Star Trek (2009) - 2nd Release (Blu-ray SteelBook) [UK]

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May 6, 2011
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Barking, Essex, United Kingdom
Purchase here: Zavvi (Sold-out)
Release date: May 13 2013
Price: £14.99

There are two different order descriptions for each Steelboook:
1. Star Trek XI - Zavvi Exclusive Limited Edition Steelbook [Blu-ray] (Black)
2. Star Trek XI - Exclusive Limited Edition Steelbook [Blu-ray] (White)

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The re-release of the original Star Trek needs to be cancelled to keep the integrity of steelbook collecting. If this is released it could start a snowball effect throughout the world. The reason this re-release is a big deal compared to others is because this will be the first rare steel to get a re-release that I can think of outside of Germany.

Germany doesn't seem to care about the collector and does whatever they want. It is to be expected from Germany to do re-releases and the German steelbook market has suffered because of this. I know a lot of people, myself included, have cut back on buying German steels.

The new art work for Star Trek satisfies mostly everyone and should be the last time this steel gets released.
 
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Ever since the VHS days, we've had rerelease after rerelease of titles.

Just think of Star Wars. In the UK we got (as far as I can recall)...

Rental copy - black spine
1st retail - silver 'all time greats' design
2nd retail - new 'all times greats' design
3rd retail - white spine (widescreen)
4th retail - blue spine (widescreen and full screen options)
5th retail - Executor boxset
6th retail - Original Trilogy boxset
7th (a) retail - gold/platinum boxset (widescreen and full screen options)
7th (b) retail - gold/platinum individual release

Granted, each design was different (some more similar than others) but it's no different to rereleasing Blu-rays be them in steelbooks, digi-packs or amarays. It's something collectors should be used to. The secondary market seems to be strong for steelbooks, but that's the fault of scalpers (and their customers) not the retailers who commission steelbooks in the first place.

Steelbooks are a product, nothing more. Some designs are retailer exclusives - FS Iron Man, Play.com Iron Man, others are worldwide - RE: Retribution, Skyfall and others are country exclusives - Repo Man, Rumble Fish. It's just the way the game is played.

I've yet to see a steelbook rereleased years later that's identical to an earlier version. What counts as a rerelease anyway? The play.com Iron Man wasn't a rerelease as one was for Canada and the other for the UK. They were both first time releases for their intended location. Star Trek, yes, it is a rerelease in the sense that the Play.com, Zavvi exclusive and country-wide releases are all designed for the UK but they're all different. Play's was 3 discs. The new white one is 1 disc (and will most likely not have have the blue banner) and the black one will be, well, black.

With distributors doing everything they can to keep physical media alive, and knowing steelbooks sell, we have to accept that this is just the beginning. They're making them for their own ends, not to support a collector mentality as such. We need to decide what's important to us. If, like me, you only buy films you love in steelbook packaging then it doesn't matter how many are printed, if they become rare and valuable and whether or not they get reissued down the line. If someone buys them for other reasons, well, it might be time to change their buying habits.
 
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tenderheartbear said:
Granted, each design was different (some more similar than others) but it's no different to rereleasing Blu-rays be them in steelbooks, digi-packs or amarays.
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Steelbooks are different because the entire point of a steelbook is for the limited collectible packaging. Back in the old days there was only one type of packaging for each format and that was the only way you could watch the film. Most of the Star Wars re-releases were justified by a new format with enhanced PQ or George Lucas added a bunch of stuff that wasn't needed.

The Star Wars blu amaray is the exact same movie as the steel with the exact same PQ so there is no reason to re-rerelease a steelbook.
 
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With distributors doing everything they can to keep physical media alive, and knowing steelbooks sell, we have to accept that this is just the beginning. They're making them for their own ends, not to support a collector mentality as such. We need to decide what's important to us. If, like me, you only buy films you love in steelbook packaging then it doesn't matter how many are printed, if they become rare and valuable and whether or not they get reissued down the line. If someone buys them for other reasons, well, it might be time to change their buying habits.
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I agree 100%, the physical media (as much as we dont want to face up to it) is dying, not just for movies but for music, books ....even broadcast TV has changed beyond recognition with things like Skyplus, Iplayer and the various other catchup tv options available. Its a combination of folks being impatient, having a ridiculously short attention span and treating movies/music as a disposable item. If the record/movie industry can find ways to keep the medium alive we should be applauding it, not criticising. Yes from a nerdy collectors viewpoint its annoying to see something you bought as limited/exclusive being re released but as other have also said, other than the worldwide releases, how many true 'exclusive' releases have been re released that are exactly the same as the original release? I cant think of any offhand, there are always variations to the pain finish, missing disks, printed ratings etc on the re releases, and what does it matter that other countries also get the same 'exclusive' HMV/Futureshop/Best Buy/Play.com exclusive only means they have secured the exclusive for that particular country, there are very few true worldwide exclusive releases. Its only because we are spoiled by living in an easily accessible worldwide marketplace that its an issue
 
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Steelbooks are different because the entire point of a steelbook is for the limited collectible packaging. Back in the old days there was only one type of packaging for each format and that was the only way you could watch the film. Most of the Star Wars re-releases were justified by a new format with enhanced PQ or George Lucas added a bunch of stuff that wasn't needed.

The Star Wars blu amaray is the exact same movie as the steel with the exact same PQ so there is no reason to re-rerelease a steelbook.
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Possibly.

But if you look at the list of UK VHS's I posted, apart from the packaging, the first 5 or 6 versions were basically the same. The tapes had different labels, different trailers in front of the movie and may or may not have been 'digitally remastered' but were still to all intent and purpose the same movie. Each version was limited in-so-much as a finite number were produced. More than your average steelbook but even so.

While the discs in the new steelbooks may well be identical, Fox are simply trying to get more money off already existing material. These appeal to steelbook collectors, those who haven't bought them already, Star Wars collectors and maybe casual purchasers. That in itself is reason enough for their production.

Bringing it back to Star Trek, the reasons above apply. Steelbook collectors who didn't get it first time around, steelbook collectors who want every steelbook ever, Star Trek fans and casual buyers. If it helps keep the UK economy moving (at the expense of a few 'hard-done-by' collectors) then so be it. We may love what's happening or we may not, but it's not a personal attack on those who bought the Play.com version, or the FS or German versions for that matter. It's simply good business.
 
Do you know why physical media is dying? Physical media isn't producing a profit. So you want studios to make more physical media, that's very contradicting. It's like milking every last drop out of a dying cow. Have some respect towards the cow and let it die already.

I can't believe people have more sympathy towards a billion dollar studio than thousands of hard working collectors. I know the 10 pounds x 4,000 steelbooks = 40,000 pounds they make off of one steelbook is really going to put them in the green this quarter. Steelbooks are such a niche market. The amount of money they make from steelbooks is worth a grain of salt to them.
 
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Fair points

It's like milking every last drop out of a dying cow - Yes, I believe customers are the cows

10 pounds x 4,000 steelbooks = 40,000 pounds - Correct but the figure is possibly very different when you calculate the total as it changes hands. This is why Studios have started re-releasing movies in Steelbook format.
 
Seems that if you break their T&C re. max order quantity then your orders get canned.

Based on the various reports of orders for multiples being deleted, this one might well reappear in stock?
 
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