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Post by mark687 on Sept 20, 2021 9:03:31 GMT
One thing still missing though with this senrario you always got regular detailed details updates regarding forthcoming MRs Regards mark687
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Post by Chakoteya on Sept 20, 2021 12:40:13 GMT
And despite the image, it includes 1st, 2nd and 3rd Dr too - because it came up with 1st Dr Adv TBA when I clicked the link to try and find out. 10 releases GBP165+ 14 releases GBP237+ (@ GBP17 per set) But it is fair value as these sets are mostly 3-4 hours instead of 2 also.
However, I shall continue to be picky with what I purchase. Sorry, BF, you won't be getting 2 weeks pension off me in one lump sum this year.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2021 21:02:44 GMT
Memo to BF: I do not want your bundles! Although I do miss the Doctor Who MR. However, now that in your infinite wisdom you have enabled the pick and choose option that's the way I will proceed with my Doctor Who purchases. Which means I get the stories I really want and you get less of my money.
Comparing the monthly Doctor Who Main Range subscription to the 2022 bundles is like comparing Apples and Pears!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2021 16:25:07 GMT
Maybe someday they’ll reissue the monthly range on CD. I’d prefer them in 11 volumes of 25 stories.
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Post by J.A. Prentice on Sept 21, 2021 17:32:35 GMT
Maybe someday they’ll reissue the monthly range on CD. I’d prefer them in 11 volumes of 25 stories. A 25-story volume would be fifty CDs which seems like it would be... difficult to manufacture.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2021 19:37:32 GMT
Maybe someday they’ll reissue the monthly range on CD. I’d prefer them in 11 volumes of 25 stories. A 25-story volume would be fifty CDs which seems like it would be... difficult to manufacture. Ah, yes, the well-known Big Finish brick. Building the Doctor Who legacy one volume at a time. I'm kind of curious where we'll be going next for physical purchases in terms of just the format itself. It's difficult to predict. Before the CDs, we had tape cassettes, some companies are using thumbdrives, and I'd have never expected vinyl to make a comeback in the way that it did.
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Post by ljwilson on Sept 22, 2021 8:50:40 GMT
A 25-story volume would be fifty CDs which seems like it would be... difficult to manufacture. Ah, yes, the well-known Big Finish brick. Building the Doctor Who legacy one volume at a time. I'm kind of curious where we'll be going next for physical purchases in terms of just the format itself. It's difficult to predict. Before the CDs, we had tape cassettes, some companies are using thumbdrives, and I'd have never expected vinyl to make a comeback in the way that it did. It would be nice, as a one off, for BF to release a limited edition cassette of one of the stories (1-15) that didn't get produced on that format. People may ask why, but I say why not eh? It would be a lovely Collectors item.
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Post by johnhurtdoctor on Sept 22, 2021 9:14:25 GMT
A 25-story volume would be fifty CDs which seems like it would be... difficult to manufacture. Ah, yes, the well-known Big Finish brick. Building the Doctor Who legacy one volume at a time. I'm kind of curious where we'll be going next for physical purchases in terms of just the format itself. It's difficult to predict. Before the CDs, we had tape cassettes, some companies are using thumbdrives, and I'd have never expected vinyl to make a comeback in the way that it did. I don't think there will be another new physical format. & I think BF will lean further away from physical releases.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2021 9:24:51 GMT
Ah, yes, the well-known Big Finish brick. Building the Doctor Who legacy one volume at a time. I'm kind of curious where we'll be going next for physical purchases in terms of just the format itself. It's difficult to predict. Before the CDs, we had tape cassettes, some companies are using thumbdrives, and I'd have never expected vinyl to make a comeback in the way that it did. I don't think there will be another new physical format. & I think BF will lean further away from physical releases. With the new state of the world following COVID, that seems sensible to me. Focusing primarily on download shifts away from the problems created by storage and shipping. The money that would typically go into that could, theoretically, be funnelled into a safety net for the company in uncertain times. Something they can use to soften the blow of a snap lockdown or unexpected outbreak. I have a feeling, though, that there will always be a place for physical media somewhere in how they offer their stories. More probably, like ljwilson suggested, in limited edition materials. Cassettes, vinyls, CDs, whatever comes next... There's something quite appealing to the collector about having a physical box to put on a bookcase shelf.
