Originally Posted by jcp42877 Are you so sure? I am a bit skeptical, seeing as how pretty much any movie that came out with an "exclusive" steelbook at BBY, is still at my local store: Wrath of the titans, green lantern, Inception, gran Torino, etc..

Originally Posted by blazenumb1 They still have the Batman Begins and Dark Knight Exclusive Steel Books in stock online as well.

jcp - first, you are referring to what I believe were mass produced SB's to be sold at a low price ($9.99) to entice 'suckers' to come in and grab them, I even believe they were generated for Fathers Day / graduation. Sure hardcore collectors picked them up, but the titles were so 'meh' that they didn't fly off the shelf.

blazenumb - again, there was the first round of the two Batman films with the aforementioned titles with movie cash, then I believe they put even more out last month, without the movie cash (even a different sku for both) to generate hype for DKR and pump them out at $9.99 all day long.

My comments are generally towards the big blockbuster Tuesday BB Exclusive SB releases, Amazing Spiderman, Men In Black 3 are gone and haven't been out for a month (hell MiB 3 just last week). I remember the very first was Hurt Locker, went to 3 stores to find one and now goes for $100 on eBay. Then came Salt which was off the shelf by the days end. Since then, its been stuff like Safe House, Underworld Awakening, a few others that were all gone by Tuesday the next week, I guarantee it. This DKR is blowing up so fast, I really don't think the copies will last, especially since its at a nice price point and pretty sweet cover..

Originally Posted by token2k6 jcp - first, you are referring to what I believe were mass produced SB's to be sold at a low price ($9.99) to entice 'suckers' to come in and grab them, I even believe they were generated for Fathers Day / graduation. Sure hardcore collectors picked them up, but the titles were so 'meh' that they didn't fly off the shelf. blazenumb - again, there was the first round of the two Batman films with the aforementioned titles with movie cash, then I believe they put even more out last month, without the movie cash (even a different sku for both) to generate hype for DKR and pump them out at $9.99 all day long. My comments are generally towards the big blockbuster Tuesday BB Exclusive SB releases, Amazing Spiderman, Men In Black 3 are gone and haven't been out for a month (hell MiB 3 just last week). I remember the very first was Hurt Locker, went to 3 stores to find one and now goes for $100 on eBay. Then came Salt which was off the shelf by the days end. Since then, its been stuff like Safe House, Underworld Awakening, a few others that were all gone by Tuesday the next week, I guarantee it. This DKR is blowing up so fast, I really don't think the copies will last, especially since its at a nice price point and pretty sweet cover..

I would agree with you to an extent... Amazing Spiderman I definitely wouldn't say is rare though. As of last week, they had about 30+ at one of my stores. As for Safe House, I'm not sure how many stores had to begin with, but I know the store closest to me only had 5 or so for starters, so being sold out of those isn't saying much. Underworld I am still seeing in stores as well. The others I either haven't seen. I think it has more to do with the actual stock than the rarity. It should be a given that any movie released in a SB where the store only gets 5-10 is going to be out quickly... Highly doubt that will be the case with DKR.

Oh and as for the titles being 'meh' for mass produced SBs back in June... I would definitely have to disagree with that. Especially considering 6 (7 if you count Dark Knight) of them are IMDB top 25 movies.

Originally Posted by mvp828 I would agree with you to an extent... Amazing Spiderman I definitely wouldn't say is rare though. As of last week, they had about 30+ at one of my stores. As for Safe House, I'm not sure how many stores had to begin with, but I know the store closest to me only had 5 or so for starters, so being sold out of those isn't saying much. Underworld I am still seeing in stores as well. The others I either haven't seen. I think it has more to do with the actual stock than the rarity. It should be a given that any movie released in a SB where the store only gets 5-10 is going to be out quickly... Highly doubt that will be the case with DKR. Oh and as for the titles being 'meh' for mass produced SBs back in June... I would definitely have to disagree with that. Especially considering 6 (7 if you count Dark Knight) of them are IMDB top 25 movies.

haha, I knew I'd take some flack on the 'meh' part, especially with Inception and the Batman movies being on there. Maybe I should have phrased it like 'older movies being re-released' or something..

and you raise all good points on the rarity issue! I guess its different for all parts of the country..

Originally Posted by token2k6 jcp - first, you are referring to what I believe were mass produced SB's to be sold at a low price ($9.99) to entice 'suckers' to come in and grab them, I even believe they were generated for Fathers Day / graduation. Sure hardcore collectors picked them up, but the titles were so 'meh' that they didn't fly off the shelf. blazenumb - again, there was the first round of the two Batman films with the aforementioned titles with movie cash, then I believe they put even more out last month, without the movie cash (even a different sku for both) to generate hype for DKR and pump them out at $9.99 all day long. My comments are generally towards the big blockbuster Tuesday BB Exclusive SB releases, Amazing Spiderman, Men In Black 3 are gone and haven't been out for a month (hell MiB 3 just last week). I remember the very first was Hurt Locker, went to 3 stores to find one and now goes for $100 on eBay. Then came Salt which was off the shelf by the days end. Since then, its been stuff like Safe House, Underworld Awakening, a few others that were all gone by Tuesday the next week, I guarantee it. This DKR is blowing up so fast, I really don't think the copies will last, especially since its at a nice price point and pretty sweet cover..

