The Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase One has been delayed
until Spring due to Germans. The beautiful set covering the Marvel super hero
movies on Blu-ray, which I thought I'd be showing off to jealous friends in
September seems to have had some problems with licensing. In the strangest
licensing case I've heard in a while or I guess ever, well no, there was that
one about Spider-Man toys in the 70's I just saw on TV... Sorry, so the issue
wasn't with any ownership of the characters like Captain America, but the case
is with the case that was going to hold the Blu-rays. The case was based on the
German luggage company, Rimowa BhmbH, design and was okay to use in the movies
and all the releases and whatever, but not for replicas.
This remind me of my
interview with Rubber director Quentin Dupiex, who explained he couldn't just
use any tire for his film, since all treads are copy written. He had to come up
with his own treads for his telekinetic tire.
However, Marvel has since released word it will release a different
case and even more content. So now the wait is on for all the fans of these
films.
I'm just speculating,
but I believe some of the cases must have been produced to meet the Sep
25th release date. This means those
versions of the cases might be sought after by collectors for high prices. The
company that was producing might have sent them off to the dump or recycled the
plastic. Yet, maybe a few will survive and you'll see one, one day.
I just hope Phase 2 comes with the Infinity Gauntlet.