Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

Damnit!!! I gave up on trying to get the tin and now come back and read this. So, I guess they were taking orders for it last week and they plan on fulfilling them on 11/29? Or is it going to be available for purchase on 11/29? I just went to Amazon UK to try and order it and it doesn't show available.

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

This will be a lightning deal at Amazon on Monday for $24.99 (starting at 8:40am Pacific/11:40am Eastern)

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

Finally opened my set last night. Really hate the plastic disc holders.

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

ditto. I snapped one of them too. Ugh.

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

are there any extras at all on the digital copy discs? thanks.

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

On the DVD's? No, only on the Blu-rays. The DVD's are digital copy only.

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

Got my US set today, and the packaging is terrible. Going to put these in some spare cases next time I take them out.

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

so only the 3 Blu-ray discs have the extras, nothing at all except dc's on the other 3? thanks tres.

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

I received my copy last night from the Amazon lightening deal.

I put the digital copies into iTunes on my iMac and then tossed the discs right into the trash. It makes getting the actual Blu-ray discs out of the awful packaging easier.

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

i took the 3 BDs and put them in my UK SteelBook™. fits perfectly.

what a mess of packaging. any set that comes with directions to both take the discs out and put them back in deserves to go in the circular file.

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

So someone on Blu-ray.com is reporting that Amazon is shipping this in new packaging with standard digipak disc holders rather than the old, crappy ones. Luckily(?) my copy I received from Amazon a few days back came pre-damaged, so they're shipping me a new one. Hopefully it will be in this new packaging. It's supposed to be just slightly taller and thicker to accommodate for the digipak. No pictures posted just yet.

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

Interesting! All of the clips snapped while trying to get all the discs out, pisses me off!

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

Love to see pictures of the new set. Backlash must have been huge for Universal to switch to a different style since the current crappy one was done to save some money.

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

I'm getting it for Christmas. I'm sure I'll end up with the crap packaging. Maybe if the new packaging is available after Christmas I'll do an exchange. "I'm exchanging your gift to get the same thing in a different box." Sounds a little OCD doesn't it?

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

There are some comparison pics in the BTTF thread over at blu-ray.com...the best way to describe the two would be like comparing The Office Season 5 to Season 6 (with the original BTTF packaging being Season 6, and the new BTTF packaging being like Season 5 was).....

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

Really? I can't find the pictures in that thread at all. Ugh. Maybe we're looking at different threads?

Nevermind, I dug back a few pages and found some. Here they are:

http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/8...1207at1913.jpg

http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/1...1207at1914.jpg

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/8...1207at1915.jpg

http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/5...1207at1916.jpg

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

awesome news! looks like i'll actually be picking this up the next time it drops below $30

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

aww man I want the new one.anyone wanna trade? lol

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

someone at blu-ray.com made custom covers for BTTF for each movie. Anybody know how to print custom covers? I tried it on my printer and they didn't come out right. I know I can download a program but that doesnt work on a Mac. Someone said I can take it to Staples/Office Depot and they can print it out for me. If I do that how do I tell them to print them out for me?

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

WOuld be great if Universal offered new packaging to people who bought BTTF...since it's like 45 days old.

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

If it's not the framing, it's the packaging. BTTF and new formats....how do they do it?!

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

I was wondering the same thing. Universal was willing to mail the redone packaging for the complete Battlestar Galactica series on blu-ray to people who bought it last year.

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

Looks like the new one is non-embossed.

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

It's too bad the newer packaging is bigger, but at least it's somewhat functional now. I'm still waiting...

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

I hate the new bigger packaging. Glad I have the slimmer one. I'll re-buy the set again after the digital copies get thrown out and the set slims down again.

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

I'm fine with the current packaging... because I can read, and can therefore extract the discs as you are supposed to without any unnecessary force or breaking something off.

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

I want the newer packaging but I hate the big UPC on the back, I want to take that off but I am afraid it will be sticky if I take it off!

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

Same here. It's not really that difficult

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

Well, I thought I'd ask Universal about a replacement packaging program anyways. The answer was no:


Dear Britton,

Thank you for contacting us.

No plans have been announced for a replacement packaging program for 'Back to the Future 25th Anniversary Trilogy."

We appreciate your patronage and hope that you will continue to enjoy Universal products.

Sincerely,

Consumer Relations
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

Thirded. I like the packaging.

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

The packaging still sucks.

Look Universal. I don't need anything extravagant. I'm easy to please. Throw it in a three-disc Vortex case and let's call it a day. You don't even need a slipcover, that's how easy I am.

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

Matthew Chmiel: So easy, you don't even need to wear a slipcover.

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

It's not as simple as that though. Some are far more brittle than others. Mine came pre-broken, still in the shrinkwrap.

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

For the price they were originally charging, how much money did they really save by not including the little plastic hubs?

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

I feel a great deal of pride in my mastering the usage of the original packaging so I guess I can live with it for now since the new case isn’t much more appealing. What I am really holding out for is individual releases of the films in separate blu-ray cases. I wish studios doing box sets would do all of them like the Shrek series: Individual, standard-sized BR cases for each title inside a decent slip cover. On the bright side, at least blu-ray discs are scratch-proof. I can’t imagine having the original packaging for regular DVDs…

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

My wife ordered mine on Monday from Amazon and it came with the new packaging. :up:

I was able to remove the big UPC sticker on the back without leaving any residue and without ripping any of the box. :up: :up: :up:

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

Probably depends on which warehouse they ship from. I ordered a replacement set on Dec. 29th (due to a couple clips being broken). The replacement arrived Dec. 31st, but it was the original packaging again :(

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

If anyone is looking for the new packaging, check your local Best Buy....I had never opened my original copy (with the terrible clip packaging), but have found multiple copies of the slightly larger revised case version at the BB stores around here, so I bought one and just swapped it out for my original version....the big sticker UPC is still the same number as the original, I say go for it and leave that sliding clip mess in the past....

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

Thanks for the info...I'll now (finally) be considering purchasing this, loooong after being the OP in the thread. :)

Re: "Back To The Future" on Blu! (10-26-2010)
 

Ok, I just read this whole thread and did not see anyone mention my problem. I ordered the UK tin set from dvd.co.uk back in October. It arrived in perfect condition. Today I finally got around to watching the discs themselves and found that, despite everything the packaging indicates, the main DTS-MA audio is in Japanese (could be chinese). There is an english audio track, but not labeled as high def and certainly didn't sound like it. Did anyone have this problem with the UK set?

I sent off an e-mail to dvd.co.uk to see if they can be any help at this point, but I might be stuck. So I'm thrilled I got the awesome tin and stuff, but now pissed that I don't have the highest quality english audio. Could I be one of the few with mislabed discs or is this something that happens when you order from that site?