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YOUR LATEST RARE VHS PUCHASES; A.K.A The penis measuring thread
Topic Started: Jun 5 2008, 06:23 PM (350,890 Views)
giallohunter
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cannibal man
Oct 9 2010, 11:03 PM
these 3 tapes are ust wonderful crazy.
the aetwprk on the sleeves are just top notch.

regarding esselte label how many titles did they do.
are they a big company.

i see there are black and white esselte tapes are the white ones releases later releases.
and also when you say black and white esselte releases is this because the sleeves are white and black depending whethere its a black or white esselte release.

remember seeing thriller a cruel picture on esselte selling for  6 maybe 7 hundred quid a year or so ago.
and its just amazingly rare.
i seen it uncut.
that bit where she gets the blade in the eye.WOW!!

really want to get all her films on swedish vhs.
here is one as an example.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXRgdTim78E

The First tape is an Trix (Serien 1-26), Second is an Walthers Video (Silver) the company that took more or less over Cinehollywood in Sweden and Finland!

Esselte Video released a lot of titles between the earliest days to the end of the VHS era, an small label map would more of less look like this:

1. Black (was the earliest releases)
2. Silver
3. White
4. Yellow
6. CIC Video

I have a few Yellow Esselte Videos for sale at the moment on ebay:
http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?LH_PrefLoc=2&_nkw=esselte+video

Thriller - En Grym film is more or less on the first place on the list of the rarest of the rare Swedish tapes and it also cut to pieces! The Danish Black Esselte was also heavily cut! One was also sold for 6000-7000 SEK on tradera a month ago!

According to some Swedish collectors, the rare or the rarest list looks like this:

1. Thriller (Esselte)
2. Bårhusassistenten (Abefko)
3. Dödskommendanten (Filmex)
4. Ögat i Labyrinten (Filmex)

and then there is also many titles, which there is only one known ex off:

Terror (Cinehollywood)
the rest of the Abefko tapes etc...
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dag-johnny
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karamurat
Oct 9 2010, 10:07 AM
Some great tapes there johnny you must have been well pleased when you opened the box
The 2 Videoring titles are they UK releases?

I was very please when I opened up the boxes.
I'm not sure if the Videoring releases are from UK, because I haven't
checked them yet. I have one other Videoring release (Alpha Incident) and this
tape has Norwegian subtitles. So they were distributed here with added subtitles.
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shootgringoshoot
Oct 9 2010, 10:31 AM
isnt that green tape - a ma for hanging- a german tape?

can remember i also found it once on betamax.


that zorro tape looks great! if you ever want to do it away, please led me know!

The green Videoring release is either a UK release or a Scandinavian release.
They were distributed here with a added subtitles. But I haven't checked the tape,
so I don't know if there are subtitles.

Yes, that Zorro tape is beautiful. I think I only have one of it, therefore it will
stay in my collection. If I should find another one, I will let you know
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Jack J
Oct 9 2010, 11:53 AM
Awesome, Dag-Johnny. :wub:

Are they all Norwegian?

Thanks Jack.

Most of them are Norwegians, buth there are som Swedish tapes there also.
And a few UK Pre Certs.
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crazygoaboy
Oct 9 2010, 04:12 PM
filminteressert
Oct 9 2010, 04:04 PM

Ok, i suspected it was that one, but had to be sure, are you going to trade away some of these or are you just gonna keep them for your self! If you are selling some, i would very much like to have this war movie and 2 of the Black Mariann Videos! :tapelove:

Those tapes are keepers for sure. It can be that I have doubles of some of them, but sadly not the ones you were asking about. Sorry :tapelove:
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magnus
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Oct 9 2010, 11:23 PM

1. Black (was the earliest releases)
2. Silver
3. White
4. Yellow
6. CIC Video


Before the Black ones there was black/white (also with icons on the spine) and even before that was the square box black/white (like that Thriller tape). These early tapes are very rare because Esselte destroyed most of them when the newer ones were released...
Esselte was probably the biggest videolabel over here in the 80s/90s, releaseing loads and loads of Hollywood-films. Also they were biggest manufaturer of stationary, office supplies, school books....
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magnus
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crazygoaboy
Oct 9 2010, 11:23 PM
According to some Swedish collectors, the rare or the rarest list looks like this:

1. Thriller (Esselte)
2. Bårhusassistenten (Abefko)
3. Dödskommendanten (Filmex)
4. Ögat i Labyrinten (Filmex)


Interestingly all of these have more than one known existing copy, so rather than the "rarest" i´d say the most desiareble.
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Oct 9 2010, 08:54 PM
Thanks mate!  :cheers:

There is also some great Spaghettis on this label which i'm working on getting very soon!

One is this: Gräv dig grav, Sabata kommer!

do you have an images of the spaghetti on black esselt?

I have a few of them on yellow, but i dont know anything of a sabata releasê on esselt....


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Oct 10 2010, 09:04 AM
crazygoaboy
Oct 9 2010, 11:23 PM

1. Black (was the earliest releases)
2. Silver
3. White
4. Yellow
6. CIC Video


Before the Black ones there was black/white (also with icons on the spine) and even before that was the square box black/white (like that Thriller tape). These early tapes are very rare because Esselte destroyed most of them when the newer ones were released...
Esselte was probably the biggest videolabel over here in the 80s/90s, releaseing loads and loads of Hollywood-films. Also they were biggest manufaturer of stationary, office supplies, school books....

Then there were also these Esselte Arnold tapes, they looked like this:

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2 of the later variants that i forgot all about and seems that Magnus also did was:

- Orion
- Video Trade

Often they went with the Yellow Esselte tapes wirh those sleeves!
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Yes, Esselte-Arnold, the coolest ones! They´re like a special set, of i think 10-12(can´t remember), and i believe released between the black/white & black editions, not sure though. Shamefull of me to forget them... and internationally, i´d say that the most sought after swedish tape is that Lady Frankenstein, at least it used to be.
Some Video trade releases are very rare, a couple giallos, but mostly it´s typical 80s Hollywood stuff, just like the Yellow ones....

On Black Essellte three spaghettis (as far as i know) :
Gräv din grav, Sabata kommer (also re-released on yellow with different sleeve) - Dig Your Grave Friend... Sabata's Coming
Storsmockan i vilda västern (also several other releases) - Rita the kid
Hämndens colt - reverend colt

on black/white Esselte:
Grym revansch - Sonny & Jed
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