Reddit reviews Neon Genesis Evangelion - Platinum: Perfect Collection

I have that platinum collection, my word has it skyrocketed since I got it, I bought it for $72 back in 09.

EDIT: just realized I actually have [this one] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VLL0O8/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

It's really confusing, but there are actually 4 collections referred to as "platinum." One of them has six discs and 3 of them actually have 7, you probably have one of the sets that has 7 discs and are missing the last disc.

edit: links to each one so you can see what I'm talking about

http://www.amazon.com/Neon-Genesis-Evangelion-Platinum-Collection/dp/B000767QTA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369596121&sr=8-1&keywords=evangelion+platinum

http://www.amazon.com/Neon-Genesis-Evangelion-Platinum-Complete/dp/1413912834/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1369596121&sr=8-3&keywords=evangelion+platinum

http://www.amazon.com/Neon-Genesis-Evangelion-Complete-Collection/dp/B001GTFP1I/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1369596121&sr=8-4&keywords=evangelion+platinum

http://www.amazon.com/Neon-Genesis-Evangelion-Platinum-Collection/dp/B000VLL0O8/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1369596121&sr=8-5&keywords=evangelion+platinum

There is one other release, the Holiday edition, a repackaging of the platinum collection. It has no advantages over the platinum collection and is pretty hard to find. Also, your link to "a very silvery version" didn't work for me but I assume it is the platinum edition with the aluminum box.

You heard right that the platinum collection has better audio and picture. The Perfect collection has no remastering so it looks noticeably worse. Some scenes have shaky or blurry visuals. Platinum collection did a lot to fix this issues.

As far as the different platinum releases go I recommend the slim/thinpack version. All around I would say it's the best release. It has the best audio and visual, the directors cuts for eps. 21-24, however there are zero bonus features. This isn't too big of a deal as the bonus features on other releases are things like clean OP, trailers, english commentary on a few episodes, so nothing necessary. Also the slim version seems to be the easiest to still find.

Hope this helps, feel free to ask anything else.

Haha yea, I feel pretty old on this sub sometimes. I started with Lupin III, Sei Juushi Bismarck and Ranma 1/2 Nettou Hen. Those were the ones that got me hooked when I was still a child. I haven't bought a single figurine either, though there were some who tempted me (Hatsune Miku VN01, Oshino Shinobu - 1/8 to name a few) though I do own the Deadpool Premium Format Figure. But yea, I like limited edition/collectors edition box sets (like the Neon Genesis Evangelion - Platinum: Perfect Collection for example). Maybe I post some pics when I'm done with renovating and moving