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orangerunner 06-06-14 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Cardsfan111 (Post 12129440)
Stopped by my local store this morning and was told they'd have some delivered tomorrow to be set up for Sunday. Called another store 20 minutes away and was told the same thing. It's a good thing I still enjoy the hunt when it comes to collecting. I'm going to an awful lot of trouble for some stuff that I may have just a marginal interest in having. :)

That's funny you should mention that. I remember when the Mill Creek Blu-ray titles showed up at Dollar Tree a year or so ago and I drove all over the Seattle area picking up crap like The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag, Big Business, Another Stakeout, Betsy's Wedding etc.

Yeah, I got about a dozen Blu-rays for a buck each, but I think they worked out to $8 each when I included the cost of gas!

Penny-wise, dollar-foolish!

DWilson 06-06-14 02:59 PM

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Went to one DT and it had the sign in the window and a few scattered copies of pretty much what has been mentioned. Went to another and they had a tableful of DVDs and Blu-Rays, though twice as many DVDs as Blu-Rays.

PhantomStranger 06-06-14 03:05 PM

Re: Dollar Tree BLU Rays!
 

Originally Posted by Cardsfan111 (Post 12129440)
Stopped by my local store this morning and was told they'd have some delivered tomorrow to be set up for Sunday. Called another store 20 minutes away and was told the same thing. It's a good thing I still enjoy the hunt when it comes to collecting. I'm going to an awful lot of trouble for some stuff that I may have just a marginal interest in having. :)

Honestly, only a couple of these Blu-rays are really worth hunting down. Most are direct-to-video fodder starring has-beens.

It does appear that all Dollar Tree locations will get a shipment this time, as in the past some locations haven't really carried media.

g 06-06-14 07:50 PM

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I went to one store today that had nothing. So it isn't all stores. All the other stores had it.

darkdaze73 06-06-14 08:38 PM

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Went in one today and saw a good 20-25 BD titles. I did not get to check out everything they had as the lines were massive, especially the checkout where these were located. I do remember seeing Trespass, Big Bang Club, The Code, Sacrifice and Upside Down. But looking at the list of titles others have seen, it does not look like I am missing anything of interest. I would have been interested in Upside Down since it is a 3D BD, but I already own it.

orangerunner 06-06-14 11:29 PM

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It's nice to see the Blu-ray movies in the Canadian Dollar Tree stores as we were left out when the Mill Creek titles were sold.

They had:

Arctic Tale
Rampart (combo)
Tresspass
Bad Lieutenant
The Proposition
Upside Down 3D
Cosmpolis
War Inc.
The Code
The Code/The Contract
Dolan's Cadillac
Bernie
A Little Bit of Heaven

Nothing great, but for a $1.25 (Canadian price) a pop, not bad.

drmar35mm 06-07-14 10:28 AM

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Hit three stores on Friday, and two were wiped out. At the third I found Bad Lieutenant, Upside Down, Red Lights, & Blitz, plus a couple of DVDs. So not a total waste. Snooze and lose, I guess is the moral here.

madmod20061 06-07-14 03:07 PM

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I saw through their website that there was another Dollar Tree closer to me than the one I usually go to. It's Long Beach though so closer isn't always better (It's in a relatively bad neighborhood). I decided to chance it and found they had a lot of the movies left. No Upside Down, but I have that already anyway.

Once Fallen (oops, I bought 2 copies by mistake)
Cosmopolis
Kill Switch (haven't seen this one mentioned yet)
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Nitro Circus 3D (they had several copies of this)
Elephant White
Home Run
War Inc
Stolen
The Bangbang Club
They also had Bernie, A Little Bit of Heaven, Rampart and Trespass (a ton of these) but I have those already.

Also picked up Can't Hardly Wait, Graceland and Wild America Seasons 1 & 2 on DVD

whotony 06-07-14 04:07 PM

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Why are some of you buying these movies?
Is it only because they are a buck?

