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1st Press Slipcovers -Making An Archive... ... ...
Being that more and more DVDs are coming w/ outer cardboard (sometimes plastic) slipcovers, it's becoming harder & harder to keep track of which movies have them? Are there certain studios doing it? Big hits only? What?
It seems these slipcovers are becoming a commodity of sorts, especially to those who like to 'collect' (as most of us here do). Only the 1st PRESS RELEASE are getting slipcovers these days. I for one, would love to see a archive made as to which DVDs have '1st press slipcovers', & perhaps the mods/admins can make it a sticky. Do many agree on this? I'd like to hear sum input and perhaps we can get this started w/ an A-Z list, perhaps even w/ photos (which I'd be more than willing to help out with). EDIT - Here is a short & sweet list I put together real fast. My step-son did the html and will make it look better real soon w/ clickable pics. If you have any DVDs that aren't on the list, just post here, and the list will be updated every 48hours as time permits. Any suggestions would be cool. If this could be made into a sticky, even cooler :) DVD - 1st PRESS SLIPCOVERS |
Fantastic idea! I'm a dvd perfectionist, so when I know a dvd once came with a slipcover but I cant find it in stores, I don't mind spending a few extra bucks to get it on ebay with the slipcover.
Having a list with dvds proven to have slipcovers is a wonderful idea, and I'd contribute whatever I could too. |
How would get this started? If by index and photos, I can use my server to host the pics.
Would an admin/mod make it a sticky? I can start taking photos of ALL the 1st press slipcovers I got if we can get a greenlight on this. |
I think there was a post with an ongoing list of DVDs with slipcovers. Maybe we could combine this idea with that and put a * next to the ones that were only 1st pressing slip covers.
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^BUMP - List added
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Not sure if all of these are 1st press only, but here are some that I have
The Sound of Music Die Another Day Bull Durham Office Space Aladdin Toy Story Beauty and the Beast Dirty Dancing |
I'll list some limited slipcovers that weren't 1st pressings also. Fox has also recently released their "classics" line with really ugly blue bordered slipcovers like Cast Away, X2, etc. Also, I'm not 100% on all of these being limited so confirm which aren't.
-Awards Edition slipcovers (I'm missing some too.. not 1st pressing but released limited later on) American Beauty Beautiful Mind Erin Brockovich Gladiator Lost in Translation Lost Weekend Master and Commander My Cousin Vinny Pianist Ray Saving Private Ryan Schindlers List 28 Days Later (not 1st pressing) Blue Velvet Bourne Identity: Explosive Extended Edition Bringing Up Baby Bubba Ho-tep Bug's Life Cabin Fever Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Dances with Wolves Day After Tomorrow Dodgeball Duel Field of Dreams Great Escape Hellboy Incredibles Lion King Manchurian Canidate Mulan People Vs. Larry Flint Spider-Man 2 Underworld Wizard of Oz- 2 Disc Here is a list also.. http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showpos...56&postcount=7 and a 'slipcover' search on the bargains, exchange and talk forum should turn up a pretty complete list (though take some additional time and effort to skim them). |
Is there anyway u can take photos of these and send them to me? The website will feature photos as well to help make things more clear for everyone.
Make sure the photos are nice and bright and shot from straight ahead (against a monitor/table etc) or shot from above w/ DVD laying on something. Thx |
I'd imagine nearly all of them can be seen via DVDSpot, DVDAf, and/or retailer sites.
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Batman Begins: 2-Disc Deluxe Edition
Daredevil: Director's Cut Highlander: The Immortal Edition (Metal slipcover) King of New York (Artisan) Terminator 2: Extreme Edition Stripes: Extended Cut Scarface (2-Disc) - EDIT - Removed titles that are still available with [their original] slipcovers |
The Great Escape 2D
Lifeboat Leon DE The Transporter SE |
What I'm trying to do here is list the slipcovers that you 'cannot' buy once the 1st press sells out.
Alot that you guys have listed automatically come w/ a case or slipcover no matter when u buy it. DVDs that come w/ a slipcase after 1st press, I won't put on this list. I'll need to sift thru what has been posted and determine if they have actual 1st press slipcovers. I think the biggest example of recent times would be the superbit deluxe 'Fifth Element', which many recieved w/out the slipcover because they recieved it well after it's initial release. The Warriors is another example. This is why I asked for your pics. They WILL GO on the website list |
Toy Story 2
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Originally Posted by Bokasmo
What I'm trying to do here is list the slipcovers that you 'cannot' buy once the 1st press sells out.
Alot that you guys have listed automatically come w/ a case or slipcover no matter when u buy it. DVDs that come w/ a slipcase after 1st press, I won't put on this list. This is why I asked for your pics. They WILL GO on the website list 28 Days Later - original didn't have one but one may or may not find it with one now as I've seen it with and without it currently. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - not sure if always included Dances with Wolves - not sure if always included Great Escape - not sure if always included Incredibles - not sure if always included The rest I listed are either no longer available unless one finds it used or are very hit and miss depending on a retailers stock on hand. Regarding the pictures.. do you need me to link the photos that you can use from the sites I listed or you only want hand taken ones (which I can't offer)? For example, I don't understand why you can't just save the Amazon photos when applicable and upload those to your site since they aren't copyrighted. All of the gold award edition slipcovers have this border and are limited (one likely won't find them much anymore unless it is leftover stock). http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg Only linking them to save on load times. http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg http://www.dvdspot.com/dvd.php?d=1285058998 (Amazon doesn't have a stock photo for this one) |
Thanx for your input & to clarify I'm looking to include DVDs which no longer are offered w/ their slipcovers.
