Oldboy (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Plain Archive Exclusive No. 30) [Korea]

[teddyjun]

Release date: November 7, 2016
Purchase links: Type A - Type B - Quarter Slip - Dual Pack - Triple Pack - (Pre-order on September 29, 2016)
Price: Type A: $46.89 - Type B: $46.89 - 1/4 Slip: $45.69

Type A: 2,000 copies - Type B: 2,500 copies - 1/4 Slip: 1,000 copies

Spoiler

- The steelbook illustration is by Krzysztof Domaradzki.
- The artwork for the slipbox was used previously for the Oldboy vinyl LP. It was co-ordinated by Nicolas Winding Refn, the director of Drive, and illustrated by Laurent Durieux. The director of Oldboy Park Chan-wook wanted one of our editions to feature this artwork so we reached out to Milan Records and illustrator Laurent Durieux. You'll be able to see more of the artwork since parts of the top and bottom were cropped out for the vinyl LP.



Old mock up

 

[cooey]

Purple box design for me

 

[misformatt]

The purple slip could be pretty slick with the right treatment. The slip on the keepcase version is still my favorite. Hopefully it pops back in stock at some point.

 

[levi]

i havent seen the film in a long time, i thought the purple design was just random, but i did a little search and it is of some significance in the film lol

i also came across this, i,m not sure where its from. i think it may be something a fan made ?

so i think the purple one is quite an attractive package for the fans. i was going to go for design 3, but now im thinking maybe design 2 is the best fitting for the film.

i guess it will depend on the differences between the contents of the two, ie envelopes, postcards, art on booklets :/

 

[lolwut]

I like the Mondo one.
The purple one is my favorite although it's definitely not original.
The one on the right is generic and boring and not up to PA standards.
The keepcase slip is my least favorite.

 

[dan8885]

A sh!t ton of work on the content of the discs!

Yes. That's the most positive and impressive thing for this release. They shot this complete new documentation. Which retailer ever did/would do that. That's appreciation to the fullest for this movie. I can only tip my hat for this effort!

But Plain Archive to me is a retailer that went all out creative wise for their releases. The bees wax seals, the 1/4 slip lenticular, the PET slips, hand stitched booklet, the holographic back of Master 1/4 slip. With Propaganda they got a master in calligraphy. When you got impressive artworks like for The Wrestler, ISTD, The Master or Foxcatcher and you look at these three it's just not what it could've been. Especially for this movie. I'll not spend premium money on these. Then I would just like to have the new disc with the documentation in a Keep Case and I'm good ..

 

[Noodles]

No doubt PA will give them some amazing finishes, so I'm sure they won't look so bland then. Personally, I actually like (not love) all three... but the purple one is by far my favourite!

 

[eLviS1987]

Can't wait to get all editions

 

[nekromantik]

Any idea on what time on `19th the PO will start?

 

[Maximus15]

I'm liking all 3 designs!! Hopefully there will be 1-click option for international customer espeacially if we can't get the boxset!

 

[CleverLoginName]

Any idea on what time on `19th the PO will start?

As posted on page 38, PO starts 19 September, 4 PM (Korean time). That would be 8 AM London time.
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html?iso=20160919T16&p1=235&p2=136

Happy to help.

 

[Modulus]

From Plain's facebook page
Steelbook Pre-order Date: September 29th 4PM Korea Time
29th

 

[nekromantik]

From Plain's facebook page
Steelbook Pre-order Date: September 29th 4PM Korea Time
29th

Oh! Still a while away then haha
thanks

 

[nafosb]

From Plain's facebook page
Steelbook Pre-order Date: September 29th 4PM Korea Time
29th

I'm going to go with this date despite others saying Sept. 27 and Sept. 19, otherwise I will begin to lose my mind like Hillary Clinton.

 

[Immanitas]

i also came across this, i,m not sure where its from. i think it may be something a fan made ?

I found this: http://www.deviantart.com/art/Oldboy-Promotional-Kit-Box-2-65547664

The guy says it's "a promotional kit for my school project". Well, good job, I'd buy it for sure

 

[paulboland]

I'm going to go with this date despite others saying Sept. 27 and Sept. 19, otherwise I will begin to lose my mind like Hillary Clinton.

It's September 29th for the steelbook pre order

September 27th is the release date for the keepcase edition

 

[AlienKing]

I really hope they'll do a 1/4 slip

 

[goufcustom]

the print run is 5,000 I don't think this would out of stock so soon... besides this film isn't everybody's cup of tea...

 

[misformatt]

A 5k+ print run does seem high, but I really wasn't expecting the 2200 keepcase run to sell out so quickly either.

 

[Last Lizard]

You hafta make a stock allowance for all the dummy scalpers though; what do we think, a quarter of all buyers will buy two or three additional copies so they can make a gigantic (and so fulfilling knowing they've deprived a real movie buff!) $20 profit?

I think people are probably right and this will stick around for a little while though. Even longer in Korean stores as is usually the norm. Imagine the PET(?) Slip will go first. Even the Scanavo took a while to sell out of international stock... longer than most would have anticipated at least

 

[BulleTooth13]

The keepcase never interested me because it's not a steelbook no 3rd disc and also didn't think of slip art as anything special. I love the look of the steelbook and I think the purple slip here could turn out to be awesome with the right special treatment on the slip like shining foil effect on the purple spots. One edition is enough for me for this movie so that's the one I'm going for.