The Official Network Thread

[rapta]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

Haven’t ordered anything yet, what are the best deals?

I went for these (for now):

Green for Danger - £7.20
The Ghoul - £3.60
The Medusa Touch - £5.40
The Night Has Eyes - £4.80
The Woman in Black - £8.40
This Happy Breed - £5.40

Had been meaning to get The Medusa Touch for years now so finally went for it, and had been curious about This Happy Breed and The Ghoul too and was waiting for them each to fall to similar prices to in the past (£3-5ish). The others are just a few I wanted to see (particularly The Woman in Black).

Might go back in, and admit I'm tempted by some of the box sets even if they'd just sit around for a few years before I watched them - considering Captain Scarlet, Joe 90, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Space 1999, Space Patrol. I guess I could just wait for the next sale, they're not going to go OOP anytime soon.

Some great deals on stuff I already have though. Robbery, Seance on a Wet Afternoon, Station Six-Sahara, Unearthly Stranger and The Smallest Show on Earth are particular bargains I saw.

[justwannaboogie]

My pickups so far:

Fatal error - £0

Time for bed I think.

Edit: Did actually manage to get my order in:

Bad Timing
Station Six-Sahara
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Robbery
Cottage to Let
The Way to the Stars
The Shout

£42.90

[Dallasnorthforty]

At this rate it will have to be extended until March.

[CrockettandTubbs]

Saying I wouldn't buy anything earlier, I might buy (much later by the look of things) The Woman in Black - which I'd forgotten about.

The last thing I bought from Network was the Python boxset way back in December 2019!

[CouncilSpectre]

What a ball ache. Went with:

The Card - £5.50
Danger Within - £6
Green For Danger - £6
The Long Dark Hall - £4
Mystery Junction - £4
The Square Ring - £5.50
The Way to the Stars - £5.75

VAT = £7.35
Total = £44.10

I can live with that

[Reddington]

Bought a lot of titles recently, but a good opportunity to finally pick up The Professionals complete set.

Site very wonky right now, so I'll try again tomorrow.

[CrockettandTubbs]

Finally, order placed:

Seance On A Wet Afternoon
The Woman In Black
Hell Drivers

[rapta]

Went for a second dip just before bed (no issues ordering this time):

Escape from Sobibor - £6.60
The Man Who Haunted Himself - £5.40
Who Killed Teddy Bear - £4.80

Another few titles I'd been mulling over for a long while now, so bit the bullet as I think they're cheaper than I've seen them before. Was considering several others - The Intruder, Man on the Run, The Square Ring, Passport to Shame, The Card, Cottage to Let, The Overlanders, Bitter Springs - but decided to leave those to a future sale (and I'm sure they'll be even cheaper then). Hopefully by then things like The Weapon and State Secret will be reduced...

[Mattmck99]

The site finally calmed down enough to place an order, went with:

Green for Danger
The League of Gentlemen
Passport to Shame
The Ipcress File

[TheHistorian]

Thank you all for going to sleep. I was able to get my order in.

This mess made me order more. I figure if I get everything I want now, I won't have to suffer through it again. I'll pay more to a retailer next time.

[McCrutchy]

Had to do three orders to avoid the £30 courier shipping charge:

1. £42.08 + £7.85 = £49.93

[Show spoiler]

2. £38.58 + £7.85 = £46.43

[Show spoiler]

3. £70.32 + £7.85 = £78.17

[Show spoiler]

Combining these any other way would have hit the £30 shipping charge. For the DVD sets, they hit £7.85 on their own, so the Blu-rays ship "free", but if I added more than one other title, it hit £30. Apparently, I could have added one more single title to the third order and kept it £7.85, but I missed that, somehow. Still, I saved the additional £6.45 this way, so I can't complain.

[Gunsnroses092789]

Finally got an order in:

[TheKillKillKills]

Any suggestion on which Network titles are "must own" here? TIA

[mmarczi]

Originally Posted by TheKillKillKills

Any suggestion on which Network titles are "must own" here? TIA

I would be very interested in some suggestions as well. I don't have any Network releases, and admittedly my knowledge of British cinema is on the sparse side.

[Simon Lewis]

Tried the Network site this morning early just after 7, hoping that it would be OK. Non functional in Firefox, but it works fine in Chrome. Great !

Did 4 orders and might do some more at lunchtime.

Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Dulcima
Take Me High
Way to the Stars

Square Ring (The)
Siege of Pinchgut (The)
Ring of Spies
Arsenal Stadium Mystery

Card (The)
Constant Husband (The)
Love Lottery (The)
Keep it Up Downstairs

Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Complete Series 2
Duke Wore Jeans (The)
Convoy

Now I'm going to be late for work.

[Ste7en]

The Monty Python series 3 and 4 sets they are selling are just regular editions, aren't they?

I picked up the digipak sets of 1 and 2 ages ago but never got around to buying 3 and 4.

[moscone_bail_bonds]

Originally Posted by Ste7en

The Monty Python series 3 and 4 sets they are selling are just regular editions, aren't they?

I picked up the digipak sets of 1 and 2 ages ago but never got around to buying 3 and 4.

They confirmed to me via e-mail the Digipak of series 3 went out of print in September last year and replaced with the standard as I was after one, took a month of searching to find one so seems eBay or CEX would be the last resort for that now, dunno about 4 but looks like its gone the same way.

[Ste7en]

Originally Posted by moscone_bail_bonds

They confirmed to me via e-mail the Digipak of series 3 went out of print in September last year and replaced with the standard as I was after one, took a month of searching to find one so seems eBay or CEX would be the last resort for that now, dunno about 4 but looks like its gone the same way.

Ah, crap!

It may be cheaper for me starting over and buying the big, numb set and flogging seasons 1 and 2.

[moscone_bail_bonds]

Originally Posted by Ste7en

Ah, crap!

It may be cheaper for me starting over and buying the big, numb set and flogging seasons 1 and 2.

Thats what I would do if I was still after 3 & 4 in the limited digipaks whilst the 40% discount is active and would be a fairly easy sell to get shot of the limited packaging seasons 1 & 2 to reclaim some of the outlay of the big set.

[Professor Echo]

Sorry if I asked this before or someone else did and it was answered already, but does anyone know if Network is just allowing many of their vintage TV releases on DVD to go OOP? It looks like some have just gone quietly away and aren't even available at Amazon or eBay. Right now I'm thinking I should go for some of those rather than any Blus. Thanks in advance.