Rare Video/DVD limited editions

[admin_exported]

Seeing as we getting a list of rare records. I wondered what rare VHS/DVD boxsets are out there. I have anongst others:-

Alien collection face hugger boxset VHS with unopened t-shirt.

Star Wars trilogy Excellsior VHS boxset. Number 35 with undamaged inlay tray

Universal Soldier VHS with heat sensitive box and t-shirt

Leon VHS with wooly hat

Fargo NTSC VHS with 'murder scene' snowglode

Terminator 1 and 2 in metal box

Jurassic Park VHS in plastic flight case with watch, maps etc

Terminator 2 Region1 double sided double density DVD in metal slip-case

Polar Express Region 1 DVD with Brio train and Snow globe.

Phew!! didn't realise I so much. Now I know why 3 of us can fill 3 bed house to bursting point.

 

[D.J.KRIME]

How rare is rare?

And are we talking limited pressings or limited packaging? or both?

A few I have that spring to mind are in my case all on DVD

Texas Chainsaw Massacre ltd Chainsaw packaging

EC Ultrabit reliese of Cannibal Holocaust #18 of 500

Jap R2 Alien collection in Alien Head dsplay case

Criterion original reliese of Sal'o which was withdrawn due to copyright issues

Mondo Cane ltd box-set

Signed collectors edition of Driller Killer (signed by Abel Ferrara)

 

[shado]

Star Trek Red Alert VHS Boxset

Star Trek Borg Cube VHS Boxset

Battlestar Galactica (older version) in Centurion Headset

Planet of the Apes DVDs in Ape Bust

Thunderbirds film with all 5 ships in boxset

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Boxset with musical CD and Corgi car.

 

[laserman16]

Disney's Fantasia on DVD - Always fetch a v.good price on ebay.Also Fantasia 2000 - almost as rare I think.

 

[D.J.KRIME]

laserman16:Disney's Fantasia on DVD - Always fetch a v.good price on ebay.

Also Fantasia 2000 - almost as rare I think.

Didn't know these were rare?

I know they are both now well OOP due to Disney changing distrubtion etc.

 

[laserman16]

D.J.KRIME:laserman16:Disney's Fantasia on DVD - Always fetch a v.good price on ebay.

Also Fantasia 2000 - almost as rare I think.

Didn't know these were rare?

I know they are both now well OOP due to Disney changing distrubtion etc.

I think Disney tend to put some stuff into their "vaults" for quite a few years,and then re-release. This tends to push up the price of good second hand ones especially around xmas. Have seen these go for £40-50 each on ebay for hologrammed uk releases.These were last released in 2000 and then withdrawn with a tentative re-release in 2011. Suppose it depends on how you define rare.

 

[D.J.KRIME]

This is true, I personally tned to view a rare DVD as one that had a limited numberd run (preferibly with a individual number of say 1000 etc) as oppesed to a DVD that was only avalible to buy for a limited "window" but sold by the masses how Disney tend to market their classics. I have all of the Disney early DVD's but would not personally count them as Limited. It's all down to your own POV i suppose.

 

[laserman16]

Yeah I can agree with that, a 1000 issue run will make something rare. Perhaps I was linking price to rarity, which I suppose will have a bearing on prices. Then again a price on anything is only a price if someone is willing to pay that price.

 

[laserman16]

Mind you they are rarer than some .lol

 

[lonely boy]

The Criterion version of Pasolini's Sal• was once considered a very collectable DVD at one time. Due to licensing problems in the US, it was withdrawn and soon copies started to sell for silly amounts.

It has subsequently been issued as better and cheaper versions by both Criterion and BFI.

Edit: ohh - D.J.KRIME beat me too it!

 

[lonely boy]

I have the Japanese limited edition of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, this seems to be quite sought after. Usually R2J anime does not have much value second hand because people mostly want dubbed or subtitled R1 - I've seen a copy on eBay going for £80+.

 

[chebby]

I threw a Star Wars trilogy VHS boxset away the other day. (With sleeve.) No idea if it was rare or not. Don't care. No-one is ever going to buy a VHS anyway.

I tend to steer away from 'specials'. They don't fit in the DVD storage boxes.

This stuff is disposable.

 

[lonely boy]

Yes, I don't miss VHS either, I've had enough of having to return funky copies back. Having said that, I still have a lot of my collection (including two sets of the Star Wars trilogy!) mostly consisting of foreign language/art-house classics. For some reason I can't let them go, it isn't very practical as I haven't owned a video recorder for six years or so, it just seems a shame just to dump them because nobody wants them.

 

[Anonymous]

I ve still got two video recorders which i know are wothless but will keep them for watching the few videos which ive been unable to replace. "Deep Red" uncertified on fletcher video, released in 1983 i think, its ex rental and still plays fine after 25 years!

 

[D.J.KRIME]

I still have quite a few movies on VHS simply as they are yet to see the light of day on DVD. a few are

Nightmares in a Damaged Brain- uncut

Absurd

G.B.H. (not robert Lynsey tv thing!)

 

[Anonymous]

Nightmares in a damaged brain havent seen it in afew years have a copy up the loft, Love the film. Not so keen on Absurd (anthrapophagus the beast) lots of gore, but really bad acting. Dont know G.B.H.?

 

[D.J.KRIME]

eremis6:Nightmares in a damaged brain havent seen it in afew years have a copy up the loft, Love the film. Not so keen on Absurd (anthrapophagus the beast) lots of gore, but really bad acting. Dont know G.B.H.?

Nightmares has been in the pipe line for a while now on the RED dvd label but has not yet seen the light of day. Absurd was a follow up to Anthropophagus of sorts as in Anthropophagus the BEAST efectively kills him self at the end of the movie, but must admit the acting is rather bad but for me that is part of what makes these low budget Italian horror movies have more charm as such. G.B.H. was a gritty rather violent movie shot in the North east of England in the early eightys and not everyones cup of tea likened to movies like "Fight for your right" without the racial side of things.

 

[Anonymous]

Isnt it "Fight for your Life" sorry being picky know what you meant.