Seems pointless to buy a bad movie just because it was a dollar.

E_v_i_l 06-07-14 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by whotony (Post 12130514)
Why are some of you buying these movies?
Is it only because they are a buck?

Seems pointless to buy a bad movie just because it was a dollar.

One person's bad movie...

I've watched several of these titles and enjoyed them.

darkhawk 06-07-14 05:45 PM

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I bought:

Bernie
A Little Bit of Heaven
Red Lights
Elephant White
Rampart


I want, but can't find Upside Down 3D

madmod20061 06-07-14 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by whotony (Post 12130514)
Why are some of you buying these movies?
Is it only because they are a buck?

Seems pointless to buy a bad movie just because it was a dollar.

How do I know they are bad if I haven't watched them yet? I know a few of them actually got pretty good reviews. I've found some pretty good movies at the Dollar Tree/99 cent Only stores that I never heard of that I ended up loving. Low budget/non major studio does not automatically=Bad. Bucky Larson and Jack & Jill were big name studio movies. I'd watch any one of these $ store movies before I'd watch those:) I have seen Upside Down and it was pretty good. Definitely worth the $1 to anyone who can find it.

petroStation 06-07-14 08:56 PM

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Some days I am glad I read this forum. As was mentioned earlier, some stores must be setting up for a Sunday flyer. This afternoon they had a bin with a number of the titles previously mentioned.

I picked up the following:

A Little Bit of Heaven
Bernie
Blitz
The Code
The Contract
Dolan's Cadillac
Elephant White
Nitro Circus 3D
The Paperboy
Rampart
Red Lights
Sacrifice
Straight A's
Titanic (four-part miniseries)
Trespass
Upside Down 3D
What Maisie Knew

I stayed away from one title that I saw - 'Way of War' - mainly due to the exceedingly negative reviews.

MooMooMooMoo 06-07-14 09:05 PM

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I have so many films (& video concerts) I haven't watched, that even at 10 cents, I need to be picky!

I've also GOT to downsize due to an impending move, & my disc collection is the #1 impediment!

I'm hoping to find the time to convert most of my cd's to flac, & sell them on ebay; but I don't see that as an option with dvd; i don't want to store as H264, avi, mkv, etc; & even if I wanted to do the same with br's, I don't currently have a br drive in my pc's.

PhantomStranger 06-07-14 11:34 PM

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Most disturbing about this sale is that I paid a few dollars more for some of these BDs in recent years. I got a used copy of Red Lights from GoHastings for the more expensive amount of $4. I think I might have paid $5 for Blitz at Target.

I am really surprised this batch ended up at Dollar Tree.

Trevor 06-08-14 06:57 AM

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I think I ended up with an extra of the 'key issues': the two 3D titles and the combo pack. If my local friends don't need them I'll have a few to trade out.

Found a Titanic with a slipcover too!

orangerunner 06-08-14 06:11 PM

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With all of these cheap Blu-rays from Millenium Films, I always wonder how this studio is still afloat?

If you look on IMDB most of these films have budgets of $2-10 million dollars with opening weekends of $189,000. A movie like Upside Down cost $60 million.

Their home video market seems to just wind-up at Dollar Tree for $1 which I'm sure their cost per disc is well over a dollar.

I don't think I can name one hit this studio has had. I guess the over-seas sales
make them profitable.

Alan Smithee 06-08-14 07:14 PM

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Don't recall any of them playing in theaters either, but some of them are actually good movies.

laidbacklarkin 06-08-14 07:20 PM

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both stores near me seemed like roaches attacked the sale bin...nada for me

gryffinmaster 06-08-14 07:55 PM

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The stand was up at my nearby store, but all that was there were DVD copies of You Don't Mess With the Zohan, two junkie Christmas movies and, like, ten bags of popcorn. :lol:

That'sAllFolks 06-08-14 10:39 PM

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went to so many DT's in the last week, it makes my head spin.

