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B5:TLT -- just the news. And we mean that.
- Thread starter KoshFan
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babylonfan
Regular
Typcial. Mainland Europe (the Netherlands) won't get it till early november. So now the question becomes, do I step over my hatred of Ryanair to get TLT a few week earlier.
Well, they have this thing called "mail" now, where they can send you things. And it then gets delivered at your door, even all the way to Brabant.Typcial. Mainland Europe (the Netherlands) won't get it till early november. So now the question becomes, do I step over my hatred of Ryanair to get TLT a few week earlier.
babylonfan
Regular
I trust the mail even less then Ryanair. And with the airfares nowadays it's cheaper to fly and collect then to sent it by DHL or somesuch. Well, almost anyway.
Dangerousapple
Member
I trust the mail even less then Ryanair. And with the airfares nowadays it's cheaper to fly and collect then to sent it by DHL or somesuch. Well, almost anyway.
You could order TLT from play.com, an UK based internet store. Delivery is free and if the disc gets lost in the mail, the risk falls to them. One simple email and they'll send it again.
A_M_Swallow
Regular
Yes. Amazon will have re-ordered from Warner Brothers.
Any information on sales at other shops?
I already changed mine.* My BSG should arrive today, and with luck my TLT (no art cards) should ship today. Whoever came up with that exclusive seriously underestimated demand for B5 (shock, horror!) it seems.
* At the minute I think I've ordered my three copies of TLT no fewer than 5 times:
- from Play.com at £9.99 because that was the first place it was available
- from HMV at £8.48 because of the better price
- from Amazon.co.uk at £8.48 because I trusted them more
- from Amazon.co.uk at £8.48 because I wanted the art cards
- from Amazon.co.uk at £8.48 because the art cards are all gone and I don't want to wait months!
* At the minute I think I've ordered my three copies of TLT no fewer than 5 times:
- from Play.com at £9.99 because that was the first place it was available
- from HMV at £8.48 because of the better price
- from Amazon.co.uk at £8.48 because I trusted them more
- from Amazon.co.uk at £8.48 because I wanted the art cards
- from Amazon.co.uk at £8.48 because the art cards are all gone and I don't want to wait months!
Sindatur
Regular
Sounds like Good news to me. They wouldn't have released it and said there will be more if sales are good enough, unless they felt sales would be good enough. Since sales have been several magnitudes beyond expectation, that must mean sales have been stong enough to warrant more, yes?
Jan
Regular
At the risk of sounding pessimistic...maybe.
The second part of my 'rant' post was to the effect that I, for one, am sick of the timid 'let's just barely put something out and see if it sells' approach that WB has always taken in regard to B5 VHS tapes, DVD's and now Lost Tales. Which brings up the next step -- negotiating the deals and the budget for the next disk.
Both JMS and Doug Netter have stated publicly that there's going to have to be a pretty substantial increase in budget if there are going to be more of these done. I'm hoping they stick to their guns and try to get WB to greenlight blocks of the Lost Tales rather than one at a time. In the long run it'd probably save them some money in hiring for crew.
As JMS said, he'll let us know when he knows something.
Jan
The second part of my 'rant' post was to the effect that I, for one, am sick of the timid 'let's just barely put something out and see if it sells' approach that WB has always taken in regard to B5 VHS tapes, DVD's and now Lost Tales. Which brings up the next step -- negotiating the deals and the budget for the next disk.
Both JMS and Doug Netter have stated publicly that there's going to have to be a pretty substantial increase in budget if there are going to be more of these done. I'm hoping they stick to their guns and try to get WB to greenlight blocks of the Lost Tales rather than one at a time. In the long run it'd probably save them some money in hiring for crew.
As JMS said, he'll let us know when he knows something.
Jan
Jan
Regular
I'm pretty sure that Doug said something to that effect at the SDCC group panel. I don't quite remember if he was talking about future budgets or just commending JMS on pulling it off for the budget they had for this disk. I'll check the recording this evening. One of the Babylon Podcasts has Jeffrey Willerth interviewing Bruce, Tracy and Doug at the Best Buy event and he may have said something there, too.
Jan
Jan
