Lion King DVDs now shipping!

Woody · Post by **Woody** » Sat Sep 27, 2003 11:40 am

The wait is nearly over - DVDSoon.com have confirmed that my copy of the Lion King Collectors Gift Set shipped 9/26 - only 5 more days to hold out!

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sat Sep 27, 2003 11:43 am

If I haven't said it before, welcome to the site Woody!

It's times like these I wish I pre-ordered over the web. But I usually get DVDs cheaper than Amazon at one of my local stores on the first day of release.

Post by **Luke** » Sat Sep 27, 2003 11:47 am

In spite of the venom I've been spewing at Disney giving us a slightly-above-mediocre DVD of my favorite film, after waiting 6 1/2 years to debut on the format...I'm going to be getting the Gift Set on 10/7. Maybe 10/6 actually - there's a store I know that is okay with breaking street dates, even on major titles...so if the price is reasonable and they have the Gift Set (two big IFs), I might get it a day early. Of course, we've all waited years for this. But I'm not sure if that means waiting a few more days should be nothing...or the wait MUST end, gotta have it ASAP.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sat Sep 27, 2003 11:51 am

Hey Luke, do you know how many pages the book in the giftset is? I've been looking around for the figure, but I'm not sure anyone knows yet.

Post by **Luke** » Sat Sep 27, 2003 11:57 am

Jack wrote:Hey Luke, do you know how many pages the book in the giftset is? I've been looking around for the figure, but I'm not sure anyone knows yet.

No, I don't know yet. For some reason, "64" comes to mind, but I might just be making that up. (NCAA office pool flashback?)

Starion · Post by **Starion** » Sat Sep 27, 2003 9:07 pm

That's great Woody! DisneyStore.com says that they will begin shipping the DVDs on October 7. I think everyone will receive their copy before I do.

Post by **Luke** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 8:54 am

Someone's already had their Gift Set ship from Amazon.com. Lucky!

Starion · Post by **Starion** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 8:20 pm

Does DisneyStore.com e-mail the UPS tracking numbers when an order is shipped? My brother is wondering if DisneyStore.com has shipped our order of The Lion King DVD yet. If not, then I'll tell him to search for an order by order Number. I hope he still has the order number.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 8:22 pm

I hope walmart has the gift set. I want to buy it there! They are normally cheap with the gift sets but than BJ's Whole Sale Club by my house has it cheaper as well!

Starion · Post by **Starion** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 8:33 pm

Matt wrote:I hope walmart has the gift set. I want to buy it there! They are normally cheap with the gift sets but than BJ's Whole Sale Club by my house has it cheaper as well!

You can pre-order Collector's Gift Set from Walmart.com. They might have it in stores.

Visit your local Wal-Mart Photo Center on October 11th to get a complimentary photo taken with a life-size cutout of characters from The Lion King.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 8:47 pm

OOHHH YEAH! and it is for $34.67!

WOOHOO! I am sure it will be in the stores!

YES!

KinOO · Post by **KinOO** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 1:34 pm

in France, DVDimport has shipped the Gift Set. Many of my friends have received it!

Woody · Post by **Woody** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 8:37 am

Update: Received the Gift set this morning - not bad - 3 business days from Canada to UK!! To answer a question on another post about the book - it's got 160 pages. Please, no interuptions for the next 5 hours.........

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 9:07 am

Woody wrote:Update: Received the Gift set this morning - not bad - 3 business days from Canada to UK!! To answer a question on another post about the book - it's got 160 pages. Please, no interuptions for the next 5 hours.........

I was expect around 100 pages, but 160 is damn good. Can't wait to read it.

Enjoy your early-arrival of the box-set! Make sure to give us your input on the DVD after watching it.

Post by **Luke** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 4:17 pm

That's awesome. If I was patient, I would have just ordered from Amazon, but they've been taking longer and longer to ship lately.

The negative side is that BestBuy is going to have the Gift Set priced very unattractively at $39.99 (well over double the price of just the Platinum release which is $15.99). Plus there's a free calendar and mousepad for Lion King, but I doubt you get those if you get the Gift Set. Ugh. If it got the same kind of discount the Platinum got, it'd be under $30. Maybe some store will be wise and undercut the competition. Circuit City, please?

And I'd love a Lion King calendar, too, but I imagine it would be cheap like my Back to the Future wristwatch from Best Buy.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 6:23 pm

Luke wrote:That's awesome. If I was patient, I would have just ordered from Amazon, but they've been taking longer and longer to ship lately.

The negative side is that BestBuy is going to have the Gift Set priced very unattractively at $39.99 (well over double the price of just the Platinum release which is $15.99). Plus there's a free calendar and mousepad for Lion King, but I doubt you get those if you get the Gift Set. Ugh. If it got the same kind of discount the Platinum got, it'd be under $30. Maybe some store will be wise and undercut the competition. Circuit City, please?

And I'd love a Lion King calendar, too, but I imagine it would be cheap like my Back to the Future wristwatch from Best Buy.

Although Best Buy lists $39.99 as the price on their site now, they usually lower it by the week it comes out. And I'd bet you can get the free stuff with the gift set too - at least at my local Best Buy they aren't strict with that type of stuff.

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 6:23 pm

Yay!
I just checked Amazon and I'm told "We are preparing these items for shipment and this portion of your order cannot be canceled or changed".

So mine should be posted in the next day or so (a week ahead of schedule!).

Very cool - and here I thought everyone was getting theirs way before me...

Starion · Post by **Starion** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 6:34 pm

Loomis wrote:Yay!
I just checked Amazon and I'm told "We are preparing these items for shipment and this portion of your order cannot be canceled or changed".

So mine should be posted in the next day or so (a week ahead of schedule!).

Very cool - and here I thought everyone was getting theirs way before me...

That's cool Loomis.

I don't know when DisneyStore.com will ship my copy. I think everyone will get their copy before I do.

Post by **Luke** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 6:36 pm

Jack wrote:Although Best Buy lists $39.99 as the price on their site now, they usually lower it by the week it comes out. And I'd bet you can get the free stuff with the gift set too - at least at my local Best Buy they aren't strict with that type of stuff.

You'd think that, but I'm told that's what it is listed at in next week's circular.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 6:55 pm

Luke wrote:
Jack wrote:Although Best Buy lists $39.99 as the price on their site now, they usually lower it by the week it comes out. And I'd bet you can get the free stuff with the gift set too - at least at my local Best Buy they aren't strict with that type of stuff.
You'd think that, but I'm told that's what it is listed at in next week's circular.

Thats a first, as far as I know.

Circuit City will probably have it a few bucks cheaper (hopefully

) And we'll be able to have BB price match it.

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