So far out of the retailers Wal-mart is offering US fans the chance to win a trip to the US premiere, a trip to Australia(We love our Aussie fans, but we have no idea why Australia or what Australia has to do with Twilight), or a Bella’s Bracelet. After you pre-order your DVD you are emailed a special code within 72 hours. You then visit this site breakingdawnpremieresweepstakes, enter your code, and you are entered in the sweepstakes for the possible chance of winning the above prizes.

Now if you read the fine print on Walmart’s main site, you can discover that you don’t have to purchase anything to enter. (Thumbs up to US sweepstakes laws!)

After some clicking around the official rules(bottom of page scroll down), here is what we discovered: “D. FREE CODE REQUEST: To request a free Code via email, send an email during the Entry Period to [email protected] (“Code Request”). Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, damaged, misdirected, illegible, or human error that may occur in the receipt or processing of such requests. Receipt of Code Requests will not be confirmed.” It’s ONE CODE (Either free or via preorder) per person. So don’t try to enter it a million times because they will void your entries! They further state:

A. Any attempt by any Entrant or any other person to obtain more than the stated number of Entries by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations, and logins or using any other methods will void that person’s Entries, and such person may be disqualified by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Automated means of entry and Entries by any means which subvert the entry process are prohibited, and all such Entries will be void.

B. There is a limit of one (1) Entry per person and per email address during the Entry Period.

We also discovered that when we were reading the official rules, they mention Target. So, it’s possible that Target may also be promoting this contest or something similar at some point.

EDITED: We sent an email to summit regarding the email for the free code not working. As soon as we have more info we’ll let you know. Not sure if the error is on their end, a third-party vendor, or Wal-marts.

Edit 2: Just heard back from our usual Summit contact. It’s not their area, but they have forwarded our info regarding the problem to the guys in their home entertainment division who are involved in this area and they are looking into this right now.

Edit 3: The Summit guys worked on the problem yesterday and it is now supposedly fixed. I tried to send away for the code and so far the email has gone through (yesterday’s attempt bounced back almost immediately). So now. I’m just waiting for the code itself. Since the purchase interface for the code says it could take up to 72 hours, I’ll report back if I have my code by then.

Edit 4: I received my code via email roughly an hour after applying, well within the 72 hour time cited on their website.

Over at the Official Breaking Dawn movie website they are starting to enter info about the pending DVD release. You can see that they are planning on release parties, but no info yet on locations.

Remember, they have a DVD coupon offer (US residents) listed.

 

Step 1

Take a picture of your The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 movie ticket stub with your mobile phone.
To ensure proper validation, please click here for tips on taking a picture of your movie ticket stub.

Step 2

Text or email the image to [email protected]. Standard text message rates apply.

Step 3

Once your submission has been validated, you will receive a text message or email with a code and a website address. Standard text message rates apply.

Step 4

Using your browser, go to the website address contained in your text message or email, enter the code you received, choose Blu-ray® or DVD, and fill out the required information.

Step 5

Your certificate for $5.00 off of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Blu-ray® or $3.00 off the DVD will be mailed to your address.

Limited to one valid movie ticket submission. Maximum three tries to submit image. Codes Expire 4/30/12 at 11:59:59 PM PST. Valid in the US only. Not valid in Puerto Rico. Reward certificates expire 5/31/12 at 11:59:59 PM PST. While supplies last.

See the original here.

They are also working on a portal that lists the retailers and takes you right to their preorder screens (Note Target is not listed yet and they have the DVD version that includes movie flowers.)

From what we can tell, and we will update if this changes, the content on the DVD will be the same, but the packaging extras is where the differences lie. So far the two retailers with packaging specialties are Walmart and Target. Check out yesterday’s post to see what those extras are.

Wal-mart and Target may have jumped the gun a little if only for the fact that we don’t have an official press release and the Target ordering info seems to have come down, but this is what we know:

Walmart and Target will both have an exclusive DVD that has unique packaging. Wal-mart will have a wedding dress motif DVD with a specialty photo and Target’s will feature prop flowers from the wedding. Wal-mart’s wedding dress option will sell for $22.96, they will also have a generic version for $19.96.

Wal-mart is currently citing a 2/11 ship date which would concur with the info that Hypable had about a month ago that Summit was targeting a Valentine’s Day release tie-in. It’s an interesting move in that it will take the movie out of theaters a solid month earlier than usual. One the other hand, once you’ve made 270 million in the domestic market it’s hard to argue that it needs to be in theaters longer.

The High Def Digest is also citing a combo pack “Specs and supplements have yet to be revealed for the Blu-ray/DVD combo pack, but suggested list price is $33.99.”

Check out the product comparisons on Hypable. They items seem pretty similar on the content side. It’s the packaging and bonus materials like photos and flowers where there seem to be substantial differences.