Alien Anthology Blu-ray €36.16 delivered from Amazon.co.uk

kmurph

The 6-disk Alien Anthology Blu-ray box set now £28.99 which works out at €36.16 delivered from Amazon.co.uk

Same sterling price on Play.com which mysteriously works out to €40.49 by their currency conversion.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Alien-Anthology-Blu-ray-Sigourney-Weaver/dp/B003AQBYUG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1293899651&sr=8-1

Kev_ps3

Great price! I got it about 2 months ago for 56 euro online! Prob the best bluray collection in 2010, recommended:)

Outkast_IRE

Best blu ray conversion and set thus far imo the only issue is that philips blu ray players have a issue with the directors cuts on each disc where they dont play correctly , there isnt a firmware update yet to sort this as far as i know , but there is a quick workaround

Rael

It's on special in HMV for €34.99 last time I looked . . . .

SK1979

Picked this up before Christmas from Amazon too. Absolutely fantastic conversion of (at least) two brilliant films. The picture on Alien is worth the price alone, its amongst the best Blu-ray pictures I've ever seen.

Soarer

Superb review of the boxset here.

PWEI

Fantastic price for the blu-ray of the year. I paid 60 odd quid for it when it came out. I knew it was going to come down in price but just couldnt' wait.:rolleyes:

CombatCow

Cheers op

!MAVERICK!

Rael wrote: »

It's on special in HMV for ?34.99 last time I looked . . . .

Not anymore it ain't, they wacked the price back up to 59.99 in store. well in Henry street anyway. Ordered it yesterday on the amazon myself with minority report and the dark knight on blu ray, total came to 57 euro. Funny that I can get 2 extra blu rays with the alien boxset delivered to my door for even less than the price HMV are currently charging just for aliens alone. How can this be justified ?.

Outkast_IRE

!MAVERICK! wrote: »

Not anymore it ain't, they wacked the price back up to 59.99 in store. well in Henry street anyway. Ordered it yesterday on the amazon myself with minority report and the dark knight on blu ray, total came to 57 euro. Funny that I can get 2 extra blu rays with the alien boxset delivered to my door for even less than the price HMV are currently charging just for aliens alone. How can this be justified ?.

the price was down to 35 before christmas in hmv picked it up myself for that

!MAVERICK!

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

the price was down to 35 before christmas in hmv picked it up myself for that

Yeah I heard they were selling them for 35, but I went into the Henry street branch on xmas eve and it was still 59.99, in my opinion that particular branch is the worst for price differences, I could make a list of 10 products in the last year that were cheaper on Grafton Street. what branch did you snag yours at ?

PWEI

!MAVERICK! wrote: »

Yeah I heard they were selling them for 35, but I went into the Henry street branch on xmas eve and it was still 59.99, in my opinion that particular branch is the worst for price differences, I could make a list of 10 products in the last year that were cheaper on Grafton Street. what branch did you snag yours at ?

Henry Street was definitely selling it for €35 as I saw it in there before Christmas and persuaded a guy in work to buy it. But your right about Grafton Street branch having cheaper stuff. The Back To The Future blu-ray box was €29.99 in Grafton Street but €49.99 in Henry Street.

Basq

This is definitely €35 in HMV Sligo too.

Outkast_IRE

!MAVERICK! wrote: »

Yeah I heard they were selling them for 35, but I went into the Henry street branch on xmas eve and it was still 59.99, in my opinion that particular branch is the worst for price differences, I could make a list of 10 products in the last year that were cheaper on Grafton Street. what branch did you snag yours at ?

Cork only one here is patricks street , my dad picked it up for me he said 2 days later the price had went back up

ScrubsfanChris

Another review here:
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Alien-Anthology-Blu-ray/5090/#Review

The Special Features alone will keep you going literally for days...
On every movie disc plus two more discs just for extras.

The new laptop savings might have to take a little dent

!MAVERICK!

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

Cork only one here is patricks street , my dad picked it up for me he said 2 days later the price had went back up

Yeh its ridiculous, can anyone explain why HMV like to raise their prices after xmas, it doesnt make sense... ??? Do they even have a January sale?

irishjay

nice

!MAVERICK!

PWEI wrote: »

Henry Street was definitely selling it for €35 as I saw it in there before Christmas and persuaded a guy in work to buy it. But your right about Grafton Street branch having cheaper stuff. The Back To The Future blu-ray box was €29.99 in Grafton Street but €49.99 in Henry Street.

Also the old 1990 batman collection is 45 quid in henry , contrasting to 25 quid on Grafton. Staff are also less polite/ helpful on Henry .

jayteecork

Ordered it there, **** it.
Might as well spend my money on something that doesn't get me twisted.

Can't wait to see Aliens in HD - "Stay frosty, people" !

adox

Went to buy it in HMV in Swords after Christmas and they had bumped the price back up to €50. :mad:

Was in Blanch a couple of days later and picked it up for €35, so I'm sure it's still available at that price there.

Fantatic set, I watched Alien the other night, which looked superb and watched the other three back to back yesterday, plus some of the extras. The first two films look superb, with Aliens the biggest improvement from the DVD. The worst looking transfer of the four is Alien Ressurection, as well as being the worst of the four films.

I watched the directors cut of Alien 3, it's half an hour longer than the theatrical version, and I really liked it. I'd only eveer seen the theatrical release, and indeed only seen the film once and wasn't really impressed with it but the directors cut changed my mind on it.

