I'm confused - did Best Buy get reprints of older, rare titles? - Blu-ray Forum

Scorch · 09-01-2011, 07:48 PM

So I went to Best Buy today to pick up Top Gun. I didn't end up getting it because the slipcovers were all messed up. I did notice a few odd things - my Best Buy still had a copy of the Lost Complete Collection (which I thought was long OOP), copies of Yes Man w/ slipcover (like five of them, and I'm assuming the digital copy was expired on all of them), and two copies of Inglorious Basterds with the gold slipcover. I saw a bin full of $7.99 titles, then I spun around and saw this:

[Show spoiler]

I thought that Dreamgirls, Disturbia, Blades of Glory and Nacho Libre were long out of print, yet they had four copies of each. The rest of the movies are fairly common, but those four stood out. Also, check this out.. I flipped through the Nacho Libre copies, and I saw this:

[Show spoiler]

If I'm not mistaken, the one on the right is a first pressing of Nacho Libre.

What's going on? Did Best Buy get a new pressing of these movies or something? Did someone just clean out a warehouse and stumble across these? Disturbia is on the site for $7.99, but Dreamgirls, Blades of Glory and Nacho Libre are not on the site.

bboisvert · 09-01-2011, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Scorch

Did someone just clean out a warehouse and stumble across these?

That seems the most likely theory that people are going with...

Seymour · 09-01-2011, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Scorch

So I went to Best Buy today to pick up Top Gun. I didn't end up getting it because the slipcovers were all messed up. I did notice a few odd things - my Best Buy still had a copy of the Lost Complete Collection (which I thought was long OOP), copies of Yes Man w/ slipcover (like five of them, and I'm assuming the digital copy on them was expired), and two copies of Inglorious Basterds with the gold slipcover. I saw a bin full of $7.99 titles, then I spun around and saw this:

[Show spoiler]

I thought that Dreamgirls, Disturbia, Blades of Glory and Nacho Libre were long out of print, yet they had four copies of each. The rest of the movies are fairly common, but those four stood out. Also, check this out.. for some reason, I flipped through the Nacho Libre copies, and I saw this:

[Show spoiler]

If I'm not mistaken, the one on the right is a first pressing of Nacho Libre.

What's going on? Did Best Buy get a new pressing of these movies or something? Did someone just clean out a warehouse and stumble across these? Disturbia is on the site for $7.99, but Dreamgirls, Blades of Glory and Nacho Libre are not on the site.

Yeah, the old Nacho Libre proves that it is indeed old stock. Paramount didn't make new copies, the ones that showed up at BB this week have been sitting around somewhere, all boxed up and collecting dust.

Arkadin · 09-01-2011, 07:53 PM

OMG--the greatest film ever issued on bd--Nacho Libre.

edit: might have to go get a Fatal Attraction; that one actually has some value.

Scorch · 09-01-2011, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Arkadin

OMG--the greatest film ever issued on bd--Nacho Libre.

Oh, definitely not - it's one of my most hated movies. I couldn't pass up a first pressing of it though, sealed no less, knowing how few are still out there sealed (though if this indeed old stock, I may see these everywhere shortly).

Shout92 · 09-01-2011, 09:20 PM

I think every store on the planet over stocked on Nacho Libre. I remember going through the $5 bin at WalMart and half the movies were that.

ry35an · 09-01-2011, 09:51 PM

I liked Nacho Libre..

Jennifer Lawrence Fan · 09-01-2011, 09:54 PM

I love me some Disturbia. I need to get that on blu ray, even know i have the dvd.

blufellas · 09-01-2011, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ry35an

I liked Nacho Libre..

I also like Nacho Libre

Crimson King · 09-01-2011, 10:41 PM

Maybe there is gonna be some sort of budget line on these titles in the future?

Maybe Paramount gave BB their old stock?

Wish Reds was one of the titles, been looking for that one for a while...

bboisvert · 09-01-2011, 10:48 PM

I'm guessing (only a guess) that someone discovered a big stack of these out back in a warehouse somewhere. Since they've been OOP for so long, there was no longer any existing retail stream to distribute them; stores that used to carry them have long since canceled any outstanding orders and freed up the shelf space... so they just packaged them up as an exclusive "fire sale" deal for BB dump bins.

