corona and some/all of the delivery services not being able to deliver into USA right now. This really sucks, and I am really sorry for you, my friend You can still order and Wicked will collect and send them right when the delivery bans are lifted, but just for now it's impossible. Alternatively you can always "can sell" (just read these two words fast and together - haha, take that you evil forum function ) your order.

I looked it up and official site of DHL confirms this; apparently USA is not allowing for EU parcels, only letters with max. 500g and 2cm thickness. There is some super-duper rather expensive premium deals you can use, to get them in there anyways which are pricey. But yeah. Checks out Really sad for you that you have to wait.
 

Finally some news - preorder has started yesterday at 15:00 at the Wicked-Vision shop - other shops are sure to follow, so check your favourite Mediabook dealer (be aware though, Amazon will definitely be third party, so no guarantee and is usually a bit more expensive). Maybe some admin/mod can add this to the initial post (because I cannot )

Release: 31.07.2020

Link (Wicked Shop): Cover A, Cover B, Cover C

Price: 29,99€

Limited: 444 Cover A, 444 Cover B, 333 Cover C

They also provided a new banner, that I'll add, and on Facebook they added this little announcement text (in English):
 

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Dear visioneers,

how long did you have to wait for a legal european release, especially in Germany? It felt like an eternity, right?

But buckle up, because the wait is over. On July 31, 2020 we will release the cult horror movie HIGHWAY TO HELL as a European HD premiere in three strictly limited Mediabooks.

Especially for this release we have produced new bonus material and had two new artworks drawn! You heard right, Wicked Vision brought the Hellcop himself in front of the camera for a special interview.

Safe your copy now and get an limited collector's card!

This collector's card they talk about is limited to the 200 first preorders.

I'll tag @Grendel and @Cinephile, because you mentioned interest in this title, and I don't know if you follow this thread and get notified otherwise.

After a lot of hours spent going through all the other titles from the offer, and comparing trailers, information on wikipedia, IMDB rating, personal recommendations, the 1001 must-read book recommendations, and different recommendations and top lists of general criterion releases, and in the last moment also expert help by @Grendel and @Veum, I have finally placed my second and final (for this Zavvi sale) order, that I want to share with you (if you like/are interested):

• Badlands
  Really enjoyed the trailer, it's the second leading role of Sissy Spacek and also stars a really young Martin Sheen. It's in the "1001 films to watch before you die" book (1001-book), and it was recommended to me by a good friend, so pretty obvious pick.
• Being There
  This satiric comedy movie wouldn't have been my first choice by the trailer, though it was interesting enough, but again, I got a recommendation by a friend, it's in the 1001-book and it has a rather high IMDB rating (8 points), which I am not putting too much value into, but as a directional pointer it's interesting as well.
• Carnival of Souls
  This one is the last spot - I had 9 pretty unshakable candidates and needed a even number. I wasn't too sure which one to pick for this last spot, and so I asked @Grendel and @Veum for their choice of these three: 1) The In-Laws (not sure, if I like this kind of comedy, but I like Peter Falk, so that made it interesting for me), 2) Certain Woman (drama looks interesting, even though probably slow-buring, and with some interesting female actors: Laura Dern, Michelle Williams and Kirsten Stewart). And both where sure that Being There - a low budget, b&w horror movie from 1962 was the best pick (in retrospect - how could I thought they'd suggest anything else? ).
• Ivan's Childhood
  I always wanted to get into Andrej Tarkovsky movies, and on the top of my list there was Stalker for years now, which was part of my first order. Still, this one I didn't know before, but I watched the trailer + a scene of the movie on YouTube and really, really, really liked what I saw. Nothing else, no personal recommendations, not in the 1001-book - but a great IMDB rating of 81. Still, this one was a no-brainer. And a foreign country movie, I like that.
• Klute
  No recommendations, not in the 1001-book, middle IMDB-rating. But again, the trailer looked so interesting crime-psycho-thriller kind-of movie, and wikipedia said it was pretty important movie.
• La Jetée & Sans Soleil
  Sans Soleil is in the 1001-book, this movie was recommended on a YouTube video, the higher IMDB rating is 8.3, and the trailer of Sans Soleil was rather interesting. Plus, La Jetée was the inspiration for 12 Monkeys, and that is even obvious right from the start of the trailer. Both are sci-fi movies, La Jetée is a time travel movie. Lots of points that speak for this release. Oh, and it's french, et je pense que c'est tres bien!
• The Lure
  Probably a really strange pick, and not fitting to the others, I picked, but this trailer was so strange, that I had to get it. I mean, just think about it: it's a movie about man-eating mermaids that sing in a band - it has something vampiric, even the movie poster is really great. A no brainer. And the first polnish movie that I am getting!
• Solaris
  Besides Stalker the other movie that is on my list for a while now - another USSR sci-fi movie from Andrej Tarkovsky. Plus two personal recommendations, I enjoy the trailer, and it has a high IMDB rating of 8.1
• Tokyo Drifter
  Besides being in the book, it's also really interesting trailer, and as a japanese movie it already has a bonus point with me. And then there is the fact that it's supposedly a large influence on Quentin Tarantino and a couple of other film makers. So this is interesting to me.
• Yi Yi
  I liked the trailer, plus there where two recommendations from YouTubers for this movie. It's an Asian movie, it looks slow paced, and somewhat like a lovestory for life itself. I am intrigued, and it's one of the few Chinese movies I'm going to own.

Hope they'll arrive soon. Once they're here I'll share some pictures with you

16 minutes ago, Veum said:

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🥤Hi @pygospa

 

You might want to put this retailer in your queue as I’ve been enjoying/buying from them on their unique editions also❣️😉

 

🎬 🎞 🎥 🍿 🥤

 

Right now they are having an interesting sale going on:

 

3 for £30

If you wish to take advantage of this 3 for £30 offer, just add 3 or more eligible titles to your cart and enter the code THIRTY at the checkout.

 

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Oh, thank you so much for that info. Didn't know about their sale, I'll have to look into that one as well!