The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Extended Ed.) MediaMarkt/Saturn exclusive - Blu-ray Forum

TheHutt · 11-04-2015, 09:09 AM

Release Date: November 26, 2015
Number of discs: 3
Price: 32.99 EUR

Links:
MediaMarkt: http://www.mediamarkt.de/mcs/product...html?langId=-3
Saturn: http://www.saturn.de/mcs/product/_De...html?langId=-3

imsounoriginal · 11-04-2015, 12:41 PM

Nice art, looks better than the standard 2D and 3D covers. But the German text is a dealbreaker.
EDIT: and no 3D.

Smigro · 11-04-2015, 12:54 PM

Hopefully Target or BB announce something in the coming weeks to go with the EE steelbooks for the first two.

DarkEco910 · 11-04-2015, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Smigro

Hopefully Target or BB announce something in the coming weeks to go with the EE steelbooks for the first two.

I'm getting super worried. I feel like something should've been announced by now. Unless Terrget is pulling another Age of Extinction stunt and BAM there's a steelbook.

TheHutt · 11-04-2015, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

Nice art, looks better than the standard 2D and 3D covers. But the German text is a dealbreaker.
EDIT: and no 3D.

Yes, the 3D steelbook artwork is known for some time already. The 2D one, however, is new.

Smigro · 11-04-2015, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by mertz523

I'm getting super worried. I feel like something should've been announced by now. Unless Terrget is pulling another Age of Extinction stunt and BAM there's a steelbook.

As am I...weren't they normally released right around Turkey Day. Hopefully you are right though and something just shows up out of the blue.

DarkEco910 · 11-04-2015, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Smigro

As am I...weren't they normally released right around Turkey Day. Hopefully you are right though and something just shows up out of the blue.

The Desolation of Smaug EE came out exactly a year ago this day.

raw341 · 11-04-2015, 02:06 PM

Target, you are our only hope in getting this steelbook in the US

Hopefully someone else gets this steel with english writing in case we dont get one in the US

DarkEco910 · 11-04-2015, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by raw341

Target, you are our only hope in getting this steelbook in the US

Hopefully someone else gets this steel with english writing in case we dont get one in the US

All I'm saying is if there isn't one announced on or just before release day of the US standard edition, both of my previous steelbooks are going for sale and I'm getting the boxed set to match my LotR extended edition boxed set.

EDIT: I love how we United States-ians hijack the international threads for these and complain about nothing being said about our country's steelbook.

raw341 · 11-04-2015, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by mertz523

All I'm saying is if there isn't one announced on or just before release day of the US standard edition, both of my previous steelbooks are going for sale and I'm getting the boxed set to match my LotR extended edition boxed set.

EDIT: I love how we United States-ians hijack the international threads for these and complain about nothing being said about our country's steelbook.

Isnt that our job?

With this releasing in about 2 weeks stateside, my hopes of one is dwindling.

TheHutt · 11-04-2015, 02:42 PM

Just import the German disc and don't look too close on the subtitle

DarkEco910 · 11-04-2015, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by TheHutt

Just import the German disc and don't look too close on the subtitle

If it were bilingual, I'd have almost no issue with that. But if I ask someone if they want to watch Die Schlacht Der Funf Heere, that probably won't go over very well.

On second thought, that'd be comical...

Whirlygig · 11-04-2015, 03:26 PM

Just a reminder, the US Hobbit Extended SB releases have in the past only contain a 3D disc, not a 3D + 2D as is my preference. Which is why I always order them from the UK (5-disc set), and their Five Armies is up. Be aware they are jumbos.

imsounoriginal · 11-04-2015, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Whirlygig

Just a reminder, these US Hobbit Extended SB releases have in the past only contain a 3D disc, not a 3D + 2D as is my preference. Which is why I always order them from the UK (5-disc set), and their Five Armies is up. Be aware they are jumbos.

That was only for the first one. The second one's SB was 2D only. Neither release was ideal.

Whirlygig · 11-04-2015, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

That was only for the first one. The second one's SB was 2D only. Neither release was ideal.

Hmm, then the Target exclusive cover art is wrong here because it says 3D. I obviously was unaware since after the first one was not what I wanted I've just stuck with UK for consistency.

DarkEco910 · 11-04-2015, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Whirlygig

Just a reminder, the US Hobbit Extended SB releases have in the past only contain a 3D disc, not a 3D + 2D as is my preference. Which is why I always order them from the UK (5-disc set), and their Five Armies is up. Be aware they are jumbos.

