As of just an hour or two ago, the Big Lots at Franklin Mills Mall (northeast of Philly) had 11 copies each of The City of Lost Children and The Dark Backward, after I snagged a copy of both. I also saw:

Roughnecks: The Hydora Campaign

Damn....

And tomorrow you are gonna say Damn, WHY DIDN'T I GET [some title you put back].

Been to 4 different Big Lots over the last week and all the new stock is being placed on the wire racks(Dayton,Oh area). A worker at one store told me they got in a HUGE shipment of DVD's but confirmed they are only putting out enough quantity to keep the wire racks full. So that's why one day no King Kong two-pack but then on the shelf the next day/week at the same store.
Here is what I got for $3.00 each today-

Decoys (Sci-Fi Horror, anamorphic widesceen. Rated "R" for sexuality and
nudity.)
Decoys the Second Seduction (anamorphic widesceen, ...more nudity)
Truffaut's "Day For Night" (academy award winner best foreign language film)
I'll Be There (Comedy, got it because it has singer Charlotte Church)

Yep, I've been there and done that. Pass on a few titles and decide in the next day or two to go ahead and buy them, only to find a few of the ones you wanted left. Now I just buy everything I think I might want including totally blind buys and take back what I decide I don't want or (in my case and probaly others here as well) that I actually already own. I'm working hard to add more shrink wrapped titles to my collection.

The 8th store was the charm. Finally, all the second newer titles were there. But still no To Sir With Love.

I was able to get most everything I wanted.
I got
Prince of the City
Day For Night
Ryan's daughter
Viva Knievel
Wind and the lion
Brainstorm
ten Little Indians
Memories
There was a crooked man
Saawariya
Eating Raoul

Everyone should run and go buy Eating Raoul. This is a movie that has been discontinued and is absolutely hilarious. An all time favorite movie.

Went back today and bought:

Blume in Love
Eyes of a Stranger
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
The Ice Pirates
Memories
Stranger Than Fiction
To Sir, With Love

Several of these are guilty pleasures.

Did they have extras of To Sir With Love?

To Sir With Love is rare and out of print according to amazon. Everyone should get a good trade for it if you make a trade..
To Sir With Love goes currently for 30 dollars a copy on amazon marketplace.

I sold one about a year ago for over $50. I wish Dallas got this stuff!!!!

Bought about 30. Some of them to trade for others.

Still couldn't find these:

Oh, God! Book 2
To Sir With Love
Tess
Lillith

Found and bought:
4 Roughnecks: Zephyr, Klendathu, Homefront, Tophet Campaigns

I didn't know To Sir With Love was so rare....
I might have to pick one up & sell it....

I'm honestly having a really hard time keeping track of all of these movies... someone should compile a checklist of everything...

Also this shipment really does seem to be YMMV... There's a few titles I can't find right now... Although I was able to get The Dark Backward and The City of Lost Children AND To Sir, With Love.

damn i wanted to go before work today but i had to drive someone 40 minutes somewhere right before work. i'll try and get there tomorrow i guess. i know they did have to sir with love and raoul. i didn't know those were out of print. i hope i can still pick em up.

i also think i saw that starship troopers one you folks were trying to find.

Actually, my store only had two copies of it - and one was a floater. Otherwise I'd be more than willing to trade with anyone who wanted it. I will be going to another local store in a few days, and I'll let you know if they have more copies there.

The amazon reviews say it has been stretched horizontaly to fit widescreen...

Yes, the transfer was done by someone who didn't know what they were doing. If you watch this in 16x9, this is what you'll see:



I don't know a whole lot about DVD authoring, but after reading a couple of things, I think this is what happened. The image on DVD is stored in a 720x480 pixel image. If the playback is at 4x3 (640x480), then the image is stretched to fit 720x480. If playback is at 16x9 (853x480), the image is squeezed to fit 720x480. The 720x480 image for Eating Raoul is neither squeezed nor stretched:



... so incongruously it looks perfect when seen that way, although with a 1.5:1 aspect ratio. I cropped this to about 1.75:1, which should be close to the way it was projected:



I don't know if some DVD players will play at a 1.5:1 AR, but if so, this would be the way to watch it.

Thanks.

Finally found a store with the new WB titles. Just part of my haul:

WB titles w/ gouged UPCs:

Anna Christie (1930)
Any Which Way You Can (1980)
Best Foot Forward (1943)
Brainstorm (1983) - Remastered Edition (Just released in February!)
The Butcher Boy (1997)
Cabaret (1972)
The Champ (1931)
Clash by Night (1952)
Critic's Choice (1963)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Day for Night (1973)
Dillinger (1945)
Fingers (1978)
Going in Style (1979)
Kings Row (1942)
Ninotchka (1939)
Police Academy (1984) - 20th Anniversary Special Edition
Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
Prince of the City (1981) - Two-Disc Special Edition
Roberta (1935)
Rollover (1981)
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
San Quentin (1937)
Ten Little Indians (1965)
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
Viva Knievel! (1977)
The Wind and the Lion (1975)
Year of the Dragon (1985)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)

Sony/Columbia titles w/stickered UPCs:

Eating Raoul (1982)
Gen-X Cops (1999)
Godzilla: The Series - The Monster Wars Trilogy (1998)
Lilith (1964)
Living in Oblivion (1995)
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

Ventura Distribution titles:

Everything Put Together (2000) - could never find this when it was in print
Harvie Krumpet (2003)
Kids in the Hall: Tour of Duty (2002)

Just checked the nearest store, and there were a bunch of the previous viewed titles. Nothing new really, I really wanted to find To Sir, With Love.

I did find one thing that I haven't seen mentioned- Prom Night 3/4 Double Feature. I picked it up for $2 hoping it was out of print and could be re-sold but no dice. Not bad for $2 though.

Knollwood (St. Louis Park, MN.) just put out the new display this morning. Tons of everything.

Went to my other Big Lots & they didn't have The City of Lost Children/The Dark Backward.
I guess could live without City of Lost Children but I really want Dark Backward....
If anyone finds an extra & needs something I'll see if it's here....

I was at my local Big Lots. Didn't see any of the titles mentioned by others, but I found:

House on Haunted Hill (new version)
The name of the rose (with Sean Connery)
Hormigas en la Boca (ants in the mouth)

I was hoping to find the City of the Lost Children, but I had no luck. I will check my other Big Lots and see what they have