Do you keep a regular Blu when you get the Steelbook?

[mikeyt912]

here is a question. If you already owned a regular blu of say " The Dark Knight " and you bought the Steelbook, do you keep your regular blu too or do you sell it? I am in a dilemma. I bought a bunch of Steelbooks of blu's i already owned and can't decide whether or not to keep the regular ones too or sell em and make a little bit of money. Figured i'd see what opinions you guys have.

[kaliraver]

I use to, but I am stopping and opening up all my SteelBooks unless they are region locked. I was doing it since I already had a lot of Amarays that I was buying on SteelBook, but it is getting expensive and have to cut corners. Amarays are going away. What got me thinking was the posts about when any format dies these "limited edition" things won't be worth jack when the next big format comes out. Might as well watch the movies I buy and not just collect cases.

[OpFeRmEtZgER]

i usually don´t keep them.
Once i have the steelbook i don´t need the standard amaray blus anymore.

[tiger_qc]

I keep my steelbooks sealed so I need one of each.
Only if I like the movie of course.

[mikeyt912]

i keep most steelbooks sealed. especially the really rare ones. like iron man FS will never ever be opened. as much as i want to i just won't. so therefor i have to keep that amaray blu

[mr. b]

I open them as well, but there are a few that I have that are sealed that I have not opened yet, like the FS Iron Man. I'll be opening it eventually. I picked up a few Disney's recently that I already had the amaray of, and I opened up the Steelies as soon as I got them to check them out. I'll be trading the amaray's and keeping the steel. For those that are region locked, I wait for the Region A release to get cheap enough, then I pick it up and add the Region A disc to the SteelBook. I just picked up the Righteous Kill Blu-ray Region A release, and I'll be adding the disc and artwork from the amaray to the SteelBook. I want to trim the artwork from he amaray to add as inserts. I can't remember if the Righteous Kill SteelBook has a digital copy or not, but if it does, I'll just get rid of the digital copy disc to make room for the Region A one. If it doesn't, then I want to add an extra hub to the SteelBook to make it a 2-disc case. I have thought of giving away the Region B discs that are locked, but I figure they might as well stay with the case since that is what the SteelBook came with.

[tiger_qc]

Originally Posted by mikeyt912

i keep most steelbooks sealed. especially the really rare ones. like iron man FS will never ever be opened. as much as i want to i just won't. so therefor i have to keep that amaray blu

My watching copy is a the FS steelbook.
But I also have some, I mean one sealed.

Cheers,
Gui.

[mikeyt912]

haha. some are so fortunate

[jetthead]

Originally Posted by OpFeRmEtZgER

Once i have the steelbook i don´t need the standard amaray blus anymore.

This ^

[D-Blitz]

Usually, I don't keep an amaray version, or rather, I don't buy one from the start, knowing that a Steelbook version exists. In some cases, I keep both, if I really really like the movie and the artwork is too good to not keep. Only three cases come to mind: Iron Man, The Dark Knight and Watchmen. Funny thing is, I have both Amaray/Steelbook open for Watchmen and the amaray sealed and Steelbook opened for The Dark Knight! That's a first I'd bet hah!

[tribalnoise]

Am I the only one who buys steelbook only and no amaray at all?

[roach_rch]

Originally Posted by tribalnoise

Am I the only one who buys steelbook only and no amaray at all?

I used to buy Amarays until I discovered Steelbooks. I have... 12 of them Now I buy SBs only

[tribalnoise]

the only amaray i have ever owned is talladega nights, which came bundled with my ps3

[lolototo]

I keep the amaray one and open both versions for comparation

[blackout5599]

I have some duplicates that I'm sifting through now. I generally will open them up only when I actually plan to watch it . I'm planning on going through the dupes I have and sell off the amaray's...

[pentatonic]

For me it depends on the Steel, some more collectible I will keep sealed and get the amaray also, for others I open them and they become my blu to watch, plus some are too gorgeous not to open

[mikeyt912]

ya it all depends on the steel for me. whether it gets opened or not

[MaCruz]

I have the US version and the SteelBook version. I try not to open the case.

[rich_adamson]

I personally try to get the Amaray case of all my steels to preserve them, but I still haven't gotten around to a few (Sweeney Todd, Crouching Tiger - because of the boxset thing), and a couple others too.

[dhd]

I bought Iron Man steelbook but keep it sealed. Then I rent the movie to watch it. Found later on, the amaray on ebay with good price so I bought it but it still sealed up to today. So I have both steelbook and amaray of the movie but ... sealed.