Best Buy's AUJ was 3D only, yes. I was able to buy the standard extended edition super cheap and swapped the discs. I sold the 3D discs on eBay in the standard edition case and came out even.

Terrget's TDoS was 2D only, and that was fine by me. I don't know why the image was never changed on here...

If there is a US steelie announced for TBotFA, I'm hoping it's 2D only. If not, I'll just pull the same stunt with AUJ.

I have never purchased a jumbo steelbook and I intend to keep it that way.

imsounoriginal · 11-04-2015, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Whirlygig

Hmm, then the Target exclusive cover art is wrong here because it says 3D. I obviously was unaware since after the first one was not what I wanted I've just stuck with UK for consistency.

Yeah the pic here is wrong, I think it's the UK cover? Anyway, 3D+2D for each movie would've been the best option, even if they are jumbos. I don't mind jumbos as long as they use the black plastic instead of the translucent one.

Either way, I had the Steelbooks but then sold em for the standard 3D versions in Amarays with lenti slipcases, so I'll stick with that for TBotFA for consistency. Just probably won't buy for a while since I don't think Amazon is in any rush to drop the price to something remotely reasonable.

Whirlygig · 11-04-2015, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by mertz523

I have never purchased a jumbo steelbook and I intend to keep it that way.

You live by your code, I live by mine. May we only come to blows if one of us mentions MetalPaks.

wjasoncul · 11-04-2015, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by mertz523

All I'm saying is if there isn't one announced on or just before release day of the US standard edition, both of my previous steelbooks are going for sale and I'm getting the boxed set to match my LotR extended edition boxed set.

EDIT: I love how we United States-ians hijack the international threads for these and complain about nothing being said about our country's steelbook.

I'm happy with the individual EE Releases they put out. Great quality slipboxes IMO. I'm banking on the third movie being the same

No trilogy set for me

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DarkEco910 · 11-17-2015, 02:18 PM

I'm officially disappointed in the US retailers and I'm putting my previous two steels up for sale on eBay tonight. I honestly wasn't a big fan of these movies anyway...

11-04-2015, 09:09 AM	#1
TheHutt Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jun 2010 Trading Score:1	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Extended Ed.) MediaMarkt/Saturn exclusive Release Date: November 26, 2015 Number of discs: 3 Price: 32.99 EUR Links: MediaMarkt: http://www.mediamarkt.de/mcs/product...html?langId=-3 Saturn: http://www.saturn.de/mcs/product/_De...html?langId=-3

11-04-2015, 12:41 PM	#2
imsounoriginal Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:NYC 4K collection:320 Blu-ray collection:946 DVD collection:70 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:59	Nice art, looks better than the standard 2D and 3D covers. But the German text is a dealbreaker. EDIT: and no 3D. Last edited by imsounoriginal; 11-04-2015 at 12:58 PM.

11-04-2015, 12:54 PM	#3
Smigro Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2013 Location:Philly suburbs Home Theater Gallery:3 4K collection:280 Blu-ray collection:1357 DVD collection:11 Digital collection:32 Trading Score:277	Hopefully Target or BB announce something in the coming weeks to go with the EE steelbooks for the first two.

11-04-2015, 02:06 PM	#8
raw341 Senior Member Member since:Jun 2013 Location:Edmond, Oklahoma 4K collection:47 Blu-ray collection:367 Trading Score:136	Target, you are our only hope in getting this steelbook in the US Hopefully someone else gets this steel with english writing in case we dont get one in the US

11-04-2015, 02:42 PM	#11
TheHutt Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jun 2010 Trading Score:1	Just import the German disc and don't look too close on the subtitle

11-04-2015, 03:26 PM	#13
Whirlygig Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Apr 2011 Location:HD-DVD: 352 Home Theater Gallery:5 4K collection:120 Blu-ray collection:3893 DVD collection:658 Digital collection:491 Trading Score:6	Just a reminder, the US Hobbit Extended SB releases have in the past only contain a 3D disc, not a 3D + 2D as is my preference. Which is why I always order them from the UK (5-disc set), and their Five Armies is up. Be aware they are jumbos.

11-17-2015, 02:18 PM	#20
DarkEco910 Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Mar 2013 4K collection:342 Blu-ray collection:620 DVD collection:38 Digital collection:695 iTunes collection:814 Trading Score:297	I'm officially disappointed in the US retailers and I'm putting my previous two steels up for sale on eBay tonight. I honestly wasn't a big fan of these movies anyway...

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