Autolycus

I was at a Walmart Supercenter in Charlotte, NC Tuesday afternoon and found a new "Spring Sale" display of $4.88 Sony/Columbia TriStar DVDs.

This was a freestanding floor display in front of the electronics department with several levels stacked one on top of the other (and with only the DVDs in the top layer and sides visible - as these Walmart displays usually are). All of the DVDs had "$4.88 PR" stickers on them.

It was an interesting mix of titles (including 2 Superbits!), a few of which had previously been seen at Big Lots stores (for $2.00) and many others which had not.

There were a number of titles from Ken Cline's master list of out-of-print Sony/Columbia TriStar DVDs (which can be found in the Big Lots thread on this forum) and others which were not on that list.

As with all Walmart sales, YMMV. Later in the evening, I went by my neighborhood standard Walmart store and they did not have the display at all, so this deal may just be at the Supercenter stores.

Here are a few of the titles I remember out of the many DVDs in the display:

Leon The Professional (Superbit Edition - with silver outer sleeve)
Starship Troopers (Superbit Edition - with silver outer sleeve)
Men In Black "Limited Edition" (not the current 2-disc special edition, but an out-of-print edition from 2000)

The 6th Day (older edition)
Bad Education (R-rated version)
Candyman
Cyborg 009 - The Battle Begins
The Devil's Backbone (the older 2002 edition, not the 2004 "Special Edition")
Eating Raoul
Enigma (standard edition, not SE)
Full Contact (Chow Yun Fat)
Fun With Dick And Jane (the 1977 George Segal, Jane Fonda version)
Groundhog Day
Hangman's Knot (1952 - Randolph Scott, Donna Reed, Lee Marvin)
Jumanji
Married With Children: The Most Outrageous Episodes! - Volume 1
My Life Without Me
The Professionals (1966 - older edition)
Raising Victor Vargas (Movie-Only Edition)
Resident Evil Apocalypse (single disc version)

docdoowop

"Raising Victor Vargas" and a couple others have been showing up at Big Lots stores for $2. I hope some of the ones you've spotted trickle in there as well.

hotwls13

Wow, I would love to get my hands on:

Leon The Professional (Superbit Edition - with silver outer sleeve)
Starship Troopers (Superbit Edition - with silver outer sleeve)

for those prices. If your store still has them, I could pay you cost + shipping + a little extra for your troubles.

Snowmaker

Which 6th Day is it?

FangsFirst

darn, no luck at durham-chapel hill, nc nor hillsborough, nc

Autolycus

It was the old single-disc edition, not the two-disc Special Edition.

A lot of the stuff in this Walmart display was old, like the 2000 "Limited Edition" of Men In Black that I saw, so it looks like Sony/Columbia TriStar is doing some warehouse cleaning of older versions of their DVDs.

Autolycus

There was only one copy of Leon The Professional, which I bought.

There was an extra copy of Starship Troopers (Superbit) which I sort of hid under the top layer of DVDs.

If I have time tomorrow, I'll try to go back to the store and pick it up for you if it's still there.

If anyone is familiar with this type of stackable Walmart display, you'll know that all you can really see is the top layer and the sides, while there are tons of other DVDs buried under each layer in the center of the display. It's really a stupid way to display DVDs.

I'll see if I can get my brother to go along with me tomorrow and we'll try to lift up the top layer of DVDs (very heavy) and see if there are any other copies of Leon The Professional or other Superbits lurking underneath.

I'm really surprised that a Charlotte-area Walmart got this display ahead of other parts of the country.

Usually, we're a week or two behind the rest of the country to see any of these sales - that is if we're lucky (I remember sales like the Tartan Halloween sale which never showed up at any of our stores at all).

tako

I was at my local walmart and they also have a very old version of dr. stranglove and stripes. They only had one of each of the superbit titles listed above. I will have to go back sometime over the weekend and see if the lower layers have more copies or different titles.

Perkinsun Dzees

Saw the display at my local Walmart. Aside from the titles already mentioned, they had tons of GHOSTBUSTERS 1 and 2 (the old versions).

They also had:
8MM
THE CRAFT
DOGTOWN AND Z BOYS (old version)
THE MASK OF ZORRO (old version)
NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE (the old version)
STAN LEE'S MUTANTS, MONSTERS AND MARVELS
WINGED MIGRATION

dx23

My local wal-mart had Men In Black (DTS) edition, Men In Black Limited Edition (Black Case) and Starship Troopers Superbit Edition. I picked up the MIB LE and Starship Superbit.

hotwls13

Thanks! I have been looking for both of those at every Best Buy I go to for a while now (all the superbits at Best Buy were clearanced).

I hope you find one or both.

docdoowop

Well I checked one SuperCenter (Shakopee) and one regular Walmart (Eden Prairie) without success. Congratulations to those who are finding this display.

Snowmaker

I checked one Wal-Mart this morning with no luck. I'll check another on the way home that usually is one of the first to get these displays.

LoPan5705

Hoping to see this, but haven't yet. Maybe some of the leftover stock will reach my store next week.

TGM

did not see at my local Walmart.

camwar

They have yet to turn up at my local Walmart, gonna check some of the others around.

FangsFirst

I'd bet this'll start showing up more closer to Tuesday.
Let's hope...

cranberries fan

I got MIB today (I think the auto's are real) on the poster.

Edison

I found this display this evening and picked up the MiB LE, Starship Troopers (Superbit), and Leon (Superbit) also. There was one more copy of ST but the MiB/Leon I only seen the one.

hotwls13

Man I wish someone could pick this up for me. Leon would be great too. Cmon help a guy out. I can send paypal to whomever picks it/them up for me.

cranberries fan

The Leon has no bonus features (bare-bones).

camwar

My one Walmart had this but it was picked through of course. I'm still waiting for the other Walmart to put it out. I only want MIB LE!!

FangsFirst

wait, isn't the leon superbit in the newish 2 disc?
or did I imagine that?

cranberries fan

Hey FangsFrist the Walmart $4.88 Leon is a single disc (barebones) verison.There are 2 two-disc version of Leon on SuperBit walmart does not have one or the other.

FangsFirst

Sorry, let me clarify:

Isn't the 2 disc Leon superbit?

(I think you've already answered that, but that was my question all the same)