As I said in the post for “Evil Dead” (found here) I wasn’t able to score “Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn” Book of the Dead edition in the UK, because the distributing rights for that movie are tied up (unlike Evil Dead 1).

But, glory be to regionfree DVD-players, what’s to stop me from importing?


So with joy here is the US “Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn” Book of the Dead edition!

Out of its tight jacket:




Revealing its disgusting innards, including the film itself on the inside-back cover:




But you’ll agree the sheer shock value of the first “Evil Dead” Book of the Dead Edition has been somewhat diminished. I mean, this is more or less what we expected it to look like, and the beige teeth and eyeball make it look more cartoonish and less real, if anything.

That is Evil Dead 1 on the left, and 2 on the right:




But this packaging has a final ace up its sleeve: press the eyeball and it screams!





That’s one hell of a gimmick, and one that hasn’t gone unnoticed in my household!
My three-years-old son proves that with great packaging comes a great early taste of movies:

anyone interested in getting this?

http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/section-videos/code-w/preorder-n/version-all/pid-1010908822/

Perhaps if I didn’t already have most of that stuff already.

And it’s not particularly flashy (or classy) either, especially if you compare it with that “Alien” bust featured here a few pages back…

the flashiness might be inside.

but no, i’m not going to be the guinea pig. it’s too expensive!

Blockbuster starting today is offering this Indiana Jones treat; yet its only the case and not the dvd’s; and its only available in the USA and one can’t buy this on-line ($49.99):

The Visitor - May 3, 2008, 5:12am

anyone interested in getting this?

http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/section-videos/code-w/preorder-n/version-all/pid-1010908822/

Nothing special on that one. It just gathers all the DVDs ever released,including The Alien Legacy. You can buy ‘em calmly and separately in the USA, and even avoid AVP.

That Indi case is classy, but to not actually include the boxset is a bit of balls..even if I own it already haha.

That is indeed odd.. people selling empty Special Edition cases to put your existing editions in.

Could use 1 or 2, though (that “Alien Quadroligy” bust comes to mind)…

Spotted this “Gantz” edition, with all discs inside a Gantz-globe.
Reminds me of that British R2 Phantasm boxset. Cool!



Makes me wish I’d waited a bit longer (I own the Madman R4).

Ardvark - May 17, 2008, 4:47am

That is indeed odd.. people selling empty Special Edition cases to put your existing editions in.

Odd indeed, but not unheard of. Before the release of the 2-disc edition of DOGMA, View Askew used to sell an empty box to host the “Askewverse” DVDs released at the time (Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy and single-disc Dogma).

Nice, Ard. Which region is that set?

BtoFu - May 17, 2008, 2:55pm

Nice, Ard. Which region is that set?

That’s US, Region 1.

Just type “Gantz” in Amazon and it should be the first thing on the list.
Hell, I discovered it because it floated by in one of the Amazon ads here on the Twitch forum!

Assembly (Chinese version)

The Box

The figure

The DVD’s

The Chinese version has DTS 5.1. The korean version has DTS 6.1, but has no figure.

Heh.

I think I know what HJG stands for!
But me and your brother both own the Hong Kong Megastar R3, which has DTS-ES 6.1 (and, obviously, is Chinese).

Sometimes you get three different Chinese versions: Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Strangely enough these can be from three different companies with different transfers, soundtracks etcetera…

Picking the best can be a major headache.
But anyway, nice find! I had totally overlooked this one…