#VHS clamshell

[satiricalgraphics]

[skinetom]

Midnight Video ~ Video Distributor ~ 1982 ~ 1985

[acosmicvoyager]

ca

[gaykarstaagforever]

A little sus how VHSs at the thrift store used to be 99 cents a pop. Then this #canceldisneyplus thing started and suddenly, all the animated Disney clamshells are $3.99.

...I mean I still bought six because if anything, these stores seem to low-ball stuff to get it to move because it's all about the cash flow.

But I still suspect I am being fleeced by people who are trying to raise money to support homeless drug addicts trying to improve their lives.

I'M ON TO YOUR GAME, YOU RAPACIOUS BASTARDS!

[eggbem]

Presenting: The Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie VHS: Clamshell Edition!

Okay, so I have been dying to share this project since I completed it last November, but I've been waiting until I was a little more active on my socials. And now I am!

I was inspired by thecolinstein on instagram to make this. I found his version back in 2023 and I wanted to buy it, but then I thought, hey, I could just make my own how I want it! With a clamshell case! How hard could it be?

Very hard, as it turns out.

That's not to discourage anyone from trying themselves. There were just a lot of roadblocks unique to my own process. Like the fact that I went through, like, five tapes recording the video file because I thought they were bad tapes. Nope, it was my stupid "smart" tv trying to automatically adjust the aspect ratio that was making the picture black out periodically. And before I got a computer that DIDN'T take 1 million years to boot up, it was difficult to design the cover and labels too.

Here's the playback:

Yes, I did record it at (almost) full aspect ratio, not 4:3, but 1.85:1 because that's how I'd watch it (I didn't want cropping on certain scenes and I REALLY didn't want letterboxing). And those glitchy parts on CJ's face are from my phone's camera, not the recording itself (you have no idea the heart attack I had before I double-checked lol)

Now, obviously since there's nothing on the tape to say that this is just a fanmade product, I will NOT be recreating this VHS for sale, not like thecolinstein (he has disclaimers on his). I'm not sure of the legality of selling my version. My whole intent was to simply make it look like the real deal, like you could find this in a garage sale bargain pile and believe it might have once been widely distributed. Also, I cannot be bothered to try taping the video file again, you can't make me lol. This was just a passion project. But I do hope I've inspired someone else!

[librarycard]

vhs tapes are so sexy.... slip case.... clamshell..... unwind...... tell me more about this world

[benk625-blog]

Is Sinners the greatest movie ever made?

Am I going to watch it at least once a year, every year until I die?

Am I hoping for Tony Award winning Sinners: The Musical?

Do I desperately require TWO prestige streaming prequels that will be canceled after 2 seasons? (The Smokestack twins Meet the Harlem Hell fighters in WWI & Smokestack Twins: The Chicago Years)

Have I fashioned a plastic lunchbox for Sinners: the Saturday morning cartoon series?

Do I need to go to 4 separate McDonald's to get all 4 collectors drinking cups?

Has the Mystery Machine investigated the the Old Haunted Sawmill only to uncover it was a nefarious real estate scheme by old man Hogwood in the straight to clamshell VHS?

[robsheridan]

Enjoy some glorious retro textures from these pristine old VHS tape label sheets I’ve acquired.

I have no shortage of old used VHS tapes, but the ones I find almost never have unused label sheets in them. Well shoutout to my Mom’s husband, who gave me a box of his old tapes where he had also saved a HUGE stack of label sheets, meticulously preserved!

Also in the box were some really sleek Fuji black plastic hard clamshell VHS cases (last slide), for only your very finest recordings of course.

This is all big treasure to weirdos like me.

[monithewhale]

This is so cool are you kidding me?!

[frogshunnedshadows]

Gobsmacked by the weird old home media at my local Goodwill (thrift store). Combo-pack DVD and HD-DVD – remember those? The red ones? Half a dozen "For Your Consideration" promo 'booklets' with select clips from FX TV shows – must have come from some local TV critic. And a surprising amount of VHS tapes, including some from as late as 2002! Even a bunch of those big white Disney clamshell ones.

[vhshistory]

The VHS release of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2005)

This is the last animated Nickelodeon film released on VHS and it is the only SpongeBob film released on the format. It is also one of the last VHS releases to be released in a clamshell case.

[skooodles]

Film Threat hawking Nekromantik. I own the VHS clamshell that they used to sell in the magazine.

[ronmerchant]

Anyone buy vhs tapes from these guys back in the day? I did-WHITE ZOMBIE (1932), the SHE MONSTER (1959),and the BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE (1959)! In clamshells! Still got 'em!

[thewisestwizards]

VHSeptember Day 6: In the Not to Distant Future. My Mad Maxes and the beautiful clamshell VHS of The Road Warrior.

[gwydionae]

I was tagged by @provider-of-guardians (thanks! ^_^)

I've never made a poll before am I a cool kid now lol

Behold... my stuff. XD

I tag whoever wants to make a poll sharing all the fun and weird things in their room!

[brokehorrorfan]

Spirit Halloween carries VHS-inspired Collector's Boxes for Halloween II, Corpse Bride, IT: Chapter Two, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and Trick 'r Treat.

Priced at $14.99, each set contains six title-specific items - a patch, two buttons, two decals, and a lanyard with badge - all housed in a clamshell video case with reversible artwork (clean and faux-aged).