Lion King DVD - why so dear?

whiskeyman

Want to get this as a present, but can't seem to find it anywhere!
Would have thought I'd be able to pick up a copy for around €15 max.

Play.com only have the 2 disc special ed for €74!!!
http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/124095/Disney-The-Lion-King-Special-Edition/Product.html?cur=258

Cdwow don't have it at all... and amazon.co.uk are more or less the same as play with it for £30!!

WTF??

Can it be found on DVD as standard?

thanks for any info

Melion

Disney release an old classic every year. The Lion King was released a few years ago, its now out of print, thats why its so hard to find. My ex-gf got me one during the summer on ebay, i think she paid about €25 for it.

I was the same as you, looked on all sites, shops, 2nd hand etc but couldnt find a copy.

Ebay is your friend for this dvd.

Ruu_Old

It is locked away in the Disney vault. Try eBay as mentioned.

senordingdong

That's for a used copy.

I imagine the Disney Vault thing has people jacking up their price.

Romero

Read on some HiDef site that its pending Blu-Ray release sometime this year, which might mean a re-release on SD. So you might be in luck if you can hold out a couple of months

Drax

I have always found that a lot of popular kids animated and CG-based films are always a lot more expensive than 'regular' films. Probably taking advantage of the fact that most parent wont say know to their little angel.

The worst is the shocking price of Anime over here. I was looking at Beck Vol. One and it was 39.95 in a local shop. There are three episodes on it, thats 13 euro an episode.

Galvasean

Im certain I saw the Lion King as part of a two for €30 deal in Virgin (Or whatever they call it now) Dundalk.

dudara

Even back in the days of VHS, Disney were always more expensive than others. They release limited amounts every year or so.

whiskeyman

Galvasean wrote: »

Im certain I saw the Lion King as part of a two for €30 deal in Virgin (Or whatever they call it now) Dundalk.

thanks - I can go to a Virgin after work today. Hope you're right.

Thanks for all the replies folks. Thought I lost the plot!

Makaveli

If it's not on play it probably isn't in Virgin. I wouldn't get your hopes up too much.

Galvasean

whiskeyman wrote: »

thanks - I can go to a Virgin after work today. Hope you're right.

Thanks for all the replies folks. Thought I lost the plot!

Hope it goes well. let us know.

So did you manage to get a copy, the suspense is killing me???

fillefatale

Disney have an 8 year system. They only release the classic once every eight years, so its in limited production, then goes out of print and thus becomes rare.
Silly me, waiting three years for The Little Mermaid to be released, then when it was hoping it would go a few euro cheaper, only to come across it in HMV a year later for €37 and to be found nowhere else. The more general release dvds are averaging around the €20 mark anyway.