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TheHutt
Gondor
Aug 23 2016, 1:09pm
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Middle-Earth Ultimate Collection: International Shopping Guide
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After several gasps about the price of the US version of the so-called "Middle-Earth Ultimate Collection" ($799!) I decided to look abroad: if this edition would be available elsewhere and if there are any less expensive alternatives to the US one.
And in fact, I found it.
France - "Coffret Middle Earth Extended Edition Premium"
The box that is going to be released in France (Nov. 2) looks exactly like the US box. I suppose they will update the graphics with localized titles though. The French box costs 399 EUR which is roughly USD 452, plus shipping.
Link: fnac.com
Germany - "Mittelerde Ultimate Collection"
The German edition is so far only listed by some local German retailers. While Amazon.de already has a listing, it isn't yet available for preorder.
The design of the box is also not visible yet. However, what is more interesting, is the price. The German version costs just around 299 EUR! That's USD 339 plus shipping. (Also note that Amazon deducts the sales tax from the price when ordering from outside the EU). And while it is still double-dipping at its best, it's a far more reasonable price for the set.
The German box is listed at amazon.de and already available at buecher.de and conrad.de. However, AFAIK, only Amazon ships outside Germany.
I will update this post with newer information.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Booklet - Custom Booklet Project
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dormouse
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Aug 23 2016, 2:16pm
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I would think it was April 1 - if I didn't know it wasn't!
For still there are so many things
that I have never seen:
in every wood and every spring
there is a different green. . .
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Avandel
Half-elven
Aug 23 2016, 3:27pm
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Amazon U.S. dropped the price to $599 today for preorder
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A savings of 25%!!!!
Not even released and a stellar rating of 1.5 stars!
Do I hear $350? Come on, Amazon, you can do it! 
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Otaku-sempai
Immortal
Aug 23 2016, 8:04pm
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Warner Bros. is not calling this an Ultimate Collection--just us.
"He who lies artistically, treads closer to the truth than ever he knows." -- Favorite proverb of the wizard Ningauble of the Seven Eyes
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Altaira
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Aug 24 2016, 12:33am
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do you know if a yank like me ordered a French or German edition, it would be dubbed in the local language, correct? Could I turn those off, or would I have to use English sub-titles?
Thanks for the great research.
Koru: Maori symbol representing a fern frond as it opens. The koru reaches towards the light, striving for perfection, encouraging new, positive beginnings.
"Life can't be all work and no TORn" -- jflower
"I take a moment to fervently hope that the camaradarie and just plain old fun I found at TORn will never end" -- LOTR_nutcase
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dormouse
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Aug 24 2016, 8:14am
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I'm thinking it's likely that you could turn them off....
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I have quite a few box sets of other things released for the German/Dutch/Italian markets - Once Upon a Time, for example, and a few old BBC adaptations - and in every case they either start with a choice of languages or you can turn off the dubbing or subtitles. Once you're watching it's no different from a disk you'd buy at home. You just have to accept that all the packaging and sometimes the onscreen menu will be in another language.
But in this particular set I don't know if the book would also come in another language....
For still there are so many things
that I have never seen:
in every wood and every spring
there is a different green. . .
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dormouse
Half-elven
Aug 24 2016, 8:54am
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Well, it's not just us, Otaku...
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The first Amazon page on the collection that was linked here used the letters 'UCE' - I remember someone asking what they meant. And I've seen the word used pretty widely round the internet....
For still there are so many things
that I have never seen:
in every wood and every spring
there is a different green. . .
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Otaku-sempai
Immortal
Aug 24 2016, 2:07pm
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That has been corrected since the first listing went up. I suppose I should have written that fans in general have been using the term 'Ultimate', not just TORNsibs.
"He who lies artistically, treads closer to the truth than ever he knows." -- Favorite proverb of the wizard Ningauble of the Seven Eyes
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Earl
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Aug 26 2016, 3:09pm
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And now it seems to be back up again :) //
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The Hobbit Soundtracks - Being an online archive of information concerning Howard Shore's score for The Hobbit films.
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dormouse
Half-elven
Aug 27 2016, 11:00pm
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Curiouser and curiouser.... //
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For still there are so many things
that I have never seen:
in every wood and every spring
there is a different green. . .
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TheHutt
Gondor
Sep 2 2016, 2:47pm
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The German version has dropped to 272€!
Plus, there is a product pic now. Indeed there is a shelf and the Red Book. However, the packaging will be in German.
amazon.de
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dormouse
Half-elven
Sep 13 2016, 10:39am
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...and the German version is now priceless, though perhaps that's no surprise.
I found myself wondering today if there had been any further news of this since silence descended on these threads - probably because we'd all run out of things to say. Seems UK Amazon isn't even going to stock the set (not that I'm planning to buy but I can't help being curious about where in the price spectrum we would fall).
Seems such a pity. If this had included extra material there would probably be a degree of pre-release excitement building - it's not far off now....
For still there are so many things
that I have never seen:
in every wood and every spring
there is a different green. . .
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dormouse
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Sep 15 2016, 5:38pm
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For still there are so many things
that I have never seen:
in every wood and every spring
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