I found "Rescuers" and "The Love Bug" in a retail store! - DVDfile.com forum for DVD, Blu-Ray, and HD-DVD

Unicorn · 06-03-2003, 11:03 AM

I just got back from an early morning romp to Wal-Mart to look for the latest releases.

While I was there, I stumbled across two copies of The Rescuers in the bestsellers/new releases display, at the bottom. It wasn't priced, but a quick stroll to the "check the prices" scanner display showed it was just $14.44!!

Not finding certain new releases in stock, I asked a lady working the section about them. While I was going down my list, I mentioned The Love Bug for giggles. She said "no". Five minutes later, as she was about to ring me up, a supervisor-type man came along with three Disney titles to put on the shelf. One of them was The Love Bug! ONE COPY! He first said it was "new today", but then said it was among the "back supply" (the other two titles were Pete's Dragon and Snowball Express).

It was $14.44, too...for a 2-disc SE!!!

Naturally I took them both.

Nice people at Wal-Mart helping me at 4:30 in the morning, by-the-way.

Keep a sharp eye out at Wal-Mart for these, and probably at other retailers too. I'm so happy to get these, I cannot tell you!

Unicorn · 06-03-2003, 11:43 AM

...and, for anyone curious, yes the "scene in question" (the topless chick in the window...link includes two pictures) has been simply blacked out on those two frames. Now it looks like a bunch of other dark windows (though darker than most). You can compare at the 0:29:20 mark.

Oh, well...we knew that was gonna happen. I'll hang onto my VHS.

DancinDave · 06-03-2003, 07:25 PM

Anyone know why The Rescuers isn't being made available in Canada?

Buffalo Bill · 06-03-2003, 08:54 PM

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Originally posted by DancinDave
Anyone know why The Rescuers isn't being made available in Canada?

My copy of The Rescuers that I got from ShowWow.com came in a bilingual Canadian cover with "for sale only in Canada" in small print on the back. Same with the Love Bug (from the same company) except it only had the small print on the back & didn't have the "version francaise incluse" which graces the Rescuers cover. Very few B&M stores have it yet (anywhere in North America) but it appears that they do intend to sell it in Canada.

DancinDave · 06-03-2003, 11:51 PM

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Originally posted by buffalobill
Very few B&M stores have it yet (anywhere in North America) but it appears that they do intend to sell it in Canada.

Thanks BB... that makes me feel better. It seems no Canadian B&M have it (at least on the west coast) and no online places have it either. Online places don't even show it with a future release date and/or show it on back-order... which common for CAN delayed titles.

... except amazon.ca, which shows it as a U.S. import

06-03-2003, 11:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
Unicorn Actor Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: I am the only Unicorn there is	I found "Rescuers" and "The Love Bug" in a retail store! I just got back from an early morning romp to Wal-Mart to look for the latest releases. While I was there, I stumbled across two copies of The Rescuers in the bestsellers/new releases display, at the bottom. It wasn't priced, but a quick stroll to the "check the prices" scanner display showed it was just $14.44!! Not finding certain new releases in stock, I asked a lady working the section about them. While I was going down my list, I mentioned The Love Bug for giggles. She said "no". Five minutes later, as she was about to ring me up, a supervisor-type man came along with three Disney titles to put on the shelf. One of them was The Love Bug! ONE COPY! He first said it was "new today", but then said it was among the "back supply" (the other two titles were Pete's Dragon and Snowball Express). It was $14.44, too...for a 2-disc SE!!! Naturally I took them both. Nice people at Wal-Mart helping me at 4:30 in the morning, by-the-way. Keep a sharp eye out at Wal-Mart for these, and probably at other retailers too. I'm so happy to get these, I cannot tell you!

06-03-2003, 07:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
DancinDave Actor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada	Anyone know why The Rescuers isn't being made available in Canada? __________________ ...and my OCD DVD collection is here.

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06-03-2003, 11:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
Unicorn Actor Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: I am the only Unicorn there is	...and, for anyone curious, yes the "scene in question" (the topless chick in the window...link includes two pictures) has been simply blacked out on those two frames. Now it looks like a bunch of other dark windows (though darker than most). You can compare at the 0:29:20 mark. Oh, well...we knew that was gonna happen. I'll hang onto my VHS.