Riddick Steelbook (Limited Edition) (Theatrical & Unrated Cuts) (Japan)

[McCrutchy]

Riddick Steelbook (Limited Edition) (Theatrical & Unrated Cuts) (Japan)

Limited to 3000

Release Date: Aug. 08, 2014

Purchase Link:

Amazon JP

Artwork:

Shochiku will release David Twohy's Riddick (2013) in Japan on August 8th. There will be both SteelBoook and amaray editions, but the SteelBook will include a second Blu-ray Disc with the Unrated Director's Cut of the film.

According to Shochiku, this release is limited to 3,000 copies.

[McCrutchy]

A small note: The current pre-order price for this release is ￥4,710. Interested parties may wish to pre-order now.

The recent pre-order for the Japanese MetalPak of Rush from Pony Canyon (which was limited to 4,000 copies and cost the ￥6,264 list price on Amazon) sold out in mere days.

[guidofistpimp]

I believe Germany and France use this art

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by guidofistpimp

I believe Germany and France use this art

Not that I quibble over this sort of thing, but I just took a look, and it seems only the German Müller Exclusive uses anything similar. In any event, even that SB is not identical, and the Japanese SB has the Japanese title Riddick: Galaxy Battle on the front, and the title in Kanji on the spine.

I am more concerned about the presentation of the film, however.

[Tobi_R]

Originally Posted by guidofistpimp

I believe Germany and France use this art

no.. France looks quite different (similar to UK art)

http://www.amazon.fr/Riddick-Edition...dp/B00F8HJXPS/

[john.n]

I love the spine on this steel, but even at 4710 yen it still works out at over £40 shipped to the UK, which is a bit steep for a movie I dislike so much.

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by guidofistpimp

I believe Germany and France use this art

Nope, just Germany.

French steelbook:

[casperuk]

It really is a case of the steelbook is better than the movie

[brian9229]

Pre-ordered, August is fixing to be a busy month.

[Troll2fan]

Thanks for the heads up. I currently own both the HMV and Mueller, but I'll gladly add the JP version to my collection.

[SteelMaiden]

I just pre-ordered this. thanks for the info

[rodtp]

Originally Posted by Troll2fan

Thanks for the heads up. I currently own both the HMV and Mueller, but I'll gladly add the JP version to my collection.

Me too specially with that amazing spine. A No-brainer for me

[McCrutchy]

It looks like this is set to increase from ¥4,690 to ¥5,324 momentarily...

EDIT: Just did. I saw it reflected in the listing before it migrated to the actual product page.

[Rz_Samurai]

That's insane! price is high!

[McCrutchy]

FYI--The price has now dropped down to ¥4,635.

[wesslan]

Did anyone buy this version? Interested to know if the Unrated has higher bitrate over US disc.

[brian9229]

Originally Posted by wesslan

Did anyone buy this version? Interested to know if the Unrated has higher bitrate over US disc.

Im not sure what the bitrate is on this, but im betting its higher than the US release seeing each version(unrated&theatrical) has its own disc, which i would think would give each version room to breathe, each being on a BD-50. At the very least i'd think each version would have many less compression issues compared to the US release.