Movie Poster Collecting

[El Skutto]

I just received the Tron Legacy double-sided poster for free, using my Disney reward points.

 

[wofford29]

I like the 11x17 prints myself. Full size just takes up to much wall space.

 

[Michael Crawford]

Is that the throwback poster where he's holding the disc above his head with her next to him? I have that one as well - great looking poster. They also did one (international perhaps - never saw it around here) that's a longer shot of them in the same pose.

 

[Michael Crawford]

Here's my ten favorite modern era posters in my collection:

3:10 to Yuma

https://www.impawards.com/2007/three_ten_to_yuma_xlg.html

Batman Begins

https://www.impawards.com/2005/batman_begins_xlg.html

Dawn of the Dead

https://www.impawards.com/2004/dawn_of_the_dead_ver3.html

Kick ***

https://www.impawards.com/2010/kickass_ver8_xlg.html

Kill Bill 2

https://www.impawards.com/2004/kill_bill_vol_two_ver6_xlg.html

Last Exorcism (too bad this wasn't in the film)

https://www.impawards.com/2010/last_exorcism_ver3_xlg.html

Mirror Mask

https://www.impawards.com/2005/mirrormask_xlg.html

Slither

https://www.impawards.com/2006/slither.html

Triplets of Belleville

https://www.impawards.com/2003/triplets_of_belleville_ver3_xlg.html

V for Vendetta - I have four or five versions, but I think this is my favorite

https://www.impawards.com/2006/v_for_vendetta_ver3_xlg.html

That's today of course. Ask me tomorrow and it will be ten different one! I'm so fickle...

 

[jimjimmyjones85]

I just received the Tron Legacy double-sided poster for free, using my Disney reward points.

I did the same. Can't beat it !

Speaking of which, how do you guys display all these posters ?

Do you display them at all ?

Do you cycle ?

I personally have all my SW's (OT of course) displayed. But what about the rest

 

[Michael Crawford]

As I said in the first post, I used to cycle. I have 4 regular frames and two lighted frames, and I'd swap in six new posters each month.

But in my new bar, I only have the two lighted posters that I swap. I do it fairly often though, and right now Adjustment Bureau and Cowboys and Aliens are up, soon to be replaced by Sucker Punch (just bought one this week), and something yet to be determined.

The four other frames are running down the hallway in my basement, and are permenant displays for Gremlins, Back to the Future, The Thing and one TBD.

 

[jimjimmyjones85]

I want to get a lighted frame. Any suggestions ?

 

[teemu]

I got a Rambo 4 two sided poster (rolled) straight from the movie theatre from a buddy

 

[Bannister]

I just received the Tron Legacy double-sided poster for free, using my Disney reward points.

So it is double sided. I hadn't picked it up since it didn't say if it was on the site.

 

[Bannister]

Unfortunately there are double-sided reprints out there - especially of the twin towers Spider-man. I got mine before it was recalled, so I'm pretty certain it's original. Most double-sided reprints are pretty easy to tell - usually the mirror image side is the same brightness as the front. On a real double sided, the back side isn't as bright (usually).

The first double sided poster wasn't created until the 90s I believe.

For SW it's a crap shoot since repros are extremely common (no double sided originals there). My rolled SW is actually from the video release of the film. But the only difference between it and a theatrical release is that it has a Lucasfilm copyright under the image and the theatrical had a Fox copyright. Both have a Fox copyright at the very bottom.

I also like to collect unusual ones like lenticulars or mylars (I have a Superman '78 on mylar).

I have an original DS Goodfellas poster, so they definitely started doing it by 1990. On the Spiderman's, I am pretty sure if it is lighter on the back, it is original.

 

[Michael Crawford]

For lighted boxes, I think River City does a great job for the price:

https://cgi.ebay.com/Movie-Poster-L...107?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d29791ad3

 

[Nuka Cola Kidd]

Those look nice. Price is great also.

 

[beeshaw]

I wouldn't say I 'collect' but I have a handful that I rotate into my home theatre.

