Stranger Things: The Complete Series (4K UHD Special Edition) (Arrow Video) [UK]

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Release date: July 27, 2026
Purchase links: Arrow Films - Amazon UK - Zavvi - HMV
Price: £145.00 (Arrow Films) - £159.99 (Amazon) - £144.99 (Zavvi - HMV)

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It's a nice looking set, as long as they don't print a billion copies it stands a good chance of at least maintaining its value.
I never trust anything that says limited edition if the size of the edition isn’t listed and it’s better still if they put a number on each. I said this elsewhere, but as a kid, I collected certain band’s albums and they’d have LTD Ed colored vinyl or picture disks. The problem was that in some cases they were only limited to the number they could sell.

In one case, the albums were hard to get and stores sold them for $25 (125 in ‘26 dollars), but in the end they flooded the market and prices dropped below $10.

But i still think I’ll buy this.
 
I do worry about the replay value though thats why i never buy shows. How much often you going to watch a whole series again with movies its different. So not sure if i'm going to keep the order but it's safe for now
 
I do worry about the replay value though thats why i never buy shows. How much often you going to watch a whole series again with movies its different. So not sure if i'm going to keep the order but it's safe for now
I rewatched these on disc for S1 and S2 when S3 came out, did the same when 4 came out, and ran it back again before 5 came out. I can say each season holds up pretty well with s1 still being the best season and most rewatchable. However despite there being moments in s5... when them powty lips show up on 4k disc with decent bitrate and HDR... I do fear if I'd sit through s5 again ngl.

Price wise, considering to obtain SDR 4k S1 and HDR S2 CE's would set you back £100+ I think it isn't bad, especially if you can get the 10%. I am super suprised to get this so early after s5 though... I mean I know the Duffer bros said they were working on it, and it would happen, but getting an announcement in Q1 is kinda crazy.

I would be a bit apprehensive on print runs and I hope they make the deluxe box in a way that feels deluxe e.g. spot gloss etc. This is a massive opportunity for an increase in physical media collectors with this set. Do it right and you could have a whole new generation of physical media collectors. Feels like the absolute best timing for this and the perfect show to do it with. Fair f's to them... just please be good quality!
 
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I do worry about the replay value though thats why i never buy shows. How much often you going to watch a whole series again with movies its different. So not sure if i'm going to keep the order but it's safe for now

Yeah unless there's a new season I very rarely rewatch shows. I rewatched seasons 1-4 of this before season 5 but that's because season 5 was coming out, different mentality needed for in a year or so to want to come back to this for no real reason

Ultimately though the show overall was great, these editions looks great so that's worth the price of admission for me and if I never actually watch the show again maybe I'll still be able to sell the set for £50 in 5 years time :LOL::rofl:
 
I never trust anything that says limited edition if the size of the edition isn’t listed and it’s better still if they put a number on each. I said this elsewhere, but as a kid, I collected certain band’s albums and they’d have LTD Ed colored vinyl or picture disks. The problem was that in some cases they were only limited to the number they could sell.

In one case, the albums were hard to get and stores sold them for $25 (125 in ‘26 dollars), but in the end they flooded the market and prices dropped below $10.

But i still think I’ll buy this.
The wording can mean whatever you want, a collector's edition could match a limited set from another brand but we generally know what Arrow mean when they say limited, different art and it'll eventually go out of stock, which seems a fairly reasonable use of the term as it's literally limited, although you'd assume they're going to print infinity + 1 copies for something as popular as Stranger things was.

I rewatched these on disc for S1 and S2 when S3 came out, did the same when 4 came out, and ran it back again before 5 came out. I can say each season holds up pretty well with s1 still being the best season and most rewatchable. However despite there being moments in s5... when them powty lips show up on 4k disc with decent bitrate and HDR... I do fear if I'd sit through s5 again ngl.

Price wise, considering to obtain SDR 4k S1 and HDR S2 CE's would set you back £100+ I think it isn't bad, especially if you can get the 10%. I am super suprised to get this so early after s5 though... I mean I know the Duffer bros said they were working on it, and it would happen, but getting an announcement in Q1 is kinda crazy.

I would be a bit apprehensive on print runs and I hope they make the deluxe box in a way that feels deluxe e.g. spot gloss etc. This is a massive opportunity for an increase in physical media collectors with this set. Do it right and you could have a whole new generation of physical media collectors. Feels like the absolute best timing for this and the perfect show to do it with. Fair f's to them... just please be good quality!
It is extremely early but I think it's probably the right choice, the last season was so poorly received it makes sense to sell this before interest wanes.
 
I just realized I bought the US deluxe edition from DiabolikDVD, which is better since I'm in California, but I thought there was only the UK edition. I guess I need more sleep, but it's still cheaper than buying directly from Arrow Video US, even with a 10% discount.
Yeah, I bought from OrbitDVD.
The UK Deluxe UHD is $280, Arrow US has it for $230, $50 cheaper, but OrbitDVD (and I guess DiabolikDVD), selling them for $190, another $40 cheaper. So in pounds it's basically £135!