Well, I suppose you are def right on a few points. I might go back later today and just pick up a SB for safe keeping until my WBShop exclusive gets here since I KNOW it's just the combo Blu with the exclusive figures. I'm not sure if I'm going to keep that one or sell it, since it only had 1,000. I have the other 2 Batmans on SB, so might as well get it for this one too...just in case I want to sell it one day, they'll be in a SB set.

Sad to say this place is a breath of fresh air compared to the game section it seems everyone is an adult in the movie area and everyone in the gaming area is a whiny baby. Thank you all

Picked up the last SB today from my BB very happy to have the entire collection in SB form.

Originally Posted by bjstucker Sad to say this place is a breath of fresh air compared to the game section it seems everyone is an adult in the movie area and everyone in the gaming area is a whiny baby. Thank you all.

Which is mostly why I hang out here now

Just returned from my local Walmart- they had one Cowl Blu-ray left, so I snagged it for $25. Too bad they won't adjust the price of the first Cowl set I bought from them last week on walmart.com for $10 more!

Originally Posted by jcp42877 Aha...so I'm currently in the BBY customer service line right now picking up FC3, and found this quite funny. I look over to TDKR display stand and see a guy comparing the combo Blu and steelbook Blu...he then attempts to take the slipcover off the combo and cover the steelbook with it. Lo and behold, it doesn't fit and his face seems a bit pissed. He just grabbed the combo and walked away haha

lol what a tool

Originally Posted by cbulas1 Just returned from my local Walmart- they had one Cowl Blu-ray left, so I snagged it for $25. Too bad they won't adjust the price of the first Cowl set I bought from them last week on walmart.com for $10 more!

Congrats. This morning I checked Walmart, Best Buy, and Target, and all three said they never got any of the cowl limited edition blurays in stock. I'm happy with my BB steelbook, but I would have bought both. I should have held on to my Amazon preorder of the cowl edition.

Had to go to Wal-Mart and luckily they had one sitting on the top shelf of the new releases of the BatCowl LE. Obviously grabbed it even though originally I was going for the steelbook at BB. Thinking I may still get the steelbook since I have the other two in steelbook form as well. Spending $50 for a movie, blah...

Originally Posted by blazenumb1 I'm in the same boat, but are these really that rare or did people just buy them like crazy? I was looking on Wal-Mart.com and noticed they have the limited edition Dark Knight Blu -Ray that came with the bat-pod for $25. Huge Batman fan but and would love to have this, just not sure if it will be super rare or not.

My local FYE had had that (and some Spiderman 3 Sandman statues) in stock for months and months. Actually, they have about 50-60 copies of Dark Knight in various forms.

Thinking about picking up a Steelbook solely to sell on eBay. Already own Begins so I am good.

Lulz. I'm so confused about which version to buy. Really too much for me to handle!

BB Steelbook: $25, comes with extra documentary
Target Digibook: $25, comes with mini comic and some stills
Broken Cowl: $25 or $35, comes with broken cowl display, the movies are stored in some tin-looking thing that is not the size of a case. Apparently may be quite rare
WB Shop Ultimate: NLA - comes with action figures
Regular: $18, comes with dvd, blu, digital copy

The Bat Cowl LE is actually numbered /35,000. The batcycle was not and to be honest was quite lame.

Got the steelbook earlier this morning. Still debating if I wanna go to Target and try to get the digibook, but after seeing this youtube video of it (And discovering the comic is literally the beginning of the movie in comic form), I'm not quite so interested in getting it just for better box art.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-kidR26Nxo

How many pages is the Digi Book?

I see everyone saying the Best Buy Steelbook comes with an extra documentary. Is this on the special features disc, or is this the one you need to watch online?

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Originally Posted by SyxxHallNash I see everyone saying the Best Buy Steelbook comes with an extra documentary. Is this on the special features disc, or is this the one you need to watch online?

I'm pretty sure it's on the disc. The only code is for the Ultraviolet copy, so unless the documentary is on there, I'm guessing it's on the special features disc.

Originally Posted by JasonTerminator I'm pretty sure it's on the disc. The only code is for the Ultraviolet copy, so unless the documentary is on there, I'm guessing it's on the special features disc.

Wouldn't it make more sense that the documentary is on a separate disc from a manufacturing perspective? The Blu Ray discs themselves should be the same from regular to the other editions...

Originally Posted by SyxxHallNash I see everyone saying the Best Buy Steelbook comes with an extra documentary. Is this on the special features disc, or is this the one you need to watch online?

Its online. I got a code on my receipt to redeem it and they also emailed code

Originally Posted by ThunderChunky62 Its online. I got a code on my receipt to redeem it and they also emailed code

Ah, I didn't look at the receipt. That would explain it.

EDIT: Actually, it's not on my reciept. I guess I'm calling Best Buy.