Limited Edition Tins

[Nemesis]

hey guys, ive just recently put in a pre-order of the Maniac Limited Edition tin here in Australia. Theyre being imported and a limited run of 5,000 are available and ive heard a fair bit about this film so i figured id spring for my first ever tin. The Halloween 5 tin is also being imported here and ive read that theres only 15,000 of these worldwide so i was thinking of picking that up too.. but its twice the price of a regular movie and i havent got the other halloweens (cept the first one) do you guys think its worth it? from memory halloween 5 was the weakest of the series..

What tins have you guys got and which ones do you think are a good purchase/bad purchase/rare? I recently missed an opportunity to buy an evil dead 2 tin.. ive seen an evil dead book of the dead edition here recently but that seems to be as common as dish water

[MapleBob]

I got the Let Sleeping Corpses Lie and the Beyond tins. Those were both solid buys as far as I'm concerned.

I just picked up the Coffin Joe coffin box set. I kind of wish it was really made out of wood instead of cardboard.

I've only watched the first movie so far, but I think it was a solid buy. It comes with four coffin Joe comic books, which is pretty cool.

I think tins are cool, and if you don't like the movies, you probably have an investment of sorts, at the very least. Even if you have to wait twenty or thirty years

[Nemesis]

how are tins for storage? are they generally a really awkward shape that wont fit on the bookshelf?

[onebyone]

I have my tins in a special location, as they kind of suck so far as storage but I like them anyway. I want that Maniac tin too. I currently have:

Halloween 4 and 5
The Beyond
Evil Dead 2
Wicker Man (it is wood but still)

6 Feet Under season one is stored with these too, as it is a big coffin looking thing that sucks for storage as well, but I still like it.

[Zandri]

Originally posted by aeon.Nemesis
hey guys, ive just recently put in a pre-order of the Maniac Limited Edition tin here in Australia. Theyre being imported and a limited run of 5,000 are available

How on earth is this possible?? Those tins have been out for a long time, i would have thought all 5000 were in circulation by now!!! I have on of them (#4,364) and i paid BIG BICKIES to get it from a collector.

But anyhoo.. other tins i've got (no including the above mentioned maniac):

The Beyond (2 copies)
Halloween 4
Halloween 5
Evil Dead II

[Nemesis]

whats the halloween 5 one like? i was thinking of giving it a miss as its only one film in the middle of a series and is probably the weakest out of all of them... didnt know there was a halloween 4 tin, im guessing its probably OOP and next to impossible to find, 4 was one of my faves of the series.

Although not really a "tin" so to speak the rambo trilogy comes in a tin slip case.. that is the worst case ive ever seen, the dvds have slipped out the bottom a few times, once was outside when i was getting outta the car.. they fell in mud and dirt and stuff.. was pretty pissed coz i had only just bought it too :mad:

i guess as far as awkward shapes go... they're aiming at the general dvd consumer who has a handful of dvds.. not the nutbags like us who have hundreds of dvds and fuss over "clean" storage :)

[Mark Relford]

Maniac and Repo Man are my favorite tins. They both come with soundtracks. So, you haven't seen Maniac... :evil: You're in for a treat! The Spinell documentary is superb.

[Zandri]

Originally posted by aeon.Nemesis
whats the halloween 5 one like?

I haven't had a chance to check the disc out other than make sure it works, so i couldn't comment on transfer quality, extra's etc im afraid..

They aren't that hard to find (Halloween 4 and 5) i bought mine from TotalActionUniverse about 2 months ago, they still had them in stock, fire them off an email and ask them if they are in stock still (there still on their database), and they were the cheapest store i could find with them at the time.

[ekent]

I always opt for the disc only version from the tins

Its funny but most of the tins end up going on clearance for 14.99 at the local Best Buy. Thats when I snag them and use them for trade bait. They usually garner good two for one trades.

[Nemesis]

Originally posted by Zandri
How on earth is this possible?? Those tins have been out for a long time, i would have thought all 5000 were in circulation by now!!! I have on of them (#4,364) and i paid BIG BICKIES to get it from a collector.



Maniac - Limited Edition (DTS - 2 Disc Set - Tin Box) (http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/223574)
Halloween 5 - The Revenge Of Michael Myers: Limited Edition (Tin Box) (http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/223577)

Theres actually an australian distributer that's importing all these region 0 dvds from the US i think.. full list of dvds with some interesting titles here (http://www.ezydvd.com.au/mech/search.zml/id=vOyjK:zsA1p/f=Distributor/q=DVD%20Australia)

[mcchrist]

Repo Man is the only one for me... Are we counting the Wicker Man box? if so, that too.

Can't really stand Maniac...

