rmw650

Good choice you made there Ken...bigtime fan of theirs myself as well.

ProfessorEcho

Ken, we probably crossed paths and didn't even know it! I too was at their booth at the end of Wondercon and they generously gave me all of the free DVD-Rs they had left, about 15 total, and even thanked me for taking them off their hands. They were great reps and I was very happy to talk to with them about the Archive and throw in some requests for upcoming titles. As much criticism as the program gets and I believe some of it is warranted, you can't deny that the folks who work in the Archive absolutely love movies.

rmw650

Glenn, what did you end up getting from them regarding the freebies?

MooMooMooMoo

What & where is Wondercon?

ryan458

I am guessing....Milwaukee?

ProfessorEcho

Richard, they were various titles from the 20's-80's, nothing major, but I was happy to get them for free.

WONDERCON is one of the biggest comic/sci-fi/entertainment conventions in the country. Run by SAN DIEGO COMIC CON, it's their second biggest show and is usually held in in San Francisco, but for the past couple of years has been in Anaheim, CA. It's a good show, more low key and less "Hollywood" than the San Diego event has become. Lots of deals to be had.

highclassrob

If you go to the San Diego comic con, follow their twitter feed. They drop hints as to where they are hiding in the area and if you find them you get a free DVD. I snagged about 4 copies from them over the course of the weekend.

bacigalup

Buy 2, get 1 free sale now going on. Ends on Monday, 5/27 at 11:59 PM PST.

AdamGott

The buy 2 get 1 free sale is only for single discs.. despite them listing multiple disc sets in the sale list.

Upper pylon 3

Coupon code SAVINGS gets you $20 off a $100 order.

rw2516

5 for $50 w/free shipping until monday

MooMooMooMoo

Are we EVER going to see a release of Shearer's Trial Of Mary Dugan? Grapevine has told me they can't do it because Turner owns the copyright; but TCM has only broadcast it ONCE (many years ago), & WAC refuses to release it (GRR!)

Lipid

I'm trying to get the Forbidden Hollywood collections from Volume 4 on up. What type of sales does this website usually have? Is my best bet only going to be something like 10% off or do they do better sales than that?

berigan

Not quite sure why Grapevine would say that, might have been true in the past, but TCM just licenses the films they show nowadays...

Found this on a TCM forum thread....
http://forums.tcm.com/thread.jspa?me...24300&#7824300

MooMooMooMoo

What's the "Abend Decision"?

The one time TCM B-cast 1929 Dugan seems to be the ONLY version running around in collector's circles, & I've never seen a copy that wasn't several VHS generations removed from the original long ago broadcast.

MooMooMooMoo

Anyone know if 4 & 5 are still factory pressed? I've really wanted to get them, but $'s have been very scarce.........

obscurelabel

For those who missed this, ImportCDs has many Archives DVDs for $9.89 each, with the current 10% discount and shipping, this works out to $10.39 each, not quite as good, but one doesn't have to buy five. Still better than WA's everyday prices.

berigan

Its weird the way their forum is laid out, comments go the wrong way when you aren't signed in....anyway that link didn't work anymore ever, but here is more info....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_v._Abend

Paul_SD

I think they usually run a 20-25% off on multi-disc sets about twice a year.


Yes, the Warner Archive (not WB Shop) site has a sub-tab for "replicated discs" under the movies tab, which will list everything that is pressed and still available. Sets 4-7 should all be pressed and still available.

MooMooMooMoo

Thanks. Only 4 & 5 show up in that section, & all 4 are stamped "made to order". $40 ea is too steep for me also. I'll have to hope they show up in a pawn shop someday........

Paul_SD

6 & 7 are relatively new. I ordered mine as soon as they were announced just in case, but I can't believe they would have exhausted all the pressed copies already.

My Other Self

How does that work, though? If you order do they just send you the discs that are still pressed? There doesn't seem to be way to choose it upon checkout.

Paul_SD

Ignore the "made to order" banner. If they've pressed something, they will exhaust that supply before they start to burn them. The only time you will get a burned set when a pressed one is still available is if you go thru Amazon, as I believe they have their own infrastructure up to handle the MOD releases.

As long as the title still shows availability under the replicated sub menu, you'll get a pressed version.

My Other Self

^^That's disappointing. There are tons of Archive titles I've wanted but have held off due to cost. Had I known there were pressed copies at first I'd probably have a full library at this point.

g

Very few titles were pressed to start with.
http://shop.warnerarchive.com/catego...tSellersAscend

This link shows the list and there weren't that many to start with.