The Obsolete Man
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My Frankenstein set arrived today. The box is thinner then I thought. I guess there aren't that many discs.
5 discs, but those cases can usually fit up to 6 discs, IIRC.
My Frankenstein set arrived today. The box is thinner then I thought. I guess there aren't that many discs.
I love the compactness of these sets, which for me, renders any minor inconvenience for having duplicate discs irrelevant, in terms of space!My Frankenstein set arrived today. The box is thinner then I thought. I guess there aren't that many discs.
That restriction came about at least a couple of years ago. If I was a non-Prime customer, I would be actively shopping for the best deal possible with other retailers. There are other options available if you just use them. Furthermore, I am a Prime member, but I still buy stuff from Best Buy, CDImports, Barnes & Noble and such. I received my Frankenstein and & Wolf Man boxsets from Best Buy, cheaper and sooner than if I purchased them from Amazon. I'm always searching for the best deal possible.
They're IMHO much better than the Universal Classic Monsters blurayI love the compactness of these sets, which for me, renders any minor inconvenience for having duplicate discs irrelevant, in terms of space!
The slipcovers are also a nice touch, and as you know having received these, much of the main lettering and some of the framing is raised, also!
CHEERS!
I love the compactness of these sets, which for me, renders any minor inconvenience for having duplicate discs irrelevant, in terms of space!
The slipcovers are also a nice touch, and as you know having received these, much of the main lettering and some of the framing is raised, also!
CHEERS!
At least the duplicates between the two sets are kept to a total of 2 discs, with the same combination of titles in both!They're IMHO much better than the Universal Classic Monsters bluray
set in terms packaging and while there is no booklet at least you don't have to feel like they only did a small amount of research for the one in the Monsters set - If one is to believe the article on Claude Rains - he didn't make a movie after 1960 ... I thought he was in Larry of Araby ...
That set was $97.99 at Costco ... whereas these are $26.99 a much better deal if only there weren't so many duplicates between the sets
"Filmography" stops with Lost WorldAt least the duplicates between the two sets are kept to a total of 2 discs, with the same combination of titles in both!
I'd really hate dealing with the duplicates in the Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection DVD set, as they appear to be more of a mish-mash in that some of the duplicates are combined with differing titles from set to set!
The casing for the Universal Classic Monsters Essential Collection looks OK to me. Is it specifically stated in the booklet that Claude Rains retired from Films after 1960, or is that simply where his Filmography list stops? If it's the latter, I tend to take what often amounts to Filmography Highlight listings with a grain of salt, anyway! At any rate, Amazon Canada's current pricing for this set eliminated any possibility of my buying it.
Among any Legacy Blu-ray sets that remain to be issued, Dracula is the Universal Monster that I really want! However, I suspect that I may cave in, and order the standalone Blu-ray next month, which I could then combine with my remaining 2004 Dracula Legacy Flipper DVD for the time being!
CHEERS!
Claude Rain's last Cinematic appearance listed on IMDB.com is in THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (1965) as King Herod."Filmography" stops with Lost World
They're IMHO much better than the Universal Classic Monsters bluray
set in terms packaging and while there is no booklet at least you don't have to feel like they only did a small amount of research for the one in the Monsters set - If one is to believe the article on Claude Rains - he didn't make a movie after 1960 ... I thought he was in Larry of Araby ...
That set was $97.99 at Costco ... whereas these are $26.99 a much better deal if only there weren't so many duplicates between the sets
I agree with you on the packaging:
The packaging on the 2012 USA Blu-ray release of the Universal Classic Monsters set
started to put a gummy residue on the edges of my discs --
And, no matter how you placed it (gravity-wise), the discs would begin to stick to the material
and they were hard to remove from the sleeve.
I have since placed them in an 8-disc flipper Blu-ray box so as not to allow further deterioration.
I watched Son of Frankenstein the other night and it was spectacular.
I think the color was considered & dropped (probably due a combination of the extra cost of color film to the budget and the look of the B+W film) but that would have been before sets were built.Was Son Of Frankenstein really considered for colour production? Looking at those marvellous expressionistic sets, it all looks like it was designed for b/w to me.