[Zandri]

Originally posted by aeon.Nemesis
Theres actually an australian distributer that's importing all these region 0 dvds from the US i think.. full list of dvds with some interesting titles here (http://www.ezydvd.com.au/mech/search.zml/id=vOyjK:zsA1p/f=Distributor/q=DVD%20Australia)

DVD Down Under are selling it too... i just hope the Distributor does indeed have copies,.. im not sure where they would get them from though... there was only 5,000 copies, its been out for a while.. only thing i can think of is one distributor horded a bunch of copies?? otherwise its meant to be OOP as far as i know

[Mark Relford]

Originally posted by aeon.Nemesis
Although not really a "tin" so to speak the rambo trilogy comes in a tin slip case.. that is the worst case ive ever seen, the dvds have slipped out the bottom a few times, once was outside when i was getting outta the car.. they fell in mud and dirt and stuff.. was pretty pissed coz i had only just bought it too :mad:

I've had a few sealed discs broken in half before. :fire:
I hate the Total Recall tin. (1) The tin looks friggin' ugly! (2) The disc rests on a foam pad.
I think it's been replaced with a newer case...

[Nemesis]

Originally posted by Zandri
DVD Down Under are selling it too... i just hope the Distributor does indeed have copies,.. im not sure where they would get them from though... there was only 5,000 copies, its been out for a while.. only thing i can think of is one distributor horded a bunch of copies?? otherwise its meant to be OOP as far as i know

crap youve got a few limited edition tins there Zandri, just went through your list.. can understand why youre a bit miffed ;)

is that total recall limited edition any good? what are the extra features like? thats one of my favourite movies (arnie is god) and i only have the regular aussie R4 release.

[Zandri]

Originally posted by aeon.Nemesis
crap youve got a few limited edition tins there Zandri, just went through your list.. can understand why youre a bit miffed ;)

is that total recall limited edition any good? what are the extra features like? thats one of my favourite movies (arnie is god) and i only have the regular aussie R4 release.

The only reason im a bit "miffed" is because i paid $120AUD for Maniac about a year or more ago. :) but such is life i guess.

umm.. Total Recall tin is pretty good, most people hate the shape.. its actually round only just a little bit bigger than the disc itself that slots into a cardboard bottom. I picked it up from DeepDiscountDVD for like $8US or something like that.. At that price its great value.

[Nemesis]

hmm, im starting to wonder where these copies are coming from.. and how many they have, might send an email to ezydvd and make sure they can fulfill my order. so many of these DVD Australia imported titles that go on sale go straight from Pre-Order to Out of Stock.. like Suspiria initially did.

[Erg0n]

i've got wickerman
evil dead 2
and my bro bought band of brothers series.

[Zandri]

Originally posted by aeon.Nemesis
hmm, im starting to wonder where these copies are coming from.. and how many they have, might send an email to ezydvd and make sure they can fulfill my order. so many of these DVD Australia imported titles that go on sale go straight from Pre-Order to Out of Stock.. like Suspiria initially did.

good luck with the pre-order, keep us posted on the stock issue.. never know i might buy another copy to keep sealed if i'm feeling rich at the time :)

[Midnight Buddha]

I`ve got the Evil Dead 2 and Hellraiser Tins,

Not a huge fan of them to be honest.

[NMA]

Originally posted by Erg0n
i've got wickerman
evil dead 2
and my bro bought band of brothers series.

Wickerman release (which is one of the most valuable pieces in my collection) is not a limited edition tin, it's wood actually.

I have:

- Halloween 4
- Halloween 5
- The Beyond
- The Evil Dead II
- Hellraiser
- Maniac
- Repo Man
- Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
- Two-Lane Blacktop
- Candy

- Akira

- Battle Royale

- Terminator 2 Ultimate Edition
- Terminator 2 Extreme Edition
- Terminator 2 / Total Recall (French Edition)

- Rambo Trilogy

- Walt Disney Vaults: Mickey Mouse in B&W
- Walt Disney Vaults: Complete Goofy Series
- Walt Disney Vaults: Silly Symphonies
- Walt Disney Vaults: Mickey Mouse in Color

[bigdaddyhorse]

I think I have all of em except Halloween 4 and 5. (Didn't like the movies much, and the tins offered nothing but another tin!)

Let Sleeping Corpes Lie
Evil Dead 2
Hellraiser
The Beyond
Maniac
Repo Man
Heathers (just cuz it was on sale and #140)
Two Lane Blacktop (haven't decide to watch or sell yet)
Wicker Man box

Got doubles on Evil Dead 2 and The Beyond, haven't decided what to do with those yet.

Total Recall & Akira (not AB, but hey, they're tins!)

[Mortis]

The only one I have is the The Beyond tin that I got for $14.99 at Best Buy a while back.

[rxfiend]

Originally posted by bigdaddyhorse
I think I have all of em except Halloween 4 and 5. (Didn't like the movies much, and the tins offered nothing but another tin!)


actually, H5 had a 30 some odd page booklet (nothing special, but it wasn't as bad as H4 which basically was just a tin! lol).

[Lone Wolf]

I have the following:

The Beyond
Halloween 4
Akira
Wicker Man Box