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Why does the UK get all the good stuff?

Started by Joe, April 19, 2007, 07:28:16 AM

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not to mention a slew of discs that might not even see the light of day in the US. i really want the phantasm, alien and predator box sets. i have them on dvd already, i think they are worth buying for the packaging alone.

Ash

I'd be willing to pay good money for that Alien head disc case.
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 :hot:  OH OH OH!  (Drags hubby to monitor, gibbering incoherently)  - I want!
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dean


We got the Event Horizon one here, though that's not really something to make a big song and dance about.

If you think it's bad comparing the US with Britain, well I'm sorry, but we're in the sticks down here, and probably don't even get half of what either of those two countries get...

Thankfully the Aussie dollar is trading well...
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Oldskool138

In response to the thread's question: It's because Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg (Britian's biggest and famous fanboys) are pulling the strings.  :bouncegiggle:

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Raffine

About the grooviest box set I have here in the U.S. is the "Coffin Joe" collection which came acked in its own little cardboard coffin.

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Andrew

I think that the main reason some of the "special special" edition sets would worry me is storing them.  The "Alien" set looks cool, but you are going to have to make space on a normal shelf or coffee table for the thing.  I have that "Coffin Joe" set and it does not fit on any of my DVD shelving, so it has to sit on a shelf normally set aside for books.
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Raffine

#7
I had the same problem with that Coffin Joe set.

I have the three discs on the shelf with other DVDs and the coffin is displayed seperately, right next to a "authentic" cardboard voodoo coffin containing a little "authentic" voodoo doll. 

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Oldskool138

Quote from: Andrew on April 19, 2007, 11:41:07 AM
I think that the main reason some of the "special special" edition sets would worry me is storing them.  The "Alien" set looks cool, but you are going to have to make space on a normal shelf or coffee table for the thing.  I have that "Coffin Joe" set and it does not fit on any of my DVD shelving, so it has to sit on a shelf normally set aside for books.

The answer: Yes!  Who needs a lamp on an end table when you can have that?  :teddyr:
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Andrew

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Quote from: dean on April 19, 2007, 10:44:41 AM

We got the Event Horizon one here, though that's not really something to make a big song and dance about.

If you think it's bad comparing the US with Britain, well I'm sorry, but we're in the sticks down here, and probably don't even get half of what either of those two countries get...

Thankfully the Aussie dollar is trading well...

I bet what you would like is a special edition boxset of "Night of the Lepus" that comes with a cage full of real, live rabbits.


Quote from: Oldskool138 on April 19, 2007, 11:59:13 AM
Quote from: Andrew on April 19, 2007, 11:41:07 AM
The "Alien" set looks cool, but you are going to have to make space on a normal shelf or coffee table for the thing. 

The answer: Yes!  Who needs a lamp on an end table when you can have that?  :teddyr:

Well, if the alien's head had a bulb in it...
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Raffine

#10
QuoteI bet what you would like is a special edition boxset of "Night of the Lepus" that comes with a cage full of real, live rabbits.

During the initial run of THE RATS ARE COMING! THERE WEREWOLVES ARE HERE! theaters offered patrons the chance to "WIN A LIVE RAT FOR YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW!".

It was actually the producer's brilliant and economical way of disposing of the rats purchased for use in the film.
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Oldskool138

Quote from: Andrew on April 19, 2007, 12:02:32 PM

The answer: Yes!  Who needs a lamp on an end table when you can have that?  :teddyr:

Well, if the alien's head had a bulb in it...
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I'm sure I could rig something up...I need a light bulb, some wire, metal piping and a few beers.   :cheers:
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Doc Daneeka

Anyone else (I doubt it.) want the Alligator and Alligator 2 boxset thingy?

I know SOMEONE must also want the HOUSE (1986 and onward) 4-disk collection!

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I remember seeing a few years back an Ed Wood box set that was in a box covered in faux pink angora...but alas...I was X-mMas shopping for the kids...and didn't buy it...(sigh)
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Oooooh!!!!  Me Want!!!!

I'd love to have that Phantasm set and the Oldboy set (the purple box).
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