tr0llhatt

2 hours ago, notdan said:

I am really enjoying the slips they are providing with some of them. They add a layer to the art and provide some built-in protection.

Not that I have any of them, but I'm not sold on them. They add a art layer sure, but at the same time the steel itself should be complete art, instead they look naked without the o-ring.

1 hour ago, notdan said:

And last up is Blufans The Rock! I have been wanting a The Rock premium for a while and while I am still patiently waiting to see what MAG can come up with this Blufans editions is a great add to my collection!

You're now one of my favorite people dan, but notdan!
It's one of my absolute favorite premiums and MAG better deliver some awesomesauce for theirs.

Shiiieeeeet, here we go again, another Gladiator

21 hours ago, raylight said:

Already have a QNAP TS-653D-4G with 6x 12TB running in a RAID5. Now I am running out of disk space.

But what said a clever person: "disk space can only be replaced by much more disk space..." 😂

In my case first step is the extension by another RAID5 with 4x 12TB which means around 36TB usable disk space on top. This should fit for a longer time. 😎

I built my own, getting prebuilt configs like QNAP is way too expensive in the long run, especially when you pass 10 drives. Currently I should really start swapping out some old 2-3tb drives, but those Hitachi drives still run like champs 10years after new (Power on hours: 84516 (9y, 7m, 22d, 12h)) 🤩
But yeah, the only replacement is more space (drives) and mine is getting very close to being in dire need of more practical expansion room so a trip to IKEA is in the cards soonish!

Heh, you'd think so, but in my experience it doesn't - then again, it's my entire, continuously growing, library 😎

Huh, was that outer (mother)box always intended? Always imagined this as Jaws and ET.
Looks great though! 🤩

1 hour ago, Catgirl said:

is it maybe embossed on the back? That would be great. 🤔

Bad angle to judge from, but seems flat to me though maybe the circle? Bossing would be really awesome!


Shots from ebay:
 

5 hours ago, raylight said:

NAS extension is my in advance birthday present. 😇

QNAP 😢 Add some 20tb disks!

Need to upgrade mine soon, it's getting both old and full as well as in need of a layout makeover

3 hours ago, ksosk said:

agreed a new direction is needed.

Elaborate please, in general or for this one release?
Because if in general I would like to officially request some kind of bossing on the "OC" boxes going forward. I don't think this is actually done by anyone except maybe in a few cases? An excellent opportunity to stand out, in a good way.

You can do it, I have faith in you @ksosk 😎
 

3 hours ago, Fortis93 said:

 

Any updates on when we might see the MAG edition of The Rock?

Trade secrets my son.
 

On 7/9/2022 at 4:30 AM, xTxBagZx said:

How do I fix this?

Do it the Scandinavian way, get smashing drunk in a bar, find another equally drunk person and voila you're best friends! Well, for tonight at least, you'll never see or hear from him/her again.

9 minutes ago, Sidewinder said:

But it does say "Strictly Limited to 2000 Worldwide" in the image above...

Yes it does. Also not the first time Zavvi has a limited worldwide printrun to be honest.
Remember the Inglorious Basterds set that everyone appeared to be up in arms about ahead of time? Just another standard quality studio edition in the end.

I'd be happy to be proven wrong, but no, I don't believe.

37 minutes ago, Sidewinder said:

Wow love that Rocinante! That reminds me how I need to catch up with the latest season of The Expanse, fantastic show!

Do it! Just do it!
 

15 minutes ago, AndroiDad75 said:

@tr0llhatt, I received that same Rocinanate model!  I haven't cracked it open yet...

Me neither to be honest, still need new shelves - until then I have no place to put it... or anything else

Itching to hunt down the hardcover books for Expanse from Subterranean Press, but they're waaay to costly. Sadly another thing I missed out on due to not knowing about at the time

It's not, I'm 99% sure. Zavvi have had CE like this regularly for years, it's 40£ which is a bog standard CE price for UK sets (Aamazon & Zavvi both) and there are literally no mentions of exclusive printrun etc. in the description. Compare that to the Rambo release which is full of it, so no - nothing EB about it.

1 hour ago, Fortis93 said:

 

Here's what we're going to do, kompis. 

 

We're going to create our own label and call it Swedish House Media.

 

And under it, we're going to once and for all release The Rock in all its premium, prom-queen glory.

I got you now baby!

We gotta talk about the name though, I will not have my name sullied by any association with THAT country to my East 🤣
 

33 minutes ago, maxpower1999 said:

She was better in Captain Marvel as the right hand of the bad guy whose name I can’t remember.  I think the problem with Eternals was trying to stuff 10-12 brand new characters into one movie and expecting people to care about any of them with such limited development.  The best part of that movie was the voice cameo of in the post credits scene.

She was in Captain Marvel? I have no memory of this.
Well yeah, I can see how that might've been off putting for some people though it's just another ensemble movie if you ask me.

The Blade cameo of Mahershala Ali was awesome though, that is honestly pretty much the only MCU I'm looking forward to and subsequently care about! Purely based on the Wesley Snipes trilogy of course, I know nothing of Blade past that
 

Just now, Sidewinder said:

Is this an EverythingBlu creation from within Zavvi?

