Planet Earth - Ultimate Collectable Edition (Blu-ray SteelBook) [Korea]

[teddyjun]

Release date: January 22, 2016
Purchase link: It will be available for purchase via plainarchive.com exclusively for overseas customers.
- Full Slipbox (1000 copies only for international)
- Lenticular Full Slipbox (500 copies only for international)
- Quater Slip (300 copies only for international)

Price: Full Slipbox with 100p Booklet - $89.99 | Lenticular - $89.99 | Quater - $86.99
* Discount price for Pre-order : $5.00

Note: It's 6 Discs, Not Jumbo steelbook. Made in Denmark. Numbered limited edition, includes a 100 page booklet.


Quarter Slipcover | Full Slipbox | Lenticular Full Slipbox

Spoiler: Lenticular Effect

Spoiler: Tin proof images

'Planet Earth' Ultimate Collector's Edition (6 Discs) Steelbook Tin Proof Artwork.
Mirage Entertainment's release of Planet Earth will be the world's first Blu-ray Steelbook for the renowned tv series.
Plain Archive was not involved in the making of this product, but this release will be available for purchase via our online store exclusively for overseas customers.
The Steelbook preview came out great, and we're looking forward to seeing the final product. More details of this release will be announced soon.

Spoiler: More info

- New High quality sound.
- added New commentary.
- added Special Feature disc

Spoiler

(Pre-order date is Dec 13 04:00 (KST))

 

[teddyjun]

From PA facebook :
"It's unfortunate to find out the disappointing reaction to the price points as a seller.

Plain Archive was asked by Mirage Entertainment to sell Planet Earth on their behalf and we were not involved in the making of this product nor were we involved in the pricing.

To offer our opinion on this matter, we must explain that the size of the Blu-ray market in South Korea is UK's 1/200, and US's 1/1000. The production cost therefore, relative to other bigger markets in the world, would be different.

Also, the right to release in Blu-ray is held by the BBC in the UK, and by the Discovery Channel in the US. In contrast to these gigantic corporations, the Korean release is being managed by a small firm, paying a huge sums of money to the BBC. It's inevitable that this edition by Mirage Entertainment is less attractive when it comes down to the pricing.

Planet Earth Ultimate Collector's Edition was primarily made for the Korean market, but we provided Mirage Entertainment with our store in case of some demand from potential customers overseas.

That being said, the explanation above is irrelevant to Plain Archive's own pricing strategy for our own releases, and it does not reflect the opinions of Mirage Entertainment.

Lastly, the 6-disc Blu-ray released a few years ago in the UK and the US will be on sale yet again with discounts during the holiday season. However, this Steelbook edition is just about to get released in Korea, and as we don't have Black Friday, Boxing Day, etc. the pricing would naturally not face any fluctuations."

 

[nutcaseshy]

I don't care about the price, I'm getting me that full slip & lenticular edition. I love anything to do with David Attenborough (thank god it's him narrating), so naturally I'll be buying this. Hopefully, more of his series will follow.

I think I'm gonna eat my own words here. Wasn't expecting these prices tbh. I would have gotten both the full slip & the lenticular editions if they both came up to $120/130 total. But at $102.99 for each edition and with christmas coming up, I will have to reconsider it. Don't know if I'll go for only one edition or not. And if so, which one would be the better one.

 

[Raggle Fraggle!]

Extremely hard to justify that price. I was dying for this release, but $100+ is insane.
I knew it would cost more than the usual PA release, but I figured $20-30 more would be the most it would jump up.

 

[bojee]

Would've loved to get this . Love the series, love the look of the steelbook + slips, but cannot justify paying more than 65 + shipping for ANY release

 

[Sigill]

As its 6 discs I expected a higher price, it can cost $45 for 1 film but this price is obviously too high. It doesn't help that the boxset can be picked up very cheap at the moment.

 

[tono06]

Wallet says "you've just started a new job, so will allow you to treat yourself".

i'm with you on founds! i can afford this release; no money issues at the moment! lol .it is just that i refuse to pay that much but then again, but i love this series very much and it would be awesome to get it in steelbook, heart say yes! we will see once we have pix....

 

[zesty]

I can get planet earth, life and the hunt for half the price of this. Although I do love this I seriously cannot justify this price

 

[Nazereth]

Absolutely gutted, been looking forward to this release more than anything else I have purchased this year, but the price is just simply too high for me. Looks like I'll have to stick with my existing set that I purchased last year for £10 in the January sales!!

 

[jordanwalkert]

An even bigger bummer is that these would look really great next to each other. I planned to buy both the full slip and lenticular, now THAT would be worth the $120, but I still can't believe they're charging $100+ a pop!

 

[blu-steel]

Gonna have to pass. Way to expenisve considering the amaray set can be had for a fraction of the cost. No way am I going to pay an extra $50 for just the steelbook. The steelbook still costs the same to make whether it is a single disc or a 6 disc. Maybe the difference is the insert inside, probably 5 pennies.

Its gonna take them along time to move this one. I bet many months they will be holding it.

 

[nafosb]

At these prices they should change the title to Planet Greed and have Bernard Madoff provide a new narration track.

 

[hayemaker]

Really if the BBC were asking silly money for this then Mirage Entertainment just shouldn't have bothered. They couldn't really have expected people to pay over $100 for this.

 

[lgans316]

Gonna have to pass. Way to expenisve considering the amaray set can be had for a fraction of the cost. No way am I going to pay an extra $50 for just the steelbook. The steelbook still costs the same to make whether it is a single disc or a 6 disc. Maybe the difference is the insert inside, probably 5 pennies.

Its gonna take them along time to move this one. I bet many months they will be holding it.

Very true. Just found my 6 Disc Amaray with a £10 tag on it. These documentary box sets have been cheap as chips in the UK for a long time.

 

[InAFalsetto]

So is Plain Archive saying they won't reduce the price if it doesn't sell ?

 

[InAFalsetto]

We should all not buy it in protest and see what happens. Even a $20 reduction in january would be beneficial.

 

[howarmat]

So is Plain Archive saying they won't reduce the price if it doesn't sell ?

no they arent setting the price for this. They are only hosting it on their site. They are mentioning that the cost is high due to several factors is all.

 

[AlienKing]

Anybody ever heard of "don't kill the messenger?"
This is not PA's fault. Nor is this Mirage Entertainment's fault. There is someone higher I would blame.

 

[AFCFanChris]

So is Plain Archive saying they won't reduce the price if it doesn't sell ?

I think what Plain Archive are saying is that they can't reduce the price because they haven't set the price, they have just been given the steelbooks to sell and told that is the price.

 

[nafosb]

Anybody ever heard of "don't kill the messenger?"
This is not PA's fault. Nor is this Mirage Entertainment's fault. There is someone higher I would blame.

Please don't blame God for the high prices.

 

[Ashcroft]

I do like how Mirage are trying to justify the price. South Korea is one of the richest and most developed nations in the world, and they're acting like their market is so tiny, that the poor dears just have to charge this amount.

Bollocks. It's just good old fashioned price gouging. If everyone involved can make a profit on selling the GoT steelbooks at £22 (GoT being the only close comparison), the profit margin on these must be insane, even with shipping everything from Denmark, and the higher costs of a smaller higher quality run taken into account. And I don't believe for a second that the BBC Worldwide's licensing fees for a documentary are so much higher than what Disney et al charge small Asian firms for their blockbuster films, that it increases the price by this much. Someone's obviously been on ebay and thought that the prices for out of print titles should become standard.

Hopefully these just sit in the warehouse forever.