Hellboy II: The Golden Army R3

[Aberforth777]

Mga sirs and ma'ams

what month po ang release nito locally? November or December? TIA

[allanmandy]

December

[maidenmasher69]

Medyo fast ata ang paglabas nito on dvd for the R3 version

[Mr. Hankey]

Not really. Most blockbuster films are released here simultaneously or ahead of R1/R2.

Now if it's an art film or an indie, then you have a delayed release problem.

[Fat Makoy]

for sure magkakaroon ng delay yan. december? most probably late january 09 pa yan.

ubusin muna nila ma sold out ang pirata copies. 

[Aberforth777]

I think R1 of this will be released mid-November...if I'm not mistaken...

[maidenmasher69]

Well hopefully, sana di sya maging delayed. Although, there is a probability for it.

[Aberforth777]

any news about this?

[allanmandy]

I was told the Magna is still undecided whether they would sell the gift set because they fear that this, along with the originally planned Wanted gift set, would just gather dust, like what happened to the Indiana Jones 4 gift set.

[techdude]

As long as they go with decent packaging and bring in a limited number, it will sell, especially the Hellboy giftset, which caters to the comics crowd, which are also known collectors.  The Wanted giftset, on the other hand, might not be as 'wanted' but based on R1 picture, it is still way better than the Crystal Skull Indy, which looks cheap in the easily creased packaging.

If I were Magna, I will bring in the number of preorders for Wanted giftset plus say 2 for every big branches (ie Trinoma, Podium) but skip those branches here high end DVDs stay on the shelves.  That way, you satisfy your most loyal customers (those who are willing to preorder  and give down payments, even if there is no incentive), and also get a few sales in the process.

As for those Crystal Indy, it's time to discount them.  Sell them for 1,500 with any 1,000 purchase.  Or sell them for 1,000 with 2,500 purchase, you hit two birds with one stone. 

But as with most DVDs, if you want to bring in those DVD giftsets (Hellboy II, WAnted), you gotta bring them in now, before the 15th.  Same with discounting the Crystal Indy.  Come January, everyone will not be in a spending mood, what with the economic crisis and the Christmas season burning a hole in everyone's pocket.

And one more thing, if Viva could package their sets so nicely and sell them on the cheap, so could Magna for those mega sets.  If only Crystal Indy is packaged as nicely as Prince Caspian, they would have racked up a couple more sales... I would have...

Way off topic, sorry...but hope's Magna is listening...

[allanmandy]

I've told the Magna rep that PinoyDVD members are actually more interested in the Hellboy II and Wanted gift sets than the Indiana Jones 4 gift set. Hopefully, she brings this up to her superiors as they are occasionally asked for marketing advice. Like in the case of The Mummy 3 gift set. Magna was considering bringing here a deluxe gift set of that movie. But the Magna reps told the execs that it may not be a popular item, so it seems Magna just put the whole thing off.

[Aberforth777]

someone from another thread is saying this is already available? can anyone confirm this? or are you all busy watching manny...hehe..

[watson's box]

someone from another thread is saying this is already available? can anyone confirm this? or are you all busy watching manny...hehe..

saw this in stores today

[dragonrower]

available na!

saw a 2 disc edition at astro southmall! ang sagwa ng packaging. pero i guess it will do since the heart are the discs itself. pero nasimulan ko na ang 3 disc hellboy ko kay emildjr eh, so dapat r1 uli ang hellboy 2 ko hehe

[boredfilmmaker]

there's also a steelbook release at P1350.. got one earlier at Astro Trinoma.. by the way, the slipcase for the regular 2-disc looks like this, if I remember it right..:


By boredfilmmaker27

[maidenmasher69]

Also saw a copy of this yesterday at odyssey megamall. the cover for the 2 disc edition is the one that Sir boredfilmmaker posted.

The quality of the printing itself is not good.

[xage]

  and it came out together with the Mummy

[maidenmasher69]

saw lots of copies at astrovision virra mall

there are at least 3-4 steelbook edition of the movie.

[techdude]

Yeah, the slipcase of the two-disc version looks like crap.  They should forgo those gold-foil stamping, so far, The Mummy 3, Ariel Beginning, and Hellboy II with Gold letters, all have bad slipcase.  The open square of Hellboy II slipcase makes it look cheap.

The steelbooks are much better, with The Mummy 3's steelbook having one of the best artwork (the metallic sheen looks great) of any Steelcase available locally. Off topic...

[allanmandy]

It seems Magna won't release the gift set anymore, according to the Magna rep I spoke to.

[toyfanatic]

 as much as i wanted the steelbook, limited budget ko, i decided for the ordinary 2 disc set, pinalitan ko na lang ng amaray casing to make it look a bit classy

[yellowman]

what's the reason behind the cancellation of the hell boy gift set release?  I made advanced order for it so does that mean that Astrovision will refund me for that one?

I inquired just this week and they said it wasn't released yet... weird that staffs aren't informed yet on this matter.

Thanks

[amethyst_arr]

Yun po bang  R3 2 discs ay same ng first 2 discs ng R1 3-Disc Special Edition/Director's Cut?

Or pinagkasya nila yung laman ng R1 3-Disc dito sa R3 2-disc?

thanks.

[jas]

Yun po bang  R3 2 discs ay same ng first 2 discs ng R1 3-Disc Special Edition/Director's Cut?

Or pinagkasya nila yung laman ng R1 3-Disc dito sa R3 2-disc?

thanks.

Yes, the R3 2-disc has the same features as the 1st 2 discs of the R1. The 3rd disc of the R1 is only the digital copy.

[amethyst_arr]

thanks, sir. i think ok na ako sa R3 2-discs.

[yellowman]

I reserved for the Hellboy Gift Set last November only to find out they have cancelled it.  So why won't they give me back my reservation fee when it's clearly their shortcomings for not bringing product here and their faults (not mine, as really wanted to buy it)! 

So disappointed with Astro!  I was there yesterday (at Astro SM Makati) and they were insistent of not returning the reservation fee but using it to buy something else.  Problem was there wasn't anything that interest me. 

Hope they improve their policy and service to their customers!

[techdude]

I reserved for the Hellboy Gift Set last November only to find out they have cancelled it.  So why won't they give me back my reservation fee when it's clearly their shortcomings for not bringing product here and their faults (not mine, as really wanted to buy it)! 

So disappointed with Astro!  I was there yesterday (at Astro SM Makati) and they were insistent of not returning the reservation fee but using it to buy something else.  Problem was there wasn't anything that interest me. 

Hope they improve their policy and service to their customers!

Actually, it's Magnavision's fault.  Not Astro, they are just a reseller.

I understand your angst.  But cool down.  It's just 200. Sooner or later, there must be something you'd like...

[DVD_Freak]

But shouldn't Astro refund the 200 since in essence, the item in question never materialized....my opinion of course.

[techdude]

But shouldn't Astro refund the 200 since in essence, the item in question never materialized....my opinion of course.

Yes.  But maybe they just don't want to mess with their accounting or something.  Still, it's bad customer relations on Astro's part.  The manager should have refunded the 200 out of his/her own pocket, if it's against company policy to refund in cash...