dpac Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 Everytime I go to Wal Mart I always have to check out the $5.50 dvd bin. Most of the time it is the same shit, but different day. I however have been able to grab some hidden treasures (atleast to me) including The Truman Show, Airheads, Wall Street and Suicide Kings. Just wondering if anyone else has scored any luck with the bin?
Robert Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 Ford Fairlane Backdraft The Road Warrior Suicide Kings I did find Gigli and From Justin to Kelly in the bin too.
Youth N Asia Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 Yeah, you can get all of those, plus the Simple Life season 1, Tigerland, Bedazzled, and tons of other crap at Walmart and Target for $5.50
the max Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 We have half a bin of Andy Griffith show three episode sets, Ernest movies, and other nonsense. The only redeeming thing in there that I saw was Freeway, which shocked me that they could sell a movie dealing with those kinds of issues for $5.50 in Wal-Mart.
razazteca Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 The bargin bin is now full of crap. Outside of Strange Days there is nothing worth buying. And it seems that new dvds do not come in on Tuesdays as usual anymore.
teke184 Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 Occasionally you'll get some good luck. Things I've gotten out of the $5.50 bin: 1. My Fellow Americans (Pan & Scan only, unfortunately) 2. The Deep 3. Fatal Attraction 4. Shane 5. Strange Days 6. Vanilla Sky 7. Airheads Your selection depends on the store involved, but I find that some stores tend to get a LOT of the Paramout DVDs like Vanilla Sky and Shane that are the better values in the bin.
AndrewTS Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 Is it just at my Wal Mart, or is it actually a real "bin" everywhere? At my Wal Mart, it's a big cage-like bin with the titles just randomly tossed in there, piled up from the floor level to about my belly-button. There's no way they inventory this crap, and they don't even seem to care if it sells. Value City's bargain rack blows away Wal-Fart's, at least where I live. Manchurian Candidate, Raging Bull, Of Mice and Men, The Princess Bride, Blue Velvet, A Shot in the Dark--found them all at the DVD rack in Value City, for $7.99. Yeah, they have lots of junk there too, like those dollar-store knock-offs of Disney features (except they look absolutely terrible), but the quality to quantity ratio is much higher.
Guest Staravenger Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 I've only gotten two movies from those bins that I kinda care about: Night of the Living Dead and City Slickers. Everything else was crap.
razazteca Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 It used to be good when it was full of Hong Kong movies from the late 80s-early 90s. Such as the movies that were remastered by distributer 20th Century Fox that featured Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Jackie Chan, Cho Yung Fat.
Downhome Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 At the WalMart the closest to me, they ditched the bin in favor of just putting them all in order, on a shelf. It is so convienent, as I no longer have to look like mad man going through the bin. My favorites so far have been the following, I think I've picked up more than a few pretty good deals through this. 1) Arlington Road 2) Dark City 3) Vanilla Sky 4) The Talented Mr. Rippley 5) The Last Castle 6) Way of the Gun 7) Mr. Saturday Night 8) Suicide Kings 9) The Buddy Holly Story 10) A two-pack for $5.50 with Classic Superstars of Wrestling - Booker T: The Early Years/Classic Superstars of Wrestling - Cactus Jack: The Early Years 11) Another two-pack for $5.50 with Classic Superstars of Wrestling - Superstars of Yesteryear/Classic Superstars of Wrestling - Steve Austin: The Eary Years
Zack Malibu Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 I usuallly hit up the bin about once a week. Here's just a bit of some of my finds. Best of Friends Vol. 1-4 From Justin To Kelly Airheads Suicide Kings The Last Castle An American Werewolf In Paris Chances Are "Martial Arts 4 Pack" featuring four 70's-80's kung fu flicks. Wall Street Freeway A Three Stooges 2 Pack featuring older shorts (non-Columbia) and some of their cartoons Oscar Snake Eyes
Youth N Asia Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 I picked up Idle Hands for $5.50 at Target. Not a great movie, but definatly worth 5 bucks
razazteca Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 "Martial Arts 4 Pack" featuring four 70's-80's kung fu flicks. Sonny Chiba or the Bruce Lee cover one?
Zack Malibu Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 "Martial Arts 4 Pack" featuring four 70's-80's kung fu flicks. Sonny Chiba or the Bruce Lee cover one? Bruce Lee. The only time I saw the Chiba one the case was smashed up.
Nightfall Posted August 23, 2004 Report Posted August 23, 2004 Mine had the Austin and Undertaker DVDs that the WWE re-made from old VHS tapes in there for $5.50 each.
AnonymousBroccoli Posted August 23, 2004 Report Posted August 23, 2004 My sister got The Virgin Suicides. I can't be bothered to dig through a bunch of discs with "Ninja" and "Dead" in the titles, especially since I'm not a big movie fan.
