Snowpiercer (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Kimchidvd Exclusive #16) [Korea]

[Choi Chungkwon]

Release date: July 27th, 2014
Price: See individual buy links
Subtitles: Korean/English

Buy links: All Sold-Out
Type A - Art Book Limited Edition Package -delayed 'til Aug'14
Type B - Full Slip Box Edition
Type C - Lenticular Slip Cover Edition

List of Kimchidvd Exclusive SteelBook Editions

Total Print run, artwork and package information:
Type A - Art Book limited edition package - 666 copies

Type B - Full Slip Box edition package - 666 copies
[Note: full slip edition is approved by director Bong joon-ho]

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Type C - Lenticular Slip Cover edition package - 666 copies

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<Lenticular effect>

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Old info:

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Pre-order date: June 3rd, 2014 14:00 PM (as Korea time)
[Time Table]
Vancouver (Canada - British Columbia) Monday, 2 June 2014, 22:00:00 PDT UTC-7 hours
New York (U.S.A. - New York) Tuesday, 3 June 2014, 01:00:00 EDT UTC-4 hours
London (United Kingdom - England) Tuesday, 3 June 2014, 06:00:00 BST UTC+1 hour
Paris (France) Tuesday, 3 June 2014, 07:00:00 CEST UTC+2 hours
Corresponding UTC (GMT) Tuesday, 3 June 2014, 05:00:00

 

[Elendile]

I made some photos yesterday if you want to see it : https://www.hidefninja.com/community/media/categories/kimchi.26/

 

[mus422]

Still waiting for my copy to arrive, but now I see that it looks like the film won't play on a Region B PS3?
So basically the Blu-Ray in the packaging is of no use to me whatsoever?
Wow, that's really, really crap
I only bought because the description said it was Region Free
Guess that this is the one and only purchase I will be making from Kimichi

 

[Real Steel]

I don't have high expectations of Lenticular, so I'm keen to get the Lenticular copy too.

Just received my Full Slip today. It's fine but nothing exceptional. I think the Infernal Affairs' Full Slip is the one to beat.

 

[Kaka1888]

Finally I picked some pack today!

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[Sigill]

Still waiting for my copy to arrive, but now I see that it looks like the film won't play on a Region B PS3?
So basically the Blu-Ray in the packaging is of no use to me whatsoever?
Wow, that's really, really crap
I only bought because the description said it was Region Free
Guess that this is the one and only purchase I will be making from Kimichi

I don't believe it ever said region free. I think it said region A and a lot of people thought it would be region free as Kimchi titles usually are. It is disappointing to find out you can't play it though.

 

[DodgyDave]

I don't believe it ever said region free. I think it said region A and a lot of people thought it would be region free as Kimchi titles usually are. It is disappointing to find out you can't play it though.

I think Kimchi have a lot to answer for. They withheld information concerning the region code until after they were shipped. Choi implied before they were shipped, that it would be region free. It now turns out they are not.
I don't suppose it matters if you don't open them like me. We should have been told though, and not misled.
It looks like kimchi are going down the tube anyway, so I don't suppose I'll be ordering too many more from them.

 

[Sigill]

I think Kimchi have a lot to answer for. They withheld information concerning the region code until after they were shipped. Choi implied before they were shipped, that it would be region free. It now turns out they are not.
I don't suppose it matters if you don't open them like me. We should have been told though, and not misled.
It looks like kimchi are going down the tube anyway, so I don't suppose I'll be ordering too many more from them.

It would be nice to know the region coding for obvious reasons but I'm not sure even Kimchi knew about it. I think it's all down to the publishers. The pre-orders are done way before disc specs are even finalized. I know this is disappointing for a lot of people, I myself can't play region locked trikes and would probably not pick something up if I knew it was going to be region locked.

 

[BradG1984]

Got both the full slip and lenti last week, only had the lenti for a day before it was shipped off as a trade but man it was nice! (but not nice enough to change my mind on trading of course! ) Still got the full slip but it's going too, just not that blown over by it!

 

[lolwut]

To my surprise I prefer the full slip. From the mockups the lenti looks much better, but in hand it's low on detail and the movement isn't effective. Maybe it's because it's sealed. The full slip on the other hand has a nice texture, embossed title, and a clean back.

 

[tokaman]

new hdn forum does not peoperly display spolier tag at this moment.

I'm asked by publusher not to mention region lock or not.

I can say anyone can play movie thru your own blu ray player.

That's what I can say..

Hey Choi,
Any chance you can share the source of this information as it seems you/the source has it wrong and has left quite a few people feeling disappointed.

I noticed since the reporting of this being region A locked you have been very quiet in responding to people's concerns.

Not good for customer relations!

 

[harry]

@lolwut you were so close getting #666

 

[Narg]

Any news of cancellations or have they all completely gone?

 

[8bitheart]

The back of the full slip states that it's 'REGION ALL' and I had no trouble playing it on my region B 3D blu-ray player.... it even worked on my Mac Region B blu-ray re-writer drive... didn't have to change regions or anything... so not sure what's going on.

 

[ocielz]

Finally got mine today! I was getting a little bit worried but it showed up, safe and Sound!

 

[Real Steel]

Those who expected region free should not feel too disappointed as you can easily trade it off.

 

[RobertJoseph17]

Wow, I got my artbook today. I was not expecting it to be so BIG! No wonder the shipping was so high on this one. Gotta take some pictures of this one in a bit.

 

[RobertJoseph17]

 

[NoDingsNoScratches]

I know region locked discs suck...And i know that alot folks are upset about it...

(I wonder how many of the people complaining about these editions are actually going to open them ???)

The point is, Choi does a lot for the HDN community. More than most probably know. So cut the the guy some friggin slack.

I know that in Sparta, everyone, even the messenger is responsible for the words of his voice. But, this being region locked is NOT HIS FAULT. If you are really that pissed off, go write the publisher an email.

 

[NoDingsNoScratches]

It just keeps on chuggin' along..

 

[mus422]

I know region locked discs suck...And i know that alot folks are upset about it...

(I wonder how many of the people complaining about these editions are actually going to open them ???)

The point is, Choi does a lot for the HDN community. More than most probably know. So cut the the guy some friggin slack.

I know that in Sparta, everyone, even the messenger is responsible for the words of his voice. But, this being region locked is NOT HIS FAULT. If you are really that pissed off, go write the publisher an email.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding but I thought Choi worked for Kimchi?
If so then I would expect the information he gives to be accurate, I don't think it should be so difficult to state before hand if a disc will be region free or not

I bought the Type A package so obviously dropped quite a lot of money on it.
Finding out afterwards that I won't be able to watch the actual film without a region free Blu-Ray player is clearly a big let down.
My point is if the correct information had been given, up front, then I would have passed on buying this.