The Rumours/Hypothetical/What Are the Chances Of... Steelbook Master Thread

[blurayisnice]

There have been a few posts recently in the forum about whether or not certain films will get steelbook releases which can often lead to the forum being cluttered (with Play.com's current run we have enough threads to be getting on with!) and some forum members getting annoyed at clicking a thread's title only to find it's someone asking if a steelbook will ever be made of that film, rather than an announcement of it. Some of the threads regarding rumoured steelbooks (e.g. Play.com's Indiana Jones individual releases) have been locked as, until they're confirmed, they're simply rumours.

So, I thought I'd start this thread to put all of those conversations in one place. Fill this thread with questions to the forumites about if a steelbook will be released, steelbooks you'd liked to see, possible new versions of OOS steelbooks, rumours about possible steelbooks... Basically everything that's not confirmed that you want to hypothesise or enquire about.

Hopefully this'll be win-win - people who want to ask know where to ask and people who aren't fussed can avoid it!

[blurayisnice]

PS: I hope they don't. But I read somewhere that they will release other exclusives as well. I don't have the comic con steelbook, but I'm planning to buy one.

[jw]

it might hurt your resale market but not the collectors market, collectors will love all the new releases. So if you are planning on financing your college education with scalping SteelBooks, you may be the only one on the losing side.

[tattooedjackass]

I hope not as it's a unbelievably shite film!

[Buddy Ackerman]

Originally Posted by blurayisnice

Play.com is copying a lot of steelbooks.
They are releasing new steelbooks every month and some of them have the same artwork as previous released steelbooks.

What do you think? Will Play.com rape the collector's market brutally by releasing the Sucker Punch Comic-Con steelbook as a ''Play.com exclusive''?

What is it with suddenly tossing the word 'rape' around concering Play and steelbooks? Is this the new catchphrase or did a couple of people read it in one post and latch onto it? I'm not a prude about language but it's a serious phrase and, to be honest, using it in this context is both hyperbolic and immature.

Even in the context people mean it in it's a stupid phrase to use. Play isn't "raping" anyone's steelbook collections or the collector's market.

I don't mean to cause offence to anyone specifically, it just seems to have cropped up a few times the past few days and it's ridiculous and stupid.

[blurayisnice]

Originally Posted by jw

it might hurt your resale market but not the collectors market, collectors will love all the new releases. So if you are planning on financing your college education with scalping SteelBooks, you may be the only one on the losing side.

I am planning to buy the comic-con release, so I dont want Play.com to release a new one.

[mrpants]

Originally Posted by Buddy Ackerman

What is it with suddenly tossing the word 'rape' around concering Play and steelbooks? Is this the new catchphrase or did a couple of people read it in one post and latch onto it? I'm not a prude about language but it's a serious phrase and, to be honest, using it in this context is both hyperbolic and immature.
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It's just a gaming phrase, from COD and other online games.

This is another non-existent steelbook thread, we do not need these tbh.

[NARMAK]

Originally Posted by jw

it might hurt your resale market but not the collectors market, collectors will love all the new releases. So if you are planning on financing your college education with scalping SteelBooks, you may be the only one on the losing side.

I think to him its University education . I'd love to own the comic con sucker punch artwork because it looks cool but as you say, collectors usually seek to buy the original release, not the re-release, but it can potentially have an effect on resale values of previous releases.

Iron Man FS was hitting $1k, but even now it wouldn't even get £375 if a recenty Play.com release is to be blamed and Scunny even got one for about £100 in mint condition to complete his whole list of versions.

I'm not bothered with value like some may be. I like to know that i have something worth X now it's unavailable but i first and foremost want to buy something i like the look of. I prefer the Play.com Iron Man artwork because it has no blue banner, which i don't like on steelbooks for instance. Value is a bit of a moot point at present.

If Play.com release a comic con artwork steelbook for Sucker Punch, i'll buy it, but i don't think rushing out to buy 100s to potentially sell at the original release price of $900+ or something is gonna do you any favours, so i agree with JW in that regards. Just buy 1 to keep and 1 to trade/sell imo.

