Today in Springfield NJ I got:

Trail Of The Pink Panther
Revenge Of The Pink Panther
Masquerade
Burnt Offerings
Bookies
Deuces Wild
Stormy Monday

Of the three NJ Big Lots I visited:
Clifton: Small MGM display. A few remaining Sony stragglers. No HBO.
Springfield: Large MGM display. A few remaining Sony stragglers. No HBO.
S. Plainfield: Small MGM display. Small Sony display. No HBO.

Springfield had, by far, the largest MGM assortment.
Only S. Plainfleid had Sony Superbits (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon + Vertical Limit) I was hoping to find more of those...especially the "Closer" that some said they spotted...but no dice.

If you can't find it at Big Lots, The Wild Geese (30th Anniversary Edition) is also available at Dollar General stores for $3.00 (marked "2 for $6").

Though the packaging mentions nothing about the aspect ratio, it is widescreen (but non-anamorphic).

But it does contain loads of special features, including a Roger Moore audio commentary, which make it well worth picking up for $3.00:

Features:

Last Of The Gentleman Producers Documentary
Stars War: The Making Of The Wild Geese
Wilde Geese Audio Commentary with Sir Roger Moore
Star-Studded Charity Premiere Newsreel
Original Radio Spots
Star Biographies
Stills Gallery
Original Theatrical Trailers

Also at Dollar General, at all of our local stores, they're running a half-price clearance on a few DVDs (and VHS tapes) they've had for a while.

Nothing really exciting but I remember seeing: Bill Engvall redneck comedy DVDs; hunting DVDs; TV Guide Presents Master Crime Solvers - Featuring: Dragnet, Dick Tracy, Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Adventures of Ellery Queen, Sherlock Holmes,Gang Busters, Mr and Mrs North,Dick Tracy, Man With a Camera, etc. (a 4-DVD boxed set for $5.00).

Also saw three versions of "Scene It?: The DVD Game" for $2.50 each: the 007 Edition (James Bond); the HBO TV series edition; and the Turner Classic Movies edition.

The sale items were not in the usual small Dollar General electronics area but are in a special half-price row.

Link to the Big Lots Master List:

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread....st#post8745448

got my hands on a new MGM display finally and found just about every title I was interested in. I spent about 90 bucks

some of the better ones I got were:

Guys and Dolls SE
Bubba Ho Tep
Swamp Thing
Scanners
Rollerball (70s)
Thrashin
Killer klowns from outerspace
Breaker Breaker
Slaughters Big Rip off
Foxy Brown
CQ

Theres tons of titles in one of those 4 sided displays it took me a good 30 minutes to go through it

This is also in the MGM bin:
That Championship Season (1982) (the original)

Hit all three Twin City stores this morning.....nada

Hit the 281/Thousand Oaks one yesterday... nothing.

I have an extra Killer Klowns from Outer Space and Bubba Ho-Tep if anyone wants to trade.

The MGM display is up in Cleveland at the Brookgate store. Man, I can't believe how much I've spent on $3 movies these last couple of weeks.

I was told by one of the employees today that BL will be increasing the DVD prices soon. (probably about a $1)

Well, at $4 I might be a bit more choosy about what I get . My BL should decrease the price on some of them to get them off the overcrowded rack (as they should with much of their overstuffed sections).

Not too surprising. I've noticed the prices on a lot of the other stuff I buy there, like chips & some other canned goods, has increased 20-30% recently. Probably because of gas prices. $4 is still dirt cheap, seeing as how I paid a lot more for many of these titles.

And still cheaper than a full-priced rental!

Just came back from my local BL (Newnan, GA), bought nine MGN titles, $3 ea. They have the display up which was not there last week.

Wonder if more MGN titles will show up...? (always want those chessy Chuck Norris movies but won't pay regualer price...)

tsetse27 posted

Most likely anything you see on oldies.com in the MGM clearance section will end up at Big Lots. I see a trend between the two which leads to me conclude that both have the same wholesaler or buy the same stock. Some of the titles like Burn and Straw Dogs are full screen instead of widescreen. You will probably see lots of soul cinema stock. I hope that Blue Velevet is one of those dvds that possibly comes if another MGM restock happens. Blue Velvet would be worth paying the extra $1 for.




Does anybody here think the columbia-tristar well has run dry at Big Lots? What other titles could they possibly liquidate?

No way, there's tons more to liquidate. ALL the other Superbits come to mind. Someone mentioned a few new ones a few weeks back and I haven't seen them yet, so they should be coming.

$4 prices would slow my impulse buying since I'd expect to find many of the same titles for $4 at Fry's, FYE and Columbia House.

First Look titles showed up in Nashua this week, saw about 20. Many of these seemed not anamorphic and/or cheesy, so I passed on them.

Yes, that would be my breaking point between buying almost anything that interests me and buying only those things I know I want.

It would probably decrease my buying by 75%-85%.

