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Steven J Kirk
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 873
From: Southern England
Registered: Apr 2008

posted October 07, 2015 08:58 AM

Okay, so we know there are a lot of serious Star Wars collectors out there and we know that a Derann feature of the film might reach £1,000 BUT

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STAR-WARS-C9-5-REVENGE-JEDI-R2-D2-BLANK-NAMEPLATE-MISPRINT-PROOF-AFA-WORTHY-R2D2-/141778032718?hash=item2102a1184e

... it is a piece of cardboard. Folks. That is what it is. It is a piece of cardboard.

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Bill Phelps
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: USA
Registered: Jan 2009

posted October 07, 2015 10:07 AM

I have a cardboard story...

About 10 years ago my brother, a big Lionel train collector bought a collection of trains and empty boxes from a store owner and after going thru everything we found a nice set box in great shape for a set of trains from 1956 (can't remember the set) that is listed in the price guide for $9,000 complete.

We decided to list the box for the set on eBay and see what happened...we started it at $200 and within an hour it had bids at $1000....ended up selling for $3800, we could hardly believe it! Turns out the fellow who bought it was a set collector and had the set and needed the box to complete it. He had missed out on one some time earlier that sold for $7000. The box we sold had a small water stain and he told me if the water stain was not there he would have been willing to go higher.

At the time we said...it's only a cardboard box....but it had the right set # stamped on it!

Bill [Smile]

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Osi Osgood
Film God

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From: Mountian Home, ID.
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posted October 07, 2015 01:05 PM

Don't be surprised (and no doubt a little annoyed) if it gets bid up! [Frown]

A friend of mine has an actual pre-release theatrical poster of "Revenge of the Jedi". I've told him to wait until the last few weeks before the new movie, when the "feeding frenzy' for all things STAR WARS comes to it's highest bidding idiocy!!

By the way, on a slightly related note ...

Did they release any of these new STAR WARS trailers on 35MM for the theaters, or are they all just digital files?

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Brian Fretwell
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From: London, UK
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posted October 07, 2015 05:30 PM

Did a trailer for "Revenge of the Jedi" get out on Super 8? I'm sure I read a review for one.

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Bill Phelps
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: USA
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posted October 07, 2015 05:36 PM

Yes there is a super 8 trailer for Revenge... I don't have it but I have seen it.

Bill [Smile]

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Jean-Marc Toussaint
Film God

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From: France
Registered: Oct 2004

posted October 07, 2015 06:15 PM

Not sure about super 8 but it's available on 16mm.

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Osi Osgood
Film God

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From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005

posted October 08, 2015 11:07 AM

Yes, the strange thing about it, is that it's different from another trailer of "Revenge of the Jedi". I used to have it, and at least some of them were printed on LPP film stock.

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Steven J Kirk
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Southern England
Registered: Apr 2008

posted October 11, 2015 09:01 PM

Definitely there will be film distribution of The Force Awakens, it seems. IMDB now has this as release formats:

35 mm (Kodak Vision Premier 2393)
70 mm (IMAX DMR blow-up)
D-Cinema (also 3-D version)

Doesn't mention super 8 [Frown]

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Tim Robinson-Ayer
Junior
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From: Wisconsin
Registered: Mar 2011

posted October 17, 2015 08:48 AM

I have one of those pre-release Revenge of the Jedi posters. It was printed in an issue of weekly Variety. It is very nice, however people overestimate their value. I've never seen one go for more than $100-200 on eBay.

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