When Did We All Go Steelbook Crazy?? - Blu-ray Forum

iceblu · 07-08-2012, 04:26 PM

Everday without fail I always have to visit various sites such as Play and HMV to see if any new SB's are being released in the coming months - I think it's become a bit of an obsession - BUT I LOVE IT! Standard Amaray releases just don't do anything for me now, it has to be a SB release first. I already have well over 200 SB's and have another 32 pre-ordered before the year is out (and probably even more will come along soon DAMN YOU PLAY.COM!!). Personally I'm not interested in which ones will be valuable in years to come, or keeping them sealed, no offence to those collectors who do do this, that's just not me. I like to open mine and even modify some for my own collection. I collected DVD's from 1997 onwards but I was never interested or obsessed in buying SB's for DVD, so I wonder where this new obsession sprung from or why I feel so strongly about them. As time goes on I can actually see my Amaray collection shrinking as I continue replacing them with their SB counterparts and who knows one day you may only see SB's on my shelves! My hope is that more tv shows also start to appear in SB and that one day not too far in the distant future we will be able to own all 6 Star Wars Steelbooks! (Are you listening Play.com, after all you are now the number 1 retailer for Steelbooks - keep em coming!!!).

Aquel · 07-08-2012, 04:40 PM

With the current Play.com releases I don't have to buy that many Amarays, it is bound to end up on Steelbook anyway. Though I can't justify double dipping purely on packaging to be honest

insomniac013 · 07-08-2012, 04:53 PM

I don't buy into most PLAY steelbooks since all their Paramount releases are single disc. That is no good for me as i like my special features and don't want to spend extra on sorely packaging.

richieb1971 · 07-08-2012, 04:54 PM

I find myself in the same situation. I'm never bored anymore I can tell you that. I am always trying to justify my purchases but I always go ahead anyway lol.

I have 50 preorders for myself at time of writing.

Not to mention out of those 50 titles quite a few of them I have orders for people on me.

imawin · 07-09-2012, 03:07 PM

I didn't even know what SteelBooks were really until about a year ago, so I missed out on a lot of good ones. So now I'm trying to get a few old ones here and there while keeping up with pre-orders and new releases. After I got my first 2-3, I realized that I had 2 DVD SteelBooks (Planet Terror & Death Proof) that I bought from Best Buy a long time ago. I was always into collector's editions and slipcovers, I just didn't know at the time that SteelBooks were as big as they were. I really just put them on my shelf and forgot about them. I stopped collecting for a few years due to income after I had my son, but am back collecting now.

beadelf · 07-09-2012, 03:14 PM

i can take or leave steelbooks they are nice but overly im a bit meh towards them.................unless they are masters of cinema

Groge511 · 07-09-2012, 03:28 PM

I don't have a mass of steelbooks this now (maybe about 20) but I have become obsessed. Before I was always like "It's just fancy packaging and it costs more" but now I'm like "It's fancy packaging and it costs more....but I don't care!" When I think about it, I shouldn't be double or even triple dipping for a release but I can't help it. I have a serious problem!
There should definitely be "Steelbook Rehab"!

loki993 · 07-09-2012, 04:27 PM

I tried once a couple years ago and I dont know why I never got any. Im back at it now and yeah it does seem like an obsession. I do have to temper it though. I surely cannot afford to buy everything that comes out and surly not the rare ones. I just missed out on the Japanese Batman ones and that is a bit disappointing.

Most of what I like is coming soon or not available yet. I will concentrate on classic favorites for me steelbook collection. If a new release comes out though and is a decent price on steel I will pick it up for sure.

to the original question I can really explain the recent fascination with them though. Personally I like the unique art a lot of them get and the clean look of them. Im far less interested in a steel if it has the same art and the amaray version.

Tom1991 · 07-09-2012, 04:34 PM

I started collecting them about a month ago and in that time I have bought around 20 SteelBooks!

Lucy Diamond · 07-09-2012, 04:35 PM

This is one of those sub collections that fizzled out FAST for me.

I like all the ones I have, but I don't hit ebay up anymore for ones I don't.

It was starting to crimp my guitar gear funds and we can't have that.

