The Dark Knight

As I mentioned a short while ago, Blockbuster closed all their stores, leaving all sorts of vacant consumer space around towns. Before BBV moved into one of the locations in town, it was a car shop - or something - but it cleaned up nicely. So what would move into the location now that Blockbuster walked away? A liquidation book and DVD store, of course. The Blockbuster signs are still lit up, the shelves in tact, and full of DVDs again.

Oddly enough none of the movies in the store are from Blockbuster. Each one is new - factory sealed and ready for you to buy it. Each movie is priced at $5, although there are some priced higher, such as television series or box sets. They have a modest Bluray collection as well, all priced at $8. They also have books, but mostly all garbage (except for the kid's books, I guess).

So, I was browsing around and found something interesting: The Dark Knight, Batpod edition. Basically this is the two disc version of the Bluray, but with a very cheap model of the Batpod that was featured in the movie. It was only $10. The regular movie sans pod costs more than that. It was a good movie. I had to buy it.

I ripped the packaging open when I got home and yes, the rumours are true: the model is incredibly cheap, flimsy and let's face it, the Batpod is not all that interesting to begin with. I would much prefer a die-cast model of the entire Batmobile, or something. This plastic is just cheap. It's collectible though, and fun: it fits on the shelf nicely and looks decent enough.