US MSRP is $270, so even if they made a lot of copies and by some miracle it doesn't sell out, it'll be $140-160 at 40-50% off some day. I'm not willing to risk missing out for $30+


All you had to say was, "I'm an ignorant bigot." Takes less time to type.
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lol. what? bet you can't explain wtf your talking about!
I can't, because I avoided spoilers. Just heard/read broad negative things about misplaced 'confessions' in the last 1 or 2 episodes under the ever present 'woke' sauce.


"Wokeness stupidity virus" is when a gay person exists
Do NOT put words in my mouth, speak for yourself. :meh:


I’d say it’s nothing to do with a show having a gay character but more the dealing with that storyline and coming out being more important and extreme than dealing with Vecna destroying the world in 10 minutes lol. Let me just grab every single character together in a circle and waste their time :rofl:.
Yes, that's exactly what I heard, thank you, Flloydo gets it. Doesn't mean the entire series is bad, just that they screwed up an important moment, and at the end of such an event series, I bet it's very important.


Lenny didn't say, "I heard the writing was bad in the end." He used "woke" as a pejorative.
Because wokeness is what's ruining every other film and series lately. Hysterical libs like you cannot comprehend that it all being done just to put a checkmark, or comply with 'inclusivity rules', such as those written up by the Academy to be eligible for awards, is as racist and offensive as anything before, if not more. It's a demeaning handout, a forced fascist rule to comply with. I'm speaking in general, not about Stranger Things per se, because I haven't seen it past S2.


That person said it "ruined the show"
No, I did not, read it again with glasses. I said I heard ruined by the end, meaning somewhere near the end, not the whole show.
 
I never trust anything that says limited edition if the size of the edition isn’t listed and it’s better still if they put a number on each. I said this elsewhere, but as a kid, I collected certain band’s albums and they’d have LTD Ed colored vinyl or picture disks. The problem was that in some cases they were only limited to the number they could sell.

In one case, the albums were hard to get and stores sold them for $25 (125 in ‘26 dollars), but in the end they flooded the market and prices dropped below $10.

But i still think I’ll buy this.
The deluxe is a limited edition

Arrow have always used the wording special edition for standard editions

The standard edition usually only happens after the limited editions have sold out or is close to happening but they decided to release limited and standard same time for this release

It’s also possible at a later date another standard edition gets a release in a box set but won’t have the booklet or poster
 
Great edition, great first seasons, but a stupid virus ruined everything... so I'll pass on such a great box set! It's a kids' movie! I wouldn't want to see endings like that in Home Alone or Beethoven! Thank goodness they don't make remakes of Problem Child...
 
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Wow, you're really pulling out all the greatest chud hits, eh?

"You say you're tolerant, yet you are intolerant of my homophobia? I am very smart."

I made an account to share that I was excited about this release. Didn't realize that open bigotry was okay here.

Because wokeness is what's ruining every other film and series lately.

Given that you're claiming it's something that happens with "every other film and series lately," I assume you have a long list of examples you can give... right?

Actually, I don't even need a long list. Name five films or TV shows from the last five years that have been "ruined" by wokeness and explain what the "wokeness" was.

Don't worry, I'll wait. You have a half a decade to pull five examples from. This should be good.
 
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I rewatched these on disc for S1 and S2 when S3 came out, did the same when 4 came out, and ran it back again before 5 came out. I can say each season holds up pretty well with s1 still being the best season and most rewatchable. However despite there being moments in s5... when them powty lips show up on 4k disc with decent bitrate and HDR... I do fear if I'd sit through s5 again ngl.

Price wise, considering to obtain SDR 4k S1 and HDR S2 CE's would set you back £100+ I think it isn't bad, especially if you can get the 10%. I am super suprised to get this so early after s5 though... I mean I know the Duffer bros said they were working on it, and it would happen, but getting an announcement in Q1 is kinda crazy.

I would be a bit apprehensive on print runs and I hope they make the deluxe box in a way that feels deluxe e.g. spot gloss etc. This is a massive opportunity for an increase in physical media collectors with this set. Do it right and you could have a whole new generation of physical media collectors. Feels like the absolute best timing for this and the perfect show to do it with. Fair f's to them... just please be good quality!
It's pretty good bang for your back and it proberly hold most of that value if not increased. And agree if they just add some gloss to the box it would step up their game, it's not a major thing to add. Sometimes i feel like special treatment from premiums is overrated i have seen cheap edition with spot gloss embossing etc. Its just that its a low print and limited. Speaking of premiums i almost bought a Lost Boys box the other day with only the fullslip for €225 simly becouse like the artwork and movie. Then this came up and i was comparing the value and price, its ridiculous honestly :shipped: i can have this huge 4k set instead of a incomplete limited Lost Boys set for less money that really scratched my head lol.
 
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I can't, because I avoided spoilers. Just heard/read broad negative things about misplaced 'confessions' in the last 1 or 2 episodes under the ever present 'woke' sauce.

Because wokeness is what's ruining every other film and series lately. Hysterical libs like you cannot comprehend that it all being done just to put a checkmark, or comply with 'inclusivity rules', such as those written up by the Academy to be eligible for awards, is as racist and offensive as anything before, if not more. It's a demeaning handout, a forced fascist rule to comply with. I'm speaking in general, not about Stranger Things per se, because I haven't seen it past S2.
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