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Hmmm, I may be out of reactions... but yet not missing in action and not too badly hurt so I can still take several actions to to ensure my stay in this thread !

@kwyjibo7 First of all: Really a great Collection Chris! And know.. I can relate to that what You expressed very well. I unfortunately also lack the time to contribute as often as I would like due to considerable tasks in a maximally demanding professional field (which sometimes hardly offers time for a food brake...) In any case, I wish you that you will at least be invited to the Gold membership!

@ShadowWarrior please enlighten a non-knowing german Member... what is the meaning of OOR abbreviation? Out Of Range? Opium Over Reason? Only Opossums Rule? 🤔

I knew there MUST be some Magic behind Your secret...

when I woke up (like this) it became clear that @Veum M U S T have received his invitation... there were only 82 new messages

😄 You are right @swish - as You see even I am capable of learning 😎 - honestly, I just forgot it as my eyes are already closed... 😅

Me too is taking a (I fear very short) nap... in some hours we all will see whether the Veum-Tier-Thread has brought us new amazing insights... What a great and crazy fun evening this was here! Worth being a part of it even without getting Adamantium Memberships... (Yet... 😜 ) Thanks especially to our Non-Stop Guardian Swish who - just like New York - never sleeps 😎 An easy, low-blood-pressure-Night to all (more or less insane) Members!

Hmmm... because (maybe) the "Veum-Dillema" answers all the important questions....? Because if he does not get his invitation message then a decrease must be seriously considered ! But seriously: Sorry, the more tired I get, the more nonsensical my answers become 🙃

Now I know it @Veum ! All these years you have been leading us around by the nose... Because in fact You are a Superhero from the Marvel Cinematic Universe an Your Name is not Veum but VENOM = Very Extremely Nervous On Messages ! Denial is useless! You are powerless against this undeniable proof!

@Veum Good point! I guess I need to become undead to stay awake long enough for the Gold Members to go hunting for the remaining Plantinum Tiers....

need something else? hm... longer fingernails to chew on until the invitation arrives I fear...

huh, maybe a poor (still...!) gold-member can help? What Swish meant is - as far as I understood it - to use the club invitation settings in the notifications-section: (IF that is needed at all, because THIS notification is likely to be sent regardless of your chosen settings...)

Well, if MP's cat doesn't deserve to be in the lucky 20, then noone would 🤗 Therefore: My warmest congratulations!

@Whodini could not have said it better ! It seems to me that You are really always here to clear things up with accurate informations that help all of us. Therefore: Enjoy your stay in the "Hall of Fame". It is more than well deserved!

A nice gesture that rewards special services to the community. My congratulations to those honored in this way!

Why this is right? No... NOT because the boss said so... 😎 But because the tiered member principle comes closest to the idea of a community. Even if the hope of the greater probability plays no small role in the acquisition of a tiered status - if there were only the method: the fastest win, it would not be a community, but a mere war zone. In addition: If the suggestion would become generally accepted to pay only a surcharge for the participation in a group purchase, this would mean: One supports only what one wants to receive for oneself. The tiered membership principle, on the other hand, means: Everyone supports more than just their own interests. And not to forget - we just sit back and let the Staff hijack the treasures we want - this possibility should be worth at least a small contribution to us. And even though the chances to get each of the desired editions have become smaller due to today's development even for Tiered Members - remind the saying: It is the good will that should be rewarded and not the result alone... This brings us back to the beginning: What is a community - the best thing about a community is that you pat the other person on the back for trying, not for succeeding.

Even though - according to our Admins and Guardians - nothing is finally edged in stone yet (neither as regards the final 4K allocations nor the final design of the Blu-ray-Edition) - I think that the stone is already comfortably seated int the garden... So I guess that • there will be no big changes anymore as regards the list of our 4K-Edition-Receivers • MP will do their very best try to secure as much Blu-Ray-Editions as possible for those who did not made it to the Magnificent 100 ( and maybe everyone on the GB-List will be given the compensatory opportunity to choose this Edition - while retaining place according to the order in the GB list...) And ... I'll have to say that I would be perfectly happy to receive this Blu-Ray-Box - it has a nice clean look (using the motives of the earlier japanese / korean steels) (Oh by the way... as the artwork is not final ... why not use the movie title on the back of the box too to harmonize it with the Side-Motives... )

Good point.. will we ever see it ...? ehem.. Indy, I mean during our lifetime...

OOOOOH MY K O N G ! ... eeh I ment OOOOOH MY G O D ! ... - Z I L L A ? (Sorry, but my speech therapist seems a little confused out of sheer excitement....) Well, well, well, this is nothing but an AMAZING STUNNER !!! I'm begging You, Please my dear MP-Staff: If necessary, hire EVERY giant ape available to secure all Member's OCs, DLs and so on !!! ... and if that's not enough to convince Manta - maybe try a sad looking dog...?

This is the true perfectionist speaking (as I am one myself, I would not allow any criticism of such attention to detail, marked by a genuine passion for design). On the other hand, in view of the recent product pictures (ehem...), I am already happy for every box that doesn't show sharks eating Russ Meyer-Style pinup girls...

