As did I. First time I got them on VHS. Not gonna watch it, but this just is a beautiful boxset.
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As did I. First time I got them on VHS. Not gonna watch it, but this just is a beautiful boxset.
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Yeah I'm the same; owned them all on DVD, but back in the day I did most of my Terminator viewing off old VHS TV recordings. I've just remedied that recently and have been hunting my favs on VHS as part of my little office setup
Man, remember old arguments like ''Who the hell recorded over T2?!! I specifically had 'do not record over' written on the label!!'' 
Those were the days. Well, they were days.
Those were the days. Well, they were days.
When you break the tab off the cassette and someone sellotapes over it!Man, remember old arguments like ''Who the hell recorded over T2?!! I specifically had 'do not record over' written on the label!!''
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Haha, thankfully I was the only one in the household competent enough to operate the recording function, so that task was left entirely to me lol. But my labelling wasn't the best, so I did tape over some favs by mistake a few times. I really felt like an accomplishment successfully taping a big name movie and editing out all the commercial breaks.
In my house our attempt to do this with The Empire Strikes Back was a tragic failure. We forgot to resume recording somewhere during the Dagobah section of the film and didn't notice till the escape from Cloud City! And that was our copy of the film for some time afterward. Finally getting to see the full movie again when we bought the trilogy in 1994 was a revelation to child me. ''Holy ***t, Han Solo shot at Darth Vader!'' There was all this stuff I had completely forgotten about.
I love that they updated clothing to leather. My OG version is almost perfect condition as he been boxed until January when I finally displayed him. So will start to see the weathering over years.
I got the 1/4 HT Endo which had some metal but due to size no space to display still so still in box.
Excited to see Inart doing it in diecast however it's Inart so will be very expensive being diecast. Guessing 600.
I got the 1/4 HT Endo which had some metal but due to size no space to display still so still in box.
Excited to see Inart doing it in diecast however it's Inart so will be very expensive being diecast. Guessing 600.
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This reminded me of being a kid and trying to record songs off the radio on a cassette. Trying not to get the DJ talking over the intro or the commercial at the end. Fun times.
When you break the tab off the cassette and someone sellotapes over it!
That brings back memories.
The old pitfalls of trying to record a decent copy of a film off TV
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-''this film will continue after the news...''
-censorship edits
-announcers talking over the end credits
-shortened/sped up end credits
-ads
-''this film will continue after the news...''
-censorship edits
-announcers talking over the end credits
-shortened/sped up end credits
They should put movies onto SSD drives and house them in a fake vhs cassette that you can slot into a digital 'vcr' player
Did anyone else love the sound of putting a video into the player? The sound of a bank machine accepting and ejecting a card is a modern reminder of it.
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That may have been where we initially learned the skills to master VHS recording haha
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That HT 1/4 endo is insane. Having on still boxed would be a rare treat!
I recently bought a busted old second hand 1/4 NECA endo off ebay and customised it to look a little more like a statue. Still a ways off the HT masterpiece, but this guy now takes pride of place on my left speaker in the lounge room:
Some process shots. Going to make a video soon:
The first VHS player I can remember being in the house was a top loading model, I think it was a JVC. Circa mid - late 80's it had a remote control but it was attached to the player by a long wire. Plenty of visits to Blockbuster back in the day.
That HT 1/4 endo is insane. Having on still boxed would be a rare treat!
I recently bought a busted old second hand 1/4 NECA endo off ebay and customised it to look a little more like a statue. Still a ways off the HT masterpiece, but this guy now takes pride of place on my left speaker in the lounge room:
Some process shots. Going to make a video soon:
A chromed-up NECA, not too shabby as they say. You've made it pass for high-end with that alone.
Renting videos, those were good times. I think we all had movie nights as kids - go to the sweet shop for some goodies then the Videostore to pick a film or two.
You could rent game consoles aswell, we used to rent a SEGA Megadrive now and again to test out the competition (we were a SNES family) and I believe there was both a T1 and a T2 game. Highly primitive by today's standards obviously but they sure lit up my imagination at the time. Anyway, we'd game by day and watch the movies at night. Fond memories.
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We sound like those old folks who loved the crackle of vinyl. Nothing like the new technology of CD's . No crackle.
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Looking back, it's sort of shocking how late my family was to the Video / Home Entertainment game. We got our first VHS recorder (and colour TV) in 1989! That was a formative time for 6 year old me. I've been obsessed with home theatre ever since!
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Spotify has me nostalgic for mp3s already lolWe sound like those old folks who loved the crackle of vinyl. Nothing like the new technology of CD's . No crackle.
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I have that vhs edition and a vhs collector of the extended edition also.This and that's obviously why I went with the SP Kyle, when I had the chance. Huge check to my Terminator boxes and I can only recommend it, if you should ever find it.
I still got my OG, with an additional new belt...well...cause Hot Toys.
You're welcome, buddy. Hope you can enjoy!
I heard that it's atrocious, supposedly.
I was a vendor at german retro and toy convention "Toyplosion" and found a true gem:
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