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Hiya Hendy
You seem to be missing my point somewhat - of course nobody has the same copy of SuperGirl - but the fact that Anchor Bay will probably re-release SuperGirl in yet another limited edition, as they have done with Army of Darkness, kind of makes the moniker Ltd Edition a bit of a misnomer to my mind. I am not disputing the fact that a DVD with numbers on it may be part of a limited print run but even those editions with no numbers on form part of a limited print run - Criterion is a case in point. Furthermore, you could say that ALL dvds are limited as many older titles will be deleted at some point. But I'd be really interested in knowing what 1st edition books you have that are numbered editions? None of any real value I would think. As I say, numbered editions are a relatively modern phenomena and include, numbered artworks, prints, signatures, DVDs, CDs, Laserdiscs, sculptures, ceramics and so on. Numbers are a very, very successful marketing tool to increase the perceived value of a product and are, in many cases, meaningless. Many ltd ed prints, dvds and so on can be numbered to an initial print run of let's say 1000 and 50000 copies respectively, however, this does not mean that the producers cannot then make a second edition print run, which does not have to be marked on the product as a second run, of let's say a further 1000 or 50000 - this is common practice in all areas of commerce. I can think of many, many ltd editions that have had 7 or 8 reprints each claiming to be a Ltd Ed. I am quite glad the MIB box set doesn't have numbers all over it as ultimately this is meaningless and the bods at Sony know this.
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