As Joker said: ... and these Beauty Shots did the job instantly ! Already sitting in front of the screen with my wallet drawn and waiting for the "Join Groupbuy" - Button... T H I S is UHD Club at it's best ! ........................................................ ... only a wooden box could top this ... ?? ( of course, it's just a nasty rumour that I'm a fan of UHD's wooden boxes.... 😈 ) Jokes aside, however, I think that given the overall visual concept, the hard box is the appropriate choice here.

My dear Members and Administrators, I wasn't aware that humor should be banned from this Forum (and I know it isn't). But Okay - we take the matter seriously (for once and only once... 😉) Well You are right, that sometimes it may be boring to read all theses "easy Pass"-Messages... But on the other hand, sometimes I get the feeling that anybody who does not shout "Hail Freedonia" (sorry Groucho) whenever a Manufacturer releases a new Edition, seems to have crucified Jesus a second time . Because neither HDZeta (most releases I absolutely adore and own) nor UHD Club (most releases I totally adore but wasn't lucky enough yet to own all of them) are gods you have to sacrifice no matter what they do to avoid being sent to a medieval hell... First of all I did not send my comment just for the fun of criticizing - and I am definitely not "some people" - I just have preferences. And in the end, taste should always be a question of personal preference - by the way - I am sure that this also reflects Your understanding. Of course I can understand that collectors who already have different editions of the same motif appreciate a change. But one could counter that not every collector wants to own all available editions from all manufacturers and that it is important for this collector to own a version that uses elements that are also those preferred by the makers of the respective film (just think of the strict guidelines that Christopher Nolan always sets for releases) - in most cases, these artistic elements correspond to the "essence" of the film. What I wanted to point out is not, what images are used on front or back of a product - but - Jaws - and also E.T. - are outstanding classics for me and for many other film enthusiasts ( as is "Blade Runner"). "Jaws" is not regarded as a cheap copy of its own (like some of the sequels). In my humble opinion the front picture the Outer-Box evokes exactly that cheap feeling (By the way - I don't even think that this will apply to the rest of the edition.... !) In Contrast to Jaws the Box-Artwork of E.T. is not bad at all - but again - for me - does not transport the movies general feeling, that is reflected in the coulor-schemes that were officially used for this motion picture. In the Movie's end scene - the spaceship emits a rainbow upon the starlight-sky. Brilliant lights on dark background - contrasts like these are also shown in all official Posters. Again - the Outer Box of E.T. is a nice artwork, but for me the color scheme transports the feeling of a scented room spray (sweet floral ) and does not correspond neither to the general look that was created by Steven Spielberg nor to the feelings the movie evokes in me. It must be added, however, that everything else of this edition IS carried precisely by this essence, the Outer Box misses. To conclude - up to now, the design-practice of UHD Club (ESPECIALLY for the Outer box) has been characterised by the use of artwork elements that reflected the Filmmakers primary choice and transported the aforementioned "essence" of the particular Movie - and (except for some asian films) they also mostly practiced a noble, clean "look" (for example no complete Motif on the Spine, as this is typical for cheap Amaray-Artworks) - this practice can be seen consistently in almost all publications to date, as with The Matrix Trilogy The Prestige Dunkirk Interstellar Blade Runner Blade Runner 2049 The Last Emperor Indiana Jones So - to put it in (my) nutshell - my disappointment is therefore simply based on the feeling that there is a break with UHD Club's Outer-Box Design tradition for iconic Blockbusters, which I have never experienced in any Edition they released before - and I just hope, that this does not herald the end for such Designs as the (yet to be released...) noble Indiana Jones box set ... and isn't it a certain design consistency that collectors just trust in a particular manufacturer? So, having got rid of this, I can drop back to tongue-in-cheek comments...

Oh... don't be too hard on the poor guys from UHD Club my fellow Psychos... Because after all they only went for the second and third worst poster !!! Or can you imagine the following (officially used!!) two designs - apparently created for the Indian and Thai markets respectively - as the new edition...? But wait - even deeper nightmares are possible... because this one from Poland or - my absolute favorite: - from Ghana (!), probably used for a local video release, would even make a scarier box ... (In my opinion, best suited to make the toenails curl up... ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . But all joking aside - I too am rather disappointed with the motif - because even if an artwork has already been used by various manufacturers, in my opinion it is the end result that counts - and with a classic like "Jaws", for which a simply iconic design was created, one should leave it at that - and strive for the most attractive result possible. In light of the absolute brilliance UHD Club achieved on BR and BR 2049, this sadly looks like a pitiful step back. (Anyway - it is my unalterable opinion, that both "Jaws" AND (!) E.T. would have deserved an evaluation as a Wooden Box - and I don't accept the argument of current difficulties with suppliers - Movies of this class deserve nothing less than the best possible presentation - and justify time delays for the release date in any case, because the real collector - though always impatient - waits just as long as necessary if his desired edition-dreams come true at last. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back To The Humor: In fact I do hope that our friendly Shark manages to eat the girl before the Box is delivered... 🙃

HAPPY THAT I HAD THE CHANCE TO JUMP INTO GOLD IN MY VERY FIRST YEAR IN THIS COMMUNITY !!! ...and ready to hunt for Platinum next time

well, I fear, this will be MANY TIER-hungry member's working mood tomorrow ... or as the Poets say - tiered makes tired 🙃