Received from Mandarake, came to ~£225 including postage, VAT and handling fees. To anyone who has watched the series, is The Enchanted Parade worth getting as well?
I love the original film a lot, its still one of my favourites, I had a lot of fun with the series too.
The enchanted parade sits somewhere in between for me, I didn't feel it was quite as good as either at what it was trying to do. It'll probably watch like a self contained non-canon extended episode of the series?
Though it's been a while since I picked any up I've very slowly been picking up the older Scooby-Doo! series and movies, haven't seen Zombie Island in so long.
I had the majority of Scooby content on VHS when I was younger so upgrading it all.
A couple of 4Ks (Train to Busan and Cannibal Holocaust) from HMV's 4K deal, as well as Cannibal Ferox on Blu-ray to go along with it. I also picked up Gonjiam Haunted Asylum, which I saw @NormanicGrav show relatively recently. It looked like the kind of film I would like, so I took a punt. That's one of the reasons why I enjoy looking at what everyone else is picking up here, you might see something that piques your interest that you had no idea about.
Next, what I am sure many will be picking up and playing this weekend:
Metaphor ReFantazio from The Monster Shop and Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero from The Game Collection
Lastly, Is This a Zombie? Collection from MVM's DOTW last week.
Though it's been a while since I picked any up I've very slowly been picking up the older Scooby-Doo! series and movies, haven't seen Zombie Island in so long.
I had the majority of Scooby content on VHS when I was younger so upgrading it all.
The Apple TV store or w/e it's called have it in 1080p as well if you have that, I have a Macbook and I bought it off there, the episodes look great (100% agree they should release it on Blu-ray though! Wonderful series!)
At £12 for Magus and £7 for Crimson in the Amazon Prime sale, plus a voucher I had sitting there (and an extra discount for using locker delivery) made it worth resubbing for a month to get these in addition to a couple more mundane items. Wonder if there’s anything worth watching on there while I’ve got it?
At £12 for Magus and £7 for Crimson in the Amazon Prime sale, plus a voucher I had sitting there (and an extra discount for using locker delivery) made it worth resubbing for a month to get these in addition to a couple more mundane items. Wonder if there’s anything worth watching on there while I’ve got it?
Looks to be an AUS import, who sometimes use US stock for CR titles and stick those garish ratings to the outer cellophane (and sometimes to actual slips much to my displeasure earlier this year.)
I got my steelbook copy of The Boy and the Heron as well as a UK copy of Kiki's Delivery Service. I now have a complete Studio Ghibli steelbook collection to go with my Makoto Shinkai ones. Expensive but completely worth it
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I got my steelbook copy of The Boy and the Heron as well as a UK copy of Kiki's Delivery Service. I now have a complete Studio Ghibli steelbook collection to go with my Makoto Shinkai ones. Expensive but completely worth it
Your Ghibli collection looks so much more aesthetically pleasing compared to mine! Mine is a mixture of the double play (BD/DVD) standard editions and the collector's editions.
I never got the itch to match things on my shelves, I just want to collect it and have it - however, images like these make me appreciate the matching sets! They look great.
I didn't receive any packages last week which was intentional as I had to be in the office each day, so instead we got a whole bunch throughout this past week. I had some days off to make up for the long week.
Payday arrived at the start of the month and The Game Collection brought back their £10 Reward Points scheme which was great as I found them to be pretty useful. I ordered two Japanese RPGs though one of them sadly has been delayed due to stock not meeting with demand (but in return I'll receive a £10 voucher), but the other arrived without any shipping notice.
In September I played through the Secret of Mana remake which I had enjoyed (and went further to have the Platinum trophy) and while I still have yet to play Trials of Mana, I decided to order Visions of Mana sooner especially given what's happened with the developers in Japan (downsizing/layoffs from what I read). The game has received very well which is nice to see.
88 Films earlier in the year started to release Japanese films for the UK market and we knew they had roughly 20 films to go through. Now we have the latest Japanarchy release and it's a mixture of J-Horror and Pink genres which is not to everyone's tastes. This is the Gaira's Guts Trilogy box set, fully uncut and not safe for work with three films by director Kazuo Komizu released in 1986 & 1987 - Guts of a Virgin (処女のはらわた), Guts of a Beauty (美女のはらわた), and Rusted Body: Guts of a Virgin III (拷問貴婦人).
The limited edition box set is rather nice with commissioned artwork, three cases (one for each film) and also a booklet that adds a bit more context for the background of these films and the genre itself.
Next for the Nintendo Switch collection is an Action RPG that's gotten pretty rare or rather uncommon over the past few years. It took a while but I managed to get Code of Princess EX, the remastered version of the 2012 Nintendo 3DS game by Studio Saizensen. Atlus released the 3DS version but Nicalis released the Switch version which is mostly why this game is hard to find due to their limited print run.
Now this may surprise people, but this game is actually still available to get for regular prices however its exclusive to Nicalis' webstore and with a hefty shipping cost. It does look to be a second print version which would exclude the booklet, and what I have is the original release which has been a challenge to get. There were a few eBay bids here and there and I failed to get them due to last minute bids or auto-bidding so it caught me by surprise to find one that was available immediately. Price was better than the bids at least.
The second series in the Kaiji gambling franchise Kaiji: Against All Rules was finally released in the UK last month but the collector's edition didn't get released until October and at least it was readily available than having to wait a while. Much like the first series, Anime Limited re-used Sentai's discs. The collector's edition could have had better physical features. You can view more photos & specs on my blog.
Two more Eureka Entertainment releases arrive from their October pre-order batch. The first is Jeong Chang-Hwa's 1977 film Broken Oath (破戒) starring Angela Mao which is apparently an unofficial adaptation of the Lady Snowblood story (mainly the Japanese live-action adaptation). Despite featuring the actress Eureka didn't follow the same packaging style as their other releases Angela Mao: Hapkido & Lady Whirlwind and When Taekwondo Strikes, but it does have a slipcase and booklet.
The second is Wong Jing's 1993 film Future Cops (超級學校霸王) starring Andy Lau which is also an unofficial adaptation but based on Capcom's Street Fighter II game, and released before the 1994 American live-action film. This release is also a rarity, because it's not going to receive a standard edition. Due to the materials not being on par with Eureka's intentions (i.e. they couldn't do a new remaster themselves) and given how the film is loose to the Capcom IP, this release is only 1000 units which has unfortunately sold out. The release came with a slipcase, booklet and poster.
Been a while since I had bought regular films for the 4K collection and I bought two box sets. The first is John Wick Chapters 1-4 Collection which I have enjoyed each of them a lot. I do own the first film on Blu-ray but the 4K scene started appearing just as the second film came out, so I held off. Now initially I was going to buy them individually but I just figured having a collection would be better and it helps that given how the story goes Chapter 4 is a good stopping point.
Next we have The Godfather Trilogy which I have not seen before but have heard so many people enjoy these films a lot. Mafia/gangster films is not something that I have watched very much of and this is a great opportunity to jump into the genre more. This box set includes all three films on 4K Ultra HD plus both the original theatrical, final director's cut and 'Coda' versions for The Godfather Part III. Once I watch these films, I may look into The Godfather video games which I have also heard are pretty solid.
HMV bargains, had money been no object I would have spent a lot more but these seemed like particularly good deals. I’ve seen Planetes before but I gave my DVD copy away when the AL blu-ray CE was due out… And then never actually bought it.
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Mine is a mixture of the double play (BD/DVD) standard editions and the collector's editions.
