Re-releases - Your opinion?

Same art re-releases or reprints .... Make your voice heard in the poll. I will be passing this on to all my contacts. While I have made my voice heard before to them individually ... I think its time they see it from more than one person.

Multiple Choice Poll !!!!!


Example: Iron Man play.com is not a re-release as they changed the art on front. We're talking exact re-releases or all the same art and some minute change.

[RobertJoseph17]

Hate em. I remember a few months ago, it was fun searching for the hard to get steels. Now, I can't remember the last time I was happy to score a great Steel. If they're just going to get re-released, the collector in me wants out of the game. I'll just buy the movies I want to watch and leave the collecting to other people.

[Pickersmadrid]

Exactly, why spending much more money for a steelbook if the colectable factor is taken away. Like you gus said, I will just buy the movies I like and with the others I will be happy enough to buy the amaray.

So pissed though that they are taking away the fun of serching every day for that one steelbook or even the satisfaction of knowing that you spend the money in something unique.

[Malky78]

I don't like them. As long it uses different (totally different) art, then fair enough. They want to make money so why not take advantage of what's turning into a cash cow.

Re-printing the same steel is cynical. It's getting to the point where limited or exclusive will need to be followed by, world wide exclusive, never to be reprinted, honest. I won't pay any more than £40 for a steel, so I've not been stung with this and when I have, I can live with it. Hell I've even bought the rerelease to sit on the shelf with the original

I think a lot of people are collecting SB thinking they will make money out of it. Speaking from experience, most hobbies end up costing you a lot in the long run. If you buy expensive items on the secondary market you are running the risk of losing a lot. If you never intend on selling them, enjoy them and forget all the 'what's it worth' chat.

[Wreck]

Originally Posted by Pickersmadrid

Exactly, why spending much more money for a steelbook if the colectable factor is taken away. Like you gus said, I will just buy the movies I like and with the others I will be happy enough to buy the amaray.

So pissed though that they are taking away the fun of serching every day for that one steelbook or even the satisfaction of knowing that you spend the money in something unique.

Trust me brother, I'm keeping the fight alive ... I'm steadily working with more studios day by day and trying to help educate them on the ways to please both new collectors and old. I just have a long road a head of me ...

[Jason Bourne]

Hate them. Period. Dont wanna' ever see them again if I had my way. The only thing they do is ruin the hobby.

[Pickersmadrid]

Originally Posted by Wreck

Trust me brother, I'm keeping the fight alive ... I'm steadily working with more studios day by day and trying to help educate them on the ways to please both new collectors and old. I just have a long road a head of me ...

Even though I am new here, I have been looking at your amazing job in this forum and I trust you 100 % !!

Go for it!

[Guinness7]

It seems like some of the titles are getting a very redundant. There are so many great movies out there that have yet to see some steelbook action and then there are other movies that have eight plus version already. I like seeing new titles available in steelbook, but would also like to see some different catalog steels as well. I guess most titles out there aren't really re releases because they are meant to be sold only in that region, but I am sure most buyers of steelbooks out there are pretty serious about collecting and find ways to get them from other regions and after a while the same old movies recycled gets a little old.

[chanfm]

They should stop all re releases. Period. If a country or a retailer issues a "limited edition", they are representing to a buyer that that item is limited to the present issue size.

If they issue a re print (which they should not, in the first place), that re print must be different enough so that buyers can easily distinguish between the first release and the re print.

If a retailer wishes to reserve the right to issue a re print identical to the first print sometime in the future, it should not represent that the first release is a "limited edition".

[Ashcroft]

Originally Posted by terry44

Scott Pilgrim did it for me.. You got the limited U.K release think I paid £40 sealed. Then along came the German reel heroes releases then hold on another German release with Blue back ground then to top this off the U.K release it exactly the same as the the first release but call it 100th Universal edition W.T.F?.
Same for hot fuzz and shaun of the dead started with the Canadian releases then more German release then back out again in the U.K Fair enough at least these these did have different art but repackaging copious amounts of catalog titles is a tad annoying to a collector.

But every one one of those releases is different. The new horizontal Scott Pilgrim isn't making any of the others less rare. That is not what this poll is about.

[Fork]

I don't care as long as the re-release has a DIFFERENT artwork.

On the other hand, re-releasing the same title with the SAME artwork is not appreciated at all!!

[RobertJoseph17]

Originally Posted by Fork

I don't care as long as the re-release has a DIFFERENT artwork.

On the other hand, re-releasing the same title with the SAME artwork is not appreciated at all!!

I think when we say re-release, we mean the same artwork. So, your vote sounds like it would be Hate It.

[Wreck]

Originally Posted by Ashcroft

But every one one of those releases is different. The new horizontal Scott Pilgrim isn't making any of the others less rare. That is not what this poll is about.

Yeah I think either a lot of people didnt get that ... or the new collectors are just in the masses here. heh.

[jbsolo]

Yes, they should make it different than the previous versions. They can get more buyers because older collectors would like to get the new versions too

[WKRP]

It depends. I would like the same country to change the art slightly and re-release some rare titles.

I am Legend (Canada): It's almost identical, just without the blue banner. I don't remember too much crying about that one. They could do something similar with Iron Man and I would be fine with it. Or do embossed vs non-embossed. Something minor to change it is sufficient.

Inglourious Basterds (Canada): 3 releases with very different covers, which is OK because people can still get a decent looking steel of the same movie.

What I don't care for is having new releases from country after country with the same artwork (Hugo 3D sticks in my brain, because I want better art).

And I can't stand it when they alter the English name of the movie (Germany, France). Use a partial cover with foreign language on it (Asian releases) -- don't ruin the face of the steel with your goofed-up name. When only one country is releasing a steel this becomes really annoying (looking at you again, Germany). (off topic but a bigger deal to me)

[MK50]

Originally Posted by WKRP

It depends. I would like the same country to change the art slightly and re-release some rare titles.

And I can't stand it when they alter the English name of the movie (Germany, France). Use a partial cover with foreign language on it (Asian releases) -- don't ruin the face of the steel with your goofed-up name. When only one country is releasing a steel this becomes really annoying (looking at you again, Germany). (off topic but a bigger deal to me)

Sorry for jumping in here
Think we all have to understand that they release a Steelbook in one country to sell it in THAT COUNTRY!
So if a Movie is known in Germany by a translated or changed name into german Language (not that i like that!) they will (and should) keep it to SELL it in Germany and that is what counts for the Studios/publishers that decide to put the Steelbook on the german market!

[RobertJoseph17]

Originally Posted by MK50

Sorry for jumping in here
Think we all have to understand that they release a Steelbook in one country to sell it in THAT COUNTRY!
So if a Movie is known in Germany by a translated or changed name into german Language (not that i like that!) they will (and should) keep it to SELL it in Germany and that is what counts for the Studios/publishers that decide to put the Steelbook on the german market!

Definitely agree with this. If you're selling a movie in your country, I think it's your prerogative on what language your cover is going to be.