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In celebration of James Bond's monumental golden anniversary, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment today unveiled BOND 50, a collectible box-set featuring all 22 James Bond films on Blu-ray Disc for the first time in one complete offering. The longest running film franchise of all time, the Bond 50 collection marks the debut of nine James Bond films previously unavailable in high definition Blu-ray. Fans around the world can pre-order now with participating online retailers.

BOND 50 showcases fifty years of Bond neatly packaged into one cool, sleek collectable box-set featuring all six iconic James Bond actors. Produced using the highest possible picture quality and audio presentation, the collection includes all 22 James Bond feature films from Dr. No to Quantum of Solace and more than 130 hours of bonus features including some new and exclusive content


Pretty steep price but great for huge Bond fans. Hopefully price goes down and hopefully release date is announced soon
 
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[quote name='mykevermin']I wish. I'm not entirely hopeful that we'll see single releases in the near future, too. Call me a cynic, but I can't see stores stocking up copies of "Diamonds are Forever" in huge numbers. As much as I might want them to.[/QUOTE]

Diamonds are Forever, along with Goldeneye, and Octopussy are getting individual releases in Oct. and sold exclusively at Walmart actually.
 
[quote name='ssjmichael']Diamonds are Forever, along with Goldeneye, and Octopussy are getting individual releases in Oct. and sold exclusively at Walmart actually.[/QUOTE]

fascinating, thanks! do you have release info on the other as of yet unreleased films?

(I can never recall which ones haven't been released on Blu, and last night I was thinking to myself "oh, dude, I'm gonna watch You Only Live Twice tonight!"

d'oh. booo.
 
I think only those 3 unreleased ones are coming out so far. They're probably doing them in waves most likely, and perhaps also making sure that some people still get the bigger set rather than buying everything individually.
 
Just a heads-up for anyone ordering from the UK. Everything but Quantum of Solace will be region free, the latter will be Region B locked.
 
[quote name='ssjmichael']Just a heads-up for anyone ordering from the UK. Everything but Quantum of Solace will be region free, the latter will be Region B locked.[/QUOTE]

You just made my day sir! I just sold all of my old box sets because I preordered this from the UK at amazon. I think it is around $135 or $140 from my pre-order price from UK amazon. The only bond movie that I own on blu-ray was quantum of solace. I didn't sell that yet. So now I'll just keep that and I have them all on blu-ray. Sold my DVD sets for almost the same amount as the bond 50 collection on blu-ray. Only about a $15 - $20 difference to upgrade all of them.
 
[quote name='ssjmichael']Just a heads-up for anyone ordering from the UK. Everything but Quantum of Solace will be region free, the latter will be Region B locked.[/QUOTE]Good to know. Odd that the QoS is the only one that is region locked and the rest are region-free.
 
That's how it was in its standalone release too I believe, but yeah I'm not sure why it was locked to begin with, while the other titles released by Fox/MGM weren't.
 
Y'all know the 9 missing Bond blus are all coming out on Oct 2, right? They are store exclusives :

Walmart - Diamonds are forever, Octopussy, Goldeneye
Best Buy - On her Majesty's secret service, You only live twice, The spy who loved me
Target - A View to a Kill, Tomorrow never dies, The Living Daylights

Walmart has their three available for preorder at 9.96 each.
 
[quote name='dinovelvet']Y'all know the 9 missing Bond blus are all coming out on Oct 2, right? They are store exclusives :

Walmart - Diamonds are forever, Octopussy, Goldeneye
Best Buy - On her Majesty's secret service, You only live twice, The spy who loved me
Target - A View to a Kill, Tomorrow never dies, The Living Daylights

Walmart has their three available for preorder at 9.96 each.[/QUOTE]

I knew about the WM ones, but haven't heard about the others being released the same time. Do you have a source for that?

edit: I think I found the source of it: http://www.thedigitalbits.com/mytwocentsa206.html
 
[quote name='dinovelvet']Y'all know the 9 missing Bond blus are all coming out on Oct 2, right? They are store exclusives :

Walmart - Diamonds are forever, Octopussy, Goldeneye
Best Buy - On her Majesty's secret service, You only live twice, The spy who loved me
Target - A View to a Kill, Tomorrow never dies, The Living Daylights

Walmart has their three available for preorder at 9.96 each.[/QUOTE]

1) sweet, thanks.

