Le Grand Bleu (1988) (aka The Big Blue) (Blu-ray SteelBook) (KimchiDVD Exclusive #2) [Korea]

[biscuitnoir]

Le Grand Bleu (Blu-ray SteelBook) (KimchiDVD Exclusive #2) [Korea]
Release date: {param} October 30th, 2013
Price: $44.99
Purchase links:
Lenticular Version (Sold-out)
Quarter Slip Version (Sold-out)

Specs:
Size: Blu-Ray Steelbook (G2)
Discs: 2 (Theater Cut on disc #1, Extended Cut on disc #2)
Region Free: Yes
Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Korean

Limited edition features:
Limited to 2000
Available outside KimchiDVD: No
Numbered: Yes (numbers to be given randomly)
Exclusive Sticker: Yes
Exclusive contents: Artcard with dolphin holder for the ALL copies.
Extras items: Photo Cards or Booklet (TBC)
Slipcover: Quarter Slip to Match the Artwork of the Steelbook/Lenticular Slipcover (2 versions of the release will be offer
Special Treatment: Debossed Title and Hyper-Gloss Finish on 90% artwork confirmed
Per Choi: Only debossed title, No border

List of Kimchidvd Exclusive SteelBook Editions

* Lenticular Edition (1500 limited)
View attachment 40435

* Quarter Slip Edition (500 limited)
View attachment 40436

Final Artwork:

Old infos:

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Oct. 16 Update:

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(Big thanks to Choi!!!)

Kimchi just confirmed that last pre-order will start at 21st Oct. 20:00 PM (Korea Time)
Click here for International hours

- 1/4 and lenticular will be available too
- 1/4 slip is less than 50 copies, please be hurry to grasp one if you like to add in your collection

August 9 Update:

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Important Announcement here.

Due to Thanks giving day(biggest holiday in Asia), some color adjustment on artwork (more bright tons and saturation etc) and remove title on the back (not front) raised from feedback of HDN ninja's opinion.

Last friday scanavo told Kimchidvd to delay the final shipment of product.
Estimated release date has to be changed as Middle of October or End of October.

due to cancellation of LGB order in Kimchi, Kimchi will re-open the pre-order for rest of quantity around 16th September or later day (it will be announced soon)

Please kindly understand the delay for adjusting steelbook looks even better and manufacturing issue in scanavo.

I will share the steelbook sample picture as soon as it arrive in Kimchi, might be around final week of September (Steelbook & lenticular)

Mod, Please update release date in OP

Thanks

June 19th Update:

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Updated artwork and info from Kimchi:
Front/back:

Inside:

Infos:
Coating: Hyper-gloss
Embossed/Debossed: Debossed Title (Le Grand Bleu)
Special treatment: Special request for ocean-blue color

July 1st update:

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The steelbook will be offered in TWO versions:

1) 1500 units with a lenticular slipcover;
2) 500 units with a quarter slipcover;

All 2000 copies will be offered with the numbered card.

All copies will be individually numbered: 1-1500 for the lenticular version, 1-500 for the quarter slip version.

First shots of the releases will be presented in the next few days.

Pre-order will go live July 8th 9:00 AM Korea time (Monday July 7th 12:00AM GMT, 8:00PM EST, 5:00PM PST).

Pre-Order Price (for the first 3 days): $41.99 (regular price is $44.99).

Pre-Order Quantity: 250 copies for the quarter slip version, 500 copies for the lenticular slipcover version.

July 3rd update:

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Slipcover pictures!

Quarter slipcover front and back:

Lenticular slipcover front and back:

1st pre-order info: (ended)

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Special Pre-Order Session:
July 8th 9:00 AM Korea time (Sunday July 7th 12:00AM GMT, 8:00PM EST, 5:00PM PST)
Promotional pre-order price: $41.99

2nd pre-order info: (ended)

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Major update from Choi 7/13/2013: [Mod. Edit: PLEASE READ]

Today I officially announced the pre-order date & time for 2nd round
as I said before, Kimchi will fix pre-order date & time based on UK time zone.

London (United Kingdom - England) Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 13:00:00 BST UTC+1 hour
Seoul (South Korea) Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 21:00:00 KST UTC+9 hours
Vancouver (Canada - British Columbia) Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 05:00:00 PDT UTC-7 hours
New York (U.S.A. - New York) Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 08:00:00 EDT UTC-4 hours
Paris (France) Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 14:00:00 CEST UTC+2 hours
Corresponding UTC (GMT) Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 12:00:00

-1x copy per slipcover (2x copies for slipcover was sold out too fast like 7 min, That's why kimchi put more restriction for quarter slip release)
-5x copies per lenticular

here is technical problem solved so far

after you pay via paypal, you will automatically return to main page of kimchidvd and you can go to order page to check if your order is completed.

