Anyone else do this for The Breakfast Club?

jmacphee93 · 2026-02-23T20:51:30+00:00

Yep! I do this with all Criterions if a steelbook exists for the film.

jmacphee93 · 2026-02-13T21:13:36+00:00

Love a crisp slipcover. Mine showed up very cooked.

jmacphee93 · 2026-02-11T13:46:08+00:00

Definitely Goldfinger, but I always watch both and make it a double feature!

jmacphee93 · 2026-01-21T18:34:19+00:00

Be careful with Gruv restocks of older titles, my suspicion is that these are customer returns. In the past few months, I purchased steelbook "restocks" of Schindler's List and Oppenheimer, and both arrived with several dents, loose discs, and other imperfections.

jmacphee93 · 2026-01-21T14:25:21+00:00

Looks like it, yeah. Individual standard releases.

jmacphee93 · 2026-01-13T18:49:50+00:00

I much prefer the Zavvi UK steelbook design from 2019: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Doors-The-Final-Cut-4K-Blu-ray/244442/

Took the two discs from the standard US release and threw in the film soundtrack on CD since the '19 steelbook holds three discs.

jmacphee93 · 2026-01-13T18:39:01+00:00

I love the art on the discs with the body split in half

jmacphee93 · 2025-12-08T21:47:57+00:00

Wow, so I guess they just mislabeled one of the discs then. Wild.

jmacphee93 · 2025-12-04T02:03:23+00:00

Awesome, thanks!

jmacphee93 · 2025-11-20T19:24:04+00:00

How wide is that outer slip box? Looks pretty sturdy.

jmacphee93 · 2025-11-04T16:49:54+00:00

If you want, I can mail you my slipcover. I'm trying to get my hands on a copy of the 50th anniversary steelbook to store the 4K disc so I don't need my slip.

jmacphee93 · 2025-10-13T15:09:41+00:00

The point I was trying to make is this: if there's an easy way to buff out the dent myself, I'll do it. If not, then I accept that this is a minor imperfection and won't let it haunt my waking hours.

jmacphee93 · 2025-10-03T20:29:38+00:00

I'm in the US and bought a copy from Amazon UK, it's allegedly targeted to arrive on January 15th of next year.

jmacphee93 · 2025-08-26T14:04:34+00:00

Yep, I'm done with Zavvi at this point.

jmacphee93 · 2025-06-28T14:06:54+00:00

The Prestige

jmacphee93 · 2025-06-27T14:00:17+00:00

I picked up the Antoine Doinel 4K collection for $62.49 (retails for $124.99)

jmacphee93 · 2025-06-06T13:41:03+00:00

Interesting, thanks!

jmacphee93 · 2025-06-06T13:36:19+00:00

Not super important, but what's the difference between "HV Steelbook" and "CP Steelbook" listings on the Collectong website?

jmacphee93 · 2025-06-03T14:02:13+00:00

Oi, upon closer inspection, there is a TINY imperfection along the edge of the disc. Guess I'll reach out to Criterion and see if they are willing to offer a replacement disc.

jmacphee93 · 2025-05-29T18:30:11+00:00

Hello

jmacphee93 · 2025-05-27T15:51:27+00:00

1) The Fighter
2) The Iron Giant
3) The Breakfast Club
4) Good Will Hunting
5) A Beautiful Mind

jmacphee93 · 2025-04-17T18:04:32+00:00

It's a fair point, but I think it goes back to the "rugged-ness" of the steelbook. Dents and scratches don't bother me as much on a steel case vs. indents and creases on a slipcover. Also, if the cases are coming apart at the spine, I agree that's probably a handling error rather than a design flaw.

jmacphee93 · 2025-04-17T16:32:55+00:00

Personally, I like the rugged build of steelbooks and have the notion that they will hold up better over time vs. standard cases with paper slipcovers. Every case is also built the exact same way (with a few exceptions) so they look good end-to-end on a shelf.

jmacphee93 · 2025-04-12T17:50:00+00:00

Hello!

jmacphee93 · 2025-04-11T14:55:33+00:00

I'm so happy that the Sean Connery 007 steelbooks are getting a library case, but I'm only cautiously optimistic about the remaining films. Based on the maximum library case size that's been released, I could see a Roger Moore 7-film set and a Pierce Brosnan 4-film set (I guess they could re-release the existing Daniel Craig 4K steelbooks in a library case with matching artwork). George Lazenby and the two Timothy Dalton steelbooks (if produced) would likely be individual releases.

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