JohnIan

That special time for collectors has come once again.

The time when we flock to our favorite stores looking to complete, get current or exposed to something new - at prices which won't hurt are collective wallets. And to give as Christmas presents and 2019 birthday gifts.

Another year, another HUNT. And this year we have all been touched by CaptainGibb, a Redditor who gave us all a nice gift...

He posted Target's BF movie pages this afternoon.

Good hunt my friends...



11/22/18
Target

Opens 5pm to 1am - Thursday
Opens 7am - Friday

Trolls: Holiday $4.00
Spider-Man: Homecoming $4.00
Ocean's 8 $4.00
Hotel Transylvania 3 $4.00
A Dog's Purpose $4.00
Dunkirk (looks like 2 disc version) $4.00
Deadpool $4.00
Peter Rabbit $4.00
Jurassic World $4.00
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom $4.00
Ferdinand $4.00
The Greatest Showman $4.00
Bad Moms $4.00
Home Alone: 25th Anniversary $4.00
(additional titles on sale in store)

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Dispicable Me 3 $6.00
Bad Moms' Christmas $6.00
Fifty Shades Freed $6.00
Avengers: Infinity War $6.00
(additional titles on sale in store)

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Christopher Robins $10.00
Solo: A Star Wars Story $10.00
Beauty And The Beast (live action) $10.00
The Princess And The Frog $10.00
(additional titles on sale in store)

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The Big Bang Theory: Season 11 $10.00
Outlander: Season 3 $10.00
Supernatural: Season 13 $10.00
Game Of Thones: Season 5 $10.00
Westworld: Season 1 $10.00
The Handmaid's Tale: Season 1 $10.00
This Is Us: Season 1 $10.00
The Flash: Season 4 $10.00
(additional titles on sale in store)

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I have a big a$$ smile. Not only for having this data so early, but for finally completing a quest; over a decade in the seeking (off and on). Always at prices I wasn't willing to pay, until last month.

Bought off Ebay for four bucks - free shipping, used. For that price I was okay with having to mail it off, the discs resurfaced - still a bargin. But last night when I checked location status, a thought popped in my head, a 'what if'.

Sometimes Used doesn't mean the release itself, but the case; as in not listed as 'Like New'.

The package arrived. And my hopes turned into reality. Yes. Yes it is.

The case is messed up, but the wraparound and booklet are excellent. And the discs are MINT. I have moved them into a new, superior transparent case.



Thirteen years later, I now own "Star Maidens" the complete collection. This is a United Kingdom release, region 0. It has gotten a newer re-release, but the cover art is crap on a cracker. And I don't think it come with the thick booklet.

Very happy... just one problem.

This as a U.K. release and I'm here in Southern California with no way to play a PAL title. But that's okay. The biggest hurdle was getting the DVD. It's mine. And just as I hoped.

Now I need to get "Adam Adamant Lives!" the complete series, another U.K. title.

"Star Maidens" has a U.S. release, but it's a bootleg, masquerading as a real DVD and the bonus didn't carry over.

Oh well. One step at at time. And I have the out of print 1999 CD soundtrack.

It's been a good day.

Cardsfan111

Received a Big Lots email today promoting a preview of their Thanksgiving ad. Showed a small picture of a few random DVDs at $1.88 & $2.88. In other words, the same thing they've had the last few years.

PhantomStranger

Target is supposed to have a few UHDs for sale on Black Friday.

I felt Walmart last year was very lackluster for media items. Everyone is waiting to see if Best Buy, which has moved more and more away from physical media in the past few months, will have a big selection for Black Friday.

MooMooMooMoo

I just bought the Criterion Bergman blu-ray box. That's going to be more than half of my BF (& birthday) spending, due to finances. Also bought a new Jimi Hendrix cd/blu ray box.

JohnIan

11/22/18
Big Lots!

