Well, when Arrow released their Hellraiser box set that sold out well before release date and no one had a copy in hand then So that can and have happened multiple times. The set isnāt set to be released before December 11th so nobody really should have it until then.
If there is such demand for certain titles, āHellraiserā, as you mentioned. Why on earth do limited edition releases !? Print enough copies to satisfy the market ??? ā¦ or have I missed some important point
Well, the limited editions tend to get people scared and instead of waiting and perhaps missing out they are either preordered months in advance or bought on release. Making something unlimited wouldnāt necessarily mean a much bigger sale just that it would drag on for several years potentially before reaching the same sale numbers. They want fast money
Hellraiser is a HUGE titleā¦ much, much bigger than Django. The fanbase for that franchise goes way beyond probably the entire SW fanbase
I am in agreement about this limited edition crap. All of this nonsense pisses me off - limited editions are more acceptable that alternate cover releases, but both are just examples of what I canāt stand about fan culture in relation to often being nothing but marketingā¦ fans buying into this manipulation seem to be more into manipulative collection than the actual films.
As much as I respect Bill Lustig, his moves lately with Blue Underground are making me lose some of that respect. How many times does the world need new Zombie releases? How about instead releasing some of that old catalogue, like Contraband, Mannaja, and lots of titles that havenāt seen blu rays yet?
I just ordered the Sartana box because it does look very nice, and its a good collection of films, but I got it for $49 which works out to about $10 per movieā¦ paid for by collectors on ebay buying my old DVDs - thank god for those collectors that want this old shit for their shelves. It always pays to wait IMO and not buy into this pre-order hype. I never pre-order anything, movies, music, games or otherwise.
ā¦ and will most likely therefore have a bigger limited print run. I donāt really know how many copies of Django/Texas Adios have been pressed but it might be in the 1500 copies range!?
No matter what you may think you will miss out on some releases though. If you are fine with the barebones releases released afterwards that is not a problem of course but it will cost you all the physical extras they have thrown along with the limiteds. Books/booklets etc.
I believe Arrow stated on their website its limited to 2500
I used to be a lot more excited about all the physical extras, until I began collecting a lot of them and then realized that I never looked at any of it. It all sits inside the boxes on my shelfā¦ any posters are never put up because I want to keep them mintā¦ now, all I really care about is having the best version to watch.
Same with musicā¦ Iām a big vinyl collector and used to be more into the special releases, but now I donāt really care
Although, I do like to retain the value in things I purchase, so that is a consideration in price paid versus sell value down the line
And there are still exceptions, if its a very nice release like this Django box, then I still would like to have it because the artwork is great and its a special film.
deepdiscountā¦ wow this site still exist? I used to buy music cds from them back in 1999-2000ā¦ almost 20 years ago and never ordered since thenā¦ itās amazon all the way now
Well as said DeepDiscount often has better deals than amazon so you are cheating yourself out of several dollars a year probably For me, ordering from Denmark, theres is also a more practical reason though: DeepDiscount is simply more customs safe than amazon is. Also they ship in more sturdy boxes/envelopes. Amazon.com (and only the .com variant) simpy elect to ship in the most flimsy material available it seems.
Amazon (all way around) customer service is way better though.
Regarding Django, Arrow are replying to people with this:
The finished products shipped out just fine, it certainly hasnāt been cancelled. This is an Amazon/online retailers issue, which we hope will be resolved as soon as possible; sorry for the inconvenience.
So every online outlet has just simultaneously decided to remove it thenā¦
Thanks for the info. But they are just stating that it hasnāt been cancelled and then weāre back at what I was initially afraid of namely that it had sold out. That results in preorders being cancelled due to lack of sufficient copies and it generally being unavailable from amazon. Well letās see.