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post #1111 of 1178
10/3/08 at 10:28pm

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

The $5/2-for-$10 bin got a real boost the last few weeks. Lots of relatively newer titles I'm unfamiliar with, plus some oldie goodies. Today I picked up "In the Cut" (rated, 50s shorter apparently) for the usual reason guys probably buy it...I don't know much about it. I think it was mentioned in Knocked Up, LOL...anyway, something made me grab it. Also got some of the Star Trek 2-disc movies last week, the TNG ones. I thought they were pretty good, I have NEVER seen any TNG before. The PQ of First Contact looked rather good to me, compared to the later others and watching a lot of BD lately.
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post #1112 of 1178
10/7/08 at 9:48pm

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

I was looking in the bin today and they've added a lot of horror titles in time for Halloween. I didn't buy anything though, too much to watch already but I should have grabbed the Adventures of Rin Tin Tin serial set that was in there last time I looked, it was gone.
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post #1113 of 1178
10/8/08 at 7:59pm

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

I just got back from perusing the dump, er, excuse me, VALUE bin at Wal-Mart, and I was rather surprised to see the large amount of horror titles in it. I picked up HALLOWEEN 4 and HALLOWEEN 5 (the Divamax editions), along with one of the Dimension Extreme titles, NIGHTMARE DETECTIVE. Also sighted in the bin were:

FRIDAY THE 13TH PART II
FRIDAY THE 13TH PART III
FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VI
FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VIII
JASON X
JASON GOES TO HELL
HALLOWEEN II
HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 6: FREDDY'S DEAD
MASTERS OF HORROR: CIGARETTE BURNS
MASTERS OF HORROR: THE FAIR-HAIRED CHILD
MASTERS OF HORROR: PELTS
MASTERS OF HORROR: WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM
BURIED ALIVE (Dimension Extreme)
PSYCHO II

All in all, not a bad bunch of DVDs for the $5 price point. And they certainly beat the regular Halloween display of $10, $12, and $13 titles.
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post #1114 of 1178
1/7/09 at 6:27am

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

It's kinda like Wal-Mart is dawning a new "HD Bargain Bin" era.

This was initially discussed in the HD Bargain thread in the HD Software forum. I was in a Wal-Mart last night and can confirm the following titles are on sale for $10.00:

Crash
The Punisher
Rambo I
Rambo II
Rambo III
Reservoir Dogs
Saw I
Saw II
Stargate
Terminator 2
Total Recall
Young Guns

It's kinda like the dawning of a new $10 HD bin @ Wal-Mart! Except on a shelf!
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post #1115 of 1178
1/7/09 at 8:31am

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

^^^
Neat!

I was in there the other day and saw a 3 movie set with Death Wish in it. All in widescreen. Can't remember the others. $5 for 3 flicks. Not bad!

I picked up that Mill Creek Howdy Doody set late last year. I'm sure there are still a few of those in there.
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post #1116 of 1178
1/7/09 at 8:42am

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

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Originally Posted by Radioman970
I was in there the other day and saw a 3 movie set with Death Wish in it. All in widescreen. Can't remember the others. $5 for 3 flicks. Not bad!

I saw one of those 3/$5 sets, too...but they were all fluff comedies in which I had no interest. I didn't even retain the titles. But I thought the same thing...3 movies for $5 (packaged together). There could be something of interest there. This was on a shelf, too--not in the bin.

Anecdote: When I walked by the bin last night, a female customer had brought an empty shopping cart to the bin and was pulling handfuls of DVDs out of the bin...looking through them and dumping them ALL into the shopping cart. It took me a half-second to realize that she was going to empty the bin until she found what she wanted. ...rather than buying up the entire bin!
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post #1117 of 1178
1/7/09 at 11:14am

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Frezon
I saw one of those 3/$5 sets, too...but they were all fluff comedies in which I had no interest. I didn't even retain the titles. But I thought the same thing...3 movies for $5 (packaged together). There could be something of interest there. This was on a shelf, too--not in the bin.

Anecdote: When I walked by the bin last night, a female customer had brought an empty shopping cart to the bin and was pulling handfuls of DVDs out of the bin...looking through them and dumping them ALL into the shopping cart. It took me a half-second to realize that she was going to empty the bin until she found what she wanted. ...rather than buying up the entire bin!

Talking about determination.
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post #1118 of 1178
1/7/09 at 12:30pm

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Frezon
I saw one of those 3/$5 sets, too...but they were all fluff comedies in which I had no interest. I didn't even retain the titles. But I thought the same thing...3 movies for $5 (packaged together). There could be something of interest there. This was on a shelf, too--not in the bin.