Kirk Out · 07-09-2012, 04:37 PM

i didn't have a steelbook craze until i visited this site thanks bluray.com

ps thanks bluray.com

lol

#Darren · 07-09-2012, 04:42 PM

I NEVER went Steel Book Crazy. Thank goodness

Jayze · 07-09-2012, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom1991

I started collecting them about a month ago and in that time I have bought around 20 SteelBooks!

I officially began collecting when Underworld:Awakening was released this past May. Since then, I have 29 Titles (almost double that number cuz I got doubles of almost every steelbook I own). It has definitely become an obsession for me, as well. I am trying to be little more reserved because I don't want to get steelbooks of movies I do not like. Passed on the Sucker Punch steelbook for that reason. Nice SB but I can't stand that movie.

At the same time I am trying to develop friendships here as I am trying to get SBs from Play.com and Media Market.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Achilles79

i didn't have a steelbook craze until i visited this site thanks bluray.com

ps thanks bluray.com

lol

Agreed!!

surfdude12 · 07-09-2012, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iceblu

so I wonder where this new obsession sprung from or why I feel so strongly about them

for me, I like them in the event of a night burgulary - a flimsy blue cover ain't gonna do much, but a hard SB will knock that burglar the fack out!

mjsmufc99 · 07-09-2012, 06:20 PM

I do like the steel-books, but i wont pay over the odds for them, i have 2012, Expendables, Avatar, Minority Report and MW3 PS3, but i won't go looking for them and wont get a steel-book if the others in the franchise aren't steel-books, ill try and get a amazing spidey one because its a start of a new franchise, but avengers and TDKR wont be steelies because the other films in the franchise aren't steelies

Sparky4life · 07-09-2012, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mjsmufc99

I do like the steel-books, but i wont pay over the odds for them, i have 2012, Expendables, Avatar, Minority Report and MW3 PS3, but i won't go looking for them and wont get a steel-book if the others in the franchise aren't steel-books, ill try and get a amazing spidey one because its a start of a new franchise, but avengers and TDKR wont be steelies because the other films in the franchise aren't steelies

Do you mean you don't have them in a steelbook in your personal collection or that Batman, Ironman, Thor, Hulk and Captain America are not released in a steelbook?

Your wording is very confusing.

Anyways, Batman Begins, Dark Knight, Thor, IM, Cap America, Hulk and soon to be released Avengers are all steelbooks.

Avengers in Canada will be a Viva packaging.

ran94 · 07-09-2012, 07:01 PM

I don't know if "WE" all went crazy but it is the companies like Play.com, Media Markt, Best Buy, and the various Amazon companies that went crazy. It was manageable when MM and FS released a steelbook every 3 - 4 months but now everyone is releasing a mininum of two per month.

It seems that the studios have decided to give these companies a shit load of steelbooks to sell and to make more profit for the studios. I guess paying $13.00 for a theatre ticket was not enough for the likes of Paramount, Universal, Sony, etc.

NARMAK · 07-09-2012, 07:28 PM

I'd say until i visit this part of the forum and about little over a month ago. I'm now 30+ steelbooks and it's still climbing rapidly. I had never ever used Ebay to buy before i started hunting for steelbooks and i never ever even wanted to trade before i used this forum. Now i'm trading and helping members get steelbooks.

I have been bit by the bug but i'm glad i have got into it now when all these releases are out. I've pretty much nabbed all the steelbooks i would want and ordered others. I've even got Best Buy steelbooks coming in from America thanks to other kind members on here and i love em all

I look fowards to posting up pics for you guys soon when i get em all together.

HoonieHoon · 07-09-2012, 07:40 PM

I wouldn't say that I'm obsessed but I do love steelbooks. All started for me when Target had the Iron Man 2 exclusive. I would get many more but most steelbooks I come across are just a single disc movies, not extra bonus discs or anything. My steelbook collection sits at about 10, but we'll see how big it grows

Thugjustice · 07-09-2012, 08:38 PM

I'd say I didn't really get into steels till about April when I went on eBay and searched steelbook. I was blown away with how many there were. And then. Found this site and it was all down hill from there. This site did widen me up to taking care of my I steels and protecting them.

I started with 2 DVD steels I picked up at a local used seller. Now I have over 40 with several on the way.

Just got both media market iron mans and also TDK Japanese steel. See my collection for awesomeness.

