Black Hawk Down (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Zavvi Exclusive) [UK]

[BluSteel2012]

Release date: February 20, 2017
Purchase link: Zavvi (Pre-orders will be live around 6 PM UK time on Sunday January 15)
Price: £15.99

Spoiler

 

[IRON MAN]

SteelBook pics posted here:

https://www.hidefninja.com/communit...tion-czech-republic.83093/page-4#post-1864960

Debossed Title Treatment
Matte Finish
Partially Varnished

 

[gaeljet]

it 's the helicopter and the peaople on the back only that are varnished, right?

 

[virkia]

^ Spot gloss on the front too according to Zavvi's site
"Matt Varnish, Creative White Base with Spot Gloss UV on front Helicopter and Spot Gloss UV on back Soldier & x 3 Helicopters, Deboss title"
or, if you prefer
"Finition mate avec spot-gloss sur l'hélicoptère du recto et sur le soldat et les 3 hélicoptères du verso. Titre débossé"
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Whatever it is it's a stunner with artwork carrying across both the inside and outside and is far superior ro the Play.com release (IMO).
- Better colouring
- Better artwork throughout
- Better positioning of the title and de-bossed to boot
- Less print on the cover
- Correct positioning of the "Blu-ray" logo on the spine away from the studio logo
etc.

 

[Flloydo]

SteelBook pics posted here:

https://www.hidefninja.com/communit...tion-czech-republic.83093/page-4#post-1864960

Debossed Title Treatment
Matte Finish
Partially Varnished

it 's the helicopter and the peaople on the back only that are varnished, right?

Looks like spot gloss on the front

At first I thought they did us again and it was all varnish

 

[javiermendoza]

Card charged.

 

[paulboland]

Debit Card Charged
I expect will be despatched tomorrow

 

[moviemania1973]

Card charged here too. Looking forward to getting this back in my collection. Could do with Panic Room now too.

 

[jaffajakes]

Card charged here too. Looking forward to getting this back in my collection. Could do with Panic Room now too.

ughhh yes. I'm surprised Panic Room hasn't had a steelbook release yet.

 

[zoltan_g]

ughhh yes. I'm surprised Panic Room hasn't had a steelbook release yet.

On top of that, it has not even been released on blu-ray yet. At all.

 

[misformatt]

ughhh yes. I'm surprised Panic Room hasn't had a steelbook release yet.

It hasn't even been released on blu-ray yet. Still waiting on The Abyss as well. Maybe one day.

 

[zoltan_g]

It hasn't even been released on blu-ray yet. Still waiting on The Abyss as well. Maybe one day.

And True Lies. [Offtopic ended.]

 

[javiermendoza]

Debit Card Charged
I expect will be despatched tomorrow

You were right. Dispatched an hour ago

 

[lgans316]

Problem charging credit card although it works perfectly fine. Will be cancelling and re-ordering later at a lower price later provided it remains in stock.

 

[virkia]

Incoming

EDIT 17/2:
Arrived safely and more than acceptable.
Daytime scene perfectly complements the night vision scene of the original steelbook and together with the wraparound artwork and "gritty" finish this is one serious steelbook.

Not much to add to the pre-order description except to mention . . .
- The nice minor touch of continuity . . . having the de-bossed title picked out in the same shade of yellow throughout - on the spine and on the large print on the front and underside of the j-card.

- The pronounced shine on the lower half gold section giving the feeling that the chopper is hovering over the fiery pit of Hell (or maybe it's just dawn breaking lol).

- Matte finish, yes, and with a thin layer of gloss on the rotor blades and rotor mast on the front of the steelbook (and elsewhere on the back) and by thin I mean thin it does still looks the business.

Can't help wondering however if the type of finish used on say the recent APOCALYPSE NOW steelbook would have generated more interest in this one.
7.5/10

 

[StifflersDad]

Smooth matte finish. Lovely spot gloss and debossed title

 

[IRON MAN]

Thanks for the pics @StifflersDad , this'll go nicely in the Japanese slip

 

[BluSteel2012]

Smooth matte finish. Lovely spot gloss and debossed title
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Looks well. But not enough for me to double dip on this. Thanks for the pics.

Nice to see Sony putting some effort into their steelbooks of late.

 

[Flloydo]

Got mine today and I'm not sure if I like it to be honest

Pictures make it look much better

 

[iamironman]

I'm with Flloydo. Imagery on the front isn't as crisp and striking as in the pictures and I'm quite disappointed with it. Had some nice surprises lately with Fury Road and the re-release of Django but this is a bit of a let down for me, sadly.

 

[paulboland]