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it's not just Disney. It's everyone. World War Z (Paramount) is up for preorder, Despicable Me 2 (Universal), White House Down (Sony), too. This is the new trend for tentpole movies.lukejosephchung said:Boy, Disney/Pixar didn't waste any time getting this prepped for the home video market, did they??? It's only been in theaters for about 2 or 3 weeks!!! Ordered multiple copies of both editions for myself and friends who are fans of this series of Pixar films...
Ron, your early home video purchasing habits sound similar to what was MY practice 30+years ago...$80-90 VHS tape purchase were the norm until sell-through pricing became the norm in the late '80s...I remember what a big deal it was when Paramount released the VHS/Beta version of "Star Trek 2-The Wrath Of Khan" for only $40 and basically created the home video sellthrough market in 1983...what a long way the market's come in 3 decades!!!Ronald Epstein said:Luke,
I bought hundreds of VHS tapes priced at $90 apiece for several years. It was the only way to own them.
As for Amazon preorders...
I tend to preorder movies as soon as they are announced on Amazon.
Why? The price tends to go up a few days afterwards.
Recent example of this trend is HOUSE OF WAX. It just went up several dollars
since I announced the preorder last week.
Now, with that in mind, the price tends to go back down in some cases when
Amazon starts competing with stores like Best Buy. However, that is not always
the case.
So, my advice is to always preorder when you see my post my announcement
(whether you use our link or not). You will always be guaranteed the lowest price
no matter how much that price fluctuates from now till release date.
Oh, agreed. I'm not as seasoned as you and Ron, but I do remember when MTV actually played music videos. I even remember my conversion from fullscreen to widescreen.lukejosephchung said:I'm looking at this phenomenon of early pre-ordering availability of tentpole movies from the major studios from the perspective of a buyer who can remember when it took years, not months or weeks for these movies to come out on the home video market..."Star Wars" & "E.T.-The Extraterrestrial" being the most obvious examples from the days of VHS/Beta and laserdisc...it's a little disconcerting at first to see these movies become available so quickly after original theatrical release when the opposite used to be true...not a complant, merely an observation!!!
Wow. Had always planned to make that a trivia question should we everRon, your early home video purchasing habits sound similar to what was MY practice 30+years ago...$80-90 VHS tape purchase were the norm until sell-through pricing became the norm in the late '80s...I remember what a big deal it was when Paramount released the VHS/Beta version of "Star Trek 2-The Wrath Of Khan" for only $40 and basically created the home video sellthrough market in 1983...what a long way the market's come in 3 decades!!!
I bought a bunch of Fox titles on their Magnetic Video label which were sell through. I remember Valley of the Dolls and The Seven Year Itch, but I don't know that either was the first one.Ronald Epstein said:Wow. Had always planned to make that a trivia question should we ever
do such a contest. You knew that answer. Yes, "Star Trek WOK" was the
first sell-through. I believe it was followed up by An Office and A Gentleman
and Flashdance. Do you remember what the first sell-through title was for Fox?
If I recall correctly, Ron, Fox was several years late to the sellthrough home video market in the '80s, not lowering their first-run titles to the $30-40 price range until about 1985 or 86...you'll recall that when "Star Wars" originally came out on VHS/Beta & laserdisc, the tapes cost $90-100 and didn't go sellthrough until 3 or 4 years later...buying the laserdisc was way cheaper at only $35, which also provided superior picture quality and sound to tape in those days as well...I honestly don't recall what was their first first-run sellthrough title because by the time it came out, it was lost in the shuffle of the other companies lowering prices for first-run titles from 1983-85.Ronald Epstein said:Wow. Had always planned to make that a trivia question should we ever
do such a contest. You knew that answer. Yes, "Star Trek WOK" was the
first sell-through. I believe it was followed up by An Office and A Gentleman
and Flashdance. Do you remember what the first sell-through title was for Fox?
I'm on Warner's marketing survey community, and just about a week before and after every film, we're polled about "Would you pre-order the Hobbit if it was announced early? Would you order the digital-download version of The Great Gatsby instead of the disk if it was available?"Jason_V said:it's not just Disney. It's everyone. World War Z (Paramount) is up for preorder, Despicable Me 2 (Universal), White House Down (Sony), too. This is the new trend for tentpole movies.
That being said, preordered. Shocking, right?
Actually, Pinocchio was the second animated feature to be released on Home Video, the first being Robin Hood. That's of course not counting Dumbo and Alice in Wonderland which were both released pretty much at the birth of the home video format, and only because they had already been shown on The Wonderful World of Disney TV program as early as 1954.Ronald Epstein said:Side Note: I remember working in a video store in the
early 80s and learning that Disney was actually going to
release one of their animated classics to VHS. If I remember
correctly, it was Pinnochio. It was quite an event to see a
studio that up to that point was hesitant to release any of their
classic films to home video announce perhaps the biggest
gem within their library. It arrived in a padded plastic case
which soon turned out to be the norm for all their classic films
that would be released to VHS.