Alice in Wonderland 60th Anniversary Release UK

[Mithrandir-Grey]

when anyone gets this could you post pics please?

PRE ORDER

[DaveSimonH]

I'm sure some zavvi pre-orders would have arrived yesterday or today.
I could have sworn this was a duplicate thread, but it must have been the Tim Burton one I saw before

[No1Mugster]

Probably get mine tomorrow, if no ones posted pics then I will.

[lottigee]

Originally Posted by No1Mugster

Probably get mine tomorrow, if no ones posted pics then I will.

need to know if UK one has slip as US one is really pricey now

[Phil92]

Originally Posted by lottigee

need to know if UK one has slip as US one is really pricey now

I guarantee you it doesn't.

[bwatt99]

no slip,mine arrived today,that was uk edition

[lottigee]

Originally Posted by bwatt99

no slip,mine arrived today

US slip was really limited, maybe a few loitering around? I wish!

[nametag]

Originally Posted by lottigee

US slip was really limited, maybe a few loitering around? I wish!

Was it? I'm pretty sure the US Disney releases don't usually have as limited slipcovers as we in the UK do for ours.

[guccisingh]

Got Mine today from Zavvi no slip (as expected)

[Indiana Jones]

I had my copy arrive from Zavvi yesterday, have started using them for all my orders as they regularly ship a week before release and always seem to have discount vouchers available.

[DaveSimonH]

Originally Posted by Indiana Jones

I had my copy arrive from Zavvi yesterday, have started using them for all my orders as they regularly ship a week before release and always seem to have discount vouchers available.

Speaking of which the code KIDSTEN on any of these takes 10% off

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[zwostler]

Originally Posted by lottigee

US slip was really limited, maybe a few loitering around? I wish!

yeah, is not really limited, check out the Slipcover tread thread for it

[connect2611]

Today received my copy from sendit.com
Disney continue with a perfect upgrade to High Definition but once again like Dumbo no slip case.
Why can they not treat the uk releases like America and plan to give all there releases slip cases as well as the number that they did not start until after Snow White - Pinocchio and Sleeping Beauty.
After all these years of re-releases and such a large company can they not get there act together and think ahead.

[NHassell18]

I bet they release this in a few months time with the slipcover (like what apparently they did with Dumbo), and when they do, I shall pick it up then. Without the inclusion of a slipcover, there is no race to buy it. I'll still be able to get the exact version everyone has now, in a year or so time, or the next Disney BOGOF.

[THunter]

Originally Posted by NHassell18

I bet they release this in a few months time with the slipcover (like what apparently they did with Dumbo), and when they do, I shall pick it up then. Without the inclusion of a slipcover, there is no race to buy it. I'll still be able to get the exact version everyone has now, in a year or so time, or the next Disney BOGOF.

Indeed.

I didn't realise the spines between the Snow White, Pinocchio and Sleeping Beauty slipcovers differed much from the rest of Disney classic spines. I know they became numbered after the original few were released, but they took the small picture which used to be on the bottom of the spine and now it's at the top above the number. It just didn't need to be messed with, now it doesn't match any other Disney spines. Urgh.

[nametag]

Originally Posted by NHassell18

I bet they release this in a few months time with the slipcover (like what apparently they did with Dumbo), and when they do, I shall pick it up then. Without the inclusion of a slipcover, there is no race to buy it. I'll still be able to get the exact version everyone has now, in a year or so time, or the next Disney BOGOF.

This whole thing about Dumbo being released later with a slipcover is news to me... it definitely got a slipcover release when it first came out... how does anyone know whether their being able to get hold of one with a slip a few weeks/months later was down to Disney re-issuing them? Also, at least with Dumbo, the promo pics on the websites showed it with a slip whereas Alice has always been without one for it's UK release...

Originally Posted by THunter

Indeed.

I didn't realise the spines between the Snow White, Pinocchio and Sleeping Beauty slipcovers differed much from the rest of Disney classic spines. I know they became numbered after the original few were released, but they took the small picture which used to be on the bottom of the spine and now it's at the top above the number. It just didn't need to be messed with, now it doesn't match any other Disney spines. Urgh.

These are what I believe are Disney UK's Spine designs for their Animated Classics/DTVs, with descriptions of the layouts from top to bottom of spine:

Design #1: Snow White, Pinocchio, Sleeping Beauty (originals without Classics Number)
Disney BD logo, title, product code, little picture, BBFC logo.

