Universal Monsters £34.32 from Amazon.co.uk Shipped to US
08-05-12, 11:24 PM
#51
Re: Universal Monsters £34.32 from Amazon.co.uk Shipped to US
Well, they seem to have gone all out for the Universal Monsters set. Get a gander of this Coffin set. It's only $12 (U.S.) more than the regular boxed set. It comes to about $63 shipped to the U.S. I'll be getting this for sure!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Universal-Cl...4183775&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Universal-Cl...4183775&sr=8-1
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08-05-12, 11:42 PM
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Re: Universal Monsters £34.32 from Amazon.co.uk Shipped to US
Is MGM typically Region Free as well? I think I'm gonna jump on the bandwagon and order Bond, Hitchcock, and Universal Monsters. I just gotta decide whether or not I want to cool coffin, or rather save on shelf space...
EDIT: Order placed. I got the regular version, sans coffin, to save money and shelf space... I haven't placed an order from Amazon UK in forever. I don't think I have a credit card without conversion fees currently, but these don't ship for a while, so perhaps I'll get one.
EDIT: Order placed. I got the regular version, sans coffin, to save money and shelf space... I haven't placed an order from Amazon UK in forever. I don't think I have a credit card without conversion fees currently, but these don't ship for a while, so perhaps I'll get one.
08-06-12, 12:59 PM
#53
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Re: Universal Monsters £34.32 from Amazon.co.uk Shipped to US
I'm planning on ordering once it's confirmed stuff is region free and I don't have to worry about any PAL stuff in the special features.
08-06-12, 02:57 PM
#54
Re: Universal Monsters £34.32 from Amazon.co.uk Shipped to US
Universal never includes PAL or 1080/50hz in any of their Blu-ray releases... even the UK exclusive Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode on Psycho is 480i. They only region lock when they don't have full worldwide release rights.
MGM, on the hand, has their titles handled by Fox and while Fox also does not include PAL & 1080/50hz content either... they have a tendency to region lock titles. Some of the Bonds released prior to the set were region locked.
MGM, on the hand, has their titles handled by Fox and while Fox also does not include PAL & 1080/50hz content either... they have a tendency to region lock titles. Some of the Bonds released prior to the set were region locked.
08-06-12, 03:28 PM
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Re: Universal Monsters £34.32 from Amazon.co.uk Shipped to US
"Dear Adriel,
Thank you for your e-mail.
We can confirm it will be region free.
Kind regards
Universal UK"
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=6274906
This was in reference to the 'coffin' set, but I'm sure the regular set is the same w/respect to region coding.
I'm in at $ 50.
08-06-12, 04:11 PM
#56
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Re: Universal Monsters £34.32 from Amazon.co.uk Shipped to US
I guess I'll keep my itchy trigger finger on the cancel button for the Bond set. If there is a chance it is region free, I'll wait to see how it plays out... But if you guys think the odds are very low, perhaps I'll just cancel it now...
08-06-12, 04:33 PM
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Re: Universal Monsters £34.32 from Amazon.co.uk Shipped to US
For those looking for select Bond titles or looking to finish off the ones already purchased, Walmart.com has listed three titles as "exclusives"(Octopussy, Diamonds are Forever and Goldeneye).
Hopefully that means the other remaining titles are coming out also for those that don't want the big set.
btw, I am digging the UK coffin set but want to get a better look of the inside and see how the discs are being stored before canceling my order for the reg. UK set. The UK coffin doesn't appear to look as deep and the French one.
08-06-12, 05:07 PM
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Re: Universal Monsters £34.32 from Amazon.co.uk Shipped to US
^ I didn't know there was a Bond thread. Off to look for it now! Thanks for the info though. Sorry for getting this thread off topic... Back to our regularly scheduled monster mayhem... 
08-06-12, 05:26 PM
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Re: Universal Monsters £34.32 from Amazon.co.uk Shipped to US
EDIT: Order placed. I got the regular version, sans coffin, to save money and shelf space... I haven't placed an order from Amazon UK in forever. I don't think I have a credit card without conversion fees currently, but these don't ship for a while, so perhaps I'll get one.
08-06-12, 05:50 PM
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Re: Universal Monsters £34.32 from Amazon.co.uk Shipped to US
I should have said Bond HD talk thread as thats where I originally read it. But I thought I would mention it for those that did not know.
08-06-12, 07:17 PM
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Re: Universal Monsters £34.32 from Amazon.co.uk Shipped to US
I placed a pre-order for the standard set, but will keep an eye on the coffin's price. Keeping the disk laser sides away from cardboard is important, but I'm not sure it's worth the extra $12-$14. A separate 8-disk DVD keep case (sadly Blu-Ray cases seem to max out at 6) sells for much less. Hmm, I wonder if four Blu-Ray double thinpak cases would fit in the standard slipcase? I'd still need artwork, but it's a start...
