New Improved STEELBOOK DVD Thread

[solidstealth]

does anyone know what the market is for the 300 steelbook? i'm thinking of selling my copy... also, i have 3 region 2 steelbooks i want to get rid of but i hardly see any of those on ebay so i doubt anyone would bid anyway... at this point, i'd be willing to swap or trade for movies i want on reg dvd...

[msiaregodz]

saw best buys ad and this tuesday they will be having the pinnochio, a bugs life, wall-e, monsters inc, pirates and one other steelbook bluray i cant remember for $29.99! i only want the wall-e one, but i thought i would let people know in case no one else noticed this....

[CB0967]

Originally Posted by msiaregodz

saw best buys ad and this tuesday they will be having the pinnochio, a bugs life, wall-e, monsters inc, pirates and one other steelbook bluray i cant remember for $29.99! i only want the wall-e one, but i thought i would let people know in case no one else noticed this....

all of them will be at best buy.

[bdubprod]

Originally Posted by CB0967

all of them will be at best buy.

yeah, the ad says "more available in store" so im thinking it'll be all the same ones released at FutureShop in Canada.

[msiaregodz]

i just noticed it said that...wish i was more of a disney fan. i paid $60 for the nightmare one from future shop...wish i hadn't now. oh well.

[xage]

Harry Potter Half Blood Prince - DVD Steelbook


Disney Bluray Steelbook (North American Release)

[bdubprod]

Of the Disney Blu Ray Steelbooks I have:

UP
The Nightmare Before Christmas (Future Shop)
Wall- E
Cars
Ratatouille
Monsters Inc.
A Bugs Life

[mick621]

I saw at BB today a preorder steelbook for Michael Jackson's "This Is It", it's 5-bucks to buy the steelbook and preorder (no DVD's inside). It's a DVD sized steelbook with both DVD and Blu-ray available. You have to look closely and make out which one is for DVD and for Blu-ray since they both are identical to eachother with the format logo being the exception. I wish they did that with The Hangover instead of this...but I enjoyed "This Is It", it's a fitting tribute to the king of pop.

Anyway, I caved in and preordered, here are pics:

[xage]

hey Mick a lot doubted your post because you chose to get the one with DVD sticker.


This seal the closure to doubters

[SkyNet]

i didnt doubt your post mick

i may pick this up at some point

[mick621]

Hmmm...had no idea anyone was even doubting my post. Anyway, thanks xage and skynet for backing me up, that's awesome . I grew up listening to Michael Jackson, his music, songs has influenced my life, I saw "This Is It" at the theater and it was a sad, but amazing experience to see what could have been. Long live the king of pop and what a beautiful steelbook to pay tribute to what could have been an amazing tour for Michael Jackson. I know some steelbook collectors here won't buy it, but I am so happy this film got the steelbook treatment as many fans will truly appreciate it.

[Macphist0]

No one said they doubted you.....I don't get why he said "many" since no one posted after you anyway. Weird.

[xage]

Originally Posted by Macphist0

No one said they doubted you.....I don't get why he said "many" since no one posted after you anyway. Weird.

Mick's original post spreaded like a wildfire last Sunday on almost all Steelbook related forums. And majority doubted his post that the bluray is similar with the dvd steelbook.

- I may hate what bestbuy did, but like Mick, Im an MJ fan!

[SkyNet]

well if these lurkers like to go all over the place and discuss shit from our forums.. maybe they can just sign up for a free account and we can all enjoy these discussions in our own enjoyable forums!

[mick621]

Originally Posted by xage

Mick's original post spreaded like a wildfire last Sunday on almost all Steelbook related forums. And majority doubted his post that the bluray is similar with the dvd steelbook.

- I may hate what bestbuy did, but like Mick, Im an MJ fan!

ditto that xage!

Now it all makes sense, thanks.

I guess the shelf obsessed collectors there on those forums couldn't handle a DVD sized Blu-ray steelbook.

[Conz]

is FYE doing a District 9 steelbook?

[m_burlock]

Xage you should post pics of your entire DVD and BD and HD-DVD collection (not just Steelbooks but EVERYTHING) to the appropriate thread someday. What do you think?

[bdubprod]

Originally Posted by Conz

is FYE doing a District 9 steelbook?

negative. this'll just be a futureshop release. (unless things have changed. a couple of months back when i pre-ordered G.I Joe I had the guy look it up and he said it was not a steelbook).