Anecdote: When I walked by the bin last night, a female customer had brought an empty shopping cart to the bin and was pulling handfuls of DVDs out of the bin...looking through them and dumping them ALL into the shopping cart. It took me a half-second to realize that she was going to empty the bin until she found what she wanted. ...rather than buying up the entire bin!
I saw that comedy set just today! And didn't retain the titles either. I didn't see the Death Wish one. Probably would have bought it since 2 of the flicks I don't have. I also saw Hook/Indian in the Cupboard in there. I already have Hook (not my favorite movie) and have never seen Indian.

Smart girl! I hope she looked increasingly hot as she bent over to dig deeper and deeper.... :p

<===card carrying pervert.
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post #1119 of 1178
1/7/09 at 2:09pm

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

And I didn't stick around to see if she put them all back...or just left 'em in the cart!
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post #1120 of 1178
1/8/09 at 3:27am

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Frezon
And I didn't stick around to see if she put them all back...or just left 'em in the cart!
Usually they just leave it there. I just know there's a few oop titles at the bottom. I'd like to take the whole thing out in the parking lot and dump it out and sort thru. And if they want me to put em back then...


(should be a pic of a bulldozer)
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post #1121 of 1178
1/9/09 at 7:49am

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

I was in a different Wal-Mart last night and saw a huge number of individual SD titles for $13 & $9. There was also an entire endcap of $13 collections (for which I took out pen & paper):

Alien 3 pack
Die Hard Trilogy
Mission Impossible 3 pack
Gibson Collection (Braveheart/Payback/We Were Soldiers)
Rush Hour 3 pack
Austin Powers 3 pack
Girls Night In 3 pack (No titles. There were none on shelves.)
Girls Rule 3 pack (Mean Girls/Clueless/She's the Man)
Rocky 1, 2, 3
Predator 3 pack
Scorsese Collection (5 films)
Saw 1, 2, 3
Eddie Murphy Collection (BH Cop/Trading Places/48 Hrs.)
Stephen King 3 pack (DreamCatcher/Shawshank Redemption/The Shining)
X Trilogy
Rambo Trilogy
Man With No Name Trilogy
Eddie Murphy Collection (Nutty Prof./Nutty Prof. 2/Bowfinger/Life)
Friday Collection (3 films)
Sinatra Golden Years (5 films)
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post #1122 of 1178
1/9/09 at 9:38am

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

Nice!

Although that predator pack I think only includes the old release.

And The Man with no Name...does that included the extended remaster version?
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post #1123 of 1178
1/9/09 at 10:01am

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Frezon
Anecdote: When I walked by the bin last night, a female customer had brought an empty shopping cart to the bin and was pulling handfuls of DVDs out of the bin...looking through them and dumping them ALL into the shopping cart. It took me a half-second to realize that she was going to empty the bin until she found what she wanted. ...rather than buying up the entire bin!

That's what I do, except in the few stores that actually have a proper display for the five dollar DVDs. After I dump them into the cart and maybe find one or two I want, I just leave the cart there. It makes it easier for other people and might send a message to store management to put them in a more orderly display.
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post #1124 of 1178
1/9/09 at 11:30am

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

You sure you and mike aren't shopping the same
Walmart?
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post #1125 of 1178
1/9/09 at 1:51pm

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread



Sounds like it might be true...

Marianne: spend much time in the Albany-area?!?
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post #1126 of 1178
1/9/09 at 2:48pm

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

Wow, dvd prices are insanely low right now. This is good, now i can pick up some movies i passed on at the 15-20 dollar price point.
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post #1127 of 1178
1/9/09 at 5:21pm

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

The only individual title I saw at the $13 price point that I took specific note of was Disney's Enchanted. Highly recommended to anyone who likes Disney & musicals!
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post #1128 of 1178
1/9/09 at 8:35pm

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

Quote:
Originally Posted by Radioman970
And The Man with no Name...does that included the extended remaster version?

I bought the Man With No Name set but haven't watched the movies yet. The back of the slimcase for The Good, The Bad and the Ugly lists 14 mins of extra footage never before seen in it's original exhibition and a trailer under Special Features. I didn't see it says if the footage is incorporated into the movie as well or not.
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post #1129 of 1178
1/9/09 at 8:38pm

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

on the special edition the 14 minutes is in the movie and some of the dialog
was dubbed for the special edition.
i think it was because Leone films without audio and just dubs all the dialog
in later on.
so for those 14 minutes it was either never dubbed or the audio was lost.
I'm sure all of this was covered in a topic over in the dvd software area.
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post #1130 of 1178
1/22/09 at 12:44pm

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

At my closest Wal-Mart the quality of the titles in the $5 bin has taken a huge leap forward.

Whereas there would usually be a number of titles I wouldn't even know just as recently as a few weeks ago, it seems as if now there are a number of high-quality titles (such as Die Hard) in the bin (and in widescreen, too!).

There is also a second smaller cardboard display near the bin that is chuck-full of decent $5 titles.