No.

Well well well, haven't posted in here in a while. Did ya miss me?!

Got some shiny new things this time too
Would you like to know more?

- Indiana Jones 1-3 (the old Zavvi steels!)
- Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark (new WWA, Amazon US)
- Jurassic Park 1-3 (Sofa Cinema trilogy set)
- Nightmare Alley (Zavvi)
- Justice League DL (HDZeta)
- As Above so Below FS (Sofa Cinema)
- Nobody FS (Sofa Cinema)
- Drive Limited Edition (Second Sight)
- The Prestige OC (Mantalab)
- Pitch Black A+B (Turbine)

- Rouge (UHD Club)
- Mr Six (UHD Club)
- Detective Dee and the Mysteree of the Phantom Flame (UHD Club)
- Dragonheart Special Edition (Turbine)

Also some games 'n stuff of course! ❤️

- Doom Classics Collection CE (Limited Run Games)
- Doom Helmet (Limited Run Games)
- C&C Remasted Collection, 25th Anniversary Special Edition (Limited Run Games)*
- Star Wars Republic Commando Premium Edition (Limited Run Games)
- Star Renegades Collectors Edition (Strictly Limited Games)
- The Expanse, Rocinante XL model (Hero Collector/Eaglemoss)**
 

* Loyal readers will notice this is my 2nd C&C 25th anniversary set and it is! Couldn't pass up getting the little brother for the CE set "That was left handed!"
** Sadly I missed out on the Ideal Planet model through their Kickstarter last year - didn't even know about it until it was too late. Luckily Eaglemoss is doing Expanse as the IP model is       now stupidly expensive.



And on that bombshell it's time to end, thank you so much for watching - see you next time, goodnight!

Well, frak! And I who just got the Sofa-Cinema slip in their sale...

What was wrong with Eternals? 🤣 I'll be honest and say the only attention gave to that movie was Gemma Chan and if I had known it was a MCU title before I started it... I wouldn't have started it.

22 hours ago, Fortis93 said:

I thought you were taking the piss

WHAT?! I would never! 😇

8 hours ago, AlexanderTheMan said:

but I think it’s a bit alarmist to suggest they’d shelve their other partnerships/lines/releases.

Maybe, but Manta would have to seriously up their output/production numbers for any given year to do both, even if they wouldn't redo catalogue MCU titles there are how many MCU titles a year? 4-6?

1 hour ago, Christopher said:

I completely forgot about the Fox titles.

Have a look-see over at wikipedia for a list of Disney owned titles.

C'mon Manta, Pirates of the Caribbean  and Pixar titles! Come out the door swinging with massive non-MCU hits 😎

10 minutes ago, Fortis93 said:

That's the thing, their non-MCU catalogue isn't small. It's actually quite substantial.

I know mate Disney owns half the Western worlds tv and movie library.

4 hours ago, Fortis93 said:

If they're partnering with Disney, I would hope that means their entire catalogue including all the 20th Century Fox titles.

 

If it's just Marvel though, it would be such a waste.

They said the reason was "mostly Marvel steelbooks" so... yeah, don't be holding your breath for something from Disneys very small non-MCU catalogue.

21 hours ago, hal56 said:

You think so?

Yeah, I think there's a little too much focus on lenticulars to be honest. Would honestly prefer lentis to be magnet covers, but that's not going to happen. So barring that make the lentis an actual part of the slip and not glued on as they are now, but that's not going to happen either. There are simply too many lentisimps

Now, if a lenti is actually GOOD then I' have no problem, but those are exceedingly rare and good ol' texturing makes for a better product most of the time.
For MAG to make themselves stand out they'd really have to nail any three sided lenti for this - no halfway measures as the Terminator edition kinda hurt their reputation and the lack of even WWA steels is a no go for many people. I'm perfectly happy without any steels though as I'm interested in the whole package for my stuff, particularly juicy (also juice!) boxes 😎 Not the least because it opens the door for many titles who never have or will be getting a steel.

5 hours ago, Zeeeell said:

we lose the OC with the lenti

Good!

There's enough lenti everywhere in general as is.

On 7/1/2022 at 10:39 AM, Cornbuster said:

I can flirt with MAG again... 😍

Great to see District 9 showing up 🤩

Unless a show already has a bluray release you can just simply forget about it, which coincidentally includes most (actual) originals from Amazon, Netflix, Apple and Disney+

...unless discless

Other than that, tv shows? Yes please!

Probably nothing new, District 9 has yet to finish shipping and that's much more important than 2012 which is also before this I think
Everything's been slow going this year, suffice to say... we just lost the initiative.
 

We're all thicc skinned here, thicc! Also maybe a little dense in some cases (no names!) 🤣

Except me, I'm both.

13 hours ago, atomicblonde said:

One thing I love about CM is that they’re ready and willing to do so many horror movies. Not many other companies do horror, let alone this many horror movies! Very excited.

Both CM and FAC does have a more varied lineup than the other retailers. Hats off to them for that to be honest, even if I don't necessarily agree with them on all their choices in titles and subsequent printruns *cough* FAC Lego Batman etc. *cough*