08-07-12, 10:01 AM
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Re: Universal Monsters £34.32 from Amazon.co.uk Shipped to US
Preorder in for the coffin set (and the big Hitchcock set). Can't beat getting cooler packaging at nearly half the price! Thanks for all the info guys!
08-07-12, 10:21 AM
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Re: Universal Monsters £34.32 from Amazon.co.uk Shipped to US
I'm curious about the conversion fee you're mentioning. When I use my card, the amount I end up being charged is usually just a few points under the current exchange rate. I don't have any additional charges. Is that what you're referring to?
08-07-12, 12:45 PM
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Re: Universal Monsters £34.32 from Amazon.co.uk Shipped to US
Will be getting the Bonds separately once they are reduced, which they will inevitably be. Won't have the new bonus disc exclusive to this set, but won't have DIE ANOTHER DAY tainting my shelves either. I can live with that tradeoff.
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08-07-12, 01:26 PM
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Re: Universal Monsters £34.32 from Amazon.co.uk Shipped to US
You usually won't see the extra fee until a day of two after it is charged to your card (after shipping).
My son ordered something from Canada just last week and it was listed as "FOREIGN TRANSACTION FEE" for exactly 3% of the charge. It's listed as posted the same day, but it never showed up until the Temp charge was officially posted on the account which was 4 days later.
If you're talking about using Amazon Conversion you won't see a separate line item since it's built in the exchange rate.
My son ordered something from Canada just last week and it was listed as "FOREIGN TRANSACTION FEE" for exactly 3% of the charge. It's listed as posted the same day, but it never showed up until the Temp charge was officially posted on the account which was 4 days later.
If you're talking about using Amazon Conversion you won't see a separate line item since it's built in the exchange rate.
Oh, 3% is pretty much the equivalent to the difference in exchange rate I'm seeing on mine.
08-07-12, 02:05 PM
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Re: Universal Monsters £34.32 from Amazon.co.uk Shipped to US
You usually won't see the extra fee until a day of two after it is charged to your card (after shipping).
My son ordered something from Canada just last week and it was listed as "FOREIGN TRANSACTION FEE" for exactly 3% of the charge. It's listed as posted the same day, but it never showed up until the Temp charge was officially posted on the account which was 4 days later.
If you're talking about using Amazon Conversion you won't see a separate line item since it's built in the exchange rate.
My son ordered something from Canada just last week and it was listed as "FOREIGN TRANSACTION FEE" for exactly 3% of the charge. It's listed as posted the same day, but it never showed up until the Temp charge was officially posted on the account which was 4 days later.
If you're talking about using Amazon Conversion you won't see a separate line item since it's built in the exchange rate.
08-07-12, 02:32 PM
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Re: Universal Monsters £34.32 from Amazon.co.uk Shipped to US
Just a bit of advice - NEVER use the conversion that Amazon uses otherwise you will pay a slightly larger fee. I just have them charge it in pounds since I will already be getting charged .98 cents for the foreign transaction fee from my bank. No need to give them more money for convenience. I use http://www.xe.com/ucc/ to calculate my totals anyway.
08-25-12, 04:58 PM
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Re: Universal Monsters £34.32 from Amazon.co.uk Shipped to US
Just a bit of advice - NEVER use the conversion that Amazon uses otherwise you will pay a slightly larger fee. I just have them charge it in pounds since I will already be getting charged .98 cents for the foreign transaction fee from my bank. No need to give them more money for convenience. I use http://www.xe.com/ucc/ to calculate my totals anyway.
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08-26-12, 09:16 PM
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Re: Universal Monsters £34.32 from Amazon.co.uk Shipped to US
Just to be clear, people are paying an extra $12 to get a coffin-shaped cardboard box to put the other regular box set in? I see no need for that. If they had the slim blu cases like the French set instead of the same long Alien Quadrilogy-like digipack, I would have considered that.
But I think I'm in for the set. Thanks for the heads-up.
But I think I'm in for the set. Thanks for the heads-up.
08-27-12, 11:22 AM
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Re: Universal Monsters £34.32 from Amazon.co.uk Shipped to US
I was asking if the only difference between the regular UK set and the Coffin LE set is the exterior, coffin-shaped cardboard box, in which the regular blu-ray box set is placed. Because that hardly seems worth $12 to me.
Looking at the Amazon.uk listings, that's the only difference I can see. The French version showed each movie in its own slim case. That would be at least a little better.
Looking at the Amazon.uk listings, that's the only difference I can see. The French version showed each movie in its own slim case. That would be at least a little better.