I never even bought the Shout release of The Thing, the first release was good enough for me after previously owning it on VHS, Laserdisc and DVD. But I get what your saying if you want the Super edition and you are not region A. It just gets a little tiresome seeing the same titles announced...
Will this be followed by Twilight Time's release of the Thing and then Kinos and then Criterions :) Because you never can have enough versions of some of these horror movies. I guess as long as its in a different box with a new extra feature or two people will rebuy it. The horror market does...