Recent content by BrokenPhoenix

I have a couple of times. I didn't get hit with customs charges - you'll notice you pay the sales tax/VAT at checkout. I think you may have to pay something though if the value is over £135. As a side note, very pleased with the service; I only ordered 1 or 2 sets a time and they used a...

My fun prediction is that Crunchyroll will continue to do home video releases - but only selective high-price premium sets. I reckon they want to do away with selling the large majority of their bog standard amaray sets. If you look at where physical Blu-rays are thriving, it's in the premium...

It is definitely ambiguous whether free to play game downloads are included in those numbers you highlighted. My question would be: if £0 game transactions are included in those numbers - wouldn't a user base of around 125m users generate more than 76.1m individual game sales over 3 months, if...

I completely agree with you on the risks of digital ownership. The fact that your library of digitals games can be wiped out by a server shutdown or a licensing dispute is a big step backwards for us as consumers. You are 100% right that the risk has been pushed entirely onto us, we are on the...

At the end of the day, we are where we are because consumers at large no longer buy physical releases as much as they used to. With already thin margins, producing, manufacturing, shipping, and then selling physical games via brick and mortar stores is becoming less and less profitable, I think...

I'm absolutely loving the artwork for these Shippuden sets https://blog.alltheanime.com/july-2026-pre-orders/

This is physical gamer's 9/11. It was a fun ride ladies and gentlemen. https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/physical-disc-production-ending-in-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playstation-consoles/

Camp Arrow sale is live. As always, also live @ HMV

It should come with one of those infra-red lights that reveals hidden ink 😂

Oh yeah, I've just clocked this. Mine doesn't have anything on the spine either, lol. EDIT: on second look, there is some writing there, but it is incredibly faint. And I mean, really faint. You have to hold it up to the light to even faintly see it. What a bizarre design choice.

For me, it depends. If it's a series I adore, then I'll pay going rates for releases. For example, more than happy to pay full whack for the Naruto and Naruto Shippuden sets because it's a series I love and will watch over and over again. However, Sailor Moon less so as I don't have as much...

This had completely slipped my mind, forgot TGWLTT was due to go on pre-order today. Thanks for the reminder! Picked up a copy of that + Shippuden Volume 5.

Me! 🙋‍♂️ Except, I'll probably just buy it digitally with ShopTo e-cards, haha. Save the planet and all that.

To be fair, they're saving a lot of money by re-using the Madman discs - so authoring costs will be much lower than usual as they're not having to author their own discs. If they're producing these sets at scale, then BBFC fees maybe adds £3 to the cost of each set. Steel books also shouldn't...

I'd put my money on the madman discs, given Crunchy now own Madman. Such weird pricing too. One set has 48 episodes, while another has 38 episodes and is the exact same price. I'd like to own Sailor Moon, it's not a must have however, and certainly not at that price. They would have to be 50%...