ruk: how much would you be willing to pay for a cardboard box that houses the three individual disc sets? $50? I'll make one up for you.

thanks for the offer but i will wait and see when the trilogy comes out first before indulging in it, hey i sold my jack ryan individual dvd's (4) so i could get the box set

Really? Wow. I don't know if I'd want to take that much of a loss for a cardboard box, especially since there are those here (like myself) who routinely throw them away or give them away to people like you who purchased the discs individually and now want the box.

I still have the box from the Jurassic Park 1 & 2 set if anybody wants it.

i am interested, what are you asking for it

$50 sounds a bit much for sum cardboard?...i dunno....

E-mail me with your shipping address.

That's just my quick calculation.

The 12 disc set (of the three EEs packaged together) will likely sell for around $70.

I expect that whoever buys the trilogy set won't buy the Return of the King: EE that's released on the same day (if so, it only increases my figures by $30).

The EEs are selling for about $10 each used.

So $70 for the set, minus the $20 they'd get for the discs they already have, is $50 for the third set and a cardboard box.

Okay, so they're really only paying $25 for the cardboard box, since they're getting the third set out of the deal.

But they could've saved that $25 if they just kept their original purchases.

It seems silly to me to pay $25 for a cardboard box, but collectors will do silly things to have it all.

I don't see why anyone needs a box set. All of the really cool kids have the bookends from the "Fellowship of the Ring" limited edition to hold their trilogy together on the shelf!

That's exactly where all my LOTR movies are. Those bookends work much more nicely than some box that you really can't notice sitting on your shelf. Of course that's my honest opinion.

well i was not talking about the extended editions, just the regular editions

Okay, so the box for the regular editions will only cost about $30.

~$60 for the theatrical trilogy set - $15 for both the Fellowship and Two Towers theatrical discs sold (and that's being generous) - $15 for the Return of the King new (which I assume you didn't purchase separately) = $30 for a cardboard box.

That's assuming, of course, that the trilogies will come packaged in a box. They could just be the three individual discs shrink-wrapped together.

In which case you'll be paying $45 for the Return of the King theatrical version.

well i get them from columbia, so under $7.50 per dvd, eventually before the box set comes out i would sell the individual ones i have and then purchase the box set, so it not that bad

Okay, but do the math. The trilogy set won't be an enrollment selection, and CH usually charges MSRP for boxed sets.

So the set will cost you around $50-60.

If you sell the other two, you're not going to get much for them - no matter how much you paid originally.

My point is that you can either buy Return of the King for $15, and have all three films, or you can buy the boxed set for $60 for the same thing. There may or may not be a cardboard box to hold them when they come out - you may just be paying for new versions of what you already have.

P.S. to Ruk - the Jurassic Park box is on its way to you - I couldn't flatten it out (without ruining it), so I had to stick packing tissue inside it.

hey jough, just wanted to say thankyou and what can i say i am a fool for box sets

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...v=glance&s=dvd

I held off buying the other 2 Standard Editions. Think it may be time to get them in this new boxset

Yep, about $60 for the box set - meanwhile, you can buy each individual release for about $15 (making that $45 total).

And New Line has stated that they'll provide the box for those who've already purchased the titles individually. Very classy.

Man, these Lord of the Rings discs (in every variation) really do DVD right. I can't really fault them in any way.

And you know how I love to bitch.

will we have to send in proof that we bought all 3?

I personally think the box is ugly. I'd rather have mine sitting next to each other on the shelf, I don't need the box.

Well, at least you'll have the choice, which is nice. Those who want the box can have it, and those who don't can throw it away.

It's a choice we wouldn't have if there were no box at all.

Definitely an ugly box. But I don't care as I don't own, or want, the theatrical editions anyway. I hope the EE box is much, much better if they do one. I assume it would be since the cases for the EE's are super spiffy to begin with, where the TE cases are just your typical movie posterish type cases.

http://www.designpaulchampagne.com/index.html

I think Mr. Champagne will be the way to go. I've got the Japanese R2 editions of the theatrical version and maybe/probably can't use the proof of purchase tabs. Oh well, I still have my bookends from the first set.

Yeah, I think I'll be going with one of these:

$30 for a box is a pretty hefty price.