(Dead) Forbidden Planet Ultimate Collector's Edition $24.99 at Amazon.com
 

As of 01/04/2007 the sale looks to be over and the price back up to normal. Could a moderator please mark the thread accordingly.

Hope everyone who wanted the set got in on the deal even if it wasn't quite the "steal" that some of Amazon's other deals have been.
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If you didn't get this already, Amazon's got a heck of a deal going on. Of course you'll need to find something cheep to qualify for free shipping.

http://www.amazon.com/Forbidden-Plan...267464-7847945

Love this set. I have the HD DVD version, but all the extras are the same. $24.99 is a steal.

Thanks OP! :)

Couldn't resist... :shrug:

I AM GOING BROKE!!! STOP THE SALES!!!

I like the movie. Saw it years ago on AMC. However, I am paying extra for that plastic toy, the tin box, and those cards which means nothing to me. hmmm.......should I get it? considering that I paid $15 each for the 4 disc Ben Hur and Gone With The Wind sets, this doesn't seem too good of a bargain.

It is 58% off retail and only $5 more than the regular 2-disc version... so to me that equals a great price...

See, this is the kind of sale that I was referring to. Picked up Planet along with Season Three of Arrested Development for 44 bucks. Thanks OP! If someone needs a title to go over 25 for the free shipping, 28 Days Later is $7.49 - 50% off.

Thanks, I bit. I've been wanting this. I ordered a $5 toy to get free shipping...

Why would you spend an extra $5.00 to qualify for free shipping if S&H is only $2.98? :hscratch:

Good point if you don't want the toy (or whatever you choose in order to qualify for free shipping). On the other hand, if you can find something you'd like, you might as well apply the $2.98 shipping toward that item (i.e., the $5 toy would now cost $2.02 since the the $2.98 would be spent with or without the toy).

Hope this makes sense...it's a relatively simple concept but strangely hard to describe for some reason (maybe because it's 7:13 A.M.).

BTW...did anyone else find it funny when one person described this Amazon deal as a "steal"? If you don't get the allusion, don't ask...and consider yourself lucky.

And thanks, OP...sounds like a good price on Forbidden Planet.

awsome deal.i just hope they don't increase the price before my money gets added to to my card.

LOL! I did actually want the toy! Although I'm confused how it said "Only 1 left in stock--order soon" yet it still says this now, even after I ordered mine... I thought they had a real-time inventory system...

Right now amazon says its $40.80 you think they jacked up the price so soon? :(

Hopefully, Amazon won't charge your credit card for the higher price difference after you receive the item.

wow, the price has increased unexpectedly. that's the thing with many items at amazon, you never know when the prices will go up.

If you want the movie, then you can still just get the movie only version for $20

Thanks for the heads up, OP. I was looking at picking this up last week, but couldn't justify pulling the trigger until this morning. It's now on its way.

You ordered this morning and it is already on its way?!?!?!?! I ordered last night and it won't ship until Jan 8th!

It may have something to do with the fact that I've got Amazon Prime and used 1-click.

Oh no! It's selling! Hurry! Raise the price! We can't have people BUYING things...!

Drat. Waited too long.

Up to $40 and change. Went out for dinner, came back and missed this deal. $40 is still a great deal, but not as sweet at $24.

Mine shipped earlier today and I chose free shipping and dont have prime.

IMHO, this thing is not worth $40. You are paying extras for that tin, the colorful cards(does anyone know if the cards are of different pictures are just multiple cards of the same pictures), and three inch plastic toy. At that price, I would pass it in a heartbeat. When it was $25, I was already ambivalent about getting it. I like the movie and the extra movie it includes along with the special features but paying all that money for the other stuffs is not worth it.

I was going to get just the movie version for $20 but when the price was $25 for this set, I said what the heck I will get this collector's edition and so I paid the extra $5 for the that colorful little tin and the rest of paraphenelia in it. It would look nice on my dvd shelf. Yet, I am still having second thought about the purchase. Maybe, this sort of thing has more value to someone who grew up in the fifties and having that tin, the toy, and all those cards somehow evoke all the nostalgia of yesteryears. Those little trinkets does nothing for me.

Glad I didn't wait. Thanks OP!

the tin is nice, and the dvd digipack is much nicer than the regualr two disc set. it has great paper extras...but if your not into all that, then the 2 disc version still gets you a good looking movie

Same here.

I ordered it, I like the WB poster offers.