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Post by theillusiveman on Sept 22, 2021 9:24:59 GMT
Well if they were to reissue Main Range Stories i could imagine them in box Set formats:
Boxset #1: The Beginning The Sirens of Time Phantasmagoria Whispers of Terror"
The Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Vol 1 The Marian Conspiracy The Spectre of Lanyon Moor The Apocalypse Element
The Fifth Doctor and Nyssa Vol 1 The Land of the Dead Winter for the Adept The Mutant Phase
The Seventh Doctor and Ace Vol 1 The Fearmonger The Genocide Machine The Shadow of the Scourge
The Eighth Doctor Adventures Vol #1 Storm Warning Sword of Orion The Stones of Venice Minuet in Hell
The Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Vol 2 Bloodtide Project: Twilight
The Eighth Doctor Adventures Vol 2A: Invaders from Mars The Chimes of Midnight Seasons of Fear
The Eighth Doctor Adventures Vol 2B Embrace the Darkness The Time of the Daleks Neverland
The Fifth Doctor and Peri Vol 1 Red Dawn The Eye of the Scorpion
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Post by pawntake on Sept 22, 2021 9:35:54 GMT
Well if they were to reissue Main Range Stories i could imagine them in box Set formats: Boxset #1: The Beginning The Sirens of Time Phantasmagoria Whispers of Terror" The Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Vol 1 The Marian Conspiracy The Spectre of Lanyon Moor The Apocalypse Element The Fifth Doctor and Nyssa Vol 1 The Land of the Dead Winter for the Adept The Mutant Phase The Seventh Doctor and Ace Vol 1 The Fearmonger The Genocide Machine The Shadow of the Scourge The Eighth Doctor Adventures Vol #1 Storm Warning Sword of Orion The Stones of Venice Minuet in Hell The Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Vol 2 Bloodtide Project: Twilight The Eighth Doctor Adventures Vol 2A: Invaders from Mars The Chimes of Midnight Seasons of Fear The Eighth Doctor Adventures Vol 2B Embrace the Darkness The Time of the Daleks Neverland The Fifth Doctor and Peri Vol 1 Red Dawn The Eye of the Scorpion This might well happen! somewhere down the line!
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Sept 22, 2021 10:30:00 GMT
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Sept 22, 2021 13:45:10 GMT
I don't think there will be another new physical format. & I think BF will lean further away from physical releases. With the new state of the world following COVID, that seems sensible to me. Focusing primarily on download shifts away from the problems created by storage and shipping. The money that would typically go into that could, theoretically, be funnelled into a safety net for the company in uncertain times. Something they can use to soften the blow of a snap lockdown or unexpected outbreak. I have a feeling, though, that there will always be a place for physical media somewhere in how they offer their stories. More probably, like ljwilson suggested, in limited edition materials. Cassettes, vinyls, CDs, whatever comes next... There's something quite appealing to the collector about having a physical box to put on a bookcase shelf. Post Hurricane Ida, I’ve got 15 years worth of Big Finish CDs that I literally cannot give away. It has been an eye opening experience. I’ve reached out to a dozen people who would have interest and none of them have a CD player anymore. And these were all dyed in the wool physical media buyers as recently as 3 or 4 years ago. I agree, I don’t think BF will ever completely abandon physical media buyers but I think those print runs get lower and the prices probably creep upwards.
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Post by theillusiveman on Sept 22, 2021 14:16:35 GMT
With the new state of the world following COVID, that seems sensible to me. Focusing primarily on download shifts away from the problems created by storage and shipping. The money that would typically go into that could, theoretically, be funnelled into a safety net for the company in uncertain times. Something they can use to soften the blow of a snap lockdown or unexpected outbreak. I have a feeling, though, that there will always be a place for physical media somewhere in how they offer their stories. More probably, like ljwilson suggested, in limited edition materials. Cassettes, vinyls, CDs, whatever comes next... There's something quite appealing to the collector about having a physical box to put on a bookcase shelf. Post Hurricane Ida, I’ve got 15 years worth of Big Finish CDs that I literally cannot give away. It has been an eye opening experience. I’ve reached out to a dozen people who would have interest and none of them have a CD player anymore. And these were all dyed in the wool physical media buyers as recently as 3 or 4 years ago. I agree, I don’t think BF will ever completely abandon physical media buyers but I think those print runs get lower and the prices probably creep upwards. Are the CDs damaged from Water?