(previous kimchi, does not provide automatic payment completed by paypal, only kimchi handle one by one to complete order by manually matched with paypal transaction. it's kind of big burden and many problem happened)

and another announcement for shipping

Small packet is removed, K-packet applied for all of item sold in kimchidvd
K-packet is slightly expensive than small packet but there is lots of benefits

- Printed slip with tracking number
- End-to-End tracking with delivery confirmation (No lost shipment)
- Reasonable cost than EMS
- generally takes 5-15 days (EMS: 5-10 days, Small packet 15 -35 days)

but some member are curious why kimchidvd changed shipping method

From T2 kimchi release, Kimchi handled more than 1,000 box to ship out to post office KR, this is a big volume of post office KR to handle only for one store.

so post office does not allow kimchi to accept small packet any more
and asked kimchi to change K-packet rather than small packet due to too many package in one or two day.

after changed of k-packet, pack & shipping process is much more faster than small packet and very reliable shipping method in terms of tracking.

even now, some of member did not received T2 kimchi after shipping process done at 26th June because no tracking available for small packet.

1 or 2 steelbook for shipping charge between small packet & k-packet is only difference around 2$

please kindly understand kr post office policy for massive volume of shipment like over 1,000 boxes and more powerful tracking for lost shipment protection.

Thanks

Update #2 7/10/2013 from Choi:

1x limit per order for 1/4
5x limit per order for lenticular

Last first batch was

2x limit per order for 1/4
5x limit per order for lenticular

 

[metal hunter]

I think some members are disappointed because they made the same mistake like me. I thought it would never sell out in such a short period of time and thus prefered to go to sleep and order early in the morning (german time). But you never know... Thus I cannot understand all the complaining. I am only hoping that I will be able to get one of each when the next preorders are coming up and it doesn't even bother me a bit that it will be a bit more expensive. Kimchi is doing a great job here and also Mr. Choi. Thansk for all, especially for These nice exclusives!!

Best wishes,

Michael

 

[biscuitnoir]

I think some members are disappointed because they made the same mistake like me. I thought it would never sell out in such a short period of time and thus prefered to go to sleep and order early in the morning (german time). But you never now... Thus I cannot understand all the complaining. I am only hoping that I will be able to get one of each when the next preorders are coming up and it doesn't even bother me a bit that it will be a bit more expensive. Kimchi is doing a great job here and also Mr. Choi. Thansk for all, especially for These nice exclusives!!

Best wishes,

Michael

That came to a surprise to all of us. I couldn't believe it myself until I've read your comments

Oh well, get ready for round 2 and KimchiDVD Exclusive #3 when it's announced

 

[hayemaker]

Sorry but u wrong. They didn't increase the price. They give u opportunity to buy (250 +750) at lower price. After that price go back to original level.

That's just a positive spin on what I said.

 

[Starling]

The order went live bang on 1am as notified - tick

With only 250 1/4 slips up, it made perfect sense to save time by using PayPal and already logged into kimchi. Those that did that succeeded. - tick

I and many others under stood sleep deprivation would be our punishment the following day if we wanted to ensure our copy. And yes, I had work early that morning. - tick

They sold fast, but it was fair. Thank you Tony, Choi, Mehdi & all at Kimchi. Good luck to Ninjas in the next round.

 

[metal hunter]

The order went live bang on 1am as notified - tick

With only 250 1/4 slips up, it made perfect sense to save time by using PayPal and already logged into kimchi. Those that did that succeeded. - tick

I and many others under stood sleep deprivation would be our punishment the following day if we wanted to ensure our copy. And yes, I had work early that morning. - tick

They sold fast, but it was fair. Thank you Tony, Choi, Mehdi & all at Kimchi. Good luck to Ninjas in the next round.

You made the right decision. It went live 2 am german time and I decided to go to sleep at 1 am. That was a rather bad decision...

 

[Bunk]

I'm facing a bit of a quandary.

When I log onto my Kimchi account, here's what it says :

I did what Ash told me, I asked Tony directly and as you can see, there's only one steelbook left, he deleted the other two I ordered during these crazy few minutes of tension last night.

