UK Horizontal Play.com Wave News and Poll

[Wreck]

***Please see separate threads to discuss individual Steels/see inside/back art***

View attachment 6580In this thread, you voiced your opinion. I passed it on to all the powers that be and Hi-Def Ninja's voice seemingly has been heard.

While I cannot say they have switched from landscape (horizontal) to portrait (vertical). I can say that the quality of this batch is heading into a MORE than acceptable and reasonable solution.

There are some cheap, done horribly landscape titles out there. But there are also some magnificent must own ones as well. (Monsters, DE - Book of Eli, DE come to mind)

Here is the news that makes me excited to see what these all will look like regarding this wave. I would rather have quality made horizontal's then the exact same art from the German wave.

they may well be able to do internal artwork on these too which combined with the removable taco card with the tech specs on should give these a very polished look. There may also be some debossing on some of them too, I’m imagining the title treatment but I don’t know for sure.

I've also been given a sneak peek at one of the titles, so let me know what you think about this one and the others if given this level of art quality for the rest of the wave.

If you like, chime in with which titles you'd like to see debossing on this wave and who knows ... it might just happen.


Titles in the Wave:

Hott Fuzz
Carlito's Way
Shaun of the Dead
Pitch Black
Children of Men
An American Werewolf In London
Hulk
The Incredible Hulk
Kick-Ass
The Thing
Hellboy 2
Casino

 

[digitalbabe]

Awesome, Wreck, thanks!

 

[Steelbook PimpSlap]

Wreck ,


You F***ing Rock

 

[MK50]

No printed logos will be a big plus!
Also inside artwork (not the Advertisement like used in the german waye as "artwork")!

But i think there will still be no horizontal for me... but let's just wait and look how they look when they come out!

But BIG THANKS to you Wreck for maybe making this "upgrade" on this wave possible...

 

[Grapey]

That's actually really nice - still would look better vertical though

Thanks for the update, Wreck

 

[Man of Steel]

Looks like my thread may have done the trick

Thanks to Wreck for sharing the info though - Without that I wouldn't have been able to vent my frustration in the first place

I'm glad to see this wave heading into a more positive direction.

American Werewolf in London looks good! (Still wish it was Vertical though!) lol.

 

[jbsolo]

nice picture...still hesitant on these horizontal steels...although I have the Yamato and Monsters...they might be steels that people don't want to touch now but will be highly sought after once they become OOP...mmmm.

 

[darczap]

Nice!

Have to have debossing on The Incredible Hulk

 

[surfury]

YAY !!!!! Looks like I will have some Steels for a GB after all, tbh was expecting to cancel it. That American Werewolf rocks.

nice picture...still hesitant on these horizontal steels...although I have the Yamato and Monsters...they might be steels that people don't want to touch now but will be highly sought after once they become OOP...mmmm.

Couldn't agree more.

 

[Black Sunshine]

This works as a Horizontal as the Vast Lanscape of the Cover it Perfectly Displayed via a wide Framed Shot. This element, However if not scaled Properly can also look like shite! Hope fully there will be more sneek peaks in the evolution of this wave.

 

[jvules]

awesome cover, lets hope all look as good.

 

[Blayze17]

thanks for all the info Wreck!
I'm still really hesitant on these landscape designs
We shall see!

 

[DK06CTR]

artwork looks great but im still not down with the horizontal landscape, that would look awesome vertical.

 

[Wreck]

Looks like my thread may have done the trick

Thanks to Wreck for sharing the info though - Without that I wouldn't have been able to vent my frustration in the first place

I'm glad to see this wave heading into a more positive direction.

American Werewolf in London looks good! (Still wish it was Vertical though!) lol.

While we don't promote bashing, it's important for our community which is a large representation of the world-wide steelbook collector community to be heard. I commend you for making the thread, and thanks to our members for voicing their opinion in a somewhat constructive manner. - It gave me ammunition.

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This works as a Horizontal as the Vast Lanscape of the Cover it Perfectly Displayed via a wide Framed Shot. This element, However if not scaled Properly can also look like shite! Hope fully there will be more sneek peaks in the evolution of this wave.

Agree, it would look horrible if vertical on this one.

artwork looks great but im still not down with the horizontal landscape, that would look awesome vertical.

disagree, see above. I love how the black engulfs all the edges of the shot. Very artistic. Let's hope the rest have had this much attention to detail.

 

[s7v7n]

I like it a lot & really have no problem with horizontal steelbooks. It allows for wide-screen art after all.

 

[Man of Steel]

Yeh I agree, while the artwork looks good - I'll always prefer the Vertical format. I only hope that the entire wave is not Landscape/Horizontal!

 

[axcraig]

I'm not surprised by these horizontal artworks, remind me of the uk quad posters.

 

[Man of Steel]

While we don't promote bashing, it's important for our community which is a large representation of the world-wide steelbook collector community to be heard. I commend you for making the thread, and thanks to our members for voicing their opinion in a somewhat constructive manner. - It gave me ammunition.

Thanks Wreck - Much appreciated! I can definitely say it was a big group effort to get it this far! So thank you everyone for commenting and making your voices heard.

 

[Henke007]

Amazing artwork on Werewolf. My main wish is that Hulk and The thing is just as good and those are the titles that would be epic with debossing/embossing.

 

[Deadalus3000]

Wreck, awesome work, looks like these should shape up very nicely.