Regarding Lion King Trilogies

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ok here's my last reload. This thread was started by purplebluelove99

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purplebluelove99
Joined: 05 Jan 2005
Posts: 44
Location: Canada
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 1:39 am Post subject: Regarding Lion King Trilogies


Yesterday I went to this one store and they were selling copies of all the Lion King movies. And this is a big name store too. I thought stores were supposed to stop selling the Lion King movies on January 31st. I also saw a copy of Sleeping Beauty I thought that was in the vault too. Aren't stores supposed to send back their remaining copies to Disney. There is a store that I know of that sometimes carries titles that are in the vault. I got my vhs copy of Beauty and the Beast there before it was available on dvd. They were also selling The Little Mermaid copy from when it first came out on vhs in the early 90s but it was for a pretty penny.

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Wonderlicious
Joined: 23 Jun 2004
Posts: 708
Location: England
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 5:02 am


From what I believe, Disney says that something is going back in the vault if they are just retiring it. Shops don't have to send the copies back, they just can't get any more stock in for that particular product, thus eventually the title will run out. The strange thing is, sometimes out of print products spring up onto shelves years after being discounted. For example, on Amazon UK, Beauty and the Beast, which has been out of print for two years or so now, has suddenly become available. Also, like you, I saw a long out of print Disney title on sale last year; a video release of The Rescuers from 1991 which hadn't been available since err, 1991.

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Jayden
Joined: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 42
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 6:30 am

From what I believe, Disney says that something is going back in the vault if they are just retiring it. Shops don't have to send the copies back, they just can't get any more stock in for that particular product, thus eventually the title will run out. The strange thing is, sometimes out of print products spring up onto shelves years after being discounted. For example, on Amazon UK, Beauty and the Beast, which has been out of print for two years or so now, has suddenly become available. Also, like you, I saw a long out of print Disney title on sale last year; a video release of The Rescuers from 1991 which hadn't been available since err, 1991.

This is absolutely right, the only thing that the vault means is that production on the discs will be discontinued. Any copies that stores have will be sold off until they are gone. Thank goodness it is this way, and not the way you thought Purplebluelove99, otherwise I wouldn't have found my Special Edition of Sleeping Beauty a few weeks ago, as it's been "In the vault" for a year now.

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Luke
Joined: 17 Apr 2003
Posts: 5425
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 9:56 am


And The Lion King 1* is on sale for $14.99 at one retailer this week with the initials CC, so you can even advertise and discount the remaining stock, it would appear.

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PrincessJen
Joined: 22 Jan 2005
Posts: 15
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 11:47 am

And The Lion King 1* is on sale for $14.99 at one retailer this week with the initials CC, so you can even advertise and discount the remaining stock, it would appear.

you mean, i could go to another store that carried Lion King 1 1/2 and they'll match the price? (if that's a policy of theirs)

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RJKD23
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
Posts: 342 Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 12:16 pm

Luke wrote:

And The Lion King 1* is on sale for $14.99 at one retailer this week with the initials CC, so you can even advertise and discount the remaining stock, it would appear.

you mean, i could go to another store that carried Lion King 1 1/2 and they'll match the price? (if that's a policy of theirs)

yea, if the story policy does a "price match"! and by the way, the store is Circuit City that was TLK 1.5 for $14.99

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PrincessJen
Joined: 22 Jan 2005
Posts: 15
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 12:20 pm

PrincessJen wrote:
Luke wrote:

And The Lion King 1* is on sale for $14.99 at one retailer this week with the initials CC, so you can even advertise and discount the remaining stock, it would appear.


you mean, i could go to another store that carried Lion King 1 1/2 and they'll match the price? (if that's a policy of theirs)

yea, if the story policy does a "price match"! and by the way, the store is Circuit City that was TLK 1.5 for $14.99

lol, i figured that out, but it took me a while. I was like, "CC? CC....?" LOL

Thanks! I'm gonna go check it out. Hope they've still got some with slipcovers!

(wishful thinking)

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RJKD23
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
Posts: 342
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 12:31 pm

lol, i figured that out, but it took me a while. I was like, "CC? CC....?" LOL

Thanks! I'm gonna go check it out. Hope they've still got some with slipcovers!
(wishful thinking)

IF they don't have slipcovers, then you can always obtain a slip cover by calling Disney at:

1 800 723 4763
Monday 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Central
Tuesday - Friday 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Central

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mvealf
Joined: 18 Mar 2004
Posts: 255
Location: Indiana
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 3:09 pm Post subject: Re: Regarding Lion King Trilogies


Why is the subject called "Lion King Trilogies"? Is there more than one trilogy?

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Starion
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Posts: 1021
Location: Washington DC
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:25 pm Post subject: Re: Regarding Lion King Trilogies

Why is the subject called "Lion King Trilogies"? Is there more than one trilogy?

There is only one triology.

The three Lion King films exist in different regions and languages.
purplebluelove99 may be revering to the differnt regions of the DVD triology.
Or perhaps purplebluelove99 typed Triologies instead of triology by accident.
Don't worry too much about the spelling mvyealf.

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Key
Joined: 22 Nov 2004
Posts: 473
Location: at the Glendale Galleria, being a mallrat
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:42 pm

PrincessJen wrote:
lol, i figured that out, but it took me a while. I was like, "CC? CC....?" LOL

Thanks! I'm gonna go check it out. Hope they've still got some with slipcovers!
(wishful thinking)

IF they don't have slipcovers, then you can always obtain a slip cover by calling Disney at:

1 800 723 4763
Monday 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Central
Tuesday - Friday 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Central

Don't call too many times, though (like me ). They get a bit snippy if you do.

[Jayden]

Key,

Dare I ask how many times you called? lol

I actually called 3 times in 2 days because I kept forgetting to ask for things But they were always nice to me, and promptly sent my Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse In Living Colour Volume 1 cover and insert and Alice In Wonderland: Masterpiece Edition slipcover (which all arrived promptly on the 8th of february). Although, the guy I was talking to the other day sounded kinda upset, but I think I caught him on a bad day, because that was before he knew who I ws (I had to call to get the card that came with Mickey Mouse In Living Colour Volume 1, because I was only sent the book). I was thinking about calling about the Finding Nemo slipcover, but I don't know if I should now

[Key]

Key,

Dare I ask how many times you called? lol

I actually called 3 times in 2 days because I kept forgetting to ask for things But they were always nice to me, and promptly sent my Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse In Living Colour Volume 1 cover and insert and Alice In Wonderland: Masterpiece Edition slipcover (which all arrived promptly on the 8th of february). Although, the guy I was talking to the other day sounded kinda upset, but I think I caught him on a bad day, because that was before he knew who I ws (I had to call to get the card that came with Mickey Mouse In Living Colour Volume 1, because I was only sent the book). I was thinking about calling about the Finding Nemo slipcover, but I don't know if I should now

I called 3 times in maybe about a month.

I think it was because I asked for the same thing twice. It was genuine, though! I had waited for 2 weeks and what I had requested still hadn't arrived and I think they thought I was hoarding them or something. Which I wasn't, btb.

Right after I had made the same request twice, my first request came the next day. Bad timing, ne.