Amazon.de Extravaganza
Posted by admin in Blu-ray, Imports, SteelBooks on July 28th, 2009
Today I finally received the two new Amazon.de Exclusive SteelBooks I’d been waiting for. The picture doesn’t show much as they were still sealed when I took the pic, but I promise you they look sexy once they were stripped down. I’ll add some scans as soon as possible. Meanwhile:
The Spirit (Limited Edition)
RocknRolla (Limited Blu-ray Edition)
Battlefield: Bad Company (Gold Edition) – PlayStation 3
Posted by admin in Games, SteelBooks on July 24th, 2009
Just to inaugurate this new Games section, I thought I’d post a picture of my latest addition in the PS3 SteelBook collection, Battlefield: Bad Company (Gold Edition). One of the coolest looking SteelBooks I’ve ever seen. It’s embossed on the cover and the picture does not do justice to its goldness.
Should be getting a couple of other PS3 Steels soon, so I’ll post about those on due time. For now:
The Gladiator SteelBook gets a second cover / MediaMarkt reprints?
Posted by admin in Blu-ray, SteelBooks, Website on July 21st, 2009
Now the question is whether this only applies to the Play.com version that comes with Artcards or if this is the new cover or just an alternative.
Jojo brought to my attention that Amazon.de had posted some placeholders for some Blu-ray SteelBooks which had already been released by MediaMarkt as Exclusives, such as 300, The Golden Compass and Harry Potter and the Globet of Fire. All set to be released on September 1st. I’ll keep you updated.
Just wanted to let you know I’d added a Games SteelBooks section as I’m expecting it to grow these next few weeks. ^^
Valkyrie [French SteelBook]
Posted by admin in Blu-ray, SteelBooks on July 19th, 2009
Another TF1 Vidéo publishing. This time of the movie Valkyrie due to be released on September 23rd in a classy SteelBook.
Check it out:
News, new s, ne ws
Posted by admin in Blu-ray, SteelBooks on July 16th, 2009
Okay, where to start? First, I’ll just tell you about my 4 recent Steels. Here they are pictured:
Wo Hu Cang Long / Les Femmes de l’Ombre
Highlander (The Immortal Edition) / Crank
In other news, it seems that there will be a Play.com Exclusive of the newest Star Trek movie. I’ll update the page with a release date as soon as I have one. It’ll come with a Digital Copy of the movie.
EDIT: That didn’t take long. The movie is set to be released on November 2nd for £17.99.
Terminator Salvation Steelbook
Posted by admin in Blu-ray, SteelBooks on July 10th, 2009
With no set release date, Play.com have announced a new exclusive to their Blu-ray SteelBook lineup with the latest Terminator movie in the saga: Terminator Salvation. Pre-order: Terminator Salvation (Terminator 4) (Exclusive Play.com Steelbook) (Blu-ray).
Here’s the TBC artwork:
Credit to jojo.
EDIT: Release date and price updated (November 23rd for £17.99)
Fast & Furious 4-Film Set
Posted by admin in Blu-ray, SteelBooks on July 6th, 2009
Another German rumour today regarding the release of The Fast and the Furious Quadrilogy SteelBook which should come out on September 3rd.
To be confirmed. Meanwhile, you can go check all the specs on bluray-disc.de.
EDIT: New source, new picture:
Underworld Trilogy German SteelBook [Confirmed]
Posted by admin in Blu-ray, SteelBooks on July 6th, 2009
Thanks to jojo for pointing it out that the forthcoming German release of the Underworld Trilogy might well be a slipcased SteelBook collection. It’s due for an August 20th release, check it out and make your own mind of it:
Up for pre-order now on Amazon.de:
Underworld – Trilogy [Blu-ray] – 42.99€
EDIT: Confirmed a SteelBook by SONY! 
They also confirm that the logo is on the slipcover and won’t be on the SteelBook itself.
Gran Torino French SteelBook
Posted by admin in Blu-ray, SteelBooks on July 3rd, 2009
Finally got the French SteelBook of Gran Torino, the Special FNAC Edition at that! It comes with a 48-page booklet full of production notes etc.
The movie itself comes framed in a 1080p 2.40:1 image and an English Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track. I bet it’ll look grand. Will give it a look when I can, I remember liking this movie.
The Da Vinci Code [German SteelBook] & other stuff
Finally got the MediaMarkt Exclusive The Da Vinci Code SteelBook from DTM.at today. It took its time but arrived in perfect condition.
Technically, we have a two-disc Region Free SteelBook including solely the Extended cut of the movie clocking at 174 minutes.
The SteelBook comes with a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English track (which lacks on the French Digibook) and an image of an aspect ratio of 2.40:1.
A typical and yet once excellent SONY Pictures release.
I also took the occasion of going out to acquire Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s famous Home documentary which came out on Blu-ray exclusively to FNAC stores. Snatched the last copy in stores, and for only 9.99€, it’s quite a bargain.
After that, there was a sale going on in a Virgin Megastore, so I jumped on the occasion to acquire the Taken Blu-ray, which I’ve been wanting to get for a couple of months. Came with a slipcover, so I’m pleased. ^^
Also grabbed the first two Ice Age movies, I love Scratch, going to love him even more in HD.
Add to that the fantastic Twister, movie which I could watch over and over.
Finally, an amazing French thriller called Ne le dis à personne which tells the story of a man whose wife was murdered, but after receiving an odd email, might still be alive…