Paid Members BomberPat Posted September 12, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted September 12, 2018 Ah, never knowingly went there then. Definitely just the Soho shop back when that part of London was my stomping grounds, was very impressed every time I went in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted September 12, 2018 Author Moderators Share Posted September 12, 2018 Definitely wasn't in Soho last time I went there.. it's obviously been longer than I thought! Always thought it was a great comic shop though. My local is A Place in Space in Croydon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted September 12, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted September 12, 2018 Yeah, it's on Berwick St. now, just behind Porn Alley from Brewer St. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 I don't get the thing about Steelbook versions of films. I was looking at Deadpool 2 on Amazon earlier just to check if there was any difference between the normal Bluray and the 4K Bluray. The 4K was £25, which seems to be fairly standard at the moment, and then noticed there was another version that was £46. Clicked what it was out of curiosity, and it's the steelbook version. It has everything that the other BluRays have, yet its nearly double the price because it comes in a fancy box. Of course, this then lead me down a steelbook rabbit hole, and holy god, who is paying these sort of prices for what is essentially different packaging. £60 for Thor: The Dark World? that's not even a good film. Spirited Away, £79.95! The standard version is £15. Blade Runner is less than £8 on normal BluRay, but someone is going to folk out £33 for the same thing in steelbook packaging? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members DEF Posted September 17, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted September 17, 2018 The steelbook for Deadpool 2 is a limited HMV exclusive so the amazon listing is a 3rd party seller trying his luck as are the rest more than likely. There are collectors of steelbooks that will pay through the teeth. Luckily I don't care much about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted September 17, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted September 17, 2018 Steelbooks tend to be a limited run, and it's a desperate attempt to prop up falling sales of physical media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted September 17, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted September 17, 2018 I don't really collect anything other than graphic novels. And that only really started after I got my Kindle and I wanted to use my bookcase for something - although I was into various comics when I was younger, I didn't really keep them. I think there's a box of some quite rare comics at my mum's that I need to pick up one day. I've got a few wrestling masks that I bought super cheap in Mexico. But I don't actually collect them. I have a Razor Ramon Funko Pop and signed artwork of Scott Hall, but again I don't collect autographs or Funko Pops in general. I'm a bit of a tech hoarder if that counts. Old hard drives, obselete desktops and phones, a massive bag of wires because "you never know, I might need this wire for something one day" that my girlfriend keeps trying to get me to throw away. I moved to pretty much all digital media (books, films, TV shows, music) but I was never a collector of any of those things anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Apart from the shopping lists that I mentioned before, the only other thing I collect are records. I don't have a huge collection, a few hundred or so. As pretty much all music is available to stream online for free, I like digging around for old weird stuff that I've never heard of before. I'm really into the hip hop crate digging mentality. Picking up long forgot funk/soul/jazz gems from record shops, car boots, charity shops, where ever I can really. I just like new and interesting sounds. At the minute I've been on a bit of a 80's Boogie hype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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