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2024 HAUL - DECEMBER CHAPTER: BATCH #6

One package arrived yesterday. Tomorrow is of course Christmas, and there's even a potential one final big package from Stackry on its way before the year is over.


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A few years ago Arrow Video announced they had licensed a whole dozen amount of films from the Shaw Brothers company with Celestial Pictures, and they have since released two volumes worth of films; one in 2021 and another in 2022. They took a break in 2023 because of the Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest box set but now in 2024 they have released Shawscope Volume 3.

This volume includes 14 films of varying genres and directors, like the previous volumes were:
  • One-Armed Swordsman (獨臂刀) - Chang Cheh, 1967.
  • Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (獨臂刀王) - Chang Cheh, 1969.
  • The New One-Armed Swordsman (新獨臂刀) - Chang Cheh, 1971.
  • The Lady Hermit (鍾馗娘子) - Ho Meng-Hua, 1971.
  • Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (愛奴) - Chor Yuen, 1972.
  • The 14 Amazons (十四女英豪) - Cheng Kang, 1972.
  • The Magic Bride (天涯明月刀) - Chor Yuen, 1976.
  • Clans of Intrigue (楚留香) - Chor Yuen, 1977.
  • Jade Tiger (白玉老虎) - Chor Yuen, 1977.
  • The Sentimental Swordsman (多情劍客無情劍) - Chor Yuen, 1977.
  • The Avenging Eagle (冷血十三鷹) - Shu Chung, 1978.
  • Killer Constable (萬人斬) - Kuei Chih-Hung, 1980.
  • Buddha’s Palm (如來神掌) - Taylor Wong Tai-Loi, 1982.
  • Bastard Swordsman (天蠶變) - Lu Chin-Ku, 1983.
What's notable about this volume is that we have two films license rescued for the UK, because both One-Armed Swordsman and Killer Constable were previously released by 88 Films. 88's bonus features did not carry over (which makes sense because no one would want to touch Bey Logan commentaries these days) but Arrow's include new restorations and in the latter's case an additional version with 30+ mins of footage not seen previously.

You can view more photos & specs on my blog.

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2024 HAUL - DECEMBER CHAPTER: BATCH #6

One package arrived yesterday. Tomorrow is of course Christmas, and there's even a potential one final big package from Stackry on its way before the year is over.


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A few years ago Arrow Video announced they had licensed a whole dozen amount of films from the Shaw Brothers company with Celestial Pictures, and they have since released two volumes worth of films; one in 2021 and another in 2022. They took a break in 2023 because of the Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest box set but now in 2024 they have released Shawscope Volume 3.

This volume includes 14 films of varying genres and directors, like the previous volumes were:
  • One-Armed Swordsman (獨臂刀) - Chang Cheh, 1967.
  • Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (獨臂刀王) - Chang Cheh, 1969.
  • The New One-Armed Swordsman (新獨臂刀) - Chang Cheh, 1971.
  • The Lady Hermit (鍾馗娘子) - Ho Meng-Hua, 1971.
  • Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (愛奴) - Chor Yuen, 1972.
  • The 14 Amazons (十四女英豪) - Cheng Kang, 1972.
  • The Magic Bride (天涯明月刀) - Chor Yuen, 1976.
  • Clans of Intrigue (楚留香) - Chor Yuen, 1977.
  • Jade Tiger (白玉老虎) - Chor Yuen, 1977.
  • The Sentimental Swordsman (多情劍客無情劍) - Chor Yuen, 1977.
  • The Avenging Eagle (冷血十三鷹) - Shu Chung, 1978.
  • Killer Constable (萬人斬) - Kuei Chih-Hung, 1980.
  • Buddha’s Palm (如來神掌) - Taylor Wong Tai-Loi, 1982.
  • Bastard Swordsman (天蠶變) - Lu Chin-Ku, 1983.
What's notable about this volume is that we have two films license rescued for the UK, because both One-Armed Swordsman and Killer Constable were previously released by 88 Films. 88's bonus features did not carry over (which makes sense because no one would want to touch Bey Logan commentaries these days) but Arrow's include new restorations and in the latter's case an additional version with 30+ mins of footage not seen previously.

You can view more photos & specs on my blog.