Opens 7am to 12am - Thursday
Opens 6am - Friday

The Woman In Black (remake) $1.88
Justin And The Knights Of Valor $1.88
RoboCop (remake) $1.88
(additional titles on sale in store)

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Knight And Day $2.88
Jingle All The Way 2 $2.88
Lego Jurassic World: The Indominus Escape $2.88
(additional titles on sale in store)

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I see no mention of any TV seasons.

JohnIan

11/22/18
Best Buy

Opens 5pm to 1am - Thursday
Opens 8am - Friday

Deadpool $7.99
(additional titles on sale in store)

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The Big Bang Theory: Season 11 $9.99
Supernatural: Season 13 $9.99
Westworld: Season 1 $9.99
Game Of Thrones: Season 5 $9.99
Rick And Morty: Season 3 $9.99
(additional titles on sale in store)

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Crazy Rich Asains $19.99

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Very few DVDs were listed this year. No real suprise since the store is mostly focused on 4k titles.

JohnIan

11/22/18
Wal-Mart
Opens 6pm - Thursday

Free coffee/hot cocca and cookies for early shopper at 4pm Thursday


Hotel Transylvania 2 $1.96
The Peanuts Movie $1.96
Rio 2 $1.96
Captain Underpants $1.96
Fifty Shades Freed $1.96
San Andreas (two disc version) $1.96
Stephen King's It (mini-series) $1.96
Jurassic World $1.96
The Secret Lives Of Pets $1.96
The Wizard Of Oz $1.96
Alvin And The Chipmunks: Road Chip $1.96
Goosebumps $1.96
Jumanji (original) $1.96
Smurfs: The Lost Village $1.96
Ice Age: Collision Course $1.96
(additional titles on sale in store)

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Ferdinand $3.96
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle $3.96
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom $3.96
The Greatest Showman $3.96
The Fate Of The Furious $3.96
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (live action) $3.96
Justice Leauge $3.96
Wonder Woman $3.96
Hotel Transylvania 3 $3.96
Despicable Me 3 $3.96
Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas $3.96
It's A SpongeBob Christmas! $3.96
(additional titles on sale in store)

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Deadpool 2 $5.96
A Miracle On 34th Street $5.96
Annihilation $5.96
Ice Ace: 4 Movie Collection $5.96
Paw Patrol: Pups Save Christmas $5.96
Sherlock Gnomes $5.96
Christmas Classics Box Set (Miracle On 34th Street/Jingle All The Way/Home Alone/A Christmas Carol)
(additional titles on sale in store)

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Incredibles 2 $7.96
Avengers $7.96
Book Club $7.96
Daddy's Home 2 $7.96
I Can Only Imagine $7.96
Solo: A Star Wars Story $7.96
(additional titles on sale in store)

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The Flash: Season 4 $9.96
Supergirl: Season 3 $9.96
Big Bang Theory: Season 11 $9.96
The Walking Dead: Season 8 $9.96
Rick And Morty: Season 3 $9.96
This Is Us: Season 2 $9.96
Empire: Season 1 $9.96
Game Of Thrones: Season 5 $9.96
Home Alone: 3-Film Collection $9.96
The Original Christmas Specials: Deluxe Edition (Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer/Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town/Frosty The Snowman/The Little Drummer Boy/Cricket on the Hearth) $9.96


I need seasons 6 and 7 of "Game Of Thrones", hope they have them. The TV section reads, "Over 90 Titles At This Price". Glad I waited on getting "The Walking Dead" S8. Ten bucks is much better than seventy.

Hope to find seasons of "The 100", "iZombie", "Reign", "The Originals", "Timeless" S2, "Lucifer", "Once Upon A Time", "Gotham", "Arrow", "The Last Ship", "The Shannara Chronicles", "Shameless", "Mr. Robot", "Animal Kingdom", "The Deuce", "Victoria", "Salvation", "BrainDead", "Zoo", "24: Legacy", "Teen Wolf", "American Gods", "Bates Motel", "True Detective" S2, "Emerald City"... and a few others.

