mgurau

Love that Full Slip but not crazy about the effect they have on the image.

11 minutes ago, Basil said:

god damn FFS think you walking away from manta for a while and you get sucked back in 👿

i have to say i dont actually own a decent copy of drive and this ticks all the boxes 

 

Steelbook designed by Rory Kurtz

More information available in late January.

 

word is this be a BD from collectong on instagram

 

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@extantsrevenge nils might be time to get your bitch on  

 

basil 

Agree. 
I would love to see one of the editions slips be the Jacket like the old Future Shop blu ray slip. I love that but it is way too expensive. They also used that same design on a more recent German Mediabook, but it sold out too quick to grab a copy. 

Would love to that get used and could even see it get used for the One-click box design, although would rather it be on a full slip.

It seems like ages since Manta has put anything out.

Was looking forward to seeing what they do with the Matrix. Might get one if there is pone I really like, but only the first one. The others are garbage.

2 hours ago, mjk said:

What's a silkscreen? 

A printing technique.

1 minute ago, Robertm89 said:

Because we don't know if we are gonna get another premium release, I've went for it anyways I like the slips and hope the steel is better in hand..

 

Each to there own but I think Criterion releases are very overrated.

All good. Curious, which one did you pick?

8 hours ago, Parzival said:

 

When you say best release, I presume you are referring to all the extras, Director approved interviews / commentary etc .

I am guessing you did not mean picture quality. The 4k release would still be better on that front 

Not necessarily.

8 hours ago, R1s1ngs0n said:

Only thing I like about this release is Fullslip A. The steel doesn't look great tbh so I'm perfectly content with my soon to arrive Criterion edition, which for my money is the best release for this film so far (don't care that it doesn't have 4K).

CJ Entertainment will also release a digipak edition for this movie (Blu-ray only)

Yup. Agree, Will just get the Criterion release. Also do not care it is not 4K.

8 hours ago, Robertm89 said:

Man I love the film, and the picture isn't too clear but that looks one ugly steelbook. 

Agree and there isn't even one slip I like either.  

For anyone interested that did like this artwork and plans to get..... DiabolikDVD has listed as a US Exclusive. I have bought from them for years and is a great company. My #1 goto.

https://www.diabolikdvd.com/product/diabolik-exclusive-an-american-werewolf-in-london-le-steelbook-with-slipcase-arrow-us-blu-ray/

Glad I waited to see art. That is super lame.

And Arrow released a Limited Edition not too long ago, and Turbine (Germany) just did a gorgeous box set. 2 versions. 

This is not anywhere near as nice as any of those.

Hard pass.

18 minutes ago, hdblueman said:

Should be number 8 for all, i believe.

1, Blade Runner 2, Wonder Woman 3, Ready Player One 4, Mad Max 5, 2001 Space Odyssey 6, Goodfellas 7, V for Vendetta.

 

That's right, did not even think about that. Was more thinking, are these 2 different releases? There was 2 posts, Italy and UK saying #7, and this one saying #8. I figured was a mistake as it can't be 2 different ones. 
Thanks for pointing out. SO I am guessing the other 2 posts should be #8. All good. 

Is this really #8, the Italy and UK of this release #7. ??

88 Films in UK put out a really nice box set with all 4 films. Anaconda Quadrilogy. 

These guys are putting out nice stuff but will be waiting for some better titles.

On 11/19/2020 at 8:11 AM, Mattrivers95 said:

I received mine today and it’s a jolly nice set overall with spot gloss on gizmo and title, and  the bbfc logos are removable stickers. Additionally, Zavvi sent it in a hard cardboard box which is a first for me regarding non SteelBooks. I’m going to put my wwa steelbook in this, i much prefer it to the BB full slip and feel like I dodged a bullet in skipping that one.

Thank you for sharing. 

I ordered thru here. 

I agree and also glad I passed in Film Arena. 

Nice idea on swapping out for your steel, but I was not a huge fan of it either. I always liked the old UK Steel with Stripe on it. If III ever pick that one up for a decent price, I may do the same.
Otherwise, this edition will work just fine. It's really nice.

thomue1987

I sent you a new message in a thread from before.

Just wanted to give you a heads up in case you did not see it.

Michael

6 hours ago, tr0llhatt said:

I really REALLY hope this GB goes to UPDATE+OPEN status when it's time, UHDClub ismy jam ❤️

Mine just shipped a few days ago. 

Oops, my bad. Wrong movie. Was getting confused with Interstellar. Typically if they pause it, they will re open at some point, otherwise they would close it, so I think there is a really good chance you will be able to. Make sure you are getting notifications for it. 

2 minutes ago, deckard99 said:

You’ve hit upon the best reason for using our general Zavvi GB. We’ve got red carpet access so @blu.steel33 takes care of all the preordering. Just get your request in before the preorder date and you don’t have to worry about when it goes live. If you request after the preorder date, then that’s a different matter and depends on availability, but if you order early then Carl @blu.steel33 does a great job securing enough copies for our members.

Ah, perfect. I forgot about red carper since we can't get it.  Nice.

Perfect. This way I can use it and stop dealing with direct as it is just not worth the headache.