But still, when he told me he did so, he asked me for my "paypal address" :

Three hours later, I received the same email as most members, saying this :

The thing is, I paid, or at least I tried to pay via my VISA credit card! I don't have a Paypal account, even though when I ordered from Zavvi's eBay outlet it indicated "Cb Paypal" on my bank account, despite also using the digits on my credit card.

What should I do then? I was thinking about replying Tony and writing down the 16 digits + the 3-digit security code of my VISA credit card in the email so the transaction can be done easily, but maybe I'm wrong.

 

[Starling]

Never write your bank details in an email, not even to your mum.

 

[digitalbabe]

Bunk, there is usually no need to provide your 3 digit code-but I would check with Tony to make sure the orders are as they should be. Perhaps starting with your first, last name, and last 4 of your credit card suffices.

 

[indiehjaerta]

But still, when he told me he did so, he asked me for my "paypal address" :.

PayPal invoices can be sent to e-mail addresses which have no account tied to them.

(When do I get more than 10 posts per day? )

 

[stevo]

Awkward to the country that is the most represented on the site. If that's not a good enough reason to accommodate UK collectors, then I don't know what is. I don't see why we should have to pay more, so no it's not good enough. As I said, they should have split the initial pre-order into two batches and listed them at separate times so that everyone has a fair chance of getting one. It's easy to say 'tough luck' when things have fallen nicely for yourself, i'm not sure you're opinion would've been the same had things not been so convenient for yourself.

As for the numbers people were able to purchase, well since my first post since the pre-order, it is pretty evident that I was referring to both whereas you seemed pretty oblivious to the fact. Even when I clearly pointed out the number of copies of each version, you quoted the post saying there must be a discrepancy you were missing.



The big deal is that it is not always possible to make plans unless those plans involved losing your job. The fact that the information in the OP of this thread was incorrect didn't help either.

I'm sorry, where in your post (#955) that I quoted did you mention that it was for both the slip and lenticular versions? Maybe it was you who misunderstood me. I didn't order the lenticular version, so it did not concern me, thus my order number of 2 max. As for the UK being the hotbed of steels, it does not matter if it is, or not. I'm sure Kimchi is ecstatic that they sold out in mere minutes. If you owned a company, would you care who bought your product? Or would you be happy that it sold out? It did extremely well without the UK did it not? With or without the UK, it would sell out regardless. First come first served, as it should be. I guess in this case, the old saying "you snooze, you lose" is especially true.

 

[townterrier]

I'm pretty certain I managed to get one of each of these last night....I too had the "Payment did not complete" email this afternoon.

I was erm, slightly unsteady on my feet at 1am this morning.....

Paid after receiving separate invoices, hopefully all will be well.

Hope ninjas that missed out on the first round, will be fortunate second time round

 

[HUBMUSWELL]

Hopefully the next batch will go up at 8pm UK, 9pm Europe

 

[morfeusz]

Hopefully the next batch will go up at 8pm UK, 9pm Europe

Hope not i start work at 8 am just joking.

 

[HUBMUSWELL]

Hope not i start work at 8 am just joking.

Not a bad idea, I would prefer 6am UK, 7am Europe...So long it's out of normal "9-6" working hours

 

[Cookster1]

Surely the $10 extra you will pay for the cost of the postal price+the normal price of the steelbook,if you order a copy of each,will easily be outweighed by the value the steelbook will be worth in the future

 

[SBC28]

It's funny how opinions are different depending on the reputation of the company.

Now, as much as i'm trying to avoid getting into this with you, the only response that comes to mind when reading this quoted "statement" is...."DUH!?".

How does this not make sense to you? I mean, really. First of all, in terms of customer service, overall honesty and genuineness, and the quality of product - the two don't even remotely compare. Even you know that Zavvi is a joke in terms of how they handle customer's issues, how shady they are about print runs and how inexcusably poor the overall quality of a lot of their products is. It doesn't take a genius to realize that, naturally, people have a better opinion of a company like KimchiDVD, than they do of a company like Zavvi.

I have been a KimchiDVD customer for years and years, and i have yet to be treated even half as poorly as how i see Zavvi customers being treated. On the rare one or two occasions i actually received something damaged from KimchiDVD, they fixed it without any BS. Either return shipping was paid for, and the item was exchanged, or the return shipping was paid for and i received a full refund. They even notified me of how to save a few bucks if i'd (for example) "combine so and so orders, to do this and that". They are always honest, always genuine, and always out for absolute customer satisfaction. They know how precious their products are to collectors, and they act accordingly.

