Purchase Diary 2014 – July

Escape Plan (2013)


Jul 1st – €11.00 @ Amazon.de

Collection no. 1143

Office Space (1999)


Jul 2nd – €0.00 ($4.99) @ Amazon.com (paid via gift certificate)

Collection no. 1144

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)


Jul 2nd – €0.00 ($12.99) @ Amazon.com (paid via gift certificate)

Collection no. 1145 – 1146

2 Guns (2013)


Jul 3rd – €11.96 (£7.44) @ Amazon.co.uk

Collection no. 1147

I love Trouble (1994)


Jul 3rd – €8.17 (£4.58) @ Amazon.co.uk

Collection no. 1148

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Purchase Diary 2014 – May / June

Friends: The Complete Series (1994 – 2004)


May 2nd – €53.20 (CA$84.99) @ Amazon.ca (paid partially via gift certificate)

Collection no. 12686 – 12705

But I’m a bit disappointed. It’s really my fault because I didn’t check this beforehand (I just didn’t expect it): It’s only the broadcast version. As someone who knows the key episodes in their extended version basically by heart, it’s like an audio CD with a few scratches and the music suddenly jumps in the middle of the track.

I bet they pull a Lucas and in a few months / years there will be a Blu-ray Extended Edition…

Cottage Country (2013)


May 3rd – €7.99 @ Drogerie Müller

Collection no. 1114

You Again (2010)


May 3rd – €7.99 @ Drogerie Müller

Collection no. 1115

Pretty Woman (1990)


May 3rd – €7.99 @ Drogerie Müller

Collection no. 1116

The Proposal (2009)


May 3rd – €7.99 @ Drogerie Müller

Collection no. 1117

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Purchase Diary 2014 – March

Gravity (2013)


Mar 1st – €12.90 @ Media Markt

Collection no. 1116

Big (1988)


Mar 4th – €9.99 @ Amazon.de

Collection no. 1117

The Final Countdown (1980)


Mar 4th – €9.97 @ Amazon.de

Collection no. 1118

Veronica Mars (2014)


Mar 14th – €46.03 ($60.00) @ Kickstarter*

Collection no. 1119

*I pledged $60 for the Veronica Mars Kickstarter campaign. In return I got a VM T-Shirt, a PDF version of the movie script, a digital download of the movie on release day (the one above, my first actual entry of a Digital Download into my DVD Profiler database) and I’m also going to get a DVD version of the movie.

Cliffhanger (1993)


Mar 18th – €9.04 (£6.31) @ Amazon.co.uk

Collection no. 1122

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Purchase Diary 2014 – January / February

The Big Bang Theory: Season 6 (2012 – 2013)


Jan 4th – €1.66 ($7.99) @ Amazon.com (paid partially via gift certificate)

Collection no. 12605 – 12607

How I Met Your Mother: Season 8 (2012 – 2013)


Jan 4th – €1.93 ($9.96) @ Amazon.com (paid partially via gift certificate)

Collection no. 12608 – 12610

Justified: Season 3 (2012)


Jan 4th – €1.94 ($9.99) @ Amazon.com (paid partially via gift certificate)

Collection no. 12611 – 12613

Night Court: Season 2 (1984 – 1985)


Jan 7th – €0.00 ($11.99) @ Amazon.com (paid via gift certificate)

Collection no. 12614 – 12616

Night Court: Season 3 (1985 – 1986)


Jan 7th – €0.00 ($11.49) @ Amazon.com (paid via gift certificate)

Collection no. 12617 – 12619

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DVD Statistics 2013

2013 End Statistics:

New Purchase Items: 127 (193 in 2012)
New Movies: 91 (thereof Blu-ray: 62)
New TV Seasons: 63 (thereof Blu-ray: 9)
New TV Specials: 0
New Special Interest: 3

Money Spent: 1,106.04€ (2,302.31€ in 2012)
Money Spent on Movies: 729.42€
Money Spent on TV Seasons: 368.66€
Money Spent on TV Specials: 0.00€
Money Spent on Special Interest: 7.96€

Avg Spent: 8.71€ (11.93€ in 2012)
Avg Spent on Movies: 8.02€
Avg Spent on TV Seasons: 5.85€
Avg Spent on TV Specials: 0.00€
Avg Spent on Special Interest: 2.65€

Running Time: 63,464m (44d 1h 44m)
Running Time Movies: 10,268m (7d 3h 8m)
Running Time TV Seasons: 52,838m (36d 16h 38m)
Running Time TV Specials: 0m
Running Time Special Interest: 358m (5h 58m)

Cheapest Item: When Harry Met Sally… (4.90€)

Most Expensive Item: The West Wing: The Complete Series (61.49€)

First Item: Bones: Season 7 (0.00€)

Last Item: We’re the Millers (9.00€)

Purchase by Locality:
United States: 40
Canada: 1
United Kingdom: 14
Germany: 72

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Purchase Diary 2013 – November / December

Banana Joe (1982)


Nov 9th – €7.99 @ Drogerie Müller

Collection no. 1072

Trinity: Good Guys and Bad Guys (1985)
(I Poliziotti dell’ Strada)


Nov 9th – €7.99 @ Drogerie Müller

Collection no. 1073

They Call Me Trinity (1970)
(Lo chiamavano Trinità)


Nov 9th – €7.99 @ Drogerie Müller

Collection no. 1074

Trinity is Still My Name! was released twice in German theatres. Back in 1971 in the original release year and then in 1982, this time with a new (more funnier) dubbing and slightly cut (1:58 instead of 2:05). Both versions have their merrit and give the same movie a completely different tone.

Trinity is Still My Name! (1971)
(…continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità)


Nov 9th – €7.99 @ Drogerie Müller

Collection no. 1075

Trinity is Still My Name! (1971)
(…continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità)


Nov 9th – €7.99 @ Drogerie Müller

Collection no. 1076

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Purchase Diary 2013 – October

Iron Man 3 (2013)


Oct 5th – €12.90 @ Media Markt

Collection no. 1063

Leap Year (2010)


Oct 5th – €7.99 @ Media Markt

Collection no. 1064

Two of my favourite childhood movies, so I just had to see how they were dubbed in English (these movies don’t actually have an “original” voice track):

They Call Me Trinity / Trinity is Still My Name (1970 – 1971)
Lo chiamavano Trinità / …continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità


Oct 18th – €0.00 ($25.96) @ Amazon.com (paid via gift certificate)

Collection no. 1065 – 1066

Since this was decades before reunification sometimes these movies ended up with different titles in East and West Germany.

Whilst the English titles are almost literal translations of the original Italian, the German title for the first movie was “Die rechte und die linke Hand des Teufels” (“The Right and the Left Hand of the Devil”) whilst the second part was called “Vier Fäuste für ein Halleluja” (“Four Fists for a Hallelujah”) in West and “Der kleine und der müde Joe” (“The Little and the Sleepy Joe”) in East Germany.

Scandal: Season 1 (2012)


Oct 26th – €0.00 ($18.99) @ Amazon.com (paid via gift certificate)

Collection no. 12516 – 12517

Gone Baby Gone (2007)


Oct 26th – €9.35 @ Amazon.de

Collection no. 1067

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