The fourth one though is absolutely dire. It looks pretty poor too.

Soarer

Just picked it up in HMV Cork for €35.
There are 3 left marked at €35, and 2 others marked at €50.

I've the 3 for €35 hidden behind the 2 for €50 if anyone wants one. They're up the stairs, turn 180, walk towards the back wall, and they should be on the second top shelf.

Polar101

Looks like a great deal. I assume Anthology is pretty much the same as Quadrilogy, but on blu-ray?

ScrubsfanChris

Cheers Soarer

Hopefully there will still be one there tomorrow morning

Kev_ps3

Polar101 wrote: »

Looks like a great deal. I assume Anthology is pretty much the same as Quadrilogy, but on blu-ray?

yea

Polar101

€59.99 in HMV Blanch, I guess they put up the price when they heard I was coming. :mad:

Basq

Yeah, put back up in Sligo today too.

grimm2005

very tempting alright but dunno if i can justify it since I already have the quadrilogy dvd

Basq

grimm2005 wrote: »

very tempting alright but dunno if i can justify it since I already have the quadrilogy dvd

Same as... I'd wait til it drops to the €20 mark.

Alfie1

Soarer wrote: »

Just picked it up in HMV Cork for €35.
There are 3 left marked at €35, and 2 others marked at €50.

I've the 3 for €35 hidden behind the 2 for €50 if anyone wants one. They're up the stairs, turn 180, walk towards the back wall, and they should be on the second top shelf.

Nice job putting them aside :cool: but no need as I was in there today & there were loads of copies marked at €35. I've already got Quadrilogy on DVD & was going to hold out until Anthology got cheaper but I couldn't resist I can't see it dropping below €30 for a good while yet anyway, just trying to justify my purchase :pac:

PS Looks like HMV had a good Xmas, not a copy of Inception or Avatar on Blu-ray to be seen.

adrian522

59.99 in dundrum...

gizmo

Ordered on Friday, dispatched on Sunday and arrived this morning. I ****ing love Amazon sometimes.

Thanks for the heads up OP!

ScrubsfanChris

gizmo wrote: »

Ordered on Friday, dispatched on Sunday and arrived this morning. I ****ing love Amazon sometimes.

I ordered a dvd boxset last Tuesday night and it arrived Friday :eek:
The return address was in Dublin where I'm guessing they have a warehouse.

!MAVERICK!

gizmo wrote: »

Ordered on Friday, dispatched on Sunday and arrived this morning. I ****ing love Amazon sometimes.

Thanks for the heads up OP!

Why are they so quick for you ? I ordered last week and got an- email yesterday saying they couldnt secure a payment. I cancelled the order and reordered yesterday and they take 4 days to even despatch my order , they estimate I wont recieve them untill 18 of Jan NOW ! PS there is sufficient credit on my visa and all the details are correct.:mad:

Soarer

!MAVERICK! wrote: »

PS there is sufficient credit on my visa and all the details are correct.:mad:

Yeah, sure there is!

!MAVERICK!

Soarer wrote: »

Yeah, sure there is!

Youd know it would have to be someone from Cork to say something like that.

Soarer

!MAVERICK! wrote: »

Youd know it would have to be someone from Cork to say something like that.

Yeah, us with our €35 Alien boxsets!

ScrubsfanChris

Soarer wrote: »

Yeah, us with our €35 Alien boxsets!

Picked one up in HMV Patrick Street for €34.99 today

The sticker on the back read:
Normally - €59.99
Sale Price - €34.99

There was only 4 left when I went in, stacked with the Harry Potter and X-Men Blu-rays at the bottom of the stairs.

!MAVERICK!

Soarer wrote: »

Yeah, us with our €35 Alien boxsets!

Lucky suckers ! Found out my problem, expiry date was wrong, stupid me!

!MAVERICK!

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Picked one up in HMV Patrick Street for €34.99 today

The sticker on the back read:
Normally - €59.99
Sale Price - €34.99

There was only 4 left when I went in, stacked with the Harry Potter and X-Men Blu-rays at the bottom of the stairs.

How big is the HMV in Cork, same size as the one on Grafton?

Soarer

!MAVERICK! wrote: »

How big is the HMV in Cork, same size as the one on Grafton?

Nah, about a quarter I'd say.

!MAVERICK!

Soarer wrote: »

Nah, about a quarter I'd say.

Whats the alien set like? entertaining?

Soarer

It's entertaining in a still sitting in the car wrapped in plastic kinda way!:o

Basq

Soarer wrote: »

It's entertaining in a still sitting in the car wrapped in plastic kinda way!:o

An entertainment I know oh too well!

Kev_ps3

!MAVERICK! wrote: »

Whats the alien set like? entertaining?

yea great films, 2nd one is one of my favs of all time:)

Drakar

A few of the Quadrilogy dvd sets on play.com's marketplace for €15 too which is quite good.

There was an alien set where the dvds come in an alien head display case which looked great.

Basq

Gone back up to £34.99 so I'll expire this..

Soarer

Maybe re-title it for the HMV price in Cork?

!MAVERICK!

Soarer wrote: »

Maybe re-title it for the HMV price in Cork?

Or maybe, Ill ring up HMV headquarters and ask them why there is a significant price discrepancy between Cork and Dublin branches.:)

Alfie1

Don't forget to ask why the same happens between the Dublin branches as stated earlier in this thread

Actually though it seems that a few of the deals that are advertised for HMV in Dublin in the past haven't been available in Cork.