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.

Received some mighty sweet goods today, one of which was the Japanese Grindhouse Complete Box. This is one very cleverly designed edition, the only one which features the theatrical version of “Grindhouse”. It contains the following:

-Two disc edition of the longer cut of “Planet Terror”.
-Two disc edition of the longer cut of “Death Proof”.
-Two disc edition of “Grindhouse”, featuring shortened versions of “Planet Terror” and “Death Proof”, dirtied up and with all the faux trailers.
Groovy!

This is how it looks on the outside. A dirty, worn sleeve with glossy embossed letters:


With the slipcase removed:


Contents opened:


Contents fully opened, all 6 discs visible:


Very well done, outstanding work…

A few posts back I wished I had more autographed discs. Well, someone was listening…

The Korean Limited Edition of Lee Myung Se’s “M” arrived. With a nice little surprise for me on the inner booklet!

The outside:


Translucent slipcover:


The insides. Everything in this set is metallic glossy, the pictures don’t really convey just how the packaging shines and reflects everything:


Scribble on the booklet! Uhm… does anyone know whose signature this is?

Well it’s either Lee Myung-se or Lee Yeon-hee’s signature. Everything after Lee ‘이’ is indistinguishable I was kinda annoyed that dvdfromkorea got a signed batch in after the intial pre-order downtime. I missed out on an autograph because, of all things, I’m too eager.

BtoFu - April 6, 2008, 2:27pm

Well it’s either Lee Myung-se or Lee Yeon-hee’s signature. Everything after Lee ‘이’ is indistinguishable I was kinda annoyed that dvdfromkorea got a signed batch in after the intial pre-order downtime. I missed out on an autograph because, of all things, I’m too eager.

“Lee” was also as far as I got (albeit from inference rather than being able to read Korean). Either would make me happy, but I’d like to know which one it is!
I preordered this from YesAsia and they still don’t mention that some of these are signed!
For puzzle-purposes, could you show me their names in Korean?

Lee Myung-se: 이명세 and Lee Yeon-hee: 이연희. Pure headscratcher.

Kinda simple and nice. But also kinda pointless…both cases are exactly the same so why even bother with the box when you could fit everything in an amaray case. Not the usual Korean standard we’ve come to know and love.