52-59 / BD 36-37, 71-72 Late Mizoguchi: Eight Films, 1951-56

[Oedipax]

Still no luck here on the east coast US (Eureka order).

[gcgiles1dollarbin]

Arrived in California from Eureka today. #40. Only one dented corner. Naked photos of me tenderly holding box to follow.

[willoneill]

Fellow "North" American here, still waiting for mine.

Arrived today, in perfect condition. #0017

[feihong]

Arrived in Los Angeles today from Eureka. 1 dented corner, scuffs on the booklet spine, but otherwise pristine and totally gorgeous. Love the gridded typography on the back cover.

it is #420. I ordered from Eureka much later than some of you guys.

[rwaits]

Arrived in Atlanta. I am floored by how gorgeous this set looks. Very well done MoC.

[Charles]

Arrived in Connecticut. As everyone is saying, it's a beautiful box set, with an incredible book.

The corrugated used for shipping these is way too frickin' soft. One corner in particular looked pretty scary coming out of the mailbox.

Fortunately, the slipcase was not crushed, though one spine corner has a slight bump with a 1" split in the paper but no structural damage, and you can see 1/16" worth of corner bump on the book as a result. There's an additional 1/2" split at one of the open corners which did allow the box sides to separate if you're looking for it, but it's not evident to the naked eye.

My goodness, we're being anal about this one! And I'm only taking the trouble to describe this because the rest of you are doing it. However, as careful as I am with all such things of mine, I'm quite sure that if I examined every item in the collection, I'd find many examples of all of this, and worse. Even on some of those items I've hand-picked for myself at a store. So, all things in perspective. This is gorgeous, and it is SUCH a pleasure to have another "real" slipcase box in the collection. They should always be made of firm cardboard. It just makes a world of difference.

Oh yeah. #0455/2000. Doesn't matter to me. The only two numbers I'd be truly ecstatic to receive are #1 or #2000, and I must confess I was rather hoping against hope for the latter.

Beautiful job, MoC.

[Florinaldo]

The corrugated used for shipping these is way too frickin' soft.

Especially for trans-Atlantic travel. With Amazon UK for example, I have learned to limit myself to about 4 DVDS since beyond that, the box tends to get crushed and open at either end (or both).

Oh yeah. #0455/2000.

Is MoC sending the numbered box sets in strict numerical order according to when the order was placed or is it random? If they were all pre-wrapped in cardboard at the printer, they would have no way of knowing which number they are shipping. I find it surprising that they would already have sold nearly 500 copies. At this point, an unnumbered set might be the true collector's item (I forgot to check which number I got and the box set it at home at present).

[Drucker]

The corrugated used for shipping these is way too frickin' soft.

Especially for trans-Atlantic travel. With Amazon UK for example, I have learned to limit myself to about 4 DVDS since beyond that, the box tends to get crushed and open at either end (or both).

Oh yeah. #0455/2000.

Is MoC sending the numbered box sets in strict numerical order according to when the order was placed or is it random? If they were all pre-wrapped in cardboard at the printer, they would have no way of knowing which number they are shipping. I find it surprising that they would already have sold nearly 500 copies. At this point, an unnumbered set might be the true collector's item (I forgot to check which number I got and the box set it at home at present).

I didn't place my order til they initially tweeted that they were going to sell-out on pre-order, and I got #27. So I doubt the box number corresponds with order placement.

[swo17]

Is MoC sending the numbered box sets in strict numerical order according to when the order was placed or is it random?...I find it surprising that they would already have sold nearly 500 copies.

I ordered within 5 minutes of them going on sale and ended up with #51. (There, you got it out of me.) Also, they've not only sold 500 copies, but supposedly almost the entire run of 2,000.

[Ishmael]

A. For what earthly reason would they bother shipping these out in numerical sequence?
B. For those of you who are serious about these numbers, why do you think that a lower number of a limited edition is more significant than any other number?

[zedz]

B. For those of you who are serious about these numbers, why do you think that a lower number of a limited edition is more significant than any other number?

Because collectors be collectors and people be insanely optimistic.

And I confess: I'm Ringo.

[Ishmael]

Because collectors be collectors and people be insanely optimistic.

And I confess: I'm Ringo.

I clicked on that link. My head exploded.

[Arrow]

At this point, an unnumbered set might be the true collector's item (I forgot to check which number I got and the box set it at home at present).

Don't the numbers just peel off anyway?

[jindianajonz]

REAL collectors would try to obtain a full set of all 2000 numbers!

[Ozu Teapot]

I seem to remember Kevin from Eureka saying *somewhere* that they'd received their allocation -all lowest numbers - on a pallet but with no order to the numbering and that they'd sent them out just in the order they came off the pallet. (Bet they looked out for number 1 though! )

[remy]

I received mine yesterday (US East coast) and got #0003. I placed my direct order to Eureka mid-October, so it definitely does not correspond to order placement.

[effigy105]

Arrived in perfect nick here in Kentucky. Number 19[/peerpressure]

[RodneyOz]

Arrived in perfect nick here in Kentucky. Number 19[/peerpressure]

Well that confirms something about how randomly the numbers were assigned. Picked up mine today, in Australia, and it's number 20!
(oh, and I didn't get the corrugated cardboard - I got a box inside a box, with enough masking tape over every join and corner that it took a good five minutes to finally get it out) And I preordered a couple of days AFTER the 'we're going to sell out' tweet.

[jindianajonz]

It's odd that so many people here are getting numbers in the double digits

[fdm]

The set I'm returning to amazon was in the 700s.

[antnield]

Cine Outsider review.

[Oedipax]

Arrived in Atlanta. I am floored by how gorgeous this set looks. Very well done MoC.

Damn, that's not encouraging. Still nothing here as of Saturday's delivery and I'm in Atlanta as well (ordered October 15).

[David Locke]

I received my copy from Base.com today.
I am pleased to announce it is #1902.
Naturally, the only reason why we all post the number of our beloved set is that we don't want to end up with a fake.
Imagine someone claiming to have a set boasting the exact same number as yours ! What a nightmare, what a tragedy !

[tenia]

I received my copy from Base.com today.
I am pleased to announce it is #1902.
Naturally, the only reason why we all post the number of our beloved set is that we don't want to end up with a fake.
Imagine someone claiming to have a set boasting the exact same number as yours ! What a nightmare, what a tragedy !

Actually, I've read someone saying his set had no number at all. So, you know...

[domino harvey]

In further proof that life isn't fair, I was one of the last people to order before they actually started shipping out and my package arrived today in Baltimore with the low low number #0014