It's rare, but it does happen. Enjoy it while it lasts, because I suspect that supply for some of these at least will dry up quickly.

Crimson King · 09-01-2011, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by bboisvert

I'm guessing (only a guess) that someone discovered a big stack of these out back in a warehouse somewhere. Since they've been OOP for so long, there was no longer any existing retail stream to distribute them; stores that used to carry them have long since canceled any outstanding orders and freed up the shelf space... so they just packaged them up as an exclusive "fire sale" deal for BB dump bins.

It's rare, but it does happen. Enjoy it while it lasts, because I suspect that supply for some of these at least will dry up quickly.

lets's hope the "Ebay vultures" dont strike, some of us movie loves actually want copies for our own collections.

Glad I got the ones I wanted already.

(and I only bought 1 copy of each by the way...)

09-01-2011, 07:48 PM	#1
Scorch Special Member Member since:Jul 2008 Blu-ray collection:- Trading Score:24	I'm confused - did Best Buy get reprints of older, rare titles? So I went to Best Buy today to pick up Top Gun. I didn't end up getting it because the slipcovers were all messed up. I did notice a few odd things - my Best Buy still had a copy of the Lost Complete Collection (which I thought was long OOP), copies of Yes Man w/ slipcover (like five of them, and I'm assuming the digital copy was expired on all of them), and two copies of Inglorious Basterds with the gold slipcover. I saw a bin full of $7.99 titles, then I spun around and saw this: [Show spoiler] I thought that Dreamgirls, Disturbia, Blades of Glory and Nacho Libre were long out of print, yet they had four copies of each. The rest of the movies are fairly common, but those four stood out. Also, check this out.. I flipped through the Nacho Libre copies, and I saw this: [Show spoiler] If I'm not mistaken, the one on the right is a first pressing of Nacho Libre. What's going on? Did Best Buy get a new pressing of these movies or something? Did someone just clean out a warehouse and stumble across these? Disturbia is on the site for $7.99, but Dreamgirls, Blades of Glory and Nacho Libre are not on the site. Last edited by Scorch; 09-01-2011 at 07:51 PM.

09-01-2011, 07:53 PM	#4
Arkadin Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Mar 2007 Location:...somewhere in Sweden Blu-ray collection:- Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:9	OMG--the greatest film ever issued on bd--Nacho Libre. edit: might have to go get a Fatal Attraction; that one actually has some value.

09-01-2011, 09:20 PM	#6
Shout92 Active Member Member since:Jul 2011 Blu-ray collection:128	I think every store on the planet over stocked on Nacho Libre. I remember going through the $5 bin at WalMart and half the movies were that.

09-01-2011, 09:51 PM	#7
ry35an Special Member Member since:Sep 2010 Trading Score:1	I liked Nacho Libre..

09-01-2011, 09:54 PM	#8
Jennifer Lawrence Fan Blu-ray Jedi Member since:Aug 2011 4K collection:413 Blu-ray collection:2750 DVD collection:1312 MA collection:305 Digital collection:495 iTunes collection:284 Trading Score:721	I love me some Disturbia. I need to get that on blu ray, even know i have the dvd.

09-01-2011, 10:41 PM	#10
Crimson King Blu-ray Prince Member since:Oct 2009 Blu-ray reviews: 19 Trading Score:683	Maybe there is gonna be some sort of budget line on these titles in the future? Maybe Paramount gave BB their old stock? Wish Reds was one of the titles, been looking for that one for a while...

09-01-2011, 10:48 PM	#11
bboisvert Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Blu-ray collection:1368 DVD collection:10 Trading Score:5	I'm guessing (only a guess) that someone discovered a big stack of these out back in a warehouse somewhere. Since they've been OOP for so long, there was no longer any existing retail stream to distribute them; stores that used to carry them have long since canceled any outstanding orders and freed up the shelf space... so they just packaged them up as an exclusive "fire sale" deal for BB dump bins. It's rare, but it does happen. Enjoy it while it lasts, because I suspect that supply for some of these at least will dry up quickly.

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