"Slim" The Lord of the Rings SteelBook™(Not an Official Release)

[AccordTR]

Maybe someone can explain to me why you would want to slim a steelbook? I mean it looks cooler than the 'fatty,' but you basically have destoryed any value it might have had. To me it's like rebuilding a classic car but putting the wrong engine in it, it basically kills the collector value. I see so many people talking about having steelbooks on the hopes of one day having a rare pricey item like Ironman, IAL, etc, but if you mod it it no longer has any value.

[DIRTY MONEY]

Originally Posted by AccordTR

Maybe someone can explain to me why you would want to slim a steelbook? I mean it looks cooler than the 'fatty,' but you basically have destoryed any value it might have had. To me it's like rebuilding a classic car but putting the wrong engine in it, it basically kills the collector value. I see so many people talking about having steelbooks on the hopes of one day having a rare pricey item like Ironman, IAL, etc, but if you mod it it no longer has any value.

Yeah that's why I did because it looks cooler than a "fatty", as for value it was a $5 Steelie not John Rambo!

Good thing I collect them for fun not value.

[marty666]

Originally Posted by DIRTY MONEY

Yeah that's why I did because it looks cooler than a "fatty", as for value it was a $5 Steelie not John Rambo!

Good thing I collect them for fun not value.

If you could the spine sorted it would look cool.

[DIRTY MONEY]

Originally Posted by marty666

If you could the spine sorted it would look cool.

Yeah, I got to get with James and Steve and see if they can help me with the spine.

[Rantlers]

This is exactly what I did, I'll post pics of my slim-spine artwork tonight.

[joeags]

If you were planning on opening the jumbo steelbook itself, be it UP, Monsters Inc, or LOTR, then you're really not going to destroy the value of this steelbook. Removing the front and back panel is quite easy, and honestly, putting it back on is easy too. If you're careful, you wouldn't damage the jumbo. You're not removing the spine at all, so that stays attached, and you can keep the jumbo without the front and back in a box, to be put back together. But honestly, is the value really ruined? Maybe it would be worth more to some people... never saw one listed on ebay, so I would't know.

On the other hand, sure, you're losing the value of the snow white or whichever empty case you're using. If there was damage to the steel, you're not losing much. But if you're worried about the value, then you wouldn't even be opening a steelbook, as it's going to lose value right away.

Originally Posted by AccordTR

Maybe someone can explain to me why you would want to slim a steelbook? I mean it looks cooler than the 'fatty,' but you basically have destoryed any value it might have had. To me it's like rebuilding a classic car but putting the wrong engine in it, it basically kills the collector value. I see so many people talking about having steelbooks on the hopes of one day having a rare pricey item like Ironman, IAL, etc, but if you mod it it no longer has any value.

[fanboyvn]

Here's what I did with mine. I'm normally a chill guy but I just couldn't stand how Best Buy screwed up the steel for my favorite films ever. I know it's a one-discer but I don't have any other plastic holders. I just display empty steelbooks anyway.

[kaliraver]

Originally Posted by fanboyvn

Here's what I did with mine. I'm normally a chill guy but I just couldn't stand how Best Buy screwed up the steel for my favorite films ever. I know it's a one-discer but I don't have any other plastic holders. I just display empty steelbooks anyway.

[Show spoiler]

Bravo my friend, much much better than what Scanavo came up with.

[DIRTY MONEY]

WOW, that really looks amazing!

10++++++++++++++++++++

[mr. b]

Originally Posted by AccordTR

Maybe someone can explain to me why you would want to slim a steelbook? I mean it looks cooler than the 'fatty,' but you basically have destoryed any value it might have had. To me it's like rebuilding a classic car but putting the wrong engine in it, it basically kills the collector value. I see so many people talking about having steelbooks on the hopes of one day having a rare pricey item like Ironman, IAL, etc, but if you mod it it no longer has any value.

I guess I could take a stab at explaining that, since I love classic cars also. Believe it or not, there are some SteelBook Collector's that buy them for the sheer enjoyment of owning them, and they have almost no interest in it's future value. I'm not saying that they don't care completely, because I seriously doubt anyone would change up Iron Man or IAL. These fat SteelBooks, IMHO, do not seem too appealing to begin with, so all they are doing is making them look better, and to have them match up size wise with the rest of the SteelBooks we've all come to love. I also don't see these jumbo ones ever commanding any high prices like Iron Man or IAL. If they do, and I wind up modifying 3 LOTR SteelBooks, then I'll just have to live with the fact that I lost some potential money. No biggie, since I'm not buying SteelBooks to finance my retirement fund. I'd probably still be able to swap the covers back on the jumbo insert and re-create it later if I wanted to.

I actually disagree also with the whole rebuilding a classic analogy. We are not using an insert from another off brand (or another brand's engine if you will), we are using a SteelBook insert. I love a nicely done all original classic car, I'm a huge Mustang fan and have owned several different years of them (including a '67 coupe). While I love the classics in their original form and function, I love it more when it is done in a resto-mod sort of way. Taking a classic Mustang, and installing a newer Ford engine, newer 4-wheel disc brakes, a more advance suspension, and then putting on some much nicer rims and paint than stock can actually cause a Mustang to increase in value, or at least retain it's value, if it is done right. Now, if you know Mustangs, you would probably never modify an all original '67 Shelby GT500, unless it was done in a way that it could be put back together in it's original form fairly easily. So, as far as I see it, taking a big fugly jumbo SteelBook and customizing it to look better than it did before is the equivalent of taking a plain-jane classic, and customizing it to your liking. Some classics, i.e. Iron Man, IAL, Rambo, you just would not dare touch so severely 'cos they are just about perfect already.

[bigjee]

Originally Posted by fanboyvn

Here's what I did with mine. I'm normally a chill guy but I just couldn't stand how Best Buy screwed up the steel for my favorite films ever. I know it's a one-discer but I don't have any other plastic holders. I just display empty steelbooks anyway.

Excellent job.

The spine was excellent but the inner cover art with Mithrandir is what blew me away.

Mad props to you.

[bandapart]

Originally Posted by fanboyvn

Here's what I did with mine. I'm normally a chill guy but I just couldn't stand how Best Buy screwed up the steel for my favorite films ever.

WOW!!!!! That's beautiful, Thank You for sharing!

[tiger_qc]

Pardon my retardness but what's the point of having a trilogy steelbook that only holds one disc?

[zwostler]

Originally Posted by tiger_qc

Pardon my retardness but what's the point of having a trilogy steelbook that only holds one disc?

I guess he does not have a three disc inside plastic holder dings, so this would be no real big problem, just take one from a 3 disc Movie (empty Snow White?)

[tiger_qc]

Originally Posted by zwostler

I guess he does not have a three disc inside plastic holder dings, so this would be no real big problem, just take one from a 3 disc Movie (empty Snow White?)

I understand that but it's like having an ugly and full 3 rooms appartement and move into a nice looking 1 room appartement, it doesn't make sense to me.

I don't have any dented 3 disc steelbooks and wouldn't have pulled that stunt for that matter.

[Ashamed Pegasus]

Originally Posted by fanboyvn

Here's what I did with mine. I'm normally a chill guy but I just couldn't stand how Best Buy screwed up the steel for my favorite films ever. I know it's a one-discer but I don't have any other plastic holders. I just display empty steelbooks anyway.

Looks great, but since it only holds one disc your should not have kept the "Motion Picture Trilogy" on there...