Do they make money on their products? Yes, and i sure as hell hope they make a good profit - for they deserve it. Are they in it, purely for the money? According to some of your previous statements, the answer would be "YES" there, too. However, a company who's top dog sends you a personal email, letting you know how to save some cash after you have already ordered and paid and REFUND YOU without question, just doesn't come across on me like they're only after your cash. They are here to provide greatness to us, and that is what they have, and will always do.

I know this has been said several times, now - but you seem to harp on this endlessly. HDN and all it's members who participate in the KimchiDVD Retailer / Exclusive SBs threads were given plenty of heads up on the initial pre-order for Le Grand Blue. There are a ton of British and European people who went to bed early, set their alarm to take 10-15 minutes to order at 1AM, 2AM, 3AM (whatever it may be), and go back to bed afterwards. If they can do it, you can do it, too. If you're at work during these hours, that's unfortunate. However, i do believe a guy like you (most likely) has a wife, girlfriend, husband, boyfriend, family, friends, and certainly a whole load of fellow Ninja who'd have been able to save you those "extra" $3.00 you're gonna have to spend, now that the 2nd run will be priced at the regular $44.99 - if you had only reached out to someone, and asked them to help you out. You chose not to, and you clearly stated you were asleep. This is your own fault, it's just that simple.

How this can even remotely be considered an issue with KimchiDVD, is beyond me. They did all they could do, to let us know what, when, how, and everything in between. Now, they are even adjusting the 2nd round to the British & European market, so they can order at "decent" times. However...i'm sure you'll be at work when that time comes around....right?

The simple solution is for you, and everyone else (inc. me) to accept the fact that you are not entitled to anything. KimchiDVD gives us what they give us because they choose to do so, for the sake of their customers. They don't have to do anything to make things more convenient for you - but they do. I suggest you learn to appreciate a good business model like KimchiDVD's, and refrain from getting this bent out of shape because you missed out on a $3 promotion.

 

[zoneism]

I think we've all reached the point where we should agree to disagree on the pricing policy of this release. Those who benefited will be happier than those who didn't, those who missed out will be less satisfied. What I genuinely hope for is that those who missed out actually manage to grab a copy when they go live again (or it will be a double whammy and we'll probably never hear the end of it! )

Regarding the time the items went live, that can only be down to the retailer and what they are comfortable with in order to manage their systems most efficiently. When only 250 units are initially available the title is going to sell very fast and Tony and the gang probably made a call to do it at a time that they were all available to man the office. Seems this caught everyone by surprise and no matter what time it went live it would have gone fast. You never know, you could have missed it if it was at a more convenient time in the UK as more people would have been trying to order it.

Like I say, good luck when they go live again as I think it will be less than a 10 minute window on the 1/4 slip next time round

 

[snooloui]

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Now, as much as i'm trying to avoid getting into this with you, the only response that comes to mind when reading this quoted "statement" is...."DUH!?".

How does this not make sense to you? I mean, really. First of all, in terms of customer service, overall honesty and genuineness, and the quality of product - the two don't even remotely compare. Even you know that Zavvi is a joke in terms of how they handle customer's issues, how shady they are about print runs and how inexcusably poor the overall quality of a lot of their products is. It doesn't take a genius to realize that, naturally, people have a better opinion of a company like KimchiDVD, than they do of a company like Zavvi.

I have been a KimchiDVD customer for years and years, and i have yet to be treated even half as poorly as how i see Zavvi customers being treated. On the rare one or two occasions i actually received something damaged from KimchiDVD, they fixed it without any BS. Either return shipping was paid for, and the item was exchanged, or the return shipping was paid for and i received a full refund. They even notified me of how to save a few bucks if i'd (for example) "combine so and so orders, to do this and that". They are always honest, always genuine, and always out for absolute customer satisfaction. They know how precious their products are to collectors, and they act accordingly.

Do they make money on their products? Yes, and i sure as hell hope they make a good profit - for they deserve it. Are they in it, purely for the money? According to some of your previous statements, the answer would be "YES" there, too. However, a company who's top dog sends you a personal email, letting you know how to save some cash after you have already ordered and paid and REFUND YOU without question, just doesn't come across on me like they're only after your cash. They are here to provide greatness to us, and that is what they have, and will always do.

