Create your own Ultimate Collector's Edition!

[bluskies]

Haven't you ever felt frustrated by what studios come up with when they do a so-called Ultimate Collector's Edition? For example, drink coasters or the travel tag in the two different collector's editions of Casablanca? Or the inside lid of a fake box of chocolates for Forrest Gump? Or the scratch-and-sniff pencils and scented eraser for Willy Wonka?

If you are like me, you must have wondered what were they thinking and "I have to spend this much money on a box of rinkydink items I don't want?" And you must have thought how you could do a much better job of putting together an Ultimate Collector's Edition!

Now's your chance to show your creativity. Pick a film on Blu and build a package around it.

Just for fun, I put together a Captain America 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Package (the comic book character debuted in 1941).

Exterior of package:




When you open the lid, here are the contents:




Contents laid out: (top row) Captain America Blu-ray 3D combo set, American flag, reproduction of Captain America's 1940s Sentinels of Liberty membership card and badge, Cinefex 127. (bottom row) repro of Captain America #1, pewter statue of Captain America, repro of Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #13.




Closer view of items:

Front and back of repro membership card





Sentinels of Liberty Badge




Cinefex 127




64-page repro of Captain America #1 (1941)




Pewter statue




32-page repro of Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #13 (1964)




So, let's see what you can come up with!

[zeze]

Sweet. Nice job. I would definitely buy that without hesitation. The only thing that will make it cooler is if it included a steelbook.

[HD Goofnut]

One of these days I am going to put my movie soundtracks with my BDs, but I just don't feel like buying a bunch of extra 2 disc cases to do it.

[ssjmichael]

Very cool, though I think this may fit better and stand out more under the collectibles section

[Al_The_Strange]

Very nice Captn' America UCE!

I haven't even considered making something like this. It's got me wondering what I could make now...

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

One of these days I am going to put my movie soundtracks with my BDs, but I just don't feel like buying a bunch of extra 2 disc cases to do it.

I thought about that too. With my briefcase edition of "Inception," I slipped the soundtrack inside of it, but I took it out because I kept forgetting where I put it. I still do have the soundtrack for "Wanted" in its corresponding movie set though.

[Clark Kent]

That Captain America set would be really cool if it was a real product, bluskies. You need to work in marketing and package design for a major studio. The major studios tend to only make these super-deluxe versions for movies they think need the attention to generate enough sales. Most new blockbusters don't need this type of help to sell units.

[panamablu]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

One of these days I am going to put my movie soundtracks with my BDs, but I just don't feel like buying a bunch of extra 2 disc cases to do it.

You can get the disc hubs in amazon, they are pretty cheap. I use them to house the dvd copy when I buy the bluray.

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by bluskies

Haven't you ever felt frustrated by what studios come up with when they do a so-called Ultimate Collector's Edition? For example, drink coasters or the travel tag in the two different collector's editions of Casablanca? Or the inside lid of a fake box of chocolates for Forrest Gump? Or the scratch-and-sniff pencils and scented eraser for Willy Wonka?

If you are like me, you must have wondered what were they thinking and "I have to spend this much money on a box of rinkydink items I don't want?" And you must have thought how you could do a much better job of putting together an Ultimate Collector's Edition!

Now's your chance to show your creativity. Pick a film on Blu and build a package around it.

[Show spoiler]Just for fun, I put together a Captain America 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Package (the comic book character debuted in 1941).

Exterior of package:




When you open the lid, here are the contents:




Contents laid out: (top row) Captain America Blu-ray 3D combo set, American flag, reproduction of Captain America's 1940s Sentinels of Liberty membership card and badge, Cinefex 127. (bottom row) repro of Captain America #1, pewter statue of Captain America, repro of Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #13.




Closer view of items:

Front and back of repro membership card





Sentinels of Liberty Badge




Cinefex 127




64-page repro of Captain America #1 (1941)




Pewter statue




32-page repro of Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #13 (1964)

So, let's see what you can come up with!

That is pretty neat! Great job!
If I can find some free time, perhaps I'll do a UCE for Escape From New York!!!
OMG, that would be amazing if that was released for an anniversary!

[crow2k5]

Thats an awesome Captain America collection.

[Batmon77]

Originally Posted by crow2k5

Thats an awesome Captain America collection.

I agree.

I would include a weathered Arnim Zola android blueprint replica.

[mad monkey]

I'd like an Ultimate Collector's Editon of Terminator 2 that came with a real life working minigun.

A Jurassic Park UCE would be wicked if it came with real dinosaur embryos.

[hpDeskjet600C]

I would like a To Sir with Love UCE that came with a maxi pad and some matches.

[bluskies]

Thank you all for your kind replies. I am hoping some of you will create yor own set and share it here. It's fun!