I am woefully ill-prepared to give examples of the type of titles I am talking about...to the point where I almost decided not to make this post. But, I figured it might be worth it to point oput to those who have given up on their local bin to check things out.

I'm telling you, it's a sea change in the quality of titles in the bin. Lots of good stuff--some of which I remember thinking I paid top dollar for when it came out!

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post #1131 of 1178
1/22/09 at 5:45pm

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron68
I bought the Man With No Name set but haven't watched the movies yet. The back of the slimcase for The Good, The Bad and the Ugly lists 14 mins of extra footage never before seen in it's original exhibition and a trailer under Special Features. I didn't see it says if the footage is incorporated into the movie as well or not.
I guess it's the Leone Anthology that has the extended version.

Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyD
on the special edition the 14 minutes is in the movie and some of the dialog
was dubbed for the special edition.
i think it was because Leone films without audio and just dubs all the dialog
in later on.
so for those 14 minutes it was either never dubbed or the audio was lost.
I'm sure all of this was covered in a topic over in the dvd software area.
I heard that Italian films were almost always redone completely for sound even if they were done in english originally.

I believe it was never dubbed since it was never released to english speaking countries.
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post #1132 of 1178
1/23/09 at 9:15pm

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

Quote:
Originally Posted by Radioman970
I guess it's the Leone Anthology that has the extended version.

I heard that Italian films were almost always redone completely for sound even if they were done in english originally.

I believe it was never dubbed since it was never released to english speaking countries.
I watched the whole set recently and the extra footage in incorporated into the movie. GB&U is the only movie of the 3 shown in widescreen that's anamorphic. It's probably better to get the Leone Anthology.
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post #1133 of 1178
1/24/09 at 11:55am

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron68
I watched the whole set recently and the extra footage in incorporated into the movie. GB&U is the only movie of the 3 shown in widescreen that's anamorphic. It's probably better to get the Leone Anthology.
Cool. That's the one that has been on my "want list" for ages.
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post #1134 of 1178
1/26/09 at 7:44am

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

Walmart actually has some Blu-ray at reasonable prices. I got Stargate for 10.00 and Terminator 2 is also on sale for 10.00.
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post #1135 of 1178
1/26/09 at 10:07am

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jerome Grate
Walmart actually has some Blu-ray at reasonable prices. I got Stargate for 10.00 and Terminator 2 is also on sale for 10.00.

And, Jerome, there's more...
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post #1136 of 1178
2/26/09 at 3:36pm

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

Anyone discover any great finds recently?
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post #1137 of 1178
2/26/09 at 10:38pm

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

Quote:
Originally Posted by Adam Lenhardt
Anyone discover any great finds recently?

I was at my local Wal-Mart today and noticed the following in the DVD "2 for $10" bin:

* Mel Brooks' "Men In Tights"

* "The Matrix Reloaded" and "The Matrix Revolutions"
--> Of course, they also have up on the shelf a Matrix "Four-Pack" with all three live action films *plus* "The Animatrix" for $14.95!

There were also a bunch of fairly recent "Rom-Coms" in the bin (leftover from Valentine's Day Specials?) but the few that I picked up to examine were all "Full Screen"
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post #1138 of 1178
2/27/09 at 4:18am

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

I need to snag one of those Robin Hood MIT DVDs. I didn't care for that originally. Long passed due for a revisit.

I picked up Alexander 2-DVD Unrated version for $5. Never seen it, don't tell me how it ends!! Haahaha! And Tootsie 25th Anniversary Ed for $7.

I didn't see much else in the bin. EDIT: Oh! They did have 2-movie set My Bloody Valentine/April Fool's Day in the bin. I figured that was misplaced. I already had April Fool's Day and I figure My Bloody Valentine, which I've never seen, was the annoying edited version. Wasn't sure.
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post #1139 of 1178
2/27/09 at 6:44am

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

Quote:
Originally Posted by Radioman970
EDIT: Oh! They did have 2-movie set My Bloody Valentine/April Fool's Day in the bin. I figured that was misplaced. I already had April Fool's Day and I figure My Bloody Valentine, which I've never seen, was the annoying edited version. Wasn't sure.
That version of My Bloody Valentine is the R rated cut and it has everything that you saw in theaters in 1981 BUT the recent DVD re-release from Lion's Gate is the uncut version of the movie that had the footage that was edited to get an R rating.
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post #1140 of 1178
2/27/09 at 2:48pm

Re: The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

It wasn't in the official bin, but a few weeks ago the local Wally magically revealed a bunch of copies of the AC/DC Fan Pack (the Rock Band AC/DC video game, their latest concert DVD, and a t-shirt) for all platforms, on sale for $30. I went to buy one (for $40) on Black Friday, and they'd sold out almost immediately. I scored the last PS3 copy.

The icing on the cake is that even though the shirt is technically a large, it's actually as big as an XL (and thus fits me).
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