07-08-2012, 04:26 PM	#1
iceblu Banned Member since:Jun 2012 Location:United Kingdom Blu-ray collection:54 Trading Score:2	When Did We All Go Steelbook Crazy?? Everday without fail I always have to visit various sites such as Play and HMV to see if any new SB's are being released in the coming months - I think it's become a bit of an obsession - BUT I LOVE IT! Standard Amaray releases just don't do anything for me now, it has to be a SB release first. I already have well over 200 SB's and have another 32 pre-ordered before the year is out (and probably even more will come along soon DAMN YOU PLAY.COM!!). Personally I'm not interested in which ones will be valuable in years to come, or keeping them sealed, no offence to those collectors who do do this, that's just not me. I like to open mine and even modify some for my own collection. I collected DVD's from 1997 onwards but I was never interested or obsessed in buying SB's for DVD, so I wonder where this new obsession sprung from or why I feel so strongly about them. As time goes on I can actually see my Amaray collection shrinking as I continue replacing them with their SB counterparts and who knows one day you may only see SB's on my shelves! My hope is that more tv shows also start to appear in SB and that one day not too far in the distant future we will be able to own all 6 Star Wars Steelbooks! (Are you listening Play.com, after all you are now the number 1 retailer for Steelbooks - keep em coming!!!).

07-08-2012, 04:54 PM	#4
richieb1971 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 4K collection:89 Blu-ray collection:706 Trading Score:16	I find myself in the same situation. I'm never bored anymore I can tell you that. I am always trying to justify my purchases but I always go ahead anyway lol. I have 50 preorders for myself at time of writing. Not to mention out of those 50 titles quite a few of them I have orders for people on me. Last edited by richieb1971; 07-08-2012 at 09:56 PM.

07-08-2012, 04:40 PM	#2
Aquel Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Jan 2011 4K collection:4 Blu-ray collection:139 DVD collection:10	With the current Play.com releases I don't have to buy that many Amarays, it is bound to end up on Steelbook anyway. Though I can't justify double dipping purely on packaging to be honest

07-08-2012, 04:53 PM	#3
insomniac013 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Feb 2010 Location:Gravity Falls Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	I don't buy into most PLAY steelbooks since all their Paramount releases are single disc. That is no good for me as i like my special features and don't want to spend extra on sorely packaging.

07-09-2012, 03:07 PM	#5
imawin Junior Member Member since:Sep 2011 Blu-ray collection:96	I didn't even know what SteelBooks were really until about a year ago, so I missed out on a lot of good ones. So now I'm trying to get a few old ones here and there while keeping up with pre-orders and new releases. After I got my first 2-3, I realized that I had 2 DVD SteelBooks (Planet Terror & Death Proof) that I bought from Best Buy a long time ago. I was always into collector's editions and slipcovers, I just didn't know at the time that SteelBooks were as big as they were. I really just put them on my shelf and forgot about them. I stopped collecting for a few years due to income after I had my son, but am back collecting now.

07-09-2012, 03:14 PM	#6
beadelf Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Mar 2012 Location:London 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- Blu-ray reviews: 64	i can take or leave steelbooks they are nice but overly im a bit meh towards them.................unless they are masters of cinema

07-09-2012, 03:28 PM	#7
Groge511 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Oct 2011 Location:Scotland Home Theater Gallery:175 4K collection:69 Blu-ray collection:446 DVD collection:284 Digital collection:33 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:7	I don't have a mass of steelbooks this now (maybe about 20) but I have become obsessed. Before I was always like "It's just fancy packaging and it costs more" but now I'm like "It's fancy packaging and it costs more....but I don't care!" When I think about it, I shouldn't be double or even triple dipping for a release but I can't help it. I have a serious problem! There should definitely be "Steelbook Rehab"!

07-09-2012, 04:27 PM	#8
loki993 Member Member since:Jan 2010 Blu-ray collection:24 Trading Score:1	I tried once a couple years ago and I dont know why I never got any. Im back at it now and yeah it does seem like an obsession. I do have to temper it though. I surely cannot afford to buy everything that comes out and surly not the rare ones. I just missed out on the Japanese Batman ones and that is a bit disappointing. Most of what I like is coming soon or not available yet. I will concentrate on classic favorites for me steelbook collection. If a new release comes out though and is a decent price on steel I will pick it up for sure. to the original question I can really explain the recent fascination with them though. Personally I like the unique art a lot of them get and the clean look of them. Im far less interested in a steel if it has the same art and the amaray version.

