Skyfall (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Amazon Exclusive) [United Kingdom]

[thedefector]

Amazon.co.uk Exclusive Steelbook
Release date: February 18th, 2013
Price: £14.99
Pre-order: Amazon.co.uk

Confirmed region FREE by hdn members

Note-contains a NTSC DVD of the film



Former HMV exclusive:

Spoiler

***Several members have stated that per HMV, pre-orders have been cancelled.

Word of caution from an UK HDN Member about HMV (thanks VRob98)

People should just be aware of 2 things:
1) If you receive a damaged or faulty copy from now on, you will not receive a replacement or refund
2) If they charge your card and are then unable to fulfil your order, you will not be refunded.

The way a company operates whilst under administration is quite different to how it operates normally, and certain consumer rights are suspended. If anything goes wrong you would have to apply to the administrator or claim against your credit card issuer.

I'd encourage everyone who has orders in with HMV to consider the above, as I'd hate to see anyone here lose their money in all of this.

 

[Maccadinho25]

he's talking bout when they were £11.99 earlier today. at that price a few extras would be tempting.

Yeah buy three at £36 or one at £15 - great thinking! What a savi....oh


A steel that probably has a big print run, ships worldwide and is also released worldwide, id imagine wont be a great trading chip......but each to their own of course!

 

[alvinhwang21]

so this does come with the half slip ? or am i just seeing things ?

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and is this region B ?

 

[Blu Nick]

Is amazon UK packaging like germ or fr ?

Rally want this and price is nice!

Yep. The packaging is excellent .

 

[TakingYoSteelz]

I love the slip - much better than a black "HMV Exclusive Steelbook" slip!

 

[VRob98]

Yes, it's a real nice surprise that it seems to have the kind of 'continued art' slip that you often see with Asian releases. I can't think of many UK releases that have been done like that, and it makes it much more attractive than the plain monochrome job we usually get.

 

[mfc90125]

Great spot buddy!! I'd advise everyone to order now as I think that's a misprice!!

Nailed it! Thanks for getting the word out.

Can anyone tell me if this will be a very limited production run? Do we know how many units are being produced? Is there a way we can track their inventory on their steels?

 

[Steve-O]

Is amazon UK packaging like germ or fr ?

Rally want this and price is nice!

Yes they use the same Amazon frustration free packaging with additional folded cardboard box around it when it's a single Steelbook in the order.

 

[VRob98]

Can anyone tell me if this will be a very limited production run? Do we know how many units are being produced? Is there a way we can track their inventory on their steels?

While I don't know for certain, I'm fairly sure this is not a very limited run. On a big movie like this it's likely to be 4k minimum and maybe even twice that.

The only way to track inventory that I know of is the usual method of entering a figure of 999 into your shopping cart, when it adjusts the figure according to available stock. On that basis there at least 999 of these still available as of now. I don't see it selling out anytime soon.

 

[Pieter V]

FYI - The DB5 will be on the backcover.

 

[Andy CYP]

so this does come with the half slip ? or am i just seeing things ?

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and is this region B ?

The normal case version says Region B locked on it. So seems that way unfortunately.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B006X040NY/?tag=hidefnin-21

 

[lee667]

love the artwork for this steel, just debating whether to get a 2nd copy in case it is a limited run.

 

[CaptainCoffee]

It won't be a limited run!!!

 

[shejon01]

I'm sure Andy said the main reason why HMV got big studio exclusives these days is due to their willingness to take a massive print run. So I wouldn't worry.

 

[Nyvo]

I'm sure Andy said the main reason why HMV got big studio exclusives these days is due to their willingness to take a massive print run. So I wouldn't worry.

Indeed. One other thing to take into account also is that steelbooks at HMV often went out of stock on their website because a lot of the stock had been distributed to stores. This won't be the case with Amazon so any they get are likely to be around for a good while.

 

[Pieter V]

FYI - The DB5 will be on the backcover.

Keep an eye out guys, artwork will be soon or maybe today on Amazon.co.uk.

 

[Henke007]

100 K worldwide?!

 

[jumpman1144]

Do we know for sure its region B? I hope not.

 

[VRob98]

Do we know for sure its region B? I hope not.

It looks like the amaray version is locked to B (as per the pic of the back cover on Amazon), so it seems likely the steelbook version will be too.

 

[Andy CYP]

Do we know for sure its region B? I hope not.

https://www.hidefninja.com/forums/showpost.php?p=493160&postcount=570

 

[tenderheartbear]

https://www.hidefninja.com/forums/showpost.php?p=493160&postcount=570

Unfortunately, the region question gets asked time and time again no matter how many times it may have been answered before (as much as is possible for a title not yet released).

If every post that said 'is this region free?' etc. was removed, every thread would be a third shorter.