Never found 1 copy of Titanic or Upside Down 3D (a few copies of the DVD though). Is Titanic the combo pack or just the BDs? Didn't see Labor Pains, The Greatest, Blitz or Babymakers either, but I had gotten Labor Pains at Frys earlier for the ridiculous price of TWO DOLLARS :( ;)


Got about 20 BDs and 20 DVDs. That's the problem with these sales -- I end up picking up a bunch of stuff I'll probably never watch since it's just mediocre. But at least I have a choice.

Best Finds:
What Maisie Knew
Cosmopolis
Nitro Circus 3D
Kill Switch
Rookie Blue S1
Joan Rivers - Don't Start w/ Me (which nobody has mentioned)

PhantomStranger 06-08-14 10:52 PM

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I got everything I wanted but Cosmopolis.

laidbacklarkin 06-09-14 01:56 AM

Re: Dollar Tree BLU Rays!
 

Originally Posted by That'sAllFolks (Post 12131585)
went to so many DT's in the last week, it makes my head spin.

Never found 1 copy of Titanic or Upside Down 3D (a few copies of the DVD though). Is Titanic the combo pack or just the BDs? Didn't see Labor Pains, The Greatest, Blitz or Babymakers either, but I had gotten Labor Pains at Frys earlier for the ridiculous price of TWO DOLLARS :( ;)


Got about 20 BDs and 20 DVDs. That's the problem with these sales -- I end up picking up a bunch of stuff I'll probably never watch since it's just mediocre. But at least I have a choice.

Best Finds:
What Maisie Knew
Cosmopolis
Nitro Circus 3D
Kill Switch
Rookie Blue S1
Joan Rivers - Don't Start w/ Me (which nobody has mentioned)

return 'Kill Switch' - please take my word for it.

That'sAllFolks 06-09-14 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by laidbacklarkin (Post 12131719)
return 'Kill Switch' - please take my word for it.

For a buck and it's Steven Seagal , it has to be worth a dollar. It just has to be ;)

SPiRAL 06-09-14 06:05 PM

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I can't find any blu's at my DT.

PhantomStranger 06-09-14 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SPiRAL (Post 12132979)
I can't find any blu's at my DT.

This batch sold out in a day or two at most Dollar Trees. I assume some stores will have forgotten to open the box on the expected sale date, so going forward it will be completely random unless you get the store to rifle through their backroom merchandise.

Mickactual 06-11-14 10:11 PM

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Apparently the north Jersey stores all put the discs out Friday 6/6, and most were gone by the next day.
Of the titles mentioned, the only thing I wanted but didn't find was the "Titanic" MS. The only reason I got some of the titles I wanted was pure numbers: I must have hit nine Dollar Trees this week.

For anyone who's interested - the BD of "Cosmopolis" that DT is selling is the 2-disc (BD + DVD) Best Buy exclusive version. The slipcase is missing, so You might not realize it...

My haul thus far:

http://i59.tinypic.com/2rw6is1.jpg


6/22 Edit: Went in a New Brunswick NJ DT last week and all they had was one lone BD...and it was "Titanic"!
Stores here are now pretty much down to the stuff they can't give away (kids DVD's, multiple copies of "Bernie" etc.)

laidbacklarkin 06-11-14 11:03 PM

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great haul....

Cardsfan111 06-13-14 11:37 PM

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I have made a near-daily stop at my local store and haven't seen a single BD, or evidence that any have arrived. I've asked a few employees and have had no luck. Today, I ask a guy if he's seen any DVDs/BDs and he nods and heads to the stock room. My overwhelming joy is quickly destroyed when he brings out 2 small boxes of DVDs. Says he hasn't seen any BDs and seemed shocked that a Dollar Tree would have any of those.