[beeshaw]

Grabbed the D9 Steelbook from Futureshop this morning. Glad I didn't order online. Apparently Sony messed up HUGE and didn't send them any to fulfill any of their web-orders! So all the stock that are in stores is IT and they're going fast.
Sony didn't put any digital copies in the cases either, so it's a single disc Blu.

It's a SWEET case though. My second fave next to Cloverfield.

[MisterChristian]

Sweet case indeed! Picked up mine this morning too

[xage]

Disney Bluray Steelbooks (North American (Bestbuy/Futureshop Release)




Kudos to Canada's Futureshop bringing in additional 7 G2 Steelbooks (on top of the 13 Disney ones) among their exclusive offers:






Great closing 2009 year for North American G2 Steelbooks!

[mick621]

Just got the District 9 HMV UK exclusive 1-disc DVD steelbook in the mail today. It is a well done steelbook, with an impressive layout. The cool thing about it is there is no ratings logo or region code attached to the actual steelbook. So say you have the R1 2-disc DVD, you place both discs in the steelbook with disc 2 in like a paper sleeve. Here are some pics:

[SkyNet]

that is insanely fuckin nice!

wish we would get more Blu Ray steels here (i realize that isnt a Blu Ray steel, but i just want more Blu Ray Steels in general)!

[bdubprod]

blu-ray steelbook but standard steelbook size

[msiaregodz]

Originally Posted by bdubprod

blu-ray steelbook but standard steelbook size

i went to my best buy at noon and they were completely sold out of both the steelbook and the standard bluray...pretty pissed i missed out on this one

[prozac80]

Does anyonw know where these kind of cases are sold:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...80/dvdcase.jpg

They're thin platic type that are flat and have to be folded to shape when ready to use. I thought I got them from bags unlimited a year or so ago, but they're not on thier site anymore(that i could find anyway). I use them for my steelbooks and I'm about out of them. I've tried googling everything possible thing and can't seem to find them. I fail to believe that no one on the WWW is selling these anymore.

[beeshaw]

Upcoming Blu-ray Steelbooks from Future Shop:

2012 ( )

New Moon ( )

Sherlock Holmes ( )

Also there was talk of going back to some previous releases and having Steelbooks done. (Leon: The Professional, Fight Club, Gladiator and Fifth Element we mentioned)

[SkyNet]

i fucking hate canada! (this is said in a facetious way of course, I actually like Canada, but why the fuck do you all get all the awesome steels?!)

[mick621]

My friends grandfathers take on a steelbook DVD, which he saw for the 1st time: "you still have to sit down and watch the movie right? not drive it". classic,

[Kensingtonite]

Anybody have any idea what this New Moon 2 Disc Steelbook Presell Card is that's up on Best Buy's website now? http://www.bestbuy.com/site/New+Moon...book&lp=2&cp=1 It's only $10, so it can't be a preorder for the steelbook, but I don't know what a presell card is.

[SkyNet]

it sounds like it is just a pre-order for the upcoming New Moon DVD... so they will be having an exclusive 2 Disc DVD SteelBook for the new twilight flick.. and you just have to throw down $10 on it for now, and then when it is released you pay the difference.

I preordered the Snow White and UP steelbooks from them, and it was a similar way, not sure if they ahve the steelbook already in store or not (the way Up did it was you paid a min $7 down on the Blu Ray (or dvd) and you got the steelbook right then, and then on release date you came in and picked up your copy of Up on Blu ray, and if you wanted to you could transfer the discs to the already owned steelbook)!

Hope that cleared it up and wasnt confusing!

welcome to the forums

[Kensingtonite]

Originally Posted by SkyNet

it sounds like it is just a pre-order for the upcoming New Moon DVD... so they will be having an exclusive 2 Disc DVD SteelBook for the new twilight flick.. and you just have to throw down $10 on it for now, and then when it is released you pay the difference.

I preordered the Snow White and UP steelbooks from them, and it was a similar way, not sure if they ahve the steelbook already in store or not (the way Up did it was you paid a min $7 down on the Blu Ray (or dvd) and you got the steelbook right then, and then on release date you came in and picked up your copy of Up on Blu ray, and if you wanted to you could transfer the discs to the already owned steelbook)!

