[Mark_vdH]

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When WARNER Austrailia went Keepcase a few years back-they had a web page or phone # for one to call to get keepcase art inserts as they gradually sold off the remaining snapper stocks and did 'the switch'

I like it though how Warner Australia releases are in a transparent Amaray cases with double sided covers (usually with the chapter listing on the inside), much like the R1 Superbit release of Adaptation.

I'd say it looks much classier than a black Amaray without insert.

[Mark Zimmer]

Boy, the people who bought Ivy Hill must have been dolts not to require WB to keep buying snappers from them....it's not like anyone else is using them. Unless there were some other assets that Ivy Hill had that were the real focus of the acquisition....

[Al (alweho)]

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Boy, the people who bought Ivy Hill must have been dolts not to require WB to keep buying snappers from them....it's not like anyone else is using them.

It should have come down to simple economics. When WB owned Ivy Hill not only did the keep the profits from sales of the DVD cases "in house" - but they also didn't have to pay a royalty to Amray for the keep case.

Once Ivy Hill was sold the costs for keepcases vs. snappers probably began to be comparable (especially without having to produce an insert) - and it also gave them an easy way to get out of the commitment they were under to their sister division for the snappers.

Synergy can be an ugly word in the corporate world when it comes to forcing consumers to buy something they do not want (like snapper cases).

[Joshua Clinard]

Just wanted to bump this thread for those that didn't see the news, and to add Starsky & Hutch to the list of Keepcase releases by Warner.

[MarcoBiscotti]

Both Rankin Bass' "Rudolph & Frosty's Christmas In July" + "Frosty's Winter Wonderland / Twas The Night Before Christmas" which are scheduled for release on Oct. 5th are going to be in snapper cases.


Looks like WB hasn't changed their stance when it comes to "kiddy fare".





Unless these are packaged together in a box-set, I'll be skipping both.