[Buddy Ackerman]

There have been a few posts recently in the forum about whether or not certain films will get steelbook releases which can often lead to the forum being cluttered (with Play.com's current run we have enough threads to be getting on with!) and some forum members getting annoyed at clicking a thread's title only to find it's someone asking if a steelbook will ever be made of that film, rather than an announcement of it. Some of the threads regarding rumoured steelbooks (e.g. Play.com's Indiana Jones individual releases) have been locked as, until they're confirmed, they're simply rumours.

So, I thought I'd start this thread to put all of those conversations in one place. Fill this thread with questions to the forumites about if a steelbook will be released, steelbooks you'd liked to see, possible new versions of OOS steelbooks, rumours about possible steelbooks... Basically everything that's not confirmed that you want to hypothesise or enquire about.

Hopefully this'll be win-win - people who want to ask know where to ask and people who aren't fussed can avoid it!

Mods - if there's a similar thread (I couldn't see one) then please lock/destroy this one.

[Stevilinho]

why would play release a 'comic con exclusive' steelbook which was only made for the comic con it was sold at

it was the point that they made that steelbook EXCLUSIVE to that event with EXCLUSIVE artwork also

[Petra_Kalbrain]

I'd rather have a Play.com exclusive that has the "Babydoll crouched with sword in hand" artwork that I once saw. I believe that it was originally a German release? THAT one is a beautiful case. I find the Comic-Con and other steelbook designs dreadful compared to that one.

[MrSlater94]

Lets get the ball rolling then!

I'd like to see Memento get a UK Steelbook with no blue banner.

I wouldn't want it to have "From the Director of The Dark Knight & Inception".

I personally don't like the Canandian release artwork, it's simplistic yes, but it's bland.

[Extra-Terrestrial]

I would like to see this release wiithin the UK:

[NARMAK]

would also love to see Memento get a release as with every other movie ever not released in steelbook with a clean artwork with the best ever choice

[Buddy Ackerman]

I agree - the typewritten torn-up letters title isn't really anything to do with the film either. It's a nice idea that, as you say, just turned out a bit bland.

On the other hand a nice Memento steelbook would tempt me to double-dip so, selfishly, I'll be pretty happy if that temptation was never put in front of me!

[Buddy Ackerman]

Originally Posted by Extra-Terrestrial

I would like to see this release wiithin the UK:

[Show spoiler]

Agreed - I'd buy that in a heartbeat.

I was disappointed that MoC never got to do Citizen Kane. Their steelbooks are always great, often incredible, and I would have loved to have seen what they would have done with that title. Now that Universal are releasing it themselves there's always a slim chance they might do something special with it but it's doubtful.

[NARMAK]

The only issue i have with repeating the white artwork as cool as it is, was that it's been done in 2 markets already. Comic con artwork hasn't been done in more than 1 but heck, i'd even be open to something completely new and amazing

[NARMAK]

Originally Posted by Buddy Ackerman

Agreed - I'd buy that in a heartbeat.

I was disappointed that MoC never got to do Citizen Kane. Their steelbooks are always great, often incredible, and I would have loved to have seen what they would have done with that title. Now that Universal are releasing it themselves there's always a slim chance they might do something special with it but it's doubtful.

To give credit where it's due, Universal bar the horizontal steelbook choice, has done some really great artwork on their new releases. Safe House and Battleship are two of the best recent releases they've actually done

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by NARMAK

The only issue i have with repeating the white artwork as cool as it is, was that it's been done in 2 markets already. Comic con artwork hasn't been done in more than 1 but heck, i'd even be open to something completely new and amazing

Who said anything about white artwork?

[Buddy Ackerman]

Originally Posted by NARMAK

To give credit where it's due, Universal bar the horizontal steelbook choice, has done some really great artwork on their new releases. Safe House and Battleship are two of the best recent releases they've actually done

True but I wasn't really doubting thier quality (they've done some ace ones in the past), it's just extremely rare for a catalogue release to get a steelbook on its first release (i.e. not a re-release like the horizontal steels were) - Jaws and E.T. are the only Universal ones I can think of and they're both more blockbustery than Citizen Kane. Fingers crossed though, I hope they see it as being worthy if a special steelbook edition!