I did purchase a few DVDs, only so I wouldn't feel like my efforts were completely in vain. A few of these look like they might be keepers: Red Dog, Tempest, Upside Down, Junebug.

laidbacklarkin 06-14-14 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Cardsfan111 (Post 12138789)
I have made a near-daily stop at my local store and haven't seen a single BD, or evidence that any have arrived. I've asked a few employees and have had no luck. Today, I ask a guy if he's seen any DVDs/BDs and he nods and heads to the stock room. My overwhelming joy is quickly destroyed when he brings out 2 small boxes of DVDs. Says he hasn't seen any BDs and seemed shocked that a Dollar Tree would have any of those.

I did purchase a few DVDs, only so I wouldn't feel like my efforts were completely in vain. A few of these look like they might be keepers: Red Dog, Tempest, Upside Down, Junebug.

where was this ?

inri222 06-14-14 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Alan Smithee (Post 12131419)
some of them are actually good movies.

Can't speak for the others but I agree with these

Cosmopolis
Rampart
Bernie
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

darkhawk 06-14-14 08:57 PM

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If anyone could find an extra Upside Down 3D

ThePhantomGoat 06-15-14 12:34 AM

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Looking for Upsidedown 3D myself.

madmod20061 10-05-14 02:26 PM

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Just stopped by my Dollar Tree and after about half a year of a near empty DVD shelf they had a full restock including a few Blu Rays. I picked up:

The Hunters
Sweetwater
Diary of a Wimpy Kid-Rodrick Rules
The Dragon Pearl

Only Diary was from a major studio but the other 3 looked interesting enough for $1.

bigjim25 10-05-14 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by madmod20061 (Post 12258769)
Just stopped by my Dollar Tree and after about half a year of a near empty DVD shelf they had a full restock including a few Blu Rays. I picked up:

The Hunters
Sweetwater
The Dragon Pearl

I think all 3 are Walmart exclusive combos with VUDU codes. I wish mine would get some.

madmod20061 10-05-14 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by bigjim25 (Post 12259161)
I think all 3 are Walmart exclusive combos with VUDU codes. I wish mine would get some.

Wow, you are right. None of them say anything about a code but sure enough I opened them up and there were Vudu codes there.

Maybe check your dollar tree again? Last week mine had nothing. This week it was overflowing with movies.

bigjim25 10-05-14 09:12 PM


Originally Posted by madmod20061 (Post 12259202)
Wow, you are right. None of them say anything about a code but sure enough I opened them up and there were Vudu codes there.

Maybe check your dollar tree again? Last week mine had nothing. This week it was overflowing with movies.

Unfortuately mine is an hour away and they don't know nothing when you call them. Also living in WV, I'm sure they have already been stolen and sold to pawn shops or other people for their drug habit. :( You definately got a good deal on all those combo packs.

PhantomStranger 10-07-14 01:59 PM

Re: Dollar Tree BLU Rays!
 

Originally Posted by madmod20061 (Post 12258769)
Just stopped by my Dollar Tree and after about half a year of a near empty DVD shelf they had a full restock including a few Blu Rays. I picked up:

The Hunters
Sweetwater
Diary of a Wimpy Kid-Rodrick Rules
The Dragon Pearl

Only Diary was from a major studio but the other 3 looked interesting enough for $1.

I saw all of these and a few more at Dollar Tree this week. Most of the new stock looked to be DVDs, there were only about five or six copies for each movie.

Trevor 10-12-14 07:53 PM

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I've checked three different Dollar Trees the last week, and nothing until tonight on a repeat visit to my local store.

They had a few dozen DVDs but no BDs. I. Did pick up one interesting DVD though, a bonus disc only for I Know Who Killed Me. Decided to race to the other local store before they closed in 5 minutes and found a bunch of DVDs and exactly two remaining BDs; the Vudu combo packs of Sweetwater and Pete's Christmas.

Also picked up a Joe Hill hardcover horror novel and a couple graphic novels from a new display.

madmod20061 10-13-14 02:10 PM

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I stopped by the first Dollar Tree I went to where I picked up the BDs before. Their section has been nearly wiped out. Just 2 copies of Sweetwater and some of the work out DVDs left.


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