Steelbooks make amazing gifts. I have been giving Steelbooks as gifts to many family and friends, who are NOT Steelbook Collector's. Everyone seems to like them.
Some of their reactions were:
*Grandma declined her sealed/mint copy of Lady & The Tramp Zavvi; DUE to not having a Blu ray player. I later found it with a remote control on top of it.
.....I guess I hadn't thought that one out too well. I later re-gifted it to a friend.
*Mom opened her copy of Lady & The Tramp zavvi right away. Seemed to like it. When I later enquired about it, she confirmed it is Now Lost. Been missing ever since.
*Mom loved Mary Poppins and has it laying around. I saw a binder on top of it.
*Girlfriends Dad liked his sealed/mint copy of ALIENS. He claimed he wasn't going to open it. I subsequently decided to cancel my extra pre orders of Alien, and Alien 3 as I had intended to get him the set.
.......I later explained to him that the Steelbook market is saturated & it will never be worth anything so so he might as well open it and watch the extended cut. He eventually opened it.
*Friend with two daughters - spine slashed Cinderella Zavvi -Oddly enough, he Never really thanked me. Later he told me he already had it and is going to keep that copy sealed.....
The reactions to Steelbooks as gifts are all over the place. Are steelbooks a Great gift?
What was the last Steelbook you gave as a gift? Did they like it? Did they open it?
-No Dings No Scratches
Some of their reactions were:
*Grandma declined her sealed/mint copy of Lady & The Tramp Zavvi; DUE to not having a Blu ray player. I later found it with a remote control on top of it.
.....I guess I hadn't thought that one out too well. I later re-gifted it to a friend.
*Mom opened her copy of Lady & The Tramp zavvi right away. Seemed to like it. When I later enquired about it, she confirmed it is Now Lost. Been missing ever since.
*Mom loved Mary Poppins and has it laying around. I saw a binder on top of it.
*Girlfriends Dad liked his sealed/mint copy of ALIENS. He claimed he wasn't going to open it. I subsequently decided to cancel my extra pre orders of Alien, and Alien 3 as I had intended to get him the set.
.......I later explained to him that the Steelbook market is saturated & it will never be worth anything so so he might as well open it and watch the extended cut. He eventually opened it.
*Friend with two daughters - spine slashed Cinderella Zavvi -Oddly enough, he Never really thanked me. Later he told me he already had it and is going to keep that copy sealed.....
The reactions to Steelbooks as gifts are all over the place. Are steelbooks a Great gift?
What was the last Steelbook you gave as a gift? Did they like it? Did they open it?
-No Dings No Scratches
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