I have the following in 27x40:

Slither *DS

King Kong (remake) (angry close up of Kong) *DS

TDK Teaser *DS

TDK DVD/BD release (burning bat building)

TDK (Joker - Hit Me) -reprint

The Incredible Hulk *DS

Transformers 2 Imax *DS

Transformers 2 Imax *DS

And I have a Serenity International poster that 18 x 24

Serenity is on permanent display since I only have one frame in that size, and I currently have Hulk, Slither and TDK (hit me) on display.

And I bought the Transformers posters before I saw the flick...

There are tons I'd love to buy and display, but cash is tight and diapers>posters. lol

Outdated pic but...

 

[Jair]

Been collecting movie posters for close to 30 years now, its a great hobby to have and for the most part be semi expensive depending on how and what posters you get.

A good place to get poster frames is hollywoodposterframes.com, they ship anywhere, make quality frames for the price, been using them for over 15 years. I use both the archival and deluxe.

One of the things anyone really getting into collecting has to realize is that once you put a poster in a good frame, it should stay in there, the newer posters can be removed (though I wouldn't recommend it) but the older stuff, especially linenbacked, removing them can create damage to corners. Older posters, pre 1990's are folded quite a bit more, so once they get into frames, they are even harder to remove.

I've got about 400+ posters and about 50+ in frames, once I moved to my current location, I've only hanged about 5 frames, my older place in Alaska had about 20 spots on the wall. My most expensive posters would prolly be my one sheet "to catch a thief" or my one sheet "goldfinger" , both are linen backed but look fantastic, but my favorite would be my "Jaws" one sheet, which hangs over my sideshow Jaws maquette in my office.

I try and get a lot of off style sheets too, like Star Wars style D, which is my favorite of the 4 primary styles, though I have the style A as well. I've got a nice collection of Hammer Film posters and some neat euro stuff like "Dangeriabolik" and "Suspira".


Evan

 

[Nuka Cola Kidd]

I just received the Tron Legacy double-sided poster for free, using my Disney reward points.

Didn't know it was available, but I just scrounged around my DVDs and found 550 points! SCORE!

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[Darklord Dave]

Nope, double sided posters have existed since the 50's. They weren't common because the cost was so high, but they were there. They didn't start slipping in more often til the 80's, and by the mid-90's they were pretty much the standard. It seems to me that 1985 was sort of the turning year, where they went from mostly folded single sided to more rolled double sided, although we really didn't see double sided go nuts til the mid-90's. I also think it was around 85 that the size shifted from 27x41 down to 27x40.

I seem to remember we've had this discussion before - but the doublesided from the 50s to the 80s were few and far between and were more specialty product rather than the norm. I was working in a movie theater 85-94 and we never got double-sided posters in until the early 90s.

As for Hollywood Book & Poster - I used to buy from them a lot. Pretty sure they're all original - they run out fast of popular titles and some (like WB) they hardly get any in at all.

 

[Chapter 2099]

For lighted boxes, I think River City does a great job for the price:

https://cgi.ebay.com/Movie-Poster-L...107?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d29791ad3

That's where I get my light boxes from. I love them. They were a pleasure to work with too.

 

[El Skutto]

Didn't know it was available, but I just scrounged around my DVDs and found 550 points! SCORE!

Thanks for the heads up!

No worries, I'm glad I could help.

Now I just need to score an original 1982 Tron movie poster...

 

[Michael Crawford]

I seem to remember we've had this discussion before - but the doublesided from the 50s to the 80s were few and far between and were more specialty product rather than the norm. I was working in a movie theater 85-94 and we never got double-sided posters in until the early 90s.

As for Hollywood Book & Poster - I used to buy from them a lot. Pretty sure they're all original - they run out fast of popular titles and some (like WB) they hardly get any in at all.

No, they weren't common, as I said. They were far too expensive to produce, so they were only for very special situations. They started showing up more in the late 80's, and by the mid-90's they were the standard.

Anyone have any consistent luck with reducing fold lines? I have a couple I'd like to experiment with, but was wondering if anyone else had some pointers.

 

[jimjimmyjones85]

For lighted boxes, I think River City does a great job for the price:

https://cgi.ebay.com/Movie-Poster-L...107?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d29791ad3

This looks nice. How easy is it to swap the posters ?

I almost bought one with bulbs around it like the old style ones, but it was beyond my price range.