I got #000012.

What do I win?

I had never heard of this movie until today. This thread sparked my interest so I read a review of the movie. I'll be at Best Buy after work tomorrow to pick up a copy. :D

i just bought ths as a blind buy even before i saw this thread. I was at Best Buy in the Horror section and saw this cover and like someone said very nice 3-D so I got it becuase i thought i heard of it and good actors..hope it is a good movie. #000004/100000 does that mean anything?

It means that you got copy #000004 out of 100000. No big deal, really.

Yeah, it means you beat jough. :lol:

DAMN!

You still have hope. Dig out #000001 or #000002 or #000003 to beat scott :lol:

Who cares!...i've managed to secure a copy and will be with me soon after it's travels across the 'pond'...assuming it doesn't get sucked into a vortex distorting time :D....can't wait!!

Just a hypothetical question...if you happened to see #1 or #100,000 at your local DVD Suppliers and already owned a copy...would you consider snapping it up just because of what number it represented in its limited run?

Nope but if I found #13 I might consider it ;)

If I found #071241...December 7, 1941 ;)

I went to the Best Buy near my work today in Vernon Hills, IL, and they were all out of them. Going to hit the one near home this evening.

Just got the last one from my local CC - #66xxx/10000

If dvdpricesearch hadn't listed Final Countdown at $14.88, I would've assumed Walmart wasn't carrying this title. Since my Walmart is in an area where the competition has already been driven out and good prices are a rarity, it would've probably been $16.88 (a little less than Best Buy) if they have it.

I tried several times to get through to the electronics department on various weekdays and even today on the weekend at times before 9 AM, mid day, after 9 PM, etc. -- and not once did anyone answer the phone. In terms of being able to get through to someone in a department, Walmart and Best Buy take the cake as the worst, in my opinion.

So I decided to give up. Even if it were $2 cheaper there it's not worth the grief of trying to get ahold of someone there or the 5 minute walk from the parking lot to the store since there is never any parking close by.

Final Countdown was in Best Buy's Sunday newspaper ad. If Best Buy is out, or if you don't want to go there, you can always take the ad to a competitor like Circuit City and they'll match the price.

That's what I did with the first Battlestar Galactica release, with the big Cylon helmet box. Lowest price I found was at Circuit City, in the $70s, but they were sold out. So I took their ad to Best Buy and they price matched it.

I picked up a copy at Best Buy on Friday. My store had plenty of them, like 15-20. I got #012272.

There were 3 copies at my local Best Buy up here in Canada yesterday when I picked up my copy. They had 2 in the 52xxx range and the one I got was 1152, just had to be in a "lowest number geek fit" at the time of purchase :) Not that it will mean anything. Great movie and the job Blue Underground did was very impressive.

There were zero at the two BBs near me. :(

I suppose I could get it from DDD if the mood strikes.

Didn't see any of the SE's at my local BB either. Plenty of the single-disc ones though.

My local Best Buy had about 15-20 copies of the 2 disc, 5-7 copies of the single disc.

I better buy a spare, for this could do well at ebays in a few month, what do you think? (;)

I don't think it will do that well on ebay. There really isn't a hardcore following for The Final Countdown, Is there?. I could understand it for Disney tins and films with a strong cult following (i.e.: Army of Darkness), but who knows, this may appeal to the completist dvd collector that missed the boat and must have the best version available.

maybe not where you are standing...but it's hardcore where I'm at...and I'm in the sticks. if and when the limited release is no longer found on shelves or available for order, you can bet yer ass people will flock to ebay and sell souls to get it.

I'm not sure the 2 disc of Thre Final Countdown will be a collector's item any time soon. 100,000 pressing is quite a lot for a film that doesn't have a huge cult audience. Look at Blue Underground's DVD for SNUFF. Only 10,000 made and I still see them in stores (as well as Ebay, selling for $20.00). Even the Mondo Cane box has been as cheap as $80.00 at film conventions.

On the contrary, The Final Countdown has quite a large following. The two-disc LE immediately entered Amazon's top 50 sellers as soon as it went up for preorders. Even if they sell well in preorders, more-obscure titles usually drop in sales on Amazon after being released. But The Final Countdown LE acually went up and is now in the top 20 at Amazon. In addition the single-disc widescreen DVD is right around No. 100. This not just Amazon. Check other online retailers. The LE is No. 6 at DVD Empire, for example.

Another clue to the film's pent-up popularity is that tiny Blue Underground released three separate versions. It wouldn't have done that if the movie wasn't popular. Keep in mind that the movie has largely been unavailable on home video until now.

I asked Blue Underground founder Bill Lustig if this was a big seller for the company. He replied: "The Final Countdown is our biggest seller without a close second."

Yeah, if history is any guide, don't expect these to be rare or valuable any time soon. Look at other sets with similar numbers (Manhunter comes to mind)... you'll still be able to find this on shelves in a year with no problem.