LivingLegendGaryColeman Posted August 23, 2004 Report Posted August 23, 2004 I've picked up a bunch of stuff to see it for the first time such as Volcano and Idle Hands. I've picked up a lot of duds, but gotten some decent stuff too. Happy to hear Vanilla Sky and Gigli have finally hit the bin. I said once Gigli hit the $5 I'd buy it as a joke, oh happy days.
NoCalMike Posted August 23, 2004 Report Posted August 23, 2004 Wal-Mart usually every year, has great deals on horror/scary movies around halloween, and with the popularity of the discount bin, hopefully they will get a halloween/horror themed discount bin this year, because I have found some STEALS over the past few years.
Lil' Bitch Posted August 23, 2004 Report Posted August 23, 2004 I was able to find all three classic Shaft movies.
The Mandarin Posted August 23, 2004 Report Posted August 23, 2004 I got Nine Months which is a pretty funny movie. I'm after Murder by Numbers now.
Guest Doyo Posted September 2, 2004 Report Posted September 2, 2004 At my local Walmart they now have a $1 dvd display up front. I picked up Alfred Hitchcock's "The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)" and one with the old animated Superman. They had a bunch of other older cartoon ones and they all say "digitally remastered" on them, so hopefully the quality is worth a $1 at least. others I remember seeing: The Four Dueces ( Jack Palance) The Terror (Jack Nicholson) The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (John Travolta) some old westerns and romance movies I think I'll go back and pick up the boy in the bubble movie. I saw it when I was very young and it freaked me out because I worried that I was going to come down with a disease and have to live inside a bubble.
Ravenbomb Posted September 2, 2004 Report Posted September 2, 2004 Tigerland, a movie currently in a fairly secure position in my top 20
Karnage Posted September 4, 2004 Report Posted September 4, 2004 The best I've seen in those bins is that Incredible Hulk TV two disc set and Magnificent Butcher. Bruce Lee. The only time I saw the Chiba one the case was smashed up. Try and ignore these. Usually, the films in the set don't even star Bruce Lee.
Zack Malibu Posted September 4, 2004 Report Posted September 4, 2004 The best I've seen in those bins is that Incredible Hulk TV two disc set and Magnificent Butcher. Bruce Lee. The only time I saw the Chiba one the case was smashed up. Try and ignore these. Usually, the films in the set don't even star Bruce Lee. Oh I know that. I'm just a sucker for bad karate movies.
Cheex Incarnate Posted September 4, 2004 Report Posted September 4, 2004 I just picked up Diner, and next time I'll snag Creepshow. -Cheex
razazteca Posted September 4, 2004 Report Posted September 4, 2004 The best I've seen in those bins is that Incredible Hulk TV two disc set and Magnificent Butcher. Bruce Lee. The only time I saw the Chiba one the case was smashed up. Try and ignore these. Usually, the films in the set don't even star Bruce Lee. Oh I know that. I'm just a sucker for bad movies. I need that Sammo Hung movie.
razazteca Posted September 12, 2004 Report Posted September 12, 2004 Battle Creek Brawl and The Postman Fights Back both of which from Wal-Mart. Battle Creek Brawl is Big Braw retitled which was one of the early attempts by Jackie Chan to get over with the American audience. If you liked Miracle or Project A or any of his 1930s period piece movies you will enjoy this one. The other movie is a Chow Yun Fat movie with fight direction by the Yuen family. Set in China with warlords conspiring to be the next emperor, Chow Yun Fat is fooled by one warlord not knowing that he is sending weapons to the enemy. When he finds out what he is doing he decides that he must right his wrongs. Not bad for $5.50 each. I also seen alot of SNL best of tapes for sale at $3.88 everything from best of 96-97 season to the double tape anniversary show to best of Mike Myers
Karnage Posted September 12, 2004 Report Posted September 12, 2004 Battle Creek Brawl and The Postman Fights Back both of which from Wal-Mart. Battle Creek Brawl is Big Braw retitled which was one of the early attempts by Jackie Chan to get over with the American audience. If you liked Miracle or Project A or any of his 1930s period piece movies you will enjoy this one. The other movie is a Chow Yun Fat movie with fight direction by the Yuen family. Set in China with warlords conspiring to be the next emperor, Chow Yun Fat is fooled by one warlord not knowing that he is sending weapons to the enemy. When he finds out what he is doing he decides that he must right his wrongs. That's awesome, those movies just came out on the 7th and they are already in the bins.
razazteca Posted September 12, 2004 Report Posted September 12, 2004 Just a little disappointed in Postman Fights Back since Chow Yun Fat is not the star of the movie, it is more of a cameo than starring role.
Bruiser Chong Posted September 12, 2004 Report Posted September 12, 2004 Spotted a pair of new WWE releases due out Tuesday in the bin. History of Wrestlemania I-IX and Shawn Michaels: Boyhood Dream. Both two hours, so definitely worth a look.
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