Agent Carter: The Complete First Season (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Zavvi Exclusive) [UK]

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Release date: 30 November, 2015
Purchase dink: Agent Carter [SOLD OUT]
Price: £24.99
Note: Limited to 2000 copies only

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Ordered a second copy when the cancellations went up to make sure I got one. That shipped within a few hours. My original order? Still waitin'... Same with Ant-Man. Once I have it in hand, the first order is getting cancelled. What a bunch of absolute clowns :mad::angry:
 
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Having received it yesterday, and with time to think, I don't mind it.

Sure, it could have been glossy (but with Disney/Marvel they rarely are), but the matte finish isn't bad. It's not streaky, and the central image isn't anywhere near as hard to see as some have made out. The debossed title is a nice touch (although to be expected) and it does have a nice feel to it. The back is really where it gets let down. I'm not a fan of embossing on the back of steelbooks anyway, but just having the Marvel logo is a bit pointless (same fate as Avengers Assemble/Age of Ultron double-pack). A group image would have been better, or the picture that's on the front of the regular amaray might have worked.

Overall, it's okay. There are certainly worse steelbooks out there, but no, it doesn't have any kind of 'wow' factor. The thing that actually bugs me the most is in regards to the discs. Why is there no 'play all' option? I hate returning to the menu every 45 minutes (it doesn't even highlight the next episode automatically). Also I don't need to see the FBI warning every time I select an episode or be reminded that 'piracy is not a victimless crime' one it's over.

Does Agents of SHIELD do this? I certainly hope it's sorted out by the time Daredevil and Jessica Jones come out. 'Play all' please Disney.
 
I like it, nice classy design and like the letters :)

It could have been slightly brighter but it's nice
 
Having received it yesterday, and with time to think, I don't mind it.

Sure, it could have been glossy (but with Disney/Marvel they rarely are), but the matte finish isn't bad. It's not streaky, and the central image isn't anywhere near as hard to see as some have made out. The debossed title is a nice touch (although to be expected) and it does have a nice feel to it. The back is really where it gets let down. I'm not a fan of embossing on the back of steelbooks anyway, but just having the Marvel logo is a bit pointless (same fate as Avengers Assemble/Age of Ultron double-pack). A group image would have been better, or the picture that's on the front of the regular amaray might have worked.

Overall, it's okay. There are certainly worse steelbooks out there, but no, it doesn't have any kind of 'wow' factor. The thing that actually bugs me the most is in regards to the discs. Why is there no 'play all' option? I hate returning to the menu every 45 minutes (it doesn't even highlight the next episode automatically). Also I don't need to see the FBI warning every time I select an episode or be reminded that 'piracy is not a victimless crime' one it's over.

Does Agents of SHIELD do this? I certainly hope it's sorted out by the time Daredevil and Jessica Jones come out. 'Play all' please Disney.

Might be more of an ABC thing, since they could master their discs different than Disney / Marvel and Netflix.
 
Having received this today, it's a lot better than I expected based on some people's reactions.
Sure, it's a Matte finish (it's still far from the worst Matte finish I've seen... you should see some of the releases the US get) and the back is lazy.

However...
- They could have just left the back black without anything on it. I'd rather have something.
- It has a title, both on the front of the Steelbook (debossed) and Spine.
- The artwork is pretty much as advertised, albeit a little darker and without the abc studios logo on the front.
- It's got debossing (front) AND embossing (back).

...all it's really missing is a bit of Gloss.

Also, it only cost £0.75 more than the Amaray from Amazon, or £3.75 more than the Amaray from Zavvi (assuming you ordered with the 5% off code). Can't really grumble at that.
 

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Received my copy today with "Winter Soldier" and it's a bit like going from the sublime to the ridiculous.
This is soooo dark that you need good daylight or very decent lighting to even make out the front image :(
The only good thing about it is the very smart silver de-bossed title.
Could have absolutely done WITHOUT the "Marvel' logo on the front as well as the white print "The Complete First Season" (and "ABC studios" on the 1/4 slip).
it's a good move though to put this first season stuff at the top of the spine in small print IF they carry that over to season 2 et al.
5/10

At least sub-standard ones like this one make me appreciate the decent ones all the more :)
 
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What a pile, they're not even trying anymore between this and the joke that's is marvel phase 2 ltd edition they shouldn't have bothered I wonder if that clown "Isaac "Ike" Perlmutter" had anything to do with this years crap on top of the stuff mentioned we have no extras for shield season 2, we get one cover the world over for avengers 2 (how original) we get many P**s poor steelbooks, we haven't seen a lenticular sleeve since avengers, and the last decent set was phase one ltd edition, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?

On a plus note I have saved a lot of money on both sides of the water by not buying any of this years awful releases, good way to loose money Disney/marvel, keep it up next year and i'll save even more money, take it in we won't by this lazy awful looking crap, you think your cutting corners saving a few penny's and come the end of the year your down a lot, lot more, stop listening to "Ike Perlmutter" the moron for god sake do us all a favour and kick him to the curb before he does more damage and his greed ruins it for everyone.
 
Also, it only cost £0.75 more than the Amaray from Zavvi, or £3.75 more than the Amaray from Amazon (assuming you ordered with the 5% off code). Can't really grumble at that.

I wouldn't bother with Amazon's prices which suck at the best of times.
Thankfully, however, with the re-appearance of HMV Online, Amazon appears recently to be price-tracking a lot of titles and for example I don't have to pay more than GBP 8.99 for 88 Films' Slasher & Italian Collections and 101 Films' "The Cult Movie Collection" and new releases from Signal One Entertainment :thumbs:
Love you, HMV :kiss:
 
I wouldn't bother with Amazon's prices which suck at the best of times.
I actually managed to post that the wrong way round somehow, Amaray is cheaper on Amazon not Zavvi (as is normally the case).

Is the HMV.com online store run by Xtra-Vision like hmv.ie? Because I've had nothing but bad experiences from Xtra-Vision/HMV.ie; orders cancelled due to being OOS, sent the wrong items... etc.
 
I actually managed to post that the wrong way round somehow, Amaray is cheaper on Amazon not Zavvi (as is normally the case).

Is the HMV.com online store run by Xtra-Vision like hmv.ie? Because I've had nothing but bad experiences from Xtra-Vision/HMV.ie; orders cancelled due to being OOS, sent the wrong items... etc.
Personally have had nothing but good experiences with Store HMV Online in the short time that they've been trading - as in excellent packaging and speedy dispatch.
Recently ordered the 7 newly released Disneys with the slipcovers matching the case artwork and one came without the slipcover - "Atlantis" - and they wrote me a very nice reply explaining the stock situation of this particular title and provided Freepost Returns Details . . . so, yes, perfectly happy to buy from them.
Small stock selection, though, of less than 5.000 Blu-rays.
Sorry but not familiar with ownership and other matters.

P.S. I don't remember the last Amaray I bought from Zavvi or The Hut so it must be a looooong time ago.
 
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I had an order for this originally then cancelled to conserve funds last night I pulled the trigger for this along with Captain America 1 & 2. If Thor 1 & 2 were available I probably would've gotten them too! Christmas 22 days away, & I'm wasting money on myself I'm so terrible... Lol thankfully I got most of the presents I aimed for already.