Those award ones, prolly always had one. They may be limited and OOP, but that's not the list I'm tracking here. As for pics, I want hand-made digital pics (640x480 or bigger) showing the DVD case next to the slipcover. |
Originally Posted by Bokasmo
Thanx for your input & to clarify I'm looking to include DVDs which no longer are offered w/ their slipcovers.
Those award ones, prolly always had one. They may be limited and OOP, but that's not the list I'm tracking here. As for pics, I want hand-made digital pics (640x480 or bigger) showing the DVD case next to the slipcover. Would you mind clarifying what types of slipcovers you would like listed again? I'm confused on the destinction between the ones you want versus those they had slipcovers at some point but no longer do. Wouldn't it be useful to list all titles that have had slipcovers but don't any longer or may be hard to find so those interested know to search for them? |
I'm not sure how to determine when the second pressing came out. A lot of the ones I see here and ones that I saw during new release week with a slip and then within a month they didn't have one. So, were all the ones with slips within the first pressing, or was it multiple pressings? I don't know.
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Yeldarb, u hit it right on the nailhead! :)
When u notice the same movie like a month later w/out a slipcover, that's the 2nd pressing... The list I'm compiling is just that. |
Of the ones listed that I'm pretty positive were originally released with slipcovers and then dropped..
Blue Velvet - SE The Bourne Identity - Explosive Extended Edition Bringing Up Baby - Two-Disc Special Edition Bug's Life - Collector's Edition (Reissue) Bull Durham - Special Edition Cabin Fever Die Another Day Dodgeball (atleast the rated version.. not sure if the Unrated version slip has been dropped) Duel Field of Dreams - Two-Disc Anniversary Edition Hellboy -2-Disc Special Edition Incredibles Lion King Manchurian Candidate Mulan - Special Edition People Vs. Larry Flint Spider-Man 2 Toy Story 2 - SE Wizard of Oz- 2 Disc Think so but I'm not sure.. Bubba Ho-tep Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Day After Tomorrow Underworld I applaud the idea and initiative. If you ever reconsider, I'd find it really useful to expand the list to include titles that at one time or another came with slipcovers but no longer do using the same criteria as from street date to not (exclude all titles that have slipcovers as part of their permanent packaging). This would further aid those that utilize a list of this sort in knowing which titles at one point did contain slipcovers but no longer do and any attempts on obtaining them (for example, the 'award series' slipcovers that didn't originate at street date but were later re-released with them for a brief time and then again permanently dropped). |
Well, to start, let me try and get the photos and the list as up-to-date as possible. Then we can update on a weekly release, w/ as many members contributing w/ visits to Circuit City, Best Buy, etc., and submitting which have slipcovers on release day(s).
Everyone have a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2006! |
I was looking for a thread like this. Does anyone know if another comprehensive list exists. I am a perfectionist when it comes to DVDs and their slip covers.
I have/know of Con Air - Unrated Extended version Daredevil - Director's cut Hellboy - 2disc Director's cut I, Robot Leon the Professional - Deluxe edition Napoleon Dynamite - Like the best special edition ever Office Space - Special edition Red Heat - Special edition Sideways Swimming with Sharks - Special edition T2 - Extreme edition Van Helsing Wall Street - award series Unfaithful Resident Evil Apocalypse Fahrenheit 9/ll Ghost in the Shell - Special Edition Karas: The Prophecy The Groomsmen |
If it helps, both the regular and "All-Access" versions of <i>I, Robot</i> came with slipcovers. The former had a clear plastic one with Will Smith on it, and the latter had a foil-covered paper one that I believe mirrored the look of the cover insert. You may also have seen me post that Hollywood Video (and possibly other stores) had a version of the former that had no slipcover -- all the graphics were on the standard cover insert (and no, it wasn't a color copy or scan).
Also, as you probably know, the <i>T2: XtremeDVD</i> originally came with a metal slipcover that was notorious for shredding the plastic graphics sleeve on the Amaray case, and was subsequently replaced with a foil-covered embossed cardboard one. Similarly, the "Ultimate Edition" came in a metal one that was open in the back, and that was later replaced with a foil-covered embossed slipcover. Both versions have been shipped without the slipcover, but of course that applies to a lot of DVDs. |
How updated is this? I love the idea and wondered why with all the "Official One & Only Threads," there isn't one for slipcovers that's constantly worked on.
Recent ones off the top of my head are: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2-Disc) Lady in the Water King Kong: Deluxe Extended Edition The Ant Bully Superman Returns (2-Disc) Robin Hood: Most Wanted Edition |
Crimson Tide - Unrated Extended Edition
Enemy of the State - Unrated Extended Edition |
Any of this week's releases come with slipcovers?
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