07-09-2012, 04:34 PM	#9
Tom1991 Member Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Leicester, UK Blu-ray collection:159	I started collecting them about a month ago and in that time I have bought around 20 SteelBooks!

07-09-2012, 04:35 PM	#10
Lucy Diamond Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Apr 2008 Location:The Tomb of Annihilation 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:3	This is one of those sub collections that fizzled out FAST for me. I like all the ones I have, but I don't hit ebay up anymore for ones I don't. It was starting to crimp my guitar gear funds and we can't have that.

07-09-2012, 04:37 PM	#11
Kirk Out Blu-ray Ninja Member since:May 2008 Location:Bay Area Oakland , Ca Home Theater Gallery:8 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:-	i didn't have a steelbook craze until i visited this site thanks bluray.com ps thanks bluray.com lol

07-09-2012, 04:42 PM	#12
#Darren Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Feb 2008 Blu-ray collection:1471 Blu-ray reviews: 62	I NEVER went Steel Book Crazy. Thank goodness

07-09-2012, 06:20 PM	#15
mjsmufc99 Active Member Member since:Mar 2009 Location:United Kingdom Blu-ray collection:375 Blu-ray reviews:2	I do like the steel-books, but i wont pay over the odds for them, i have 2012, Expendables, Avatar, Minority Report and MW3 PS3, but i won't go looking for them and wont get a steel-book if the others in the franchise aren't steel-books, ill try and get a amazing spidey one because its a start of a new franchise, but avengers and TDKR wont be steelies because the other films in the franchise aren't steelies

07-09-2012, 07:01 PM	#17
ran94 Power Member Member since:Sep 2008 Location:West Coast Grow Op 4K collection:625 Blu-ray collection:5375 DVD collection:2043 iTunes collection:50 Trading Score:60	I don't know if "WE" all went crazy but it is the companies like Play.com, Media Markt, Best Buy, and the various Amazon companies that went crazy. It was manageable when MM and FS released a steelbook every 3 - 4 months but now everyone is releasing a mininum of two per month. It seems that the studios have decided to give these companies a shit load of steelbooks to sell and to make more profit for the studios. I guess paying $13.00 for a theatre ticket was not enough for the likes of Paramount, Universal, Sony, etc.

07-09-2012, 07:28 PM	#18
NARMAK Blu-ray Prince Member since:Feb 2007 Location:United Kingdom Blu-ray collection:141 Trading Score:18	I'd say until i visit this part of the forum and about little over a month ago. I'm now 30+ steelbooks and it's still climbing rapidly. I had never ever used Ebay to buy before i started hunting for steelbooks and i never ever even wanted to trade before i used this forum. Now i'm trading and helping members get steelbooks. I have been bit by the bug but i'm glad i have got into it now when all these releases are out. I've pretty much nabbed all the steelbooks i would want and ordered others. I've even got Best Buy steelbooks coming in from America thanks to other kind members on here and i love em all I look fowards to posting up pics for you guys soon when i get em all together.

07-09-2012, 07:40 PM	#19
HoonieHoon Active Member Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Philly/newJersey Blu-ray collection:933 DVD collection:100 Trading Score:23	I wouldn't say that I'm obsessed but I do love steelbooks. All started for me when Target had the Iron Man 2 exclusive. I would get many more but most steelbooks I come across are just a single disc movies, not extra bonus discs or anything. My steelbook collection sits at about 10, but we'll see how big it grows

07-09-2012, 08:38 PM	#20
Thugjustice Banned Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Illinois Steelbooks===> 40 Blu-ray collection:174 DVD collection:148 Trading Score:1	I'd say I didn't really get into steels till about April when I went on eBay and searched steelbook. I was blown away with how many there were. And then. Found this site and it was all down hill from there. This site did widen me up to taking care of my I steels and protecting them. I started with 2 DVD steels I picked up at a local used seller. Now I have over 40 with several on the way. Just got both media market iron mans and also TDK Japanese steel. See my collection for awesomeness.

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