The 'Will They Have It In Stores' Thread

[TheHighRoller]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I'm thinking that I'll probably order Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection in the not-too-distant future. Even at today's price ($127 on Amazon), it's a rocking deal for 15 Hitchcock films, but the price will inevitably drop.

I've been holding out on this one simply because I've been spending time watching other Blu-rays, and I want a luxuriously-paced month to enjoy these 15 Hitchcock films one-by-one in the future. I'll probably order it when I'm finished going through The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series Blu-ray set (I'm wrapping up Season Two right now.).

I already own North by Northwest on Blu-ray, since it was one of the very first movies that I purchased in the format, so it's tougher for me to justify purchasing the 5-movie Essentials set if I own one out of five.

Now, I'd prefer to own single stand-alone Blu-rays of all these movies. If I see the stand-alone discs at a used store or if I see them drop noticeably in price, then I'll go for gradual purchases over buying the box sets (by purchasing the region-free UK sets of the ones not yet available here). I'll probably just go with the Masterpiece Collection set, though.

I kind of want to get the Masterpiece collection because it's almost everything he has made, but the only ones I am interested in seeing are all in the Essentials box. Plus, it's got an embossed slipcover, it's "limited edition", and it's a digipak.

I've thought about waiting for single releases of the Blu-rays in the Essentials set, but I'd rather have them all in one place than have 5 seperate Blu-rays (even though I did want the North by Northwest Digibook, until I heard it was being included in this set). I desperately wanted a Vertigo release, and I was hoping for a Digibook later in the year, but I think I'll go with this set since it also has The Birds (which I've been wanting to see again) and Psycho (which I almost got three U&Ss ago).

[TheHighRoller]

Originally Posted by odriley

Has anyone actually seen Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome at best buy? It's not saying its available for store pickup.

I don't think I saw it. I did see the Metal Box though.

[AGH]

Originally Posted by Guydowood

I did not see this nor the individual Road Warrior/Thunderdome in my closest store, in S. Carolina anyway.

Thanks for the update. I wanted to do a midnight pickup, but Best Buy worked out perfectly today.

[AGH]

Originally Posted by TheHighRoller

I kind of want to get the Masterpiece collection because it's almost everything he has made, but the only ones I am interested in seeing are all in the Essentials box. Plus, it's got an embossed slipcover, it's "limited edition", and it's a digipak.

This set includes everything a Hitchcock fan really needs and has all the better transfers (these are the major reasons I picked it up today). I couldn't justify paying more than $120 for the Masterpiece Collection since it includes a couple of films I've never been much of a fan of - Family Plot, Marnie, etc. Psycho, North By Northwest, The Birds, Vertigo and Rear Window are truly his essential films besides The Lady Vanishes and The 39 Steps (luckily released individually by Criterion). I would love to purchase Rope though.