2) Crap, this means I have to shop at Wal-Mart.

On a more self-amusing note, I'd find it a blessing in disguise that Quantum of Solace was region-locked such that I couldn't watch it. Man, that film was aesthetically beautiful, but the plot was a mess and the villain hella uninteresting.
 
I'm both glad and annoyed that the final 9 unreleased Blu-rays are coming out. Glad, for the people who only want certain movies. Annoyed, because if they have the same new covers that the UK are getting, I'm going to buy the unreleased nine, the ones I already have, AND the fucking box. Because, again, I'm a goddamn whore.

Still, I'm not thrilled about the hoops that store exclusivity will entail. I do sincerely hope that everyone matches the $10 Wal-Mart price point, though. 3 for $10 and the other 6 for $20 isn't going to go over well.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']1) sweet, thanks.

2) Crap, this means I have to shop at Wal-Mart.

On a more self-amusing note, I'd find it a blessing in disguise that Quantum of Solace was region-locked such that I couldn't watch it. Man, that film was aesthetically beautiful, but the plot was a mess and the villain hella uninteresting.[/QUOTE]I always look at Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace as two halves of a larger movie than QoS isn't so hard to stomach.

I'm more curious if Skyfall brings Quantum back into the fold because they could lay some reasonable groundwork with them for future movies if they play them off as a nemesis organization against Bond and MI6.
 
[quote name='dinovelvet']Y'all know the 9 missing Bond blus are all coming out on Oct 2, right? They are store exclusives :

Walmart - Diamonds are forever, Octopussy, Goldeneye
Best Buy - On her Majesty's secret service, You only live twice, The spy who loved me
Target - A View to a Kill, Tomorrow never dies, The Living Daylights

Walmart has their three available for preorder at 9.96 each.[/QUOTE]

Awesome, thanks for the info.
 
[quote name='shrike4242']I always look at Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace as two halves of a larger movie than QoS isn't so hard to stomach.

I'm more curious if Skyfall brings Quantum back into the fold because they could lay some reasonable groundwork with them for future movies if they play them off as a nemesis organization against Bond and MI6.[/QUOTE]

I agree about Quantum of Solace... it's really the only 'sequel' in the series, barring that godawful Diamonds Are Forever opening. I've warmed to QoS since it was released, but it would be a horrendously stronger film if they had, you know, finished writing it and toned down the goddamn shaky-cam.

To shed some light on your second thought... it's been stated in interviews that SkyFall is a completely standalone story. As far as I know, it shouldn't have anything to do with Quantum. In fact, a deleted ending of Quantum of Solace actually had Bond hunt down Mr. White and Guy Haines, but they cut it in order to give the next film the freedom to drop Quantum. So, I wouldn't expect to see anything dealing with Quantum in SkyFall. It's a shame, honestly, since I agree that it could have easily given them a nice villain sandbox to play around in, since it seemed obvious that it was being set-up as a modern-day SPECTRE. Given the reception to QoS and the time-gap, I'd be shocked if they revisited it after SkyFall.
 
[quote name='007']I agree about Quantum of Solace... it's really the only 'sequel' in the series, barring that godawful Diamonds Are Forever opening. I've warmed to QoS since it was released, but it would be a horrendously stronger film if they had, you know, finished writing it and toned down the goddamn shaky-cam.

