Snow White to hit Blu-ray SEVEN WEEKS before the DVD (1 Viewer)

[MatS]

$249.99 SRP version



First Look: Disney's Snow White Blu-ray Limited Edition Collector's Set | TheHDRoom

 

[Stephen_J_H]

My wife would kill me if I brought that into the house; moreso after seeing the price.

 

[TravisR]

^ Yeah but $250 is only the MSRP. You'll probably be able to get it for about $175 so I can't see how she'd have a problem then.

 

[MatthewA]

I never paid that much for one movie except on 35mm film.

At least you have a choice between expensive knick-knacks or not, unlike WB with Gone With The Wind, Wizard of Oz, and Casablanca.

 

[Keith Paynter]

I haven't paid that kind of price on optical media since laserdisc box sets. Am I really getting new information that I didn't get in the original Snow White LD box set?

I do however spend that kind of money on 16mm when absolutely necessary.

 

[Brian Borst]

That box set probably doesn't even come out here, so I can't even buy it. I wouldn't buy it anyway, the price is way too high for something like that.

 

[Shad R]

But the price includes a coupon for a meet and greet with Walt Disney after they unfreeze his head. That's worth $250 right?

 

[Brian L]

Am I the only one that thinks this is perhaps one of the Dumbest Ideas Ever?

I will give Disney props for trying everything under the sun to get the buying public to embrace BluRay (Digital Copies, DVD's in the BR Box), but I see two outcomes here.

No one here will buy a BR in a DVD box, even if the contents of the box is the same.

And the non-enthusiast (the real target for this) that has not yet gone Blu is going to return the damn thing (as Bryan suggested) when they realize that they can not play 2 of the 3 discs.

Brian

 

[MatS]

plush gift set (54.99) images from Amazon

 

[StevenW]

^ Hands down the most ridiculous release ever.

 

[Stephen_J_H]

What's next? The glass coffin edition?
or how about packaging the DVD with a box of apples? This is just silly. The sick side of me thinks it would have been cool to package the box set in a replica of the box the Huntsman is supposed to bring Snow White's heart back in; in poor taste, maybe, but cool.

 

[Bryan Beckman]

Actually, a tie-in rebate with Seneca apple juice would be pretty clever, and not too far out of character for Disney, which has had some interesting food tie-ins with their previous platinum/SE releases.

Let's see, it was animal crackers for The Jungle Book, Nature's Harvest bread for Sleeping Beauty, Minute Maid juice for SB/WALL-E/Prince Caspian/Tinker Bell, and peanut butter(?) for Pinocchio.

I'd give Disney major props for being clever and gutsy enough to actually go through with it.

 

[Ethan Riley]

Good lord; I just found out about that Snow White and her Big Box of Junk release, as pictured above. In terms of over-priced bells and whistles, I think Snow White wins the award, hands down. I think I'll start referring to it as the "Poison Apple Edition."

 

[Brandon Conway]

As long as I can buy the release with only its regular disc packaging I could not care less about how they package the various gift sets.

 

[Ethan Riley]

Well, normally I would be first in line to buy re-releases of Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind, but they are both only going to be available in "Big Box of Junk" editions this time around. I'm sure that by the holidays they'll come out again in a "Pauper's Edition." I already have Big Box of Junk editions for those movies in standard def.

 

[MatS]

Snow White detailed

Blu-ray.com - Snow White Diamond Edition Detailed

 

[TravisR]

Same here. They could charge $50 or $50,000 for the gift box and I'll be buying the regular one.

 

[MatS]

Snow White $10 off coupon
http://disney.go.com/disneymovierewards/snowwhite/?cmp=dmov_dmr_url_swupgrade_tv
UPC code to enter is: 786936150605
preorder at Best Buy starting Sunday to get steelbook value add
price on website is 25.99 right now so you will be paying 15.99 + tax or less when all is said and done

 

[RolandL]

Originally Posted by MatS

Snow White $10 off coupon
http://disney.go.com/disneymovierewards/snowwhite/?cmp=dmov_dmr_url_swupgrade_tv
UPC code to enter is: 786936150605
preorder at Best Buy starting Sunday to get steelbook value add
price on website is 25.99 right now so you will be paying 15.99 + tax or less when all is said and done

So when you pre-order, they will accept the coupon when you pick it up at the store?

 

[Mike Frezon]

It is being reported that amazon.com has a code [SIZE= larger]SNOWHITE[/SIZE] (with just one "w") that will take $10 off the upcoming Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Blu-ray release (probably to "match" the $10 coupon that's floating around. That drops the amazon price to $14.99.

Apparently there are also bundle deals if you buy Snow White and either (or both) of the recent Tinkerbell releases. SW + TB: Lost Treasure = $8 off.

Info via SlickDeals.