Bambi (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Zavvi Exclusive) (Disney Collection #13) [UK]

[digitalbabe]

Release date: April 7th, 2014
Purchase link: Bambi
Price: £19.99
Notes: Full gloss

The others: Zavvi Exclusive: The Disney Collection Blu-ray SteelBooks

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Actual advance pics:

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Pics from ricstser:

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All images can be clicked on for a closer view. They are all high res and can be viewed at full scale.

Below are shots to help show the finishing on the steel.

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HDN EXCLUSIVE FINISHING SHOT
Extremely close up shot to help show you the paint job

 

[glennturner21]

Still nothing, me thinks this is not going to arrive. If it cant get to London within a week then it never will Cheers Royal Mail

 

[paulboland]

 

[Lucifer Adams]

I must be one of the lucky ones. I received my copies of Bambi, Brave and Cinderella with no slashes, dings or dents

That's one heck of a hat-trick, mate! Congrats! Now go buy yourself a Lottery Ticket; you're on fire

 

[LeeB]

That's one heck of a hat-trick, mate! Congrats! Now go buy yourself a Lottery Ticket; you're on fire

They did screw me with Star Trek though, big glue spots all over them !!


I am Kal-El of Krypton, it is time to fulfil my destiny

 

[extrafuzzyllama]

so what's the deal Cinderella,bambi and brave suffering from high amounts of slashes and dents? hope mine arrive mint

 

[paulboland]

so what's the deal Cinderella,bambi and brave suffering from high amounts of slashes and dents? hope mine arrive mint

None of mine had any Spine slashes

 

[duckandrun]

 

[extrafuzzyllama]

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GB I am assuming or ebay?

 

[TobGud]

Little stock for our community CINE-MUESEUM
You can fins us on Facebook...our slogan is:"by collectors, for collectors"

..and including spine slashes

 

[Earl Nuce]

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Yikes, over half with spine slashes?

 

[James125]

I hope that is just the plastic. I had a steel come from Zavvi a few days ago that I thought had spine slashes but it was just the plastic with a wrinkle right at that area. Definitely gets your blood pressure up though!

 

[gaeljet]

just received it(spine dammaged..)

here's some comparativeshots with the viva

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for those who ouldn't see the pictures, try this link

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[Lollard2002]

I've already had 3 emails back from Zavvi basically saying they'll get back to me and i have sent them photographs so it's looking more and more to me like this spine splash is a serious problem that's affected a serious amount of copies......

 

[AlexG]

I wonder how they are with US customers over returns. Seeing how many copies have the slashed spine. Now I'm thinking my copy may have this same issue.

 

[TobyBunny]

Not sure why so many of you are blaming zavvi , it may or may not be them at all.

Remember there are 3 stages to steelbook production & delivery.

1) Steelbook made at scanavo then packed in cardboard boxes
2) Boxes opened at media distribution centre and discs and leaflets etc placed inside then sealed and placed back in boxes.
3) Box received & opened by end retailer.

It could either be at stage 2 or stage 3 that the dings and dents and spline slashes appear but considering the sheer volume of media (CDs DVDs steelbooks etc) that the media centres stock and fill cases with, I would be more likely to point the finger of blame at them rather than the end retailer.

Another fault with this release by the way is that the J-Card says the audio track is full lossless dts HD-MA 7.1 but it's not , it's a lossy track - dts HD-HR 7.1
Not a biggie but strange for Disney who are obsessed with giving all ancient catalogue titles a full 7.1 dts HD Master Audio track (even Snow White in 1937) to suddenly release Bambi with a lossy track and then get the tech specs wrong on the info card !!!

 

[duckandrun]

Yikes, over half with spine slashes?

Just plasti riflex

 

[glennturner21]

I've already had 3 emails back from Zavvi basically saying they'll get back to me and i have sent them photographs so it's looking more and more to me like this spine splash is a serious problem that's affected a serious amount of copies......

Still waiting for my Bambi , but my Cinderella arrived with a slash. I contact zavvi attaching a photo and within 24 hrs they had sent me collect plus returns label. Have opted for a replacement. as long as they still have them buy the time they receive the faultly one and they dont send me another slashed one. finger crossed.

Some how just had a 2nd post delivery of the day ( thought those days were long gone ) and Bambi has just arrived and thankfully it is mint. Very nice looking steel

 

[pmwhelan]

Not sure why so many of you are blaming zavvi , it may or may not be them at all.

Remember there are 3 stages to steelbook production & delivery.

1) Steelbook made at scanavo then packed in cardboard boxes
2) Boxes opened at media distribution centre and discs and leaflets etc placed inside then sealed and placed back in boxes.
3) Box received & opened by end retailer.

It could either be at stage 2 or stage 3 that the dings and dents and spline slashes appear but considering the sheer volume of media (CDs DVDs steelbooks etc) that the media centres stock and fill cases with, I would be more likely to point the finger of blame at them rather than the end retailer.

Another fault with this release by the way is that the J-Card says the audio track is full lossless dts HD-MA 7.1 but it's not , it's a lossy track - dts HD-HR 7.1
Not a biggie but strange for Disney who are obsessed with giving all ancient catalogue titles a full 7.1 dts HD Master Audio track (even Snow White in 1937) to suddenly release Bambi with a lossy track and then get the tech specs wrong on the info card !!!

Regardless of where the damage is caused ... Zavvi are sending out damaged steels.

 

[ZubS]

Well got this one today and yet another spine slash, sending this back to zavvi along with Cinderella, zavvi are starting to get on my nerves

 

[TobyBunny]

Regardless of where the damage is caused ... Zavvi are sending out damaged steels.

Yes they are but considering that a lot of spine slashes you can't actually see until the wrap is removed and those that you can see would need to be individually checked, you can't blame them for not checking all 4,000 or 8,000 or whatever personally, especially when it only affects those that were unluckily on the top of the box.

Also take into account that the chances of getting a reprint done are minimal and I can see why they still want to offload them - it's either that or cancelling the entire sale and saying to customers "sorry but a certain number are damaged so we are withdrawing it " - we'd all be bitching about that then as well.

I certainly wouldn't want the job either way

It really is about time that the people at both scanavo & the distribution centres either started putting thin cardboard on top of the steelbooks in the box to porotect them or made the boxes 1 inch bigger so the Stanley knife didn't cut into the tightly packed steelbooks - it isn't rocket science.