To shed some light on your second thought... it's been stated in interviews that SkyFall is a completely standalone story. As far as I know, it shouldn't have anything to do with Quantum. In fact, a deleted ending of Quantum of Solace actually had Bond hunt down Mr. White and Guy Haines, but they cut it in order to give the next film the freedom to drop Quantum. So, I wouldn't expect to see anything dealing with Quantum in SkyFall. It's a shame, honestly, since I agree that it could have easily given them a nice villain sandbox to play around in, since it seemed obvious that it was being set-up as a modern-day SPECTRE. Given the reception to QoS and the time-gap, I'd be shocked if they revisited it after SkyFall.[/QUOTE]I think the shaky cam came about from all the success it seemed to have in the Bourne movies, though yes, less of that would have been better. Tying up some loose ends would also have been helpful, though if a deleted scene had Bond getting Mr. White and Guy Haines, it would have tied up that end with Quantum.

There certainly was the potential for Quantum being the modern-day SPECTRE, though I can't see them going back to it with a movie coming out that doesn't have Quantum in it and is a stand-alone story. I know when they had SPECTRE out as the be-all nemesis organization against MI6, it ran for a few movies and was the main backbone across them.

We'll obviously see in a couple of months what Skyfall has to offer and watch the older movies in the meantime.
 
[quote name='dinovelvet']Y'all know the 9 missing Bond blus are all coming out on Oct 2, right? They are store exclusives :

Walmart - Diamonds are forever, Octopussy, Goldeneye
Best Buy - On her Majesty's secret service, You only live twice, The spy who loved me
Target - A View to a Kill, Tomorrow never dies, The Living Daylights

Walmart has their three available for preorder at 9.96 each.[/QUOTE]

Should I spend the assumed $90 + tax + (shipping or gas money) for the 9 individual releases I'm missing?

Or should I buy all 22 for the $140 Amazon UK preorder?
 
Between those two choices, I'd definitely get the full set, and just sell off whatever I have now (except Quantum of Solace which is supposedly locked in the UK set).
 
[quote name='007']Still, I'm not thrilled about the hoops that store exclusivity will entail. I do sincerely hope that everyone matches the $10 Wal-Mart price point, though. 3 for $10 and the other 6 for $20 isn't going to go over well.[/QUOTE]


Going by past Blu-ray releases, if the MSRP is $19.99 I'd imagine Best Buy and Target will sell them for $14.99.
 
[quote name='SonictheHedgehog1337']Should I spend the assumed $90 + tax + (shipping or gas money) for the 9 individual releases I'm missing?

Or should I buy all 22 for the $140 Amazon UK preorder?[/QUOTE]

Bear in mind that the Bond 50 box set does NOT feature individual cases for each film...that's what sealed the deal for me, I'm going to be buying the 9 solo releases to complete my set.
 
[quote name='dinovelvet']Bear in mind that the Bond 50 box set does NOT feature individual cases for each film...that's what sealed the deal for me, I'm going to be buying the 9 solo releases to complete my set.[/QUOTE]

I've been thinking about that too. I noticed they completely changed the artwork which is kind of annoying. I doubt they will include those cool looking metallic slipcovers that the older releases have (except Quantum).

I've never ever cared about case artwork or slipcovers with the hundreds and hundreds of blurays in my collection until this one instance. I'm a huge Bond fan.
 
A further update: In addition to Quantum of Solace being region B locked in the UK set, it's confirmed that the bonus disc will be as well. Additionally, it looks like Casino Royale might be as well. The first 2 mentioned are stated as B locked at AmazonUK, but the last I'm basing on this image:

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You can see the region b logo on the discs for the ones mentioned, while the ABC logo is on the others
 
[quote name='ssjmichael']A further update: In addition to Quantum of Solace being region B locked in the UK set, it's confirmed that the bonus disc will be as well. Additionally, it looks like Casino Royale might be as well. The first 2 mentioned are stated as B locked at AmazonUK, but the last I'm basing on this image:

91LJRIjoi3L._AA1500_.jpg

You can see the region b logo on the discs for the ones mentioned, while the ABC logo is on the others[/QUOTE]

Thank you so much for the updates ssjmichael. The region locked bonus disc clinched it for me. I cancelled my Amazon uk preorder. I've had my 11 blurays up for sale (didn't include quantum or casino) since the day this thread was created. They haven't sold yet, but now I'm glad I didn't lower the price too much. I'll just wait for the 9 store exclusive individual releases to go on sale some day. Hopefully they don't go out of print before that happens. If they don't all go down to 9.99, then I'm SOL and I'll watch my old bond DVDs and Blurays for the foreseeable future.

