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GATSU
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I hope they haven't been discontinued. I still haven't gotten around to Patlabor...
 Well we know Slayers is going to FUNi, and there was some ad at AX which suggested Tokyo Babylon was going OOP, but I dunno about the rest...
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lledra
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Hmm, I wonder what this is all about exactly?
Hopefully we'll find out a little more information. |
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LydiaDianne
 Posts: 5634 Location: Southern California |
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Yeah, that really isn't very clear.
What do they mean "Due to contractual requirements"? Hopefully they will get back to ANN and clarify the situation. I've been thinking about buying Utena and adding it to my collection (again   ), so I just might have to screw Discover and buy it.
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Area88
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It looks like all these titles are officially out of print.
But i can't understand why they would recall any unsold stock. |
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LydiaDianne
Posts: 5634 Location: Southern California |
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You're right. Seems kinda stupid. If I remember correctly they are having money problems, so one would think that they'd want to sell what is on store shelves to make some money at least. |
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Abarenbo Shogun
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I think Disney does this same act whenever their DVD's are "Sent back to the Vault." |
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Ryusui
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Oh hell. *still hasn't picked up the Patlabor boxsets*
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LydiaDianne
Posts: 5634 Location: Southern California |
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OH DUH!! **Smacks forehead** IT'S A MARKETING PLOY! It's to make us run out and buy their product before it disappears from the shelves!  And it worked too, I just ordered the 3 Utena box sets from Right Stuf. I told them that I wanted all three at once or not at all.
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AstroNerdBoy
 Posts: 413 Location: Denver, CO |
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Legal reasons. Once their license runs out, that's it. They can't continue to sell product, especially if their contracts (licenses) have expired. At that time, they have to recall all unsold product and give those stores credit back in exchange. Remember, CPM was only able to continue distributing Slayers due to the good graces of FUNimation. Now to be fair, it is possible that the recent problems CPM experienced are continuing, assuming that they haven't lost all the listed licenses. |
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Deltakiral
 Posts: 3338 Location: Glendora, CA (Avatar Hei from Darker than BLACK) |
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I hope this doesn't affect my netflix queue I have Patlabor coming up in like 2 more dvds. Still this is troubling news.......makes you wonder about CPM and how their doing. |
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AstroNerdBoy
Posts: 413 Location: Denver, CO |
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It shouldn't affect rentals because those DVD's are actual sales and not credit sales, which is what retailers get. |
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koopa593
 Posts: 4 Location: New England |
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Damn.
Well, at least it only says "Utena #1" because all I've left to pick up is the Apocalypse Saga set. *goes to order*
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Dargonxtc
 Posts: 4463 Location: Nc5xd7+ スターダストの海洋 |
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Couldn't come at worse time for them though, with all the trouble there in. Did they let these licenses expire or did they sell them? Or is it something else, its a mystery.
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GATSU
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At least they still have something
to sell in September.... |
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kushiel
 Posts: 94 Location: Saskatchewan |
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Damn, I have all of Arislan on VHS, but I was thinking of getting it on DVD, and I should probably swipe Nightwalker if it is going out of print. But I don't care, I have my Lodoss, Utena and Yami no Matsuei DVD boxsets and you'll pry them out of my cold, dead hands.
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