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Sept 22, 2021 14:54:39 GMT
Post Hurricane Ida, I’ve got 15 years worth of Big Finish CDs that I literally cannot give away. It has been an eye opening experience. I’ve reached out to a dozen people who would have interest and none of them have a CD player anymore. And these were all dyed in the wool physical media buyers as recently as 3 or 4 years ago. I agree, I don’t think BF will ever completely abandon physical media buyers but I think those print runs get lower and the prices probably creep upwards. Are the CDs damaged from Water? Nope. I just don’t have the space. My room is going to have to be gutted. The CDs are in plastic bins.
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Post by theillusiveman on Sept 22, 2021 15:08:41 GMT
Are the CDs damaged from Water? Nope. I just don’t have the space. My room is going to have to be gutted. The CDs are in plastic bins. Could always keep your favourite releases and sell the others online via Ebay or FB Market as some of the prices on Ebay for the Main Range are pretty high so you might be able to make some money figured it helps space and you can get some extra funds
alternatively you could have the cds placed into CD folders which might free up some space?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2021 21:46:35 GMT
Well if they were to reissue Main Range Stories i could imagine them in box Set formats: If all they were going to do is repress some of the Doctor Who Main Range CD's as was, and then put a cardboard wrap around them, I honestly don't see the point. I assume Big Finish want to get rid of excess stock from their warehouse, not add to it!
However, if Big Finish were going to revisit classic monthly releases with a 'Special Edition' re-release of some of the more popular MR stories, with extras; maybe an expanded booklet containing photos/author/producer notes and a bonus disc of interviews/deleted scenes/trailers and other bits and bobs, etc. like a proper 'Collectors Edition', then I could see a "Doctor Who Classic's" range having value among some of us. In a world where demand for physical media is declining such luxury re-releases might be cost prohibitive though, and Big Finish would still have the problem of stock-holding.
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Post by redsharkJason on Sept 22, 2021 23:12:09 GMT
A special edition release on download of Chimes and Spare Parts with the previously only available on vinyl behind the scenes documentaries would surely garner some purchasing interest.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2021 1:12:34 GMT
With the new state of the world following COVID, that seems sensible to me. Focusing primarily on download shifts away from the problems created by storage and shipping. The money that would typically go into that could, theoretically, be funnelled into a safety net for the company in uncertain times. Something they can use to soften the blow of a snap lockdown or unexpected outbreak. I have a feeling, though, that there will always be a place for physical media somewhere in how they offer their stories. More probably, like ljwilson suggested, in limited edition materials. Cassettes, vinyls, CDs, whatever comes next... There's something quite appealing to the collector about having a physical box to put on a bookcase shelf. Post Hurricane Ida, I’ve got 15 years worth of Big Finish CDs that I literally cannot give away. It has been an eye opening experience. I’ve reached out to a dozen people who would have interest and none of them have a CD player anymore. And these were all dyed in the wool physical media buyers as recently as 3 or 4 years ago. I agree, I don’t think BF will ever completely abandon physical media buyers but I think those print runs get lower and the prices probably creep upwards. I had a very similar experience with the DVDs. I leant some to a friend who eagerly picked them up, took them home... Came back the next day, returned them (really regretfully), and told me they didn't have a DVD player in the house anymore. They hadn't realised until they'd had the discs physically in their home just how much streaming they'd consumed. You're right, it's such a comparatively short time going from one to the other.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Sept 23, 2021 5:51:14 GMT
Post Hurricane Ida, I’ve got 15 years worth of Big Finish CDs that I literally cannot give away. It has been an eye opening experience. I’ve reached out to a dozen people who would have interest and none of them have a CD player anymore. And these were all dyed in the wool physical media buyers as recently as 3 or 4 years ago. I agree, I don’t think BF will ever completely abandon physical media buyers but I think those print runs get lower and the prices probably creep upwards. I had a very similar experience with the DVDs. I leant some to a friend who eagerly picked them up, took them home... Came back the next day, returned them (really regretfully), and told me they didn't have a DVD player in the house anymore. They hadn't realised until they'd had the discs physically in their home just how much streaming they'd consumed. You're right, it's such a comparatively short time going from one to the other. I still have an IKEA bookcase full of VHS tapes (movies and my metal music) from when I started collecting in the 80s. Still have a VCR. LOLZ. For me physical purchase will always be #1 over digital. If the product is digital only then I can break my "personal rule"..
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