Guess it's time to compile my wish/seek list. Today is the 8th and the major stores have unloaded their BF ads. Feels rather sooner than last year.

Good hunting friends.

By the way, $15.00 for a five quart crockpot. Last year was ten dollars for a 4qt model. Looks like I'm upgrading.

JohnIan

11/22/18
Circuit City
Opens - never more

zero entries

PhantomStranger

Circuit City was often very competitive on Black Friday with its deals. I probably spent more time at Circuit City than any other store on Black Fridays.

clintfunhome

Big Lots set out their Black Friday display bin early in Buffalo. I think I was the first to raid them anyways, it was pretty full. Everything was either $1.88 or $2.88.

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They had the other, pricer display bin out too, which had better movies and a lot of tv series. Everything was $10. I'll wait for actual Black Friday for those. From what I could remember, there was Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Thor: Ragnarok, one of the Avengers (most liked the new one). Tv shows included Ray Donovan, Californication, Good Wife, Dexter and a bunch more.

JohnIan

PhantomStranger I was at my local Circuit City for their last Black Friday. Which at the time, didn't know the store was gonna close down in less than year.

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Thanks for the info ClintFunHome. By the way, which version of "Bounty Killer" is it? There are two, one of them has extras.

clintfunhome

It looks barebones, it was a $1.88 title though.

JohnIan

Okay. Thanks for the reply.

clintfunhome

I went back to pick up Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom and Star Wars: Last Jedi and they were gone, oh well. They had one copy of Thor: Ragnorak left.

I picked up a few more, either I didn't see them or they just put them out.

JohnIan

THIS is what I love about this board.

Indeed.

Thanks for the info, ClintFunHome.

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"Haunted: The Complete Series" for $1.88 sounds like a good deal.

PhantomStranger

Be aware that Haunted did receive a Blu-ray release in the past year.

agitprop

Thanks for all the updates - now what to buy this year? (Sitting here looking at a tall stack of still sealed releases from previous year's BF sales LOL!)

JohnIan

My 2017 BF pile isn't too high - the rest have been incorporated into my collection.

Still haven't watched "Ghost In A Shell" among others.

JohnIan

Yeah my store had its BF titles out.

Not much I wanted. Only took home one, which is what I wanted, "Haunted: The Complete Series" for $1.88. Can take out Big Lots! from my Black Friday interest.

I did see the display at Target already out. Not sure what to make of it. Seem too pricey.

speedy1961

That was so true. I used to direct a lot of folks to Circuit City with my weekly ad listings.

I used to shop there way more than Best Buy.

If they had never gone after me, this site and CAG for releasing the Playstation price drop, they'd still be in business and I'd still be shopping there.

Although DIVX also played a role in their demise..... among other things.

JohnIan

Oh man.

You know, my collection owes a lot to you - your weekly listings.

It was a golden time. So many solid deals and titles.

Anyhow, another part of their demise was ditching their knowledgeable staff for low paid newbies who didn't care. But the final nail was deciding to focus their attention on the stuff that wasn't selling, appliances. Taking the spot light off media which was their bread and butter.

Hey, remember when Anchor Bay had so many special editions, now a memory.

That crown is worn by Kino and Shout Factory.

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To All...

We are right on the precipice of 2018's sale.

Would be great to see what you got - post your trophies. We are a community that like to see what the other has.

DJariya

Just curious John, are you still standard definition, DVD and old school 4:3 TVs?

I only see you post and talk DVDs, never BDs. HDTV's and BD players are so dirt cheap right now.

story

speedy! We miss you, man! I hope you're doing well. Happy Thanksgiving, thank you for dropping in!

JohnIan

I'm a DVD fan.

The TV is wide.

I post here since it's the DVD forum.

Not everyone is into BDs.

JohnIan

Here are my finds this year.



"Truth Or Dare" is getting returned. I thought it was something else.