Thanks again for keeping us informed shoppers. :)
 
No problem. Nothing is completely confirmed until people have it in their hands and can test to see if it does play back or not, but it's best to be safe than sorry :)
 
[quote name='dinovelvet']Y'all know the 9 missing Bond blus are all coming out on Oct 2, right? They are store exclusives :

Walmart - Diamonds are forever, Octopussy, Goldeneye
Best Buy - On her Majesty's secret service, You only live twice, The spy who loved me
Target - A View to a Kill, Tomorrow never dies, The Living Daylights

Walmart has their three available for preorder at 9.96 each.[/QUOTE]

I keep checking Best Buy and Target's websites to see if they put up preorder links. If anyone catches them before me and posts the links here, I would greatly appreciate it.

I'm anxious to see if the prices are around $9.99 each like Walmart.
 
[quote name='SonictheHedgehog1337']I keep checking Best Buy and Target's websites to see if they put up preorder links. If anyone catches them before me and posts the links here, I would greatly appreciate it.

I'm anxious to see if the prices are around $9.99 each like Walmart.[/QUOTE]

I work at Target and just checked the prices. A View to a Kill (058-37-0713), Tomorrow Never Dies (058-37-0712) and Licence to Kill (058-37-0715) are all 9.99. The Living Daylights (058-37-0715) is $14.99. The Bond 50 set (058-40-0071) is $189.99. Not sure why TLD is $5 more or why Target is randomly bringing back Licence to Kill.

These are the regular prices according to the register, but I'm hoping they have some type of promotion like a free gift card, exclusive freebie or have a lower sale price when they are released.
 
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[quote name='MetalGearDraco']I work at Target and just checked the prices. A View to a Kill (058-37-0713), Tomorrow Never Dies (058-37-0712) and Licence to Kill (058-37-0715) are all 9.99. The Living Daylights (058-37-0715) is $14.99. The Bond 50 set (058-40-0071) is $189.99. Not sure why TLD is $5 more and why Target is randomly bringing back Licence to Kill.

These are the regular prices according to the register, but I'm hoping they have some type of promotion like a free gift card or sale price.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the tip. Hmm that is puzzling about TLD. Maybe they're doing some kind of "Get The Target Exclusive Living Daylights for 9.99 when you buy any other Bond blu-ray" promo?

IIRC, Licence to kill was formerly a Best Buy exclusive, so it's a "new" release as far as Target is concerned?
 
According to next week's BB ad thread, BB will have it for $149.99. Anyone with it in their Gold Box as a pre-order or on release week will get it for $142.50.
 
[quote name='shrike4242']According to next week's BB ad thread, BB will have it for $149.99. Anyone with it in their Gold Box as a pre-order or on release week will get it for $142.50.[/QUOTE]

Looks like I'm canceling my Amazon pre-order and price matching at Target with my employee discount. I am one very happy Bond fan right now!
 
[quote name='MetalGearDraco']Looks like I'm canceling my Amazon pre-order and price matching at Target with my employee discount. I am one very happy Bond fan right now![/QUOTE]Sounds like a plan.

Amazon price dropped to $179.99 at the moment, though it has $30 to go. It'll probably hit that by Sunday at the worst.
 
Does anyone know if or when they will release all the james bond movies in steelbook?I have 9 of them. Have more been released?

I would prefer a complete steelbook collection if they will make the others. I don't think I like the packaging of this bond 50 set, but I would buy them and sell the steelbooks, if they would have additional content.

I also have casino royale collectors edition and quantum of solace in regular bluray cases. I would like to replace them with steelbook if they came out in the USA.
 
Not sure if it's been mentioned or not, but the Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace discs only contain one hour of Extras each. The single movie versions contain way more.
 
