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Rocky + Rambo boxset going cheap at hmv

Caesar_Bojangle · 2003-06-22 16:06:43

I was in hmv on friday and saw an abundance of Rocky and Rambo box sets going cheap in a kind of mini sale. I bough the 5 disc Rocky box set for €45 and the Rambo trilogy for €30, which are £39 and £41 respectively on play.com. So tbh its not a bad deal at all, even if the movies are not of the highest calibre, they are…

22-06-2003 4:06pm

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I was in hmv on friday and saw an abundance of Rocky and Rambo box sets going cheap in a kind of mini sale.

I bough the 5 disc Rocky box set for €45 and the Rambo trilogy for €30, which are £39 and £41 respectively on play.com. So tbh its not a bad deal at all, even if the movies are not of the highest calibre, they are still quite enjoyable to watch.

The magnificent 7 box set was there too along with a few others, which i cant recall the price of.

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#2 23-06-2003 12:24am

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Do they have The French Connection 1+2 boxset?

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#3 23-06-2003 12:18pm

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Originally posted by Makaveli
Do they have The French Connection 1+2 boxset?

Xtravision have the first one, in a two dic set. This amounts to the box set, without the inferior second movie, for 15 yoyos.

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#4 23-06-2003 1:38pm

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Originally posted by Caesar_Bojangle

The magnificent 7 box set was there too

Ohhh, whats in that boxset ?

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#5 23-06-2003 2:58pm

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This is the magnificent seven box set they had, i cant remember how much hmv were charging for it though.

Do they have The French Connection 1+2 box set?

I didn’t see it there, but i picked it up around christmas for €30 so i'm sure you'll find it for less now

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#6 23-06-2003 3:19pm

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Originally posted by yellum
Ohhh, whats in that boxset ?

One great movie, one terrible movie and two in between movies.

I've only the first one & there's an extra documentary, cast commentary on the main feature, trailers for all four and a nice stills gallery. Worth picking up on its own.

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#7 23-06-2003 3:45pm

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They also had the Koyaanisqatsi / Powaqqatsi Box Set (its really a trilogy, but you only get the first two in this) on sale for about €14. Personally i hated the first ten minutes of the first film, and couldn't bear to watch the remaining 1 hr 30mins. Saying that though, my brother bought it last year and has watched both at least 3 times, i dont know how

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#8 23-06-2003 4:40pm

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Jesus, I didn't realise they did more of them. Way to go to ruin a classic.

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#9 24-06-2003 6:35pm

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are the rambo films actually good ?

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#10 24-06-2003 6:52pm

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I've yet to watch rambo 2+3, so i bought the boxset solely on the basis of liking the first. My friend reckons 2+3 to be crap but he enjoyed 'save the last dance'. So i find his opinion to be unreliable

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#11 24-06-2003 10:33pm

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I bought the Magnificent Seven boxset last time they had a sale and they had the French Connection one then so I reckoned they would have it now too.
Actually I still havent watched any of the Magnificent Seven dvds.

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#12 25-06-2003 7:15am

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must get down to HMV and buy the rocky boxset.:D

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#13 25-06-2003 7:17am

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The first Rambo movie is excellent. It really is a good story. Based on a book I believe.

Great action movie with plenty of gore.
The bit where he sews his arm up is something else. As is him in the forest taking out everyone

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#14 26-06-2003 1:37pm

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just watched it last night - forgot i had the trilogy Twas good, not excellent, I think it must be ages since you seen it BAI the arm sewing thing aint that great no more but i didn like the traps in the forest *ouch*

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#15 26-06-2003 8:42pm

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Correct me if I'm wrong - but I think I read in the paper that the Rocky and Rambo boxsets were only going for that price on the first day of the sale... so for any of you thinking of buying it tomorrow, as far as I know you won't be able to.

HMV are really going pretty far out on this sale, eh? They have street vendors standing on Henry Street a few feet away from Virgin handing out advertising leaflets... kids carrying around 'HMV BIGGEST EVER SUMMER SALE' balloons... and so on. The store on Grafton Street was bedlam though - never seen such crazy queues in a HMV, not even for the last-minute Christmas Eve 5pm rush.

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#16 26-06-2003 8:53pm

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Originally posted by NoelRock
Correct me if I'm wrong - but I think I read in the paper that the Rocky and Rambo boxsets were only going for that price on the first day of the sale... so for any of you thinking of buying it tomorrow, as far as I know you won't be able to.

The Rocky set has been cheap in HMV Limerick for weeks.

Picked up the Amadeus directors cut for €14.99 (nice). Followed it up with Reservoir Dogs and Chasing Amy as well.

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#17 28-06-2003 11:05pm

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Well, in Dublin - some of the boxsets were indeed at normal price the next day.

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#18 28-06-2003 11:18pm

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Picked up a fantastic box set in HMV today. It was a Robert DeNiro boxset, with The Deerhunter, Heat and Goodfellas for €15! Thats just €5 a movie, and they're all great..... good on ya, HMV!

- Dave.

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#19 29-06-2003 12:11am

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That's pretty damn good!

You should tell them how good the sale is in here: "http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=102539" - where they're apparently just "clearing the crap that no one wanted." Roiiiight...

On another note, does anyone think DVD's are way too dear? Couldn't help noticing Virgin selling them for 30+ euro each... a bit much, is it not? I would've thought that 20 was a reasonable price, much like an album...

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