New to SteelBooks

[sinner314]

First let me applogize for any spelling or grammer errors as I'm starting this thread from my mobile. Due to our new home theater setup I've been building a libary of blu ray discs and yesterday when I decdied to add a pixar film or two I stubbled upon my first steelbook case. I know its late in the game but my local bestbuy just happens to have 11 of the oringnal 13 that were released so I've started to put me togther alittle collection of the ones they have and ill just get the missing titles UP and SnowWhite from ebay or another source. I just don't want to miss out the chance to own some of these disney blu rays as I have never upgraded from the orignal vhs copies we own.

So on to my question. What other steelbooks are out there that I don't have fork over a weeks worth of pay to add to our collection. The ones I'm getting from best buy are 35 bucks apiece so around 50 bucks a flick is bout all I'm willing to pay unless its one of my favrotie movies..

What I'm looking for in any steelbooks I add to my collection is cool art on the covers and english menus so I know what selection I'm making when surfing thru the menus yes I said it english. I buy these things to watcch so a good transfer is must. And since I do try to enjoy the whole expernice so its nice if the actual movie is entertaining.

Curently I'm using my ps3 for playback of these but in the near futre ill be adding a samsung bd-c7900 3d blu ray player so I get most use out our new samsung 3d tv.

 

[Wreck]

I presume you've seen this site, and the information it has...

http://bluraysteelbooks.com/

by looking at the List page http://bluraysteelbooks.com/steelbook-list/ you can see all that have been made and see if they are region free. For the most part, if its region free then its in English and can be played. Then of course all other English speaking countries are obviously in English. USA, UK, Australia, Canada etc.

Visiting sites like <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.de%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dnb%5Fsb%5Fnoss%26field-keywords%3Dblu-ray%2520steelbook%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&site-redirect=de&tag=bluraystee0d-21&linkCode=ur2&camp=1638&creative=19454">Amazon German and search for Blu-ray SteelBooks (like this link did)</a><img src="https://www.assoc-amazon.de/e/ir?t=bluraystee0d-21&l=ur2&o=3" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> certainly helps you see what is available @ retailer price level. They ship to USA and charge one flat fee (14 euros) of shipping for HOWEVER many steels you buy so its best to buy a FEW!

Also, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dsr%5Fpg%5F1%26keywords%3Dblu-ray%2520steelbook%26qid%3D1279371768%26rh%3Di%253Aaps%252Ck%253Ablu-ray%2520steelbook%26page%3D1&tag=blurayenterce-21&linkCode=ur2&camp=1634&creative=19450">Amazon.co.uk Blu-ray SteelBook Listing</a><img src="https://www.assoc-amazon.co.uk/e/ir?t=blurayenterce-21&l=ur2&o=2" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> Has some available and the shipping is pretty much same as USA Amazon.

Any help needed ordering from a foreign site, we'll be sure to help.

There's also the possibility of trading some of those disney's that you can get ahold of to a foreigner for titles from their country. Which can be done so in our trading forum.

You'd be surprised as MANY titles can be had for $50 or less if you scour around enough. I'd say at the least 80% of Blu-ray SteelBooks can be @ that price range.

The current bad boy's that's always on everyone's mind are titles like Iron Man FutureShop (Best Buy owned company in Canada), I Am Legend FutureShop (first FS title released) John Rambo Uncut original amazon.de version, & Indy IV FS are some heavy hitters. I personally see a lot more titles about to climb in value. The Inglourious Basterds Limited Edition Box Set (limited to 2000 peices) should rise, and same with the IB FutureShop since its the only SteelBook that really had unique artwork compared to the rest.

Lot of older FS titles and German MediaMarkt Exclusives will probably climb due to still being a demand (although mediocre compared to the heavy hitters) and having low stock #'s available.

Welcome to the wild world of steels. And btw, be sure to inspect your cases carefully as most collectors freak out about tiny dings or dents ... which many of those Best Buy Disney's have under the shrink wrap. But if your not that big into steels you may not care .... YET! Haha.

 

[sinner314]

Thank you for all the tips !! I'm really lookin forward to trying a few imports just to see how the whole process of ordering from overseas works.

 

[bravesfan102531]

I'm in the same boat you are sinner. I've been addicted to buying blus for about a year and a half. I've got my collection up to around 100, But I'm still yet to buy a steelbook. I've been watchin some on ebay and they seem to have some on there are very reasonable as far as steelbook prices go.

 

[BluRayJunkie]

Thank you for all the tips !! I'm really lookin forward to trying a few imports just to see how the whole process of ordering from overseas works.

Hope you got a THICK WALLET! Once you start, it's awful hard to stop.

 

[Rebelwithoutacause]

If I was you, I'd make a list of movies that you would like to purchase the Steelbooks for and then follow that up with doing research on them.

By the way, I hope that you aren't OCD when it comes to collecting stuff. If you are, you'll quickly find your bank account slowly being drained.

Welcome to the World of Steelbooks.

 

[Horhay]

It will get you addicted!! Be really careful too lol as you start buying you'll want more and more!

 

[sinner314]

Well I kinda of have come up with my plan of action from here on out. I have 4 more to buy before I have all the ones that were released at the us bestbuys. Then I'm going to work on getting some of the james bond steebooks that were released here in the us.

I'm hoping disney does there 12 days of christmas again through bestbuy as I would love to have some more of the older disney films..

Then bring on to the imports !!! I'm alrdy making my list and checking it twice!!

---------- Post added at 10:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:52 PM ----------

Well I kinda of have come up with my plan of action from here on out. I have 4 more to buy before I have all the ones that were released at the us bestbuys. Then I'm going to work on getting some of the james bond steebooks that were released here in the us as I really like them flicks and my laserdisc copies are still in great condtion but my player is gettin old and won't be around much longer..

I'm hoping disney does there 12 days of christmas again through bestbuy as I would love to have some more of the older disney films..

Then bring on the imports !!! I'm alrdy making my list and checking it twice!!

 

[Wreck]

so u know, it wouldnt be a complete set as they didnt release all the James Bond flicks on steel. But they have released like 10 or so. Dont count on the rest though, poor sales.

 

[sinner314]

Thanks wreck. I'm going to have to send a friend invite to your psn account so we can game some night........... my psn id is = Sinner314