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starboy9091 · Nutshell Joined: 05 Aug 2010 Posts: 32

I got the first German Tara set not long ago and I'm wondering if 'The ForgetMe-Knot' was the sped up version? It seems the Tara theme in the next episode 'Game' was a tad slower. Maybe I'm imagining it?

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anti-clockwise · Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 6:14 pm Post subject:

that's weird. Maybe return it?
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starboy9091 · Nutshell Joined: 05 Aug 2010 Posts: 32

It was an eBay purchase. I love the set overall.

Brad

Frankymole · Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 6:21 am Post subject:

I hope this is the correct set - it arrived today. I don't think I'd seen the biggest set before, only images of the individual ones.

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anti-clockwise · Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 7:33 am Post subject:

Oh do tell us all about it Franky!
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denis rigg · Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 10:15 am Post subject:

Recently noticed that it turns StudioCanal reissued the DVD edition The New Avengers, which was released Kinowelt originally in 2010.

Release: December 7, 2017.

In fact, it's just repacking with same content. Cover design is maximally identical, too.

For comparison, design of cover released by Kinowelt.

Maybe they plan to reissie the individual boxes with Emma Peel and Tara King released by Kinowelt orginally too. We'll see.
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mousemeat · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 2:35 pm Post subject:

denis rigg · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 5:08 am Post subject:

Alan · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 5:41 am Post subject:

Worth noting that the German version has the best prints available of The New Avengers - hugely better than the UK and marginally better than the French.

Unlike the French edition, the prints are English language captioned (i.e. opening and closing titles have the English credits and story titles are on screen in English too). The only small downside is that the German translation of each episode title appears near the English one as a player generated caption.

As with any Avengers release, there is one big error, and that is that the episode Obsession has a green tint to it throughout, even on the StudioCanal logo at the start.
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denis rigg · Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 3:55 am Post subject:

Wow, today I checked German Ebay and found that it turns StudioCanal actually reissued the DVD edition of Tara King episodes (for an unclear reason only Part 2), which was released Kinowelt originally in 2009. Surprised

It is interesting that there is no basic information on Amazon for it, only one person who wrote a comment for the DVD boxes by Kinowelt there, posted the scans of mentioned edition.

I still can not find the release year of this reissue, but it's clear that it was released no later than 2016.

Again, besides the StudioCanal logo on the box there is a difference in repacking, and the version of Kinowelt was better.

Kinowelt:

StudioCanal:

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denis rigg · Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 5:03 am Post subject:

Repacking was for Emma Peel DVD sets too.

B/W Episodes

Back cover indicates the set for 2017.

Color episodes

Back cover indicates the set for 2016.

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denis rigg · Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 5:13 am Post subject:

In this case, it's strange why StudioCanal repacking all the Kinowelt boxes except the first part of Tara King set? Confused

It's confirmed, I read the comments on Amazon and saw on Ebay that if Tara King boxes were in the kit, then the first was from Kinowelt with the second from StudioCanal. Hmm... Confused

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denis rigg · Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 10:19 am Post subject:

Great discovery, Chris! Razz

It remains only to find out whether there was the repacking of the other box from Avengers video age. It is strange that there is so little information about these new German DVD editions. Confused

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denis rigg · Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 10:10 am Post subject:

Good news!

I just won an auction on the lot Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone Edition 3 Teil 1 + Teil 2 - New Boxes only for 16.82 €. Razz

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Mit-Schirm-Charme-und-Melone-Edition-3-Teil-1-Teil-2-DVD-Box-Neu-Ovp-/332639776761?hash=item4d72e02ff9%3Ag%3AswAAAOSwzWla61sf&nma=true&si=26ZvHljmspIMo2P41DOMgM%252BCHgI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

I hope soon there will be an opportunity to study the new German edition of Tara King episodes - part 2.
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Allard · Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 1:46 pm Post subject:

The German sets are very nice in design, but boxes where the discs lay on top of each other are the worst.

denis rigg · Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 12:14 am Post subject:

Alan · Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 1:49 am Post subject:

Actually, the packaging of the current versions is far more kind to the discs. I recently went to my TNA French set to remove the discs to check them and the Digistak clasps had aged and hardened, meaning that they had lost their flexibility and consequently held onto the discs much too hard.

One disc split when I tried to remove it.

The more recent packaging, while not as seemingly luxurious, is less likely to damage the discs over time.

denis rigg · Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 2:13 am Post subject:

I glad you found the packaging of the current versions as more kind to the discs, Alan.
Yes, good storage of disks often depends on the holders of these discs and the strength of the box as well. If it's fragile, then as you do not have to place the disks in - it will sooner or later become unusable. On the video market where I worked I often met people who was afraid to keep it in any kind of plastic boxes at all and they store it separately - in a special bank or elsewhere.

Alan · Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 7:15 am Post subject:

I don't know whether it would be due to repackaging old stock - but I think it's more likely that new discs have been pressed for this edition. I imagine it's also out of a desire to have the sets carrying the StudioCanal name rather than the Kinowelt one.
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