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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,372 |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | May be a bit premature... From DVD Times: Quote:
Warner has since removed these [the images of the limited edition] from their press site so we're not sure if it's still going to be available. We’ll update once we hear anything  Edit: though on the plus side, the covers shown have UPC codes so we can at least start the profiling!   | | | | Last edited: by northbloke |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 13,203 |
| | Posted: | | | | That would look nice on my shelf. Too bad none of the Iron Man swag is being sold with the Blu-ray versions. I just don't get that.  | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 3,436 |
| | Posted: | | | | If The Price Is Right I may get me one of those.  | | | Achim [諾亞信； Ya-Shin//Nuo], a German in Taiwan.
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,777 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote:
That would look nice on my shelf. Too bad none of the Iron Man swag is being sold with the Blu-ray versions. I just don't get that. I'm in no way attempting to be a jerk, but my assumption is that since BR sales are so low as an overall percentage, it doesn't make a lot of sense to market towards yet a smaller fraction of the initial small fraction. I could certainly be wrong, though. |
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| Registered: July 31, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,506 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting mdnitoil: Quote:
I'm in no way attempting to be a jerk, but my assumption is that since BR sales are so low as an overall percentage, it doesn't make a lot of sense to market towards yet a smaller fraction of the initial small fraction. I could certainly be wrong, though. This is almost certainly at least part of the case. At the moment Blu-ray is definitely a niche market. Hopefully more special editions like this will appear in the not too distant future. | | | | Last edited: by Ardos |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,372 |
| | Posted: | | | | But can it really cost that much more to have a blu version in addition to the standard version of these special editions? We like our swag too you know. We are already buying the blu discs which shows that as a group are already willing to spend more per title than the average movie buyer. I know I would pay a few bock more for the blu version of any special edition with XXX collectible. I'm not looking for blu exclusives (although it would be nice) but the Nightmare Before Christmas guy I just plunked down too much money for would have been much nicer if it had the High Def version included, even if cost more. I would really like to get the Best Buy Iron Man with the bust this week but I will not buy the standard version of this movie. Best Buy's loss, Target's gain (but unfortunately it's my loss too ). |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,203 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting mdnitoil: Quote:
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That would look nice on my shelf. Too bad none of the Iron Man swag is being sold with the Blu-ray versions. I just don't get that.
I'm in no way attempting to be a jerk, but my assumption is that since BR sales are so low as an overall percentage, it doesn't make a lot of sense to market towards yet a smaller fraction of the initial small fraction. I could certainly be wrong, though. I am sure that is the case, but I still don't get it. It is about percieved value. At the moment there are four choices at Best Buy: $14.99 - Iron Man DVD$22.99 - Iron Man Special Edition DVD$25.99 - Iron Man Blu-ray Disc$39.99 - Limited Edition Gift Set which includes the Iron Man Collectible Mini-Bust, the Special Edition DVD and a $50 gift card to Sideshow Collectibles.com.I know that it should be about picture quality, but it isn't. For the price, the DVD Gift Set seems like the better value.  Edit: I see Rick did his usual good job of explaining it as I was taking way too long to type. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar | | | | Last edited: by TheMadMartian |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | It does seem odd not to have a hi-def limited edition for Iron Man. Especially when you think that all they have to do is put the blu-ray discs in pretty much the same packaging. It's not as if blu-ray discs don't fit in DVD packaging!
I've just pre-ordered the Hellboy 2 limited editon on blu-ray and I would have thought that Iron Man was probably going to be a bigger-seller than that. |
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| Registered: April 14, 2007 | | Posts: 433 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote:
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That would look nice on my shelf. Too bad none of the Iron Man swag is being sold with the Blu-ray versions. I just don't get that.
I'm in no way attempting to be a jerk, but my assumption is that since BR sales are so low as an overall percentage, it doesn't make a lot of sense to market towards yet a smaller fraction of the initial small fraction. I could certainly be wrong, though.
I am sure that is the case, but I still don't get it. It is about percieved value. At the moment there are four choices at Best Buy:
$14.99 - Iron Man DVD
$22.99 - Iron Man Special Edition DVD
$25.99 - Iron Man Blu-ray Disc
$39.99 - Limited Edition Gift Set which includes the Iron Man Collectible Mini-Bust, the Special Edition DVD and a $50 gift card to Sideshow Collectibles.com.
I know that it should be about picture quality, but it isn't. For the price, the DVD Gift Set seems like the better value.
Edit: I see Rick did his usual good job of explaining it as I was taking way too long to type. Target has Exclusive Head shaped cases for both the Standard DVD and the Blu-Ray releases tomorrow. | | | | Chris |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,127 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Forget_the_Rest: Quote:
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I'm in no way attempting to be a jerk, but my assumption is that since BR sales are so low as an overall percentage, it doesn't make a lot of sense to market towards yet a smaller fraction of the initial small fraction. I could certainly be wrong, though.
This is almost certainly at least part of the case. At the moment Blu-ray is definitely a niche market. Hopefully more special editions like this will appear in the not too distant future. Personally, I think their whole strategy is based on the double dip. They could easily make the SAME collectors items available to Blu-ray buyers, but I think they're after something different. They want to the people that haven't FULLY converted over to Blu-ray to buy the DVD collector's edition as well as the DVD only people. Then, later (once BD has a lot more market share), they can swing a different collector's edition through and catch the partially converted BD buyers and fully converted BD buyers. They would also end up with a larger percentage of BD owners purchasing that edition due to a collector's edition not being available the first time around. That's my theory, anyway. | | | To err is human...
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,918 |
| | Posted: | | | | What's this "fully converted" concept? |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Dr. Killpatient: Quote:
What's this "fully converted" concept? I think it refers to those lucky few whose blu-ray players will actually play the disc as opposed to those early adopters...  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,127 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Dr. Killpatient: Quote:
What's this "fully converted" concept? People that don't buy DVDs anymore. | | | To err is human...
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,918 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Ascended_Saiyan: Quote:
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What's this "fully converted" concept?
People that don't buy DVDs anymore. That's what I don't get. There are still many movies that aren't out on Blu yet with no ETA plus others that come out new with no Blu counterpart. When I first switched to HD-DVD and Blu-Ray, I swore never to buy another DVD. That didn't last long once the reality of the situation sunk in. | | | | Last edited: by Dr. Killpatient |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,127 |
| | Posted: | | | | Personally, it's the difference between short and long term planning. I'm not going to buy a DVD at this stage of the game and turn around to buy the Blu-ray later. I guess it just depends on how patient you are for certain things. I don't buy DVDs anymore and I'm not hurting for them in any way. | | | To err is human...
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