Huge LaserDisc haul!
Well, haven't posted anything lately in this part of the forum. But today I got something in the mail I feel like sharing with you guys.
I got 4 packages containing 129 laserdisc movies! Hopefully the player I bought with the movies (Pioneer CLD-1750) will arrive tomorrow. I got it all for 2400 NOK, or about $444.
Here are some pictures:
^Sorting out the movies by first letter.
^Finally sorted everything out alphabetically. Took me a couple of hours.
^For those of you who don't know how big these are, here is a size comparison with a normal CD/DVD. A laserdisc is 12" in diameter.
I got 4 packages containing 129 laserdisc movies! Hopefully the player I bought with the movies (Pioneer CLD-1750) will arrive tomorrow. I got it all for 2400 NOK, or about $444.
Here are some pictures:
^Sorting out the movies by first letter.
^Finally sorted everything out alphabetically. Took me a couple of hours.
^For those of you who don't know how big these are, here is a size comparison with a normal CD/DVD. A laserdisc is 12" in diameter.
Comments
Seems a lot more people are getting in to the Laserdiscs. I've been on a slight kick for several years with them. Recently picked up nearly everything on my wanted list at a garage sale.
The seller only stated it were 100 movies, didn't mention any titles or anything else. So what I got was a surprise. There are a few "gaps" I need to fill in. I got two copies of Terminator 2, but didn't get the first movie. I also now have Friday the 13th 1 and 3, så need to get at least the 2nd movie as well. Hope some of the missing titles isn't expensive.
Jeremy
Jeremy
My parents collected Laserdisc for many years, and acumilated alot. I used to randomly pick one out of the many stacks and watch them. They got them all from thrift stores for next to nothing, probably like. 50 cents each. The best part was that I randomly found some porn in the stacks of discs. I didn,t know that they made porn for laserdisc. I was like 12 or 13 at the time so I did not complain.
When you mention it, I actually found something weird that might be porn. In the lot I got there is a movie called "The Girl with the heart shaped tattoo" which also says "Adult content, rated X. Do not sell to minors." I'm not familiar with the rating system in the US, but it sure sounded like vintage pr0n. Haven't tried it yet, though.
You
know me im always interested in ANY horror flicks u have,, def. hit me
up prob the biggest collector of these things on here ,, got over 300 of em right now and am always looking for good flicks so hit me up!
Jeremy
I'm not interested in selling anything, so have to disappoint you there. I got a lot of different horror films in the lot, but the ones I were most exited over were: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2, Friday the 13th 1 and 3. I want to mainly try to complete those series now of the different horror films I got.
Also want to correct the total price I paid for the movies and the player. I actually just paid 1500 NOK (or about $279) for the stuff and another 900 NOK (~ $167) in shipping.
I want to import movies, but the shipping cost is going to get insane. Everything in Norway is import, and it is rare to come by, so eBay is my best bet.
I'm not sure if it is the player or the discs, but sometimes the movie just skips forward. It's been less frequent after several hours of use. My guess it is just the mechanical parts that have become stiff and runs more an more smooth again. It have been stored in a basement or something for a few years.
Nah haha it doesnt go for $1000 it all matters on what verison you have,,, you can get one if you look for around $50 hahah, idk where you saw one that was $1000, I knew one came out in 1979 which makes it one of the oldest laserdiscs,,, but idk where you saw that it was $1000,, just curious haha
Jeremy
2003-4, after all the fakes came about, it drove the price up, i know at least one sold for a grand, but others were going for 4-500 around that time. the first run of the dvd was going for $6-700. it was going for so much because the dvd's were pulled off the line during production. the first run of the ld is worth so much because it was the criterion collection, probably taken out of it now. for whatever reason people thought it was such an abomination of a movie that they seemingly didnt want it in production, then all the fakes came..they just in the last few years started doing dvd's of it again, and i think they did a remaster somehow because the original acetate they used for the ld/dvd were fucked up...pretty crazy movie, pasolini paid for it with his life
Jeremy
if i could find the player.
The player doesn't recognize the discs anymore. I've spoken with a couple of enthusiasts, and they claim it is only the laser-head that have become misaligned after the shipping. Hope I manage to re-calibrate it.
i remember seeing a salo tapestry, something screenprinted on ebay and i think it was going for $2000, so all the profit was squeezed out of that film between the years of 2002 and 2004. its a very niche thing and not many people have even heard of the movie, much less have a desire to seek it out. im sure theres others from the criterion collection that are valuable, but at that point, that horrible movie was going for ridiculous money. visually, the movie is pretty incredible, with the architexture and surroundings, its just a shame that its such a horrible film.
I read 120 Days Of Sodom around 8 years ago, and I was amazed on how extreme Marquis De Sade got; the movie is actually toned down a lot!
Nice pickup mang.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Salo-120-Days-Sodom-WS-NEW-Criterion-LaserDisc-209-/200621623491?pt=US_Laserdisc&hash=item2eb5fb08c3