Kimiakane

Is Amazon selling this second wave as individual units only or is there a boxed set like the first wave with the busts? I can only find the individual releases there. Can anyone tell me what I should use for a search to find the boxed set (assuming it will exist)?

steebo777

I think they are only single sets.

Kimiakane

No Busts?

wedge

Nope, apparantly they aren't doing a box or busts this time.

darmok

hmmm....i could've sworn i read or seen somewhere a picture of a second box set with busts. unless they cancelled it?

Bill Needle

Was there ever a clear story on why the first set of busts disappeared from shelves (I believe due to recall, not selling out)? I missed out on them waiting for a better price.

marty888

So far I have not seen any site that offered or suggested that a box set for this second wave was being offered.

littlefuzzy

Mine just shipped from Amazon.ca

darkside

I just ordered the individuals today. I don't think there is any chance of another box set. Guess the first one didn't sell well?

Kimiakane

Your 2nd wave boxed set just shipped???

Josh-da-man

I think they sold out rather quickly.

But that boxed set was just a limited edition release that Universal put out to whore their wretched "Van Helsing" pile of shit.

If Universal was smart -- which they aren't -- they would've held off on the releases of their old monster DVDs until this month, so the stores could promote them for Halloween, and probably pick up more sales of the box with the busts as Christmas gifts providing they were prescient enough to keep available through December.

But instead they release them to coincide with "Van Helsing," which has absolutely nothing to do with the old Lugosi, Cheney, and Karloff movies except for the names of the monsters. Like the kids who're lining up to see that "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" by way of "The Matrix" rip-off would give a shit about seventy year-old black and white movies.

littlefuzzy

Nope, my first wave... I had missed out on it earlier, and tracked one down at Amazon.ca

Kimiakane

Thank you, I think my curiousity is satisfied now and I'll order the individuals...maybe someone can STL me?

ddschneider1972

Any word on any more Universal classic horror movie collections?

or are these in any collections already?

The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1923
The Phantom of the Opera 1925
The Old Dark House 1932
Murders in the Rue Morgue 1932
Island of Lost Souls 1933
The Black Cat 1934
The Raven 1935
Dracula's Daughter 1936
The Invisible Ray 1936
Tower of London 1939
Black Friday 1940
Horror Island 1941
Man Made Monster 1941
The Mad Doctor of Market Street 1942
Night Monster 1942
Calling Dr. Death 1943
Captive Wild Woman 1943
The Mad Ghoul 1943
Phantom of the Opera 1943
The Climax 1944
Dead Man's Eyes 1944
Jungle Woman 1944
Weird Woman 1944
The Frozen Ghost 1945
The Jungle Captive 1945
Pillow of Death 1945
Strange Confession 1945
The Brute Man 1946
House of Horrors 1946
The Black Castle 1952
Curse of the Undead 1959

or a collection of Just abbot and costello meeting the monsters?
(I know A&C sets have been released but i 'm talking about just the monsters

Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

Al Padrino

Dracula's Daughter is included in the Dracula set.

I don't think the Phantom needs another release. The two-discer released last year is good enough, IMO.

The Hunchback could probably stand to get a better release.

darkside

Old Dark House already has a pretty nice release as well.

cisco1959

1925 & 1943 Phantom of the Opera have been released
Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy, meet Frankenstein & meet the Invisible Man have all been released.
Island of Lost Souls has been released

Al Padrino

The 1943 version of Phantom needs another release, though, since the first is OOP.

ddschneider1972

thanks for the info...
I couldn't find old dark house or isle of lost souls listed anywhere...well amazon has it as Jan 2010 release...

I saw A&C meet the Mummy Single disk @ DDD and Amazon for ~$19,
Best of V3 has A&C meet Frankenstein, The Killer Boris Karloff, and the Invisible Man...
It seems the single copy of meet frankenstein is OOP, and no Jekyl and Hyde.

I think it's be nice to have a companion set of the "monster" comedies. The A&C movies were Universal weren't they?

MISS PEACH

Amen! This is the number 1 title on my Wishlist. I spotted some Chinese versions (all regions, English, subtitles optional, cheap) on Ebay and came close to getting one, but . . . I'll wait for the real thing. It will be re-released, I have every expectation. It's a classic.

oo I just love Claude Rains.

PEACH