Design #3: Dumbo, Princess and the Frog, Fantasia 2000*, Snow White (re-issue with Classics number)*, Pinocchio (re-issue with Classics number)*
Little Picture, Classics number, title, product code, BBFC logos, Disney BD logo

Design #4: Beauty and the Beast
Little Picture, Classics number, Disney BD logo, product code, title, BBFC logos, Disney DVD logo.

Design #5: Bambi, Alice and Wonderland
Little Picture, Classics number, Disney BD logo, product code, title (including, unlike previous ones, "Diamond Edition"), BBFC logos

Design #6: Fantasia, Bambi 2*
Disney BD logo, Classics number (if applicable - it isn't in Bambi 2's case), title, product code, little picture, BBFC logos

Design #7: Bolt
Little picture, Disney BD logo, title, BBFC logos, product code. (I don't know if this was also re-issued with Classics number, if it was it's probably a Design #2

Design #8: Dinosaur*
Generic BD logo, title, product code, little picture, BBFC logos, Walt Disney logo

*= no slipcover produced. Alice'll be one of these too, but who knows which design it'll be in. You'd think they'd have run out of ways to make it look inconsistent, but they've found a new way with practically each subsequent release in the last few months!

At the end of the day, because of these wildly inconsistent designs and the fact that now slipcovers aren't even available for all, I think the most consistent one can make the standard UK Disney releases is to just put them on the shelf without the slipcovers. At least then they'd all (bar Sleeping Beauty) have that one mark of consistency, ugly as it is: the classics number, all lined up!

[GrinwithoutaKat]

Dumbo definitely had a slip from the start. I got one. I think this could become mire common with films Disney consider low profile though as A Bug's Life had no slip either.

[Mithrandir-Grey]

i'm pleased i brought the u.s. one now. i got mine from movietyme.com, same price as u.k. one. i'm sure they 'll still have slip covers. until now i've found that if you buy a disney release in its first week you get a slip cover with wall.e an exception. but a bugs life and now alice, looks like i've got to import all the new ones now.

[No1Mugster]

Pics, as promised...



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[THunter]

Originally Posted by nametag

This whole thing about Dumbo being released later with a slipcover is news to me... it definitely got a slipcover release when it first came out... how does anyone know whether their being able to get hold of one with a slip a few weeks/months later was down to Disney re-issuing them? Also, at least with Dumbo, the promo pics on the websites showed it with a slip whereas Alice has always been without one for it's UK release...



These are what I believe are Disney UK's Spine designs for their Animated Classics/DTVs, with descriptions of the layouts from top to bottom of spine:

Design #1: Snow White, Pinocchio, Sleeping Beauty (originals without Classics Number)
Disney BD logo, title, product code, little picture, BBFC logo.

Design #3: Dumbo, Princess and the Frog, Fantasia 2000*, Snow White (re-issue with Classics number)*, Pinocchio (re-issue with Classics number)*
Little Picture, Classics number, title, product code, BBFC logos, Disney BD logo

Design #4: Beauty and the Beast
Little Picture, Classics number, Disney BD logo, product code, title, BBFC logos, Disney DVD logo.

Design #5: Bambi
Little Picture, Classics number, Disney BD logo, product code, title (including, unlike previous ones, "Diamond Edition"), BBFC logos

Design #6: Fantasia, Bambi 2*
Disney BD logo, Classics number (if applicable - it isn't in Bambi 2's case), title, product code, little picture, BBFC logos

Design #7: Bolt
Little picture, Disney BD logo, title, BBFC logos, product code. (I don't know if this was also re-issued with Classics number, if it was it's probably a Design #2

Design #8: Dinosaur*
Generic BD logo, title, product code, little picture, BBFC logos, Walt Disney logo

*= no slipcover produced. Alice'll be one of these too, but who knows which design it'll be in. You'd think they'd have run out of ways to make it look inconsistent, but they've found a new way with practically each subsequent release in the last few months!

At the end of the day, because of these wildly inconsistent designs and the fact that now slipcovers aren't even available for all, I think the most consistent one can make the standard UK Disney releases is to just put them on the shelf without the slipcovers. At least then they'd all (bar Sleeping Beauty) have that one mark of consistency, ugly as it is: the classics number, all lined up!

Thanks for all that, I appreciate it. Probably worth sticking in the first post of the Disney thread too if the mods will do that.

My Dumbo and Pinocchio slip don't have classics numbers on them unfortunately so my collection already looks broken in uniformity. I might email Disney later and ask for the classics slips for them both due to my disappointment. There's about a 1% chance they'll help resolve the issue, but it's still worth a shot I guess, who knows they may donate a few reward points or a small voucher for the distress they've caused a loyal customer.