Not sure why everyone is getting so freaked out over the cost of this? Most premium companies prices have gone up the last couple years, they blame shipping but it’s not just that. I’d much rather spend less but if the premium companies are selling out the majority of there stock, there not changing. I’m not a fan of how many copies zeta does of there Gold Series currently, praying ML stays at 600 copies for there OC’s, remember when it was 400 or less? Fight Club, WW, and so on.
The last dozen or so OABs have all been $130 except for Top Gun Maverick which was $155 it came with both steelbooks and Top Gun was $125 for some reason?
Certainly not including OABs with multiple slips like Mad Max Anthology or The Godfather Trilogy.
You have to go back to Training Day, early 2024 for the most recent release that was under $130, it was $110. Further back Vertigo, The Sting, Rear Window, all were $95.
You could get Blufans Exclusives for $55-$65 back with Frozen, the 1st and 2nd Marvel Waves, and all the rest.
Just an example Zeta Gold and Silver Label Boxsets despite much larger print runs for the Gold Label which used to be 300-400 copies now have 750-1K print runs. I don’t even need to look back to know the first Interstellar Box set was far less than the second 4K release. Especially recent releases, the cost from there first dozen releases to now is a large price gap just like all the rest of the premium companies.
The Blade Runner 2049 BF OAB Boxset was only $100 back in 2021, talk about a deal! That would probably be $250 minimum today and they would all sell out.
Part of it is with so many more collectors than say 2016 they can up the prices for limited print runs especially for popular titles. Ahh the good old days, we didn’t know how good we had it, I miss magneto.