8mm Forum: I bet you've never seen a movie packing like this (Tom & Jerry from Japan)

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Posted by Winbert Hutahaean (Member # 58) on September 10, 2019, 04:27 PM:

Japanese publishers are always surprising me when they pack items for their buyers. It happens a lot in vinyls collecting scene making Japanese pressing have always been sought after by the world collectors.

Now, I have just found this type of different packing in super 8mm films.

Have you ever seen another title with this type of packing?

cheers,

Posted by Bill Phelps (Member # 1431) on September 10, 2019, 06:17 PM:

It is pretty cool...it was posted in the eBay oddities thread last month. I have never seen any others like that. They are asking the moon for it though!

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on September 12, 2019, 11:33 AM:

That is REALLY neat, though! [Smile]

Posted by Joe Vannicola (Member # 4156) on September 12, 2019, 11:36 AM:

That is totally cool! Wish I collected Super 8.

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on September 13, 2019, 11:27 AM:

Japan is really a nearly "unknown for us collectors unless, of course, you are resident over there and know just what is available on super 8! It appears, from what I have seen, that they had super 8 optical as well as scope films long before it was ever adopted anywhere else ...

Can Jason, perhaps, verify that? [Smile]

Posted by Leon Norris (Member # 3151) on September 13, 2019, 12:11 PM:

Real nice! And yes they did have super 8 optical sound tom and jerry toons! I have a few coming in. Can't wait to check them out!

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on September 14, 2019, 11:18 AM:

Please let us know the color quality or film-stock, if possible, Leon ...

Posted by Jason Smith (Member # 5055) on September 15, 2019, 08:49 PM:

quote:
It appears, from what I have seen, that they had super 8 optical as well as scope films long before it was ever adopted anywhere else

Yes, Osi they did have Super 8 optical films here quite early.
Even before Super 8, Toei was selling the Toei Talkie 8M that could play standard 8 magnetic and optical films. I have a few optical Regular 8 educational films that were made for elementary and junior high schools here in Japan by Toei.

As far as Super 8 films, I would definitely say that optical Super 8 films are more prevalent that magnetic films here in Japan.

Toei,Fujifilm, and Daiei Film all released features in Scope with optical soundtracks in the 1970s.

Posted by Chip Gelmini (Member # 44) on September 15, 2019, 09:18 PM:

Hey Osi

Jason has a 200ft optical Star Wars digest on EBay right now......

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