Hope that cleared it up and wasnt confusing!

welcome to the forums

Thanks! That makes sense. They really ought to put something to that effect in the product description.

[CB0967]

Speculation:
1. Halo Legends (Best Buy Exclusive) - February 16th

Confirmed:
1. Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2-Disc Walmart Exclusive) - http://www.walmart.com/ip/13439543

2. New Moon (Best Buy Exclusive 2-Disc) - http://www.bestbuy.com/site/New+Moon...moon&lp=6&cp=1 & http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Twilight...moon&lp=3&cp=1

3. New Moon (Best Buy Exclusive Blu-Ray) - http://www.bestbuy.com/site/New+Moon...moon&lp=5&cp=1 & http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Twilight...moon&lp=4&cp=1

[Duce Wayne]

I have a sealed Watchmen BD Steelbook for sale/trade, as well as some others like like Ironman, Wanted R2, Batman Begins R2, Dk.......
Let me know if intrested.

[drc5145]

Originally Posted by Duce Wayne

I have a sealed Watchmen BD Steelbook for sale/trade, as well as some others like like Ironman, Wanted R2, Batman Begins R2, Dk.......
Let me know if intrested.

Add me on MFC and I'll send you a PM.

[xage]

This is probably the most screwed-up release by Bestbuy but beginning to get RARE

1. It is a steelbook where the coverart is made out of sticker

2. A fat jumbo steelbook

3. Majority of the steelbook's craft is made out of plastic than steel

4. It was originally scheduled for release at March 7 until they moved it to March 2 of this yr.

5. Its an opposing side of availibility among various Bestbuy stores some were able to get a huge quantity of it while others were 0 availability.

6. The change of availibility resulted to major retraction from Bestbuy:

Dear _ _ _ _,



Thank you for your recent Lord of the Rings Trilogy steelbook case (sku# 9794135) order on BestBuy.com.

Due to a system error the steelbook case appeared on our website before it was supposed to. As a result, your order will be canceled; however, it will be available starting on Sunday, March 7, 2010 where it will be part of a pre-order offer with the Blu-ray version of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. The offer will work as follows: pre-order the Blu-ray version of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and receive The Lord of the Rings Steelbook case for free. Note you must add both items into the Cart to receive this offer. If you are interested in this promotion please visit BestBuy.com this Sunday to place an order for this offer.

Please note there is a limited supply on the steelbook case so place your order early!

If you have any questions please call us toll-free at 1-888-BEST BUY (1-888-237-8289) and our customer care agents can assist you.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.





Thank you for shopping at BestBuy.com,

7. I tried pre-ordering once again from the site, despite showing availability this is what showing at their system:

1 Lord Of The Rings Trilogy Pre-Sell Steelbook - Blu-ray Disc units are not available at the store you have selected. Please return to your cart to reduce the quantity, select a different store or remove this product.

8. Strong susceptibility to Dent, Bubble, surface scratched or peeled (due to strong gumtype adhesive placed) - so if shipped huge chances it might be damaged.



9. Sideshowcollectibles selction as of the moment are a expensives. $50 is hardly valuable

10. Chances are for those who got a purchase pass of March 7 (upon not getting it last March 2) its a Hit & Miss (50/50) chances.

Oh well, its the enjoyment of Steelbook Collecting

[xage]

And as it won the Best Director & Best Picture Award today at the 2010 Oscar (Academy) Awards - The surge in demand will go up for this truly remarkable film released in an ODDLY G1 steelbook but RARE and SCARCE in quantity

This is specifically meant for US - since the Bluray (same as the bluray logo printed in front of it) disc & movie information is part of the steelbook art printed at the back of it and not just a silly paper sleeve.

Now thats add up validity of a future rarity.

This release is Weird yet Admirable (in a different way)

1. First Summit released steelbook in North America
2. First Bluray with a dvd sized steelbook that has printed Bluray logo
3. The Movie is not bad, its actually good blindbuy movie
4. Steelbook collectors dislike it
5. Its superbly rare/limited in quantity

[xage]

Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day - Walmart Exclusive

[SkyNet]

do they by chance have a Boondock Saints 2, Blu Ray Steelbook??

[bdubprod]

not in the US/Canada, but Im willing to bet overseas.


picked up the Walmart exclusive today.