I know this has been said several times, now - but you seem to harp on this endlessly. HDN and all it's members who participate in the KimchiDVD Retailer / Exclusive SBs threads were given plenty of heads up on the initial pre-order for Le Grand Blue. There are a ton of British and European people who went to bed early, set their alarm to take 10-15 minutes to order at 1AM, 2AM, 3AM (whatever it may be), and go back to bed afterwards. If they can do it, you can do it, too. If you're at work during these hours, that's unfortunate. However, i do believe a guy like you (most likely) has a wife, girlfriend, husband, boyfriend, family, friends, and certainly a whole load of fellow Ninja who'd have been able to save you those "extra" $3.00 you're gonna have to spend, now that the 2nd run will be priced at the regular $44.99 - if you had only reached out to someone, and asked them to help you out. You chose not to, and you clearly stated you were asleep. This is your own fault, it's just that simple.

How this can even remotely be considered an issue with KimchiDVD, is beyond me. They did all they could do, to let us know what, when, how, and everything in between. Now, they are even adjusting the 2nd round to the British & European market, so they can order at "decent" times. However...i'm sure you'll be at work when that time comes around....right?

The simple solution is for you, and everyone else (inc. me) to accept the fact that you are not entitled to anything. KimchiDVD gives us what they give us because they choose to do so, for the sake of their customers. They don't have to do anything to make things more convenient for you - but they do. I suggest you learn to appreciate a good business model like KimchiDVD's, and refrain from getting this bent out of shape because you missed out on a $3 promotion.

If anyone's getting bent out of shape it is certainly not me judging by that response. You say 'duh' but the point was that a company had employed a similar practice, but the reaction has been the complete opposite. I also never suggested I was entitled to anything or that Kimchi should be doing this or that. I'm simply frustrated that I missed the pre-order price (and the pre-order full stop) and have suggested a couple of ways that Kimchi's practices could be improved that would leave everyone happy. As another member previously pointed out in another thread, it is wrong to assume about another member's personal situation, not everything is as straight forward for other members.

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I think we've all reached the point where we should agree to disagree on the pricing policy of this release. Those who benefited will be happier than those who didn't, those who missed out will be less satisfied. What I genuinely hope for is that those who missed out actually manage to grab a copy when they go live again (or it will be a double whammy and we'll probably never hear the end of it! )

Regarding the time the items went live, that can only be down to the retailer and what they are comfortable with in order to manage their systems most efficiently. When only 250 units are initially available the title is going to sell very fast and Tony and the gang probably made a call to do it at a time that they were all available to man the office. Seems this caught everyone by surprise and no matter what time it went live it would have gone fast. You never know, you could have missed it if it was at a more convenient time in the UK as more people would have been trying to order it.

Like I say, good luck when they go live again as I think it will be less than a 10 minute window on the 1/4 slip next time round

If i'm honest, my plan was to grab a copy of the lenticular which surely wouldn't sell out in the five hours between the pre-order going live and me getting up, with the main focus being on the quarter slip version. You know since Terminator 2 (a much more popular title of course) took months to sell out on a smaller print run.

 

[Choi Chungkwon]

Waked up from long sleep

As you all may know or may not know, stock system in kimchi is very weird so much like make cart then no payment by paypal but stock gone. So technically sold out after few minutes. That's main problem in kimchidvd.com

So kimchi fixed several problem before pre order start but still have some technical issue

Kimchi will fix this technical issue, after that, 2nd batch pre order will start again

As mattet of fact, Tony was all night up to cross check against payment from paypal with order made for changing status from reciept of order to payment complete

So if anyone has problem with payment issue, please let kimchi or me know

I or kimchi.will fix this issue right away

Sorry for confusion and kimchi will fix everything

And after technical issue solved in this week, I will announce here for next 2nd batch pre order date and time


Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

 

[SBC28]

Good Morning, and thank you for the update.

Waked up from long sleep

As you all may know or may not know, stock system in kimchi is very weird so much like make cart then no payment by paypal but stock gone. So technically sold out after few minutes. That's main problem in kimchidvd.com

So kimchi fixed several problem before pre order start but still have some technical issue

Kimchi will fix this technical issue, after that, 2nd batch pre order will start again

As mattet of fact, Tony was all night up to cross check against payment from paypal with order made for changing status from reciept of order to payment complete

So if anyone has problem with payment issue, please let kimchi or me know

I or kimchi.will fix this issue right away

Sorry for confusion and kimchi will fix everything

And after technical issue solved in this week, I will announce here for next 2nd batch pre order date and time


Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4 Beta