Once last question. Sorry to bug so much, but if you want to put in the request before pre order, how would you know the link? They are not available before are they? I am thinking of the HMV one, we have to supply the link. It is the same right? If you don't have the link you have to wait, right?

Thank you

Michael

On 11/12/2020 at 7:50 AM, deckard99 said:

 

Hi @mgurau we have general GBs for both HMV and Zavvi. The one for Zavvi is under Home -> Group Buys -> Steelbook Group Buys -> ZAVVI -> ZAVVI GROUP BUYS or you can just go here

It's a bit more since it goes through HUB shipping but all my stuff arrives perfect every time.

Thank you. Will start using it. 

Can I ask, in cases where a Steelbook goes up for pre-order and you know will sell out in a few hours, any advice on those. Or do you just try to get a request in as soon as it goes live and hope that an order is put in before it sells out.?

Thanks for the help.

Michael

29 minutes ago, deckard99 said:

 

I remember having this conversation with some members a while back. Some members insist that they never have any damaged items from Zavvi. Others, like me, have had lots of problems. I guess it depends maybe on where you live and/or lady luck. For me, I usually use our MP Zavvi GB so I don't have to worry about it. Everything comes perfect 100% of the time.

I have a hard time believing the ones that say they NEVER have received damaged, simply by how crappy they pack things, or how they don't pack things. 

I will have to look into the Group buy. Have not used it. Are referring to the UK one that can be anything, like HMV, etc. or is there a specific Zavvi one?
I am thinking of this one "HMV [UK] GENERAL GROUPBUY THREAD". And I have used for HMV stuff and like you said, never received anything damaged.

I have not thought of using it for Zavvi as the steelbooks go up for pre-order and then sells out same day, so much of the time, so I am afraid if I put in an order request, by the time they get to it, it will be sold out.

In this case, I should use for the Gremlins one and should be ok.

Thanks for the help.

24 minutes ago, chucktatum said:

 

True. But if this is anything like The Shining or Full Metal Jacket special 4K editions, it will have a sturdy outer slipbox, which has a better chance of surviving intact.  

True, but it will ship in a jiffy bag, so good chance it will still get destroyed.

The 2 movie "IT" they just did was a pretty good hard box, and was dented to stop using inappropriate language. Had to spend 3 weeks to get a refund, and the item was still available but but he time their horrendous customer service began to o take seriously 4 messages later, it was no longer available by then. They suck so bad. 

Damn, I love this and want to order, but I know Zavvi will send horribly and will be beat to hell.  Ugh

Wish HMV had it as well or Amazon Uk, not that they are really any better than Zavvi.

On 10/30/2020 at 3:41 AM, SilentasKnight said:

If I had known about the Thai call girl I would have ordered two! 

I received mine today and super disappointed. NO call girl. Damn.   

Well, it is gorgeous. I think HD Zeta and Film Arena will have a hard time topping this edition. But we'll see. i am open to getting them if they do and hopefully they all are different enough, but probably will all use the same art.

As far as price, yes, I was super shocked to see how much the invoice was. They stated how much it was going to be and it turned out to be quite a bit more, and once you added in shipping and fees. Ouch.
It was listed as 1088 cny, which should come in around $160-$165. It fluctuates. But it went up to $190? 
Oh well. It is what it is. Luckily it is beautiful, but I don't think ANYONE would ever pay $230 for it knowing it was all in going to be that high. And if you tried to sell it, you would NEVER get even close to what you paid for it.
But I love it and feel it will be hard to beat.

Thankful they were able to help get in a time where a lot of places are not shipping to US. I have ben trying to get a John Wick 3 Steelbook from Japan for 6 months. Nope. It will be gone soon, and that will be that. None on ebay the entire time either.

Interesting. So it is exclusive to 4 places. 

4 hours ago, mwatkins02 said:

Hello @mgurau,

 

Thanks for the heads up.

 

Best,

 

Michael

You're welcome and it looks like some other links were added. FNAC does, although they do not pack. Ship like Zavvi. Had some horrible experiences with and stopped using. 

Here is the group buy link.

3 hours ago, javi said:

That is what I´m worried about...FNAC is one of the shittiest shops EVER. EEEEEEEVER!
Every single item from Fnac looks like they played football with it...and customer service for Germany is bad - I MEAN REALLY BAD!!! Actually, they wait 15 days to respond, to tell you, that the 14 days of their return policy have passed. Always had to open a Paypal case.
And I also don´t have an Amazon account...
So no chance to buy it, for me. Just have to wait till Zavvi lists them...

Had similar experiences with FNAAC and got sick and did a Bank dispute to get my refund and never use again.
There is a Generic Group For France in here that I saw someone share the link. You could use that.
I am considering using it for Black Panther but passing on the rest. Hideous.

7 minutes ago, mwatkins02 said:

Great looking steel. Does this company ship to the US?

Nope.

Was bummed till I saw art. Hideous and the whole round with the exception of Black Panther might be the worst ones they ever put out, even worse than the last round that was Italy exclusives. I thought those were awful and these are even worse.
And to release Avengers again? They already did it. 2 in fact. Because it had a variant. Blufans exclusive. 
Mondo has really gone downhill.

But there is a generic France group buy like the KMV UK one that you can request these. I saw someone mention it yesterday on one of these Mondo releases.