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

[TheForce8686]

Of course I sell the Amarays. Once I get the steelbook I don't need 2 copies of the movie. Im not sure what the obsession is with keeping them sealed. Someday they will be an old technology and won't be worth as much as we paid for them.

[pentatonic]

My thoughts pretty much except for the ones that might turn out to be valuable at one point, not in it for a profit, but it could happen.

[azereus]

Originally Posted by kaliraver69

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.

This is the most reasonable thing I've read in a long time and I completely agree with all of it.

[p1trick82]

hasn't happened to me yet, I usually wait as long as possible to get the SB and if it's way too expensive, then I just settle with the regular blu

[boxterduke]

Originally Posted by 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.

I sell the regular copy to recover some of the money spent on the steelbook.
I sold my regular Dark Knight when I bought the steelbook.
I also sold all my three Pirates movies when I got the steelbooks.
What else, on yeah I sold Sleeping Beauty and have Pinocchio for sale or trade, no bites on that one yet.

[crashkelly]

This is an easy one

I collect steelbooks and I watch amarays. I will get the steelbook right away at release time, and unless the movie is stellar, I wait for a bargin on the amaray, or I just rent it.

Cheers
CrashKelly

[nycomet]

I'm like most here: the amray is my viewing copy. The steelie is the collectible version which usually does not get opened (but there have been a couple of exceptions).