Blade (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Zavvi Exclusive) [UK]

[Noodles]

Release date: November 24, 2017 (First Batch) - April 30, 2018 (Second Batch) - March 4, 2019 (Re-release)
Purchase link: Zavvi (pre-orders for re-release go live January 19 around 6PM UK time)
Price: £15.99

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[Starling]

It's the same steelbook

We collectors are a funny breed, it may have a slightly different shade, or a minuscule difference on the jcard. Who knows until it's in hand?

 

[BluSteel2012]

We collectors are a funny breed, it may have a slightly different shade, or a minuscule difference on the jcard. Who knows until it's in hand?

I heard there was no embossing for the second wave!!!!!!

 

[paulboland]

I heard there was no embossing for the second wave!!!!!!

I heard from

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random nobody who does not exist

It has no Disc inside they got the idea from Hdzeta

 

[Hewitt89]

I was aware of the April 30th release but they usually take your money around this time. So i suspect it will be delayed even further

Oh? I can’t remember being charged by Zavvi until the same day or day before it ships.

 

[denizen]

All their pre-orders ship before the release date

 

[Hewitt89]

Ah, yes it might be close with only 5 days left. Although lately they have rarely shipped my pre-orders many days before so we’ll see about this one.

 

[Hewitt89]

Got dispatched today

 

[Steelselecta]

Dispatched at frigging last!

 

[huggy2k4]

After I got my first steel delivered and found the back of it scratched to hell and no chance of a replacement I stuck an order in for another to be delivered in March as a replacement, well I finally get it today to find the colours on the front and back a lot paler and the spine with added logos.

Did anybody else who got theres this week have the paler red colour on theres to .

2017 on the left V 2018 on the right


And 2018 as blu-ray and WB logo now

 

[Starling]

Spine without logos is the one to get then!

The first batch must be as rare as hens teeth!

 

[huggy2k4]

Spine without logos is the one to get then!

The first batch must be as rare as hens teeth!

Looks like it, unless I was unlucky and mines the only and everybody else’s where fine like the first batch.

 

[Hewitt89]

I don’t mind the logos personally, they are on more or less every title so I think it looks good. But the red on the first version does look a little sharper. I’m still waiting for mine to arrive.

 

[Starling]

Looks like it, unless I was unlucky and mines the only and everybody else’s where fine like the first batch.

Definitely two variants on eBay, I don't think the sellers of the earlier edition realise what they've got just yet!

Could be time to snatch one before others realise..

 

[BladeRunner2049]

I got one of the November ones, no logo"s on mine either!

Could certainly become quite a grail for some!

 

[Starling]

Two logoless copies on eBay have been snatched up in the past hour lol!

This could get really interesting really quickly!

 

[Dr. Demonic]

I was glad to own a copy from the first batch, now even more so.

 

[virkia]

Yes, difference in spine logos/lack thereof plain to see:-
2017

2018

Ok, UK steelbook spines without logos certainly more unusual than usual but not exactly "rare as hen's teeth".
Some of the examples I dug up a couple of years ago of UK steelbooks with clean, title only spines:-

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BRONSON front artwork from the poster designed by Thomas Fournier of Oink Creative.

 

[BluSteel2012]

Jesus, who gives a sh1t?

 

[huggy2k4]

Yes, difference in spine logos/lack thereof plain to see:-
2017
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Ok, UK steelbook spines without logos certainly more unusual than usual but not exactly "rare as hen's teeth".
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BRONSON front artwork from the poster designed by Thomas Fournier of Oink Creative.

I’d have to say the missing spine logos ain’t the problem with the 2nd batch it’s the less vibrant red when compared to the 1st batch from 2017.

 

[Starling]

I wonder how many were available for the first edition, I would estimate only 500 or 1000.