Well, it’s twelve days late and I only write these because I want to show off my latest haul! 😁
I decided to visit a town over and came away quite well-stocked today.
I recently picked up The Making of Gladiator book from a charity shop so I thought I’d better refresh my memory. Containing both the theatrical cut and the extended versions, this bluray was just £1.50 from CEX. It’s the 15th anniversary edition and that’s eight years ago!
The British Heart Foundation, who seem to price their Blu-rays a lot higher than DVDs, had A Quiet Place (£2.50), a film I love and was still sealed.
The Expendables 3 (£1.50), a film I was really disappointed with after loving the first two, was purchased as (a) I’m giving it a second chance and I love watching the bonus extras and (b) I already have the first two films so I have to complete the set. Yes, I know a fourth film is incoming.
Looper was the biggest bargain, 50p from the RSPCA. Another film I thought was alright but I can’t resist a cheap film and I’ll give it another chance. Lots of extras too.
Finally, I recently traded in all my duplicate Blu-rays from my favourite films that I have upgraded to 4K. I was surprised to get £19 in credit, so for an extra £3, I picked up Arrow Video’s Dune (4K).
It comes with a little book, replica lobby cards, poster and it still has the J card on the packaging. Luckily those awful CEX stickers came off without leaving a trace.
Finally, don’t go to the Blu-ray.com forums and check out their charity shop finds. People are finding sealed Criterion Blu-rays! Bloody hell!
UPDATE: There were too many blurays to trawl through and pretty much all of them were the usual trash I see in charity shops.
However, there’s a shop on eBay called the World of Books. They currently have 3 for £7 and there’s a much more interesting choice. I’ll post later. 😊