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Starting to think I have super serious OCD!
Not having the 3 Jet Li 4Ks next to each other looks wrong 😂 easily justified by arranging alphabetically never included the 'the' so Tai comes before To 😎
That said I arrange my Arrow releases alphabetically but my 88 & Eureka ones by year of release.... I have a problem, I admit this.
 
Starting to think I have super serious OCD!
Not having the 3 Jet Li 4Ks next to each other looks wrong 😂 easily justified by arranging alphabetically never included the 'the' so Tai comes before To 😎
That said I arrange my Arrow releases alphabetically but my 88 & Eureka ones by year of release.... I have a problem, I admit this.
Ah good spot I just noticed that misplacement ohoho.
 
Not bad, posted from America 12/12/24 and received today.

The booklet has a rather naughty short story telling what happened the evening after the last episode.

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Your first Anime Steelbook? Well, hopefully not your last! I never had a desire to collect steelbooks for live action movies, but decided to start a collection of anime steels and began with a few UK anime in steelcases I purchased back in 2016. I probably have right around 100 anime steelbooks in my collection now, maybe a few more, but I've never actually taken an inventory of just anime steelbooks to know the exact count. That might be a good "shut in the house for winter" project, lol.
 
Your first Anime Steelbook? Well, hopefully not your last! I never had a desire to collect steelbooks for live action movies, but decided to start a collection of anime steels and began with a few UK anime in steelcases I purchased back in 2016. I probably have right around 100 anime steelbooks in my collection now, maybe a few more, but I've never actually taken an inventory of just anime steelbooks to know the exact count. That might be a good "shut in the house for winter" project, lol.
A bit of luck rather than desire for a Steelbook.
I've seen Vermeil in Gold but didn't own the Blu-ray. Then I saw this advertised and on wowhd for £50. I thought that a very acceptable price so I went for it.
I don't usually go for any special, limited or collectors editions. They're not worth the money.
 
2024 HAUL - DECEMBER CHAPTER: BATCH #7 aka CHRISTMAS HAUL

It's the Christmas haul.


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In the anime batch we have two more additions for the Crunchyroll UK line-up of releases. Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill adapted by studio MAPPA, and the theatrical film Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island by studio Sunrise.

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In the manga batch we have three volumes from the VIZ SIGNATURE line-up which is dedicated to the seinen type series. Goodbye, Eri from Tatsuki Fujimoto of Chainsaw Man fame, and the first two volumes of Trillion Game by Riichiro Inagaki & illustrator Ryoichi Ikegami.

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In the video game batch we have Nightdive Studio's remake of System Shock and Aspyr's remaster for Tomb Raider I–III Remastered, both for the PlayStation 5.

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In the Asian & European Cinema batch we have Criterion's recently released 4K Ultra HD for Jean-Pierre Melville's 1967 French neo-noir film Le Samouraï, and from Arrow Video we also have a recent limited edition Blu-ray release for Kinji Fukasaku's 1966 Japanese film The Threat (脅迫).

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In the miscellaneous batch we also have a book called The Oxford History of World Cinema written by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith. This was released during the late 90s but it was gifted to me given that I've been going after various European films here and there.

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And like before I also received some snacks including a Snack Verse randomised batch which this time focuses on Australian snacks.

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PACKAGE ARRIVAL
(Lost count of how many times I've bought Elfen Lied 😅)​

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PACKAGE ARRIVAL
(Monke)​

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(Best decision switching the entire Gundam collection from CEs to standards)

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Opened our presents this morning as yesterday was a bit busy getting ready and going out. Nice mix of practical gifts (socks that hopefully won’t go missing for a change and some new jumpers and toiletries), and Tremors 2 on 4K for good measure.
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Finally got to open my Day 1 order from All the Anime too - spoilered for the mystery box contents if anyone still hasn’t seen those.
 
After weeks of waiting, my Stackry parcel has finally arrived! Consisting of:
Space Sheriff Shaider BD (Discotek/Toku Time)
Kamen Rider V3 BD (Discotek/Toku Time)
The Kamen Rider Trilogy: Elite Kollection BD (Media Blasters)
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All I need to do now is wait for the replacement disc of The Kamen Rider Trilogy to arrive at my Stackry locker, as Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue has out of sync audio (this was compared to the Japanese BD masters).
 
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