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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 585 |
| | Posted: | | | | Every week it seems Best Buy, Target, and Circuit City are in a battle to have the coolest store exclusive version of the hot DVD flavor of the week.
This week it's "The Bourne Ultimatum".
Best Buy: Limited Edition Steelbook (extra DVD disc with another 40 minutes of bonus stuff)
Target: Special Edition (Blackbriar Files with photos and background details on film characters [I'm assuming it's like a minature manella file folder with stuff in it, like the Memento SE])
So now I'm torn. I'm always a sucker for these type of releases. If only there was a release with a combination of these.. sigh. | | | "Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" - Douglas Bader
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| Registered: March 29, 2007 |  Posts: 410 |
| | Posted: | | | | I knows im in the same boat. That is why I never have money  I send it all on DVD's, Blu-Ray and video games... And the new steelbook im in love with those  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 291 |
| | Posted: | | | | i'm going for the tin myself...and thanks, i dinna know. i think you're getting an up arrow... krik  | | | | "Vampirism is still not a disease, Julia. Vampires are the living dead...dead...dead..." |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 585 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Ralliart: Quote:
And the new steelbook im in love with those Quoting Krikarian: Quote:
i'm going for the tin myself... I'm leaning towards the same. The little folder of intel would be neat, but those Steelbooks are really nice. I still can't help but be tempted to get the Target one also and put the folder in the Steelbook and give/sell the extra copy to someone.. hmmm.. that might be an idea. By the way, there's probably lots of place to find out about these type of deals, but the Weekly Roundup in the DVDFile forums is pretty thorough (even breaking down prices between all the stores). I always check there when something big is coming out. | | | "Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" - Douglas Bader
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| Registered: June 21, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,621 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Krikarian: Quote:
i'm going for the tin myself...and thanks, i dinna know. i think you're getting an up arrow...
krik Ditto on the arrow, but I'll probably miss this tin as I'm going to Vegas at noon, which means leaving at 9am to get through the freezing rain that's coming tomorrow morning. I just hope the plane leaves on time, I need to see some sun! I'm in SE Michigan, and there's been roughly 6 hours of total sunshine over the last month.   Then again, I could still buy the Live Free or Die Hard tin the folloowing week ($5 more, but still available. All other tins like Departed and Grindhouse films have been gone by Wed.) Not sure how hot Bourne really is. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 550 |
| | Posted: | | | | I think I am just going to grab the high definition version, not sure if it is HD DVD or Blu-ray which means no bundle for me. I do know what you mean though. I now have two copies of Hellboy Blood and Iron because this past weekend I saw it at Best Buy with an exclusive figure.
Now, of the two exclusives you mentioned, I would go steel book. I had the same struggle with Transformers. | | | Schultzy - http://www.michaelschultz.net
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 171 |
| | Posted: | | | | It's easy for me. I usually try to wait and pick the movie up used. Saves me a ton of money.
I'm really in this for the movies, not the DVD itself or the packaging. Only in very rare cases do I even care about the extras. So, as long as it's widescreen, I'm usually happy. |
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| Registered: March 24, 2007 | | Posts: 179 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Vega: Quote:
Quoting Ralliart:
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And the new steelbook im in love with those
Quoting Krikarian:
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i'm going for the tin myself...
I'm leaning towards the same. The little folder of intel would be neat, but those Steelbooks are really nice. I still can't help but be tempted to get the Target one also and put the folder in the Steelbook and give/sell the extra copy to someone.. hmmm.. that might be an idea.
By the way, there's probably lots of place to find out about these type of deals, but the Weekly Roundup in the DVDFile forums is pretty thorough (even breaking down prices between all the stores). I always check there when something big is coming out. Vega Thank You , Thank You, Thank You, I had lost this link and been trying to remember it forever. | | | | Brian |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 2,652 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting jgilligan: Quote:
It's easy for me. I usually try to wait and pick the movie up used. Saves me a ton of money.
I'm really in this for the movies, not the DVD itself or the packaging. Only in very rare cases do I even care about the extras. So, as long as it's widescreen, I'm usually happy. Absolute heresy!!!   Just don't tell any one but I too am in it for the movie  not the packageing or the features. I generally use the profiler to keep track of what I own, who has them if lent out, where they are filed and what I have on order. | | | <---------Mithrandir, Laverne and Shirley
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,321 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Vega: Quote:
By the way, there's probably lots of place to find out about these type of deals, but the Weekly Roundup in the DVDFile forums is pretty thorough (even breaking down prices between all the stores). I always check there when something big is coming out. Over at DVD Talk they have a thread each week dedicated to the various exclusives for the week. So that's another good source. | | | Get the CSVExport and Database Query plug-ins here.
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 585 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Mark Harrison: Quote:
Over at DVD Talk they have a thread each week dedicated to the various exclusives for the week. So that's another good source. Thanks, I'll add that one to my list to check on Mondays. | | | "Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" - Douglas Bader
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 291 |
| | Posted: | | | | thanks to vega for the two links. i think i see and up arrow in your near future as well... krik | | | | "Vampirism is still not a disease, Julia. Vampires are the living dead...dead...dead..." |
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