what always catches my eyes, Ard, are your floor tiles! man, those tiles kick major ass!

One visitor at my house actually recognized those tiles from the forum: “Hey, this must be where you take all those photos!”.

(...a remark Edison Chen must hear often these days...)

Sometimes they go overboard for no good reason..why a towel? No idea!

BtoFu - February 22, 2008, 11:22pm

Sometimes they go overboard for no good reason..why a towel? No idea!

Because of the large “42...” on the packaging they maybe thought it was “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy"-related?

anyone have The Last Emperor Criterion four-disc set yet? anything special? how’s the packaging?

Just spied Le Grand Chef LE up for pre-order, limited to 1000 pieces. I like these novelty cases.

In case anyone was thinking about picking up the Lust, Caution special edition… dvdfromkorea.com has it for $10 cheaper than yesasia right now!

Also, yesasia has a taiwan special edition that looks pretty nice, complete with a business card holder!!

Yet another look at my tiles, and the package on them ought to be recognized by BtoFu as he was the previous owner. Who says a trade can’t be beneficial for both parties?

This is the “King and the Clown” Korean Limited Edition:

To show just how pretty this is (colorful AND gold-embossed) I show two more pics under different lighting:

Opening the case reveals that the “mirror”, seen from the front, is actually the Soundtrack CD.




Inside are the booklet, the 3 DVDs and a set of postcards.




The insides unfolded:




Mighty pretty, and so is the movie!

The fancy Korean Limited Edition of Lust, Caution:


Getting the discs out. I like how they put all posters used for this movie on the front and back of the inner sleeve.


All the inner goodies displayed:

Nothing too dazzling but..

carrying the signature of one Kim Ji-woon makes it a liiittle sweeter.

That is one autograph I would love to have.

I really want one of those King & the Clown LE’s too! 

I hate this thread, it beckons me to spend!

Grand!

Well, just went after some more SE photos - This batch is the Alien R2 UK head set, the German R2 Fistful of Dollars/Few Dollars More Box and the R2 UK Chronicles of Narnia: Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe SE.

I took shots of the new R1 LE of El Cid and the R2 Japan Premium Edition of Shinobi, but they turned out like ass.  I really need to work on getting decent lighting and focus - although I’m not sure why it’s so hard with my digital camera.  I may have to try using the kitchen floor tiles - but I’m not sure that the overhead light in there is much better.

Alien Quadrilogy Head Collection (includes the standard Quadrilogy packaging):

As far as I know it’s essentially identical to the R2J one except it didn’t come with a little Kubrick figure like the Japanese release did and the disc artwork is different.  I’ve also got to admit that this week is the first time I took it out of the box since I got it - maybe 2, 2 1/2 years ago since I’ve been traveling and moving in the army the whole time.  Disappointingly, the plastic disc holders in the quadrilogy packaging were broken in a couple spots but I may be able to glue them back - not a huge deal though.

R2 German Fistful of Dollars / For a Few Dollars More Box

Again, I’ve had this thing for a while in storage—I can’t actually confirm if the watch works or used to work at this stage.  I can set the time, but winding it doesn’t seem to do anything ;p Maybe it’s just me.  It’s a nice wooden box, leather “hinges” are stapled to the top and sides - the little padlock and keys actually work too.

R2 UK Chronicles of Narnia - Amazon SE—I think this one was only available through Amazon UK, but I could be mistaken.

That little blue box has a mini-flashlight/lamp. 

Hopefully I’ll be able to go back and get some better shots of some of the other sets I mentioned before - also the new Sukiyaki Western Django SE - watched that one last night.

*edit* just got the Japanese R2 Premium edition of Appleseed Ex Machina and watched the HD_DVD version of that one tonight as well - sweet package.

Tuan Jim - March 22, 2008, 8:52am

Well, just went after some more SE photos - This batch is the Alien R2 UK head set, the German R2 Fistful of Dollars/Few Dollars More Box and the R2 UK Chronicles of Narnia: Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe SE.

I took shots of the new R1 LE of El Cid and the R2 Japan Premium Edition of Shinobi, but they turned out like ass.  I really need to work on getting decent lighting and focus - although I’m not sure why it’s so hard with my digital camera.  I may have to try using the kitchen floor tiles - but I’m not sure that the overhead light in there is much better.

Alien Quadrilogy Head Collection (includes the standard Quadrilogy packaging):









As far as I know it’s essentially identical to the R2J one except it didn’t come with a little Kubrick figure like the Japanese release did and the disc artwork is different.  I’ve also got to admit that this week is the first time I took it out of the box since I got it - maybe 2, 2 1/2 years ago since I’ve been traveling and moving in the army the whole time.  Disappointingly, the plastic disc holders in the quadrilogy packaging were broken in a couple spots but I may be able to glue them back - not a huge deal though.


R2 German Fistful of Dollars / For a Few Dollars More Box









Again, I’ve had this thing for a while in storage—I can’t actually confirm if the watch works or used to work at this stage.  I can set the time, but winding it doesn’t seem to do anything ;p Maybe it’s just me.  It’s a nice wooden box, leather “hinges” are stapled to the top and sides - the little padlock and keys actually work too.

R2 UK Chronicles of Narnia - Amazon SE—I think this one was only available through Amazon UK, but I could be mistaken.









That little blue box has a mini-flashlight/lamp. 

Hopefully I’ll be able to go back and get some better shots of some of the other sets I mentioned before - also the new Sukiyaki Western Django SE - watched that one last night.

*edit* just got the Japanese R2 Premium edition of Appleseed Ex Machina and watched the HD_DVD version of that one tonight as well - sweet package.

WOW, those are mighty sweet Tuan Jim! I’ve quoted your post because it needs to be at the top of a page.