Sci-Fi Bargains Of The Week
Steven Ellis once again opens up the Warehouse 13 of cheap stuff
We don't know who you are. We don't know what you want. If you are looking for a bargain, we might be able to help you... What we have are a very particular set of skills; skills we have acquired over many very long evening surfing the net. Skills that make us a handy helper for people like you. If you want bargains, we will look for them for you, we will find them for you, and we will share them with you here, in the SFX Friday bargains round-up.
As ever we start our bargain hunt in the great halls of Amazon. This week we found bargain comedy with those brainy geeks from Pasadena. The Big Bang Theory season one is available on DVD for £5.75 . You can also pick up season two , season three and season four for just £8 each.
We also spotted this Sylvester McCoy era Doctor Who adventure. “The Greatest Show in the Galaxy” can be yours on DVD for £9.75 .
Fans of Amazonian princesses in big pants are in for a treat. Amazon’s “Deals of the Week” has season one of the classic Wonder Woman TV series on DVD for £8 . You can also grab season two for £11 and season three for £10.29 , if you’re so inclined.
Fans of Megan Fox can pick up Transformers one and two on DVD for £10.75 . Fans of Rosie Huntington-Whiteley need not feel left out, the whole trilogy can be obtained on DVD for £13.99 .
To the world of magic next and the Harry Potter eight-film collection was just £25.06 on DVD or, if you prefer the Blu-ray , then that was going for £28.97 . Expelliarmus!
Also spotted this week was the indie sci-fi movie Another Earth ; you can get two planets for the price of one on DVD for £7 or on Blu-ray for £10 .
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Over to Sendit now, and we found a Tim Burton collection box-set including Beetlejuice, Batman, Batman Returns, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Sweeney Todd, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Corpse Bride and Mars Attacks all together on DVD for £24.99 . That’s a whole load of Depp and Bonham Carter for your money.
Also on Sendit we found a selection of anime including Bleach series four and series five on DVD for £9.99 each. We also spotted the complete Soul Eater again on DVD but for the more expensive £20.99 , or how about the complete Death Note on DVD for the same £20.99 price tag.
Fans of teens riding robot motorcycles can pick up the complete Rideback on DVD for £8.99 and fans of a life under giant robot subjugation could get Casshern Sins on DVD for £14.99 .
Sendit also had The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms on DVD for the bargaintastic price of £1.99 .
In our wander round the supermarkets this week we spotted a load of Blu-rays in a £6 each or “Two for a £10 ” offer in Asda. The deal included Donnie Darko, Flash Gordon, The Road, Sucker Punch and Interview With The Vampire among many others. Check out your local store.
The fairy tale remake Mirror, Mirror is available on DVD for £10 and on Blu-ray for £15 . Fans of Natalie Portman’s bum can get Your Highness on DVD for £5 . Horror fans can pick up Wrong Turn 4 on DVD for £10 or a boxed set containing all four films for £17.97 . Is four wrong turns not a square?
Morrison’s had an Alien/Aliens set, The Matrix, Tucker And Dale Versus Evil and Resident Evil: Afterlife all on DVD for £5 each and Terminator 2 for just £2 .
From the forum this week Midnighter found Batman Begins (single disc edition), George Romero's Survival Of The Dead , The Book Of Eli and The Box on DVD for just £2 in Morrison’s.
And staying with Morrison’s Mr Mockery found Repo Men, Solomon Kane, Jumper, City of Ember, I am Legend and Serenity in his local store, all on DVD and all for £2 each.
Buffster found The Cape on DVD for just £3 over on Amazon.
In our random ideas we have a few 2000AD -related products for you. First up, Tharg’s online shop had this lovely Judge Anderson pint-sized coffee mug going for £10 and this cute and cuddly Judge Death doll for £8.99 .
Staying with Judge Dredd we spotted these classic Dredd epic tales in small paperback format versions. You can grab “The Cursed Earth Saga” or ”The Day the Law Died” for £5.29 each and the collected ”Dark Judges” for £5.24 .
Finally for this week we have a selection of Lego books for you all for £10 or less . We found the Lego Batman Visual Dictionary for £9.99 , the Lego Star Wars Visual Dictionary for £9.89 and the Star Wars Character Encyclopedia for £8.49 , we also saw this book in Asda for just £5 . On the magical front we spotted Harry Potter “Building Magical Worlds” for £9.19 and ”Characters of the Magical World” for £10.04 . All five books come with an exclusive mini-figure.
If you fancy an actual Lego then Play have this “Wolverine Chopper Showdown” set is available for £16.99 . The set includes Wolverine, Magneto and Deadpool mini-figures. If Captain America is more your thing then this ”Avenging Cycle” set is just £9.59 .
Usual rules: If you find anything we’ve brought you this week cheaper somewhere else please mention it in the comments section below. We want all the bargains ideas for our readers as we can get. If anyone out there spots a sci-fi bargain they want to share over the coming week then please head over to our forum and mention it in the relevant thread. This thread is for bargain films and this one is for TV bargains , a thread for comics and graphic novels and finally this thread is for any random bargain you might find. Please keep your eyes peeled for great offers for your fellow geek…