Maybe it's just psychological. I guess there seems to be enough 3.99 sales at BB,CC that I doubt I would have ever picked up a copy of Art School Confidential (which I bought and think is well worth 4-5) for 4.00 or ever really considered it.

Same here. Back when they were $2 I would pick up most anything that looked mildly interesting and/or based on a cast member. At $3 that decreased to being even more selective within those parameters. If $4, I'd barely buy a couple/few a month and even that would depend entirely on how noteworthy a title was, how likely it could be found at a comparable price in the past and future, potential of a Blu-ray release, quality of its transfer, etc.

Given how few of the $4 titles that were from studios like Paramount were often cited in this thread, how long they remained on the Big Lots shelves if sold at all, I'd imagine $4 is above the price point for most people on the vast majority of these titles.

For example, at $2 I might have bought 50+ of the last MGM wave of titles over the course of a month or two. At $3, maybe 15-20. At $4, maybe if I'm driving near one anyway and have a moment to stop in and they have something especially noteworthy, I'll grab a couple here and there tops.

Even at $3 now, knowing that each month or so is another shipment of titles studio by studio (still plenty to go from Sony, CTHE, MGM.. with potentials from Fox, more HBO to come, if others follow suit), the ability to buy more and more takes a toll (not even including time to view them, space issues..). Push that to $4, I think their overhaul store traffic in relation to those visiting due to the movies and quantity sold will take a large hit (which they and the studios might not care about if solely focused price per unit).

If it wasn't for the $2 movies back a year and a half ago or so, I likely would have never set foot in a Big Lots store as I don't recall even being familiar with it. I'd grab some other things here and there when looking at movies (a wooden bridge and water fountain as gifts, supplies, etc.), suggested them to a couple of friends/family both for movies and larger items as most were like myself in not considering them, etc. That decreased to a degree once they started getting waves of films at $3. At $4, both the DVD buying and randomly stumbling other things would be basically non-existent to the point of afterthought for me.

Far too many choices at $4 all over the place, one can rent them for less than half that with NetFlix, catch on TV, $1 new release rentals at places like RedBox, buy used, etc. With most of these being very minor genre films at best, varying quality, one can always rent them in the future or use it to rent Blu-ray titles..

Half the dvds I bought recently at Big Lots were because of them being 3 bucks.
Most were films I wanted to see, but didn't HAVE to own.

4 bucks would definantly make me more selective.

I saw 2-3 new titles @ my local BL today - don't recall the titles - that had $4 prices on them.

Did pick up several $3 First Look studio(& a few others) titles today -
Don't Tempt Me
Stateside
The Nugget
The Pumpkin Karver
The Truth About Love
Striking Range
Larva
Between Strangers
Leo
The Operator
All the Way
Wassup Rockers
Spirit Trap
A Gentleman's Game
Contaminated Man
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Pulse


Still haven't seen an MGM display yet - big or small.

$4.00 would make me very selective.

I don't think the $4 are out yet. The manager told me they had a conference call and they will get another $3 shipment tomorrow but after that the price will be increased I asked how much and he believed $1.

I asked if the change included the Sony titles and he said probably but was not sure.

I wish they didn't change them, I hope the manager was having hallucinations, on drugs, or both. If not, there are probably some DVDS out there at a BL warehouse with the new stickers. Scary. I wonder what they will do with the current $4 titles (kids titles like the Wiggles and Sesame Street)

I was in another part of town tonight and saw a BigLots out of the corner of my eye, so I pulled in and found a huge display and ended up with another 21 discs, including the elusive WS/FS Sweet & Lowdown. I don't think there's anything that hasn't already been listed, but I'll compare them in the morning.

Same here.
I agree that it's psychological. Here's what I came home with Wednesday along with some reasoning behind the prices:

Blind buy at $3 because it looked interesting, but would have passed at $4:
Last Valley
Flesh + Blood

Purchased at $3 but would have passed at $4:
Once Bitten
Swamp Thing (can get from CH for $3 w/FC)

Purchased at $3 but would have given it more thought at $4 and probably picked up anyway:
A Bucket of Blood (I have a copy and this is an upgrade, otherwise it would be in the next group)
The Hound of the Baskervilles

Would have purchased at $4 without a second thought:
"X" The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Die! Monster Die!
The Dunwich Horror
The Fall of the House of Usher
Bubba Ho-Tep
The Great Train Robbery

It's funny how just $1 will make you go from WOW! to meh! This even goes for those $3 MGM and Sony titles. There are quite a few I would purchase for $2 but not for $3. I've gotten to where I don't look at the WM $5 dump rack as often because of the $3 floods at BL.

Copies of "Man In The Vault" ($4) and "George Stevens - A Filmmaker's Journey" ($4.99) have been sitting in the racks at two of my BL stores for ages. $3 is my limit for anything not on a want list. The only DVDs I bought to exceed the ceiling were three or four of the Jay Ward cartoon "Best of"s (Dudley DoRight, Rocky & Bullwinkle, etc.) and "Rock & Roll High School" which were all $4.