[quote name='sunnysky']Not sure if it's been mentioned or not, but the Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace discs only contain one hour of Extras each. The single movie versions contain way more.[/QUOTE]

I don't know what 'Quantum' Blu-ray you got, but the one I have is pretty light on the extras... especially compared to the 'Casino Royale' Collector's Edition.

I *was* going to sell all of my Bond Blu-rays (except for the CR Collector's Edition... and NSNA... and CR '67) but now I want to get the set in my hands on Tuesday and make the decision from there...
 
Enjoying my Bond set (got it last week)... I traded most of my previous Bond blu's towards the 2 for one deal at Moviestop snagging Dark Knight Rises, Bourne Legacy, Ted, and Moonrise Kingdom

Sold my still unopened copy of QOS for about $20 on amazon as well

If this was a dvd set with the packaging that was used, Id be more upset, but since blus hold up so well, I dont mind the compact packaging
 
I couldn't resist the $150 price on Amazon yesterday. I also picked up The Avengers 4 disc set for $20 and The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 for $15. This is easily the most I've spent on blu-rays in months and months, but I'm such a Bond nut I really had no choice at $150.
 
Dvd Empire has it for $144. It shows $180 when you first pull up the site but on the product page the correct sale price comes up.
 
Has it been officially confirmed yet which discs from the UK set won't play on US blu-ray players? I know there was speculation but I'm not sure if someone has received it yet to confirm.
 
this is why i wait for movies with sequels to do box sets or trilogy packs or whatever. im still debating on it though since my dad got the DVD box set (well i got it for him) so i already own them all up to casino royal and also including neevr say never again (which ISNT in this collection cuz it was sean connery bond but when he was a bit older and after other actors portrayed bond).

ill put it in my wishlist for now and it it drops to $99.99 by some miracle ill bite. I mean the star trek TNG season 1 blu ray dropped to $60, and season 2 is at like $110 which i will see and wait for a drop. so stranger things have happened.

Edit: amazon and sales tax? i just bought stuff from amazon.. no sales tax for me. are you in CA?
 
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Best buy is doing another Upgrade and Save 10/7 - 10/20. I really hope we can buy the BB exclusives On her Majesty's secret service, You only live twice, and The spy who loved me for $4.99 a piece. If this happens, I will crap my pants. I will walk into the Best Buy bluray section and literally crap myself.

If BB is supposed to have this in stock on Tuesday, Oct 2nd I wish they'd put them up on their website so we had an idea of how much they'd cost.
 
Told myself I wasn't going to bite, but Bond stuff can sometimes be harder to find then it should. Grabbed a B2G1 coupon off GS and went and bought 2 copies of Madden 13 and a copy of NHL 13. That cost $92 even, after tax, flipped those to BB for $120, and got the Bond set. My GS and BB are literally right next to each other, so getting the set for $132, after tax, was just too good to pass up. I figure on a bad day I can get $50 for my Ultimate Edition DVDs so for under $4 a film to upgrade I'm happy. If any of you end up getting a great deal on this set down the road then more power to ya. I have zero willpower and seeing the $199 retail price tag at BB tells me that $50 off release week is pretty good. Hopefully a lower price will show up in 60 days not counting BF and I may even get a little back.
 
If i was a fan of the older bond films i would jump all over this, then again the last time i watched all the old bond films was about 15-16 years ago.

My taste in films has changed dramatically since then.. Maybe ill check a few of them on OnDemand later.
 
I have like 9 of these already..so idk if i should get the set. what would i do w the others. and its not like i havent seen the movies a few times already...it is a good price though
 
Since I bought the SteelBooks™ of the first 9 movies (and the German SteelBook™ of Casino Royale), I'm waiting for the individual releases of the rest.
 
I have a question. Do you guys think I'm better off getting the individual releases so I have the separate cases, or the box set with all in one. Is there anything more to the box set that's incredibly special. Also, does the box set have the same features as the individual discs, say like these: http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=230858368553&index=4&nav=SEARCH&nid=27320573505. Please give me your advice, I get paid Tuesday and want to make the right choice.
 
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