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Old 02-09-04 | 10:56 AM
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Way early release at Walmart???
I was at Walmart shopping for some titles. I saw Lost in Translation and guess what was next to it??? Wonderland. Alot of them. This was early last week. I thought it was not due out and thought maybe I missed it. So I bought it. Now I see it is slated for a Feb 10th release date??? Maybe they messed up?
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Old 02-09-04 | 11:09 AM
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Yeah, maybe.
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Old 02-09-04 | 11:24 AM
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Walmart often breaks street date. They tend to put out the non-blockbuster titles right away. I got Tron: 2-Disc there a good three weeks before street date.
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Old 02-09-04 | 11:24 AM
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I had a similar expierience with walmart and Cabin Fever. They had it out a week before release.
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Old 02-09-04 | 01:48 PM
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I got the second volume of Family Guy almost 6 weeks before street date. No Lie.
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Old 02-09-04 | 02:11 PM
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Last week I saw "Intolerable Cruelty" there.
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Old 02-09-04 | 03:10 PM
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Yeah, I saw Star Wars OT there a couple of weeks ago. But I figure I would wait and see what the sale prices were when it hits it's street date.
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Old 02-09-04 | 03:18 PM
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I saw blue-ray HD DVDs there last week.
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Yeah, I saw Star Wars OT there a couple of weeks ago. But I figure I would wait and see what the sale prices were when it hits it's street date.
Trying to stir the pot are we DeputyDave?
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Old 02-09-04 | 04:00 PM
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hell, I have you all beat. I found Titanic at Walmart about a week after it sunk.
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Old 02-09-04 | 04:01 PM
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I saw Ice Age while it was still chilly out...
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Pfft! I found Star Wars Episode III at my Wal-Mart!
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hell, I have you all beat. I found Titanic at Walmart about a week after it sunk.
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Old 02-09-04 | 04:32 PM
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I saw the "Magnificent Ambersons: Criterion Collection" with the lost footage included in the $5.50 bin. Is that a good blind buy?
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Old 02-09-04 | 06:00 PM
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the earliest real release i've ever seen at wal-mart was the Pearl Harbor 4-disc Director's Cut. i picked it up a month before its release date.
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Old 02-09-04 | 06:01 PM
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They have the 2068 "Red Sox World Series Champions" DVD out as well. No sign of the 2004 World Series Champions DVD, though.

if only...
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Old 02-09-04 | 06:07 PM
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They have the 2068 "Red Sox World Series Champions" DVD out as well. No sign of the 2004 World Series Champions DVD, though.

if only...
hmmm... coulda swore i saw that right next to the "Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup Champions of 2004 DVD"
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Old 02-09-04 | 06:08 PM
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They have the 2068 "Red Sox World Series Champions" DVD out as well.

if only...
You may not want to buy it--I bet it's a bootleg.
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Old 02-09-04 | 08:33 PM
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Pfft! I found Star Wars Episode III at my Wal-Mart!
Only Episode III? I picked Episode VII at my Wal*Mart. I mean, why settle? The Steven Spielberg director's commentary sold me.
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Old 02-09-04 | 08:59 PM
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you guys must all live out in the sticks. my local Walmart cleared out DVD years ago to make room for microchip brain implants.
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Old 02-09-04 | 10:35 PM
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Walmart around here is always early on their stuff... I have gotten movies over a week ahead sometimes.
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