Altimus Prime

Slap me silly if this is already widely known, but I just stumbled on it tonight while using DVDPriceSearch. Confirmed that it's listed on BB's site at this price, too.

I've been waiting for a decent price to pick this guilty fav up. DDD's price of $21.46 is horrid, and even after 20 percent off, it's still $17.

I'll be at Best Buy in the morning!

CrashNBurn69

yeah i think its been that way since the superbits have been $9.99. i think its a mixup.

Altimus Prime

Mixup just online, or in store also? Maybe I should print that page out.

Or maybe I should get the superbit. Would the difference really be that noticeable on a standard TV? If the price is the same, and extras are something I watch once if at all... decisions, decisions...

Peep

I'd like to find out if this is the in-store price also.

freudian-slip

Hey thanks! I just purchased for in-store pickup. A worthy upgrade for $10!

JWill85

I actually just price matched this in store from their on-line price. The in store price was $22.99. I told the girl it was $9.99 on-line @ bestbuy and she didn't even check. She just changed in manually.

Altimus Prime

I just did the same thing. I went to a store this morning, but all they had was one copy of Starship Troopers 2.

Fortunately I have several BB stores in my area, so I found it available at another and will pick it up after work Friday.

Add that to Robocop (first movie only*) I got from DDD, and I've got two excellent Verhoeven flicks to add to the collection on the cheap!


* Yeah, I know it's not the "unedited" version, but I'd rather pay $7 for one movie I want, rather than $21 for all three.

indy2029

Starship Troopers is the one of the most underrated Sci-Fi flicks IMO.

Spanky BananaPants

If you don't watch extras, I'd say go with the Superbit. If you ever have a TV that can benefit from the extra bitrate, you'll be glad you have it.

I bought the Superbit myself, and it's been played many, many times.

CrashNBurn69

or since theyre both only 10 bux you could get both

andicus

Superbit won't have the deleted scene of Denise getting felt up.

Of course, it will have fantastic picture and sound quality. You be the judge. I went with the Superbit version.

Altimus Prime

I don't have any superbits, so this would look odd to be the only one. I went with the two disc.

blokhed

Thanks for the heads-up, I've been meaning to get this for a while now.

Manzana

I compared a few reviews on Starship Troopers, and it sounded like the SE was only a small step up from the first release (which I have) in picture quality. That's surprising because the first release fit the movie into a DVD-5. With a DVD-9 and a separate DVD for the extras, you'd think the quality would be massively better. Do people really think the SE is worth $9.99 to upgrade over the first edition?

Altimus Prime

I don't have the first one, obviously, but I just watched this and it seemed pretty good to me. But I'm no techie. There's significant dirt on the opening studio logo, but that goes away immediately. A couple specks appeared a couple times, but they are few and far between. I was satisfied with the picture quality. I can see some of the coloring on the bugs like I never could on broadcast. Sounds awesome.

justbarelymovin

Thanks, ordered one!

stonecountry

I thought this has been out of print for at least a couple years. I've been wanting it for a long time if it's the 2 disc SE...very under-rated satire, just like Robocop.

exharrison

Got mine today. Has a huge gash down the side. Should I take it back and try to get another one that isn't messed up?

dvduser6

I just did an in-store pickup. Thanks, OP!

Altimus Prime

Sure, why not? And if you can't find a new one, maybe you could buy a keepcase case for it and do a custom label job?

exharrison

Yeah, I just hate when I buy something and it is already fucked up because of someone's unloading/shipping error. Custom label is a good idea, just have to get a 2 disc case.

Comfort Eagle

Ill totally buy it at this price.

Manzana

Here's my story...

On Sunday Starship Troopers SE showed up at $9.99 on Best Buy's web site with copies available at my nearest store. When I went to Best Buy today, I had them check (and I looked over their shoulder) Best Buy.com which I saw showed the price back over $20. So they said they would've pricematched it, but couldn't. On the shelves they had 3 copies.

So I went home and looked at Best Buy.com, and it still shows $9.99, but my local store now shows unavailable for in-store pickup even though I personally witnessed 3 copies a couple hours ago.

This shows me how great their inventory system is, and it seems like they must have a secret version of Best Buy.com they use to show in-store customers which has higher prices than what the web site shows everyone else. I doubt the price jumped and went back down in the space of a few hours. I'm beginning to think it's not worth the trouble.

exharrison

Do instore pickup. Still $10 on their site. The instore kiosks have special version of bestbuy.com

Pwman

I just checked online and its 9.99 along with the rest of the regular SB's. Other Superbits ultimate editions like Fifth Element and Leon are not included in this sale tho.