Archive for category SteelBooks
The Host SteelBook (France)
Posted by admin in SteelBooks on March 24th, 2009
Ah the wonders of eBay. Whilst some hate it for its insecurity, I wander around lurking for deals that no one else would be tempted by. Bite the bullet and you can sometimes obtain things for a lot less than in stores. I received Gwoemul (The Host) this morning, a Korean monster movie which I’ve yet to see. Anyway, here’s a picture:
I think this will probably be my last purchase from the “old” TF1 releases that came out in last October. The rest are just French movies I have no real interest in seeing.
We’re back
Posted by admin in DVD, SteelBooks on March 23rd, 2009
Hey there everyone,
I must have gone over my limit (= success of the blog?) so we were cut off for a couple of days. Might also have been a server outage, who knows?
Anyway, I thought I’d update you since my last post Thursday. It feels like so much has happened since then that I don’t even know where to start. After I left it, I went out and scored some of the other TF1 SteelBooks released that day, so here’s a group shot:
After further research, I found out that The Shawshank Redemption was definitely not a SteelBook (which saddens me very much as out of the 11 releases that day, it was the one I was looking forward to the most to own in a nice Steel package), just an amaray case with a slipcover. Other than that, it seems that neither Tom Yung Goong and Diarios de Motocicleta got a release at all, be it in a SteelBook or in a simple Blu-ray. Probably postponed or canceled.
What to add? Oh I also decided to grab a few movies I didn’t have yet such as Match Point and Scoop, the latter I traded and need to reacquire. I should be getting the six first James Bond Steels from Canada soon enough. 
Do you think I should start posting tests?
The only problem is that I’m not yet equipped with a HD audio system. I’m limited to my old analogic 5.1 system, albeit very good for an 11-year-old ensemble, I still need to be fully upgraded to truly appreciate what HD Audio has to offer.
I’d also like to add that I received the Limited “Internet in a Box” Edition of The IT Crowd, Series 1-3 and it looks grand!
I’m sure there’s more to say but I’ll just post something new in case.
I got the Blus
Posted by admin in Blu-ray, SteelBooks on March 19th, 2009
Today is an important day for SteelBook collectors as it marks the release of eleven (yes, 11) new Blu-ray SteelBooks by TF1 Vidéo… or so I thought.
I went to one of my favourite stores (Fnac) to check out the releases. To my disappointment, they had only received 5 out all of the releases. My deceit got taken to a higher level when I saw that one of my top movies of all time, The Shawshank Redemption, slated for a release today, only got the amaray case treatment… especially with such a dull cover:
I then decided to get some of the other releases instead, and grabbed The Fountain and Ladder 49:
Here are the pictures I took instore for the other releases they had received (the others should arrive tomorrow):
Crank
Immortel (ad vitam)
I had some rebates from previous purchases so I decided to grab yet another 4 movies from their “4 for 50€” sale: Cloverfield, The Day After Tomorrow, Le Pacte des Loups and Starship Troopers. And another set I’ve had my eyes on for a while which contains both The X-Files movies in a Special Fnac Edition set.
I Am Legend SteelBook – FutureShop Exclusive (Canada) & Next SteelBook (France)
Posted by admin in SteelBooks on March 16th, 2009
Here it is, the final piece of the four-legged FutureShop Monster: the I Am Legend SteelBook.
Finally managed to trade a copy to a guy in Canada and all I can say is: w00t!
It looks fantastic and I’ll be opening it soon (can’t have that tear on the front for ever).
I forgot to mention that I’ve also decided to add Next to my collection. The movie wasn’t that great and I thought Nicolas Cage was totally unconvincing in this role (I actually liked Ghost Rider more than this flick!). So it’ll probably stay sealed and I’ll keep it for later trades. But for now, it stays up against the others, all snug. ^^
Twilight SteelBook in Spain?
Posted by admin in SteelBooks on March 15th, 2009
We’ve recently had a chatter over at Blu-ray.com concerning the upcoming release of the Twilight Blu-ray in Spain. It’s being speculated that it should come out in a SteelBook packaging, given the fact it’s being advertised as packaged in an “Estuche metálico”. It could also simply be a MetalPak. No one can say for sure yet.
Here’s a picture (badly PhotoShopped) of the rumoured SteelBook, slated for an April 22nd release:
Source: ZONADVD.com
Upcoming German Blu-ray SteelBooks
Posted by admin in SteelBooks on March 13th, 2009
I just thought I would do a little round up on the four upcoming Blu-ray SteelBooks that MediaMarkt are going to release through their chain of stores in Germany.
First, we have Body of Lies coming out on March 20th (confirmed). This title, however, is not a MediaMarkt exclusive, but a nationwide release, so available on Amazon.de.
Then we might have Max Payne coming out the same day (March 20th), exclusive to MediaMarkt.
On April 9th, MediaMarkt will be releasing Death Race.
Finally, I’ve had word from American Baron that Da Vinci Code will also be getting a SteelBook release on May 7th through MediaMarkt only.
Have a good evening folks.
Blu Addi(c)tions
Posted by admin in Blu-ray, SteelBooks on March 13th, 2009
Received this Indy 4 FutureShop Exclusive Blu-ray SteelBook this morning from my good friend, Gui (a.k.a. tiger).
This brings the number to 3 out of the 4 FS Exclusive BD SteelBooks I’m after and the fourth one (I Am Legend) is in transit right now. Can’t wait.
I also took the time to go check out the “4 for 50€” offer at Fnac and picked up some new movies, two of which I’ve never seen before: Blood Diamond and The Pianist; and then Totall Recall and The Rock to fill my action fix!
Max Payne MediaMarkt Exclusive SteelBook?
Posted by admin in SteelBooks on March 11th, 2009
Rumoured to be released on March 20th (same day as Body of Lies), the Max Payne SteelBook would be added to ever-growing list of MediaMarkt Exclusives.
To be confirmed.
Source: bluray-disc.de forums
EDIT: My good friend Helmar went and asked at his local MediaMarkt if they knew anything regarding the release and nothing came up in their database besides the normal amaray.
I guess people like launching rumours just for the sake of it.
EDIT 2: My friend asked in another store which gave him the opposite answer. A very strong maybe then.
Worldwide SteelBook Release List
Posted by admin in SteelBooks, Website on March 7th, 2009
Okay, so a friend of mine whom I trade with a lot keeps asking me if I know what SteelBooks have been released up to now and what’s coming in the future.
So I decided to make a page where I will try to reference every single Blu-ray SteelBook there exists (or doesn’t, for that matter) in order to have some sort of reference.
I’ve completed the North American part of the page, with pictures for each release.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars SteelBook (The Netherlands)
Posted by admin in SteelBooks on March 7th, 2009
Ahh how this is surreal. Get this, a little over a month ago I told myself I wouldn’t buy this movie because I had no interest in seeing it.
Now, I found a website that sold the last 100 copies available for a mere 45€. You’d tell me that’s a steep price for a SteelBook when you usually don’t pay more than 30€ for them. Well when you know this SteelBook has only been released to about 1000 copies in The Netherlands and that since it’s been out-of-print it’s been sought after like goldmines in the 18-hundreds and sold for up to 220€ on eBay (!!!), well let me tell you that 45€ is quite a decent price. Did I also mention that it was sent in a casual bubblewrap envelope but yet came unscattered? When you see what happened to jojo’s So here it is, the Star Wars: The Clone Wars Dutch SteelBook:
