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New release $ comparisons and store exclusives / freebies - 3/22/09 to 3/28/09

New Release Comparisons


store
Quantum of Solace
exclusive?
title variation
exclusive?
Blu-ray
exclusive?
Best Buy
$17
$23
$26
Target
$??
$25
booklet
$27
Wal-Mart
$17
bundled with calendar for $20
$23
$26
Amazon
$17
$23
$26
Deep Discount
$21
$25
$32
misc store
$
$
$


store
Bolt
exclusive?, $5 coupon good everywhere
2 disc SE
exclusive?, $5 coupon good everywhere
Blu-ray
exclusive?, $10 coupon good everywhere
Best Buy
$17
$23
$28
Target
$16
$23
$27
Wal-Mart
$17
$23
bundled with comic book
$28
Amazon
$16
$23
$27
Deep Discount
$23
$29
$34
Toys R Us
$
$
$25
discount with other Disney purchase


store
Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter
exclusive?
2 disc SE
exclusive?
Blu-ray
exclusive?
Best Buy
$17
$20
steelbook
$27
Target
$??
$??
$??
Wal-Mart
$19
n/a
$25
Amazon
$17
n/a
$25
Deep Discount
$22
n/a
$32
misc store
$
n/a
$


store
The Venture Brothers Season 3
exclusive?
title variation
exclusive?
Blu-ray
exclusive?
Best Buy
$20
n/a
$35
Target
$20
n/a
$??
Wal-Mart
$21
n/a
$31
Amazon
$19
n/a
$31
Deep Discount
$25
n/a
$38
misc store
$
n/a
$


store
Lilo & Stitch 2-Disc Big Wave Edition
exclusive?
title variation
exclusive?
Blu-ray
exclusive?
Best Buy
$20
n/a
n/a
Target
$16
n/a
n/a
Wal-Mart
$20
n/a
n/a
Amazon
$20
n/a
n/a
Deep Discount
$23
n/a
n/a
misc store
$
n/a
n/a

Thread "instructions" spoilered
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These weekly threads are for price comparisons of all the big new releases, and the posting and discussion of that particular week's store exclusives and freebies.

These lists will likely be incomplete until Wednesday or so, since DVDs are released on Tuesday and one of us needs to visit all the stores to confirm things.

Links to the master list and to the previous and next week's thread are below.

Volunteers needed: I regularly go to Best Buy and Target; but don't visit the other stores every week. If you work at or regularly go to Wal-Mart, a FYE/TWEC chain, Costco, Borders, K-mart/Sears, Barnes and Noble, Blockbuster, Toys-R-Us, or any other store that has DVD exclusives; we'd appreciate any updates you could give us. I am slowly "retiring" from my weekly chain crawls, and will need your help to keep these threads useful.


All Stores - Thread for all movie cash and free ticket deals

Best Buy -
Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter 2 disc SE - steelbook
Clone Wars: A Galaxy Divided - patch

Target -
Quantum of Solace 2 disc - exclusive book

Wal Mart / Sam's Club -
Quantum of Solace 1 disc - also available bundled with calendar for $20
Bolt 2 disc SE - bundled with 52 page comic book
Star Wars Clone Wars: A Galaxy Divided - bonus 5th episode on disc


K-Mart / Sears -
Not verified Tuesday or later. Anyone?

FYE / Sam Goody / other TWEC -
Quantum of Solace - poster of the cover art (rolled in a plastic sheath)

Barnes and Noble -
I searched and found nothing new

Borders -
I searched and found nothing new

Costco -
James Bond Blu-ray Collection - all ten Bond blu-rays released so far in a collection

Toys-R-Us -
not an exclusive, but buy the Bolt BD/DVD combo here, $14.99 after coupon
Clone Wars: A Galaxy Divided - poster

"Lesser" stores with no exclusives this week spoilered
Spoiler:
GameStop / MovieStop -
Not verified Tuesday or later. Anyone?

Blockbuster -
I searched and found nothing new

Hot Topic -
Not verified Tuesday or later. Anyone?

The Disney Store -
Not verified Tuesday or later. Anyone?

Meijers -
Not verified Tuesday or later. Anyone?

Ralph's -
Not verified Tuesday or later. Anyone?

Hastings -
Not verified Tuesday or later. Anyone?

Acme / Albertson's -
Not verified Tuesday or later. Anyone?

Giant Food / Giant Eagle -
Not verified Tuesday or later. Anyone?

Fred Meyer -
Not verified Tuesday or later. Anyone?

Canadian Exclusives -
Futureshop
Clone Wars: A Galaxy Divided - yoda patch

WalMart Canada
Bolt w/ 52 page comic book

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I saw Bolt at WalMart with a 52 (?) page comic book.. I haven't checked if any Canadian WalMart is getting the same..

I also saw Shrek the Third with a bonus DreamWorks disc.. I don't know it was exclusive to Walmart.. It was attached to the back and was labelled the big green disc, even through the print was in silver.
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Tables updated.
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Quantum of Solace is getting an exclusive book in the two disc edition at target
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I just saw the weekly ad for Best Buy. There is definitely a steelbook for Black Freighter.

There is also a poster for Clone Wars: A Galaxy Divided at Toys R Us, and a patch at Best Buy.
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There is also a poster for Clone Wars: A Galaxy Divided at Toys R Us, and a patch at Best Buy.
Thanks! Updated.
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In the "from out of left field" category for this week, yesterday I was at the Best Buy on Rt. 10 in East Hanover, NJ and found Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull... in the FYE exclusive steelbook! It had a different label on the front, a brown sticker saying something like "only available here," without specifying a particular retailer. It was selling for $24.99 and they had about a dozen of them. I passed on this item, as I had last year cuz I didn't like having just 1 of the 4 Indy movies in a steelbook, but I figured people here would appreciate this very strange development (with regard to one chain's exclusive showing up at another, so soon after its original release).
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Originally Posted by Ajay C
In the "from out of left field" category for this week, yesterday I was at the Best Buy on Rt. 10 in East Hanover, NJ and found Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull... in the FYE exclusive steelbook! It had a different label on the front, a brown sticker saying something like "only available here," without specifying a particular retailer. It was selling for $24.99 and they had about a dozen of them. I passed on this item, as I had last year cuz I didn't like having just 1 of the 4 Indy movies in a steelbook, but I figured people here would appreciate this very strange development (with regard to one chain's exclusive showing up at another, so soon after its original release).
That is very interesting indeed! On release day of Dark Knight, a small shipment of the steelbook version (FYE Exclusive) showed up in Best Buy. There was a big confusion and ultimately, Best Buy had to box it up and send it back to the supplier as corporate said it was a mistake. A few copies were sold to customers that made a big stint about it, I think.
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oh you mean the FYE Dark Knight Steelbook that supposedly was going to have 3 different covers i'm just keeeeding I was actually thinking about your story when I was reading this post
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Oouch...$26 for QoS? Any better deals out there???
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BJ's Club will have Quantum of Solace DVD for $14.99, but only THROUGH THE 29th. Just the one-disc version, I believe.
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Quantum of Solace is getting an exclusive book in the two disc edition at target
I'm hoping the book is also with the Blu-Ray, like they did with Indy 4 and Clone Wars...
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Originally Posted by Ajay C
In the "from out of left field" category for this week, yesterday I was at the Best Buy on Rt. 10 in East Hanover, NJ and found Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull... in the FYE exclusive steelbook!
I also find this amusing because in my city, the BB exclusive Indy set didn't sell out. But I guess they were willing to take a chance on getting the steelbook, since those usually sell well...
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I'm hoping the book is also with the Blu-Ray, like they did with Indy 4 and Clone Wars...
Checked this morning but no Blu-Rays with book. Bummer. 2 steps forward, 1 step back on Blu-Ray exclusives.
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Checked this morning but no Blu-Rays with book. Bummer. 2 steps forward, 1 step back on Blu-Ray exclusives.
Was the book just wrapped with the standard dvd or packaged inside a wider slipcase similar to the Clone Wars? Thanks!
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Was the book just wrapped with the standard dvd or packaged inside a wider slipcase similar to the Clone Wars? Thanks!
A wider Slipcover with the book and movie(in its own slipcover) inside. Same artwork as the Two Disc though
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Found a pretty good deal at Costco today. The three Fast and Furious movies have been re-released recently (today?) in 2 disc editions, each with $7.50 movie cash for the upcoming 4th movie. They were $8.99 each at Costco, so, after movie cash, I consider them $1.50 each.

Also found a new-to-me (I think) exclusive at Best Buy. The horror film Beyond the Door has a 2nd disc exclusive to the BB version, featuring the US theatrical cut and an extended interview with star Juliet Mills.
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Oouch...$26 for QoS? Any better deals out there???
$19.99 after MIR or $17.29 after MIR if your a member of the Backstage Club.
http://www.fye.com/Quantum-of-Solace...VVviewprod.htm
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Also found a new-to-me (I think) exclusive at Best Buy. The horror film Beyond the Door has a 2nd disc exclusive to the BB version, featuring the US theatrical cut and an extended interview with star Juliet Mills.
You definetly stumbled across a rare bird there. I saw them going for big bucks on ebay. I was able to get one from BB a couple months ago.
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Originally Posted by taco5
You definetly stumbled across a rare bird there. I saw them going for big bucks on ebay. I was able to get one from BB a couple months ago.
I almost didn't buy it, as who knows, I may have bought it months ago and it is buried somewhere here in these mountains. But I guess I can at least break even on selling the dupe if I find another copy buried here months from now.

Is the movie any good?
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Canadian exclusives to far:

Futureshop
Clone Wars: A Galaxy Divided - yoda patch

WalMart Canada
Bolt w/ 52 page comic book

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You definetly stumbled across a rare bird there. I saw them going for big bucks on ebay. I was able to get one from BB a couple months ago.
Really? Those are rare? I see multiple copies at both Best Buys near me on a refular basis. Maybe I ought yo pick up a copy then. Is the movie any good?
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You definetly stumbled across a rare bird there. I saw them going for big bucks on ebay. I was able to get one from BB a couple months ago.
One with the bonus disc ended for a $34.99 buy-it-now in eBay's current completed listings. Big bucks? I've seen bigger. I guess that's about $7 profit after eBay and PayPal fees assuming a $20 + tax purchase price.

http://cgi.ebay.com/BEYOND-THE-DOOR-...QQcmdZViewItem
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Checked some FYE/Suncoast prices. Bolt Blu-Ray was $32.99 with a $7 rebate. $1.50 cheaper than TRU's price when all is said and done, if you're a Backstage Pass member. I think the Black Freighter Blu-Ray was the same price or possibly $29.99 to start. The Black Freighter standard DVD was $19.99 with a $7 rebate.


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