8mm Forum: War Of The Planets S8 SOUND ebay

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Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on June 24, 2016, 05:50 PM:

You never know how much these film are going to fetch. I have never seen a sound version of this film anywhere. It's no wonder the bids are rolling in.

Check this out:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WAR-OF-THE-PLANETS-CA STLE-FILMS-SUPER-8-MM-SOUND-NIB-/222156567723?hash=item33b99034ab:g:b34AAOSw-4BXZERR

Posted by Melvin England (Member # 5270) on June 24, 2016, 05:55 PM:

Pasquale - Hope your dollar starters do the same! We laugh when we see opportunists price their films at a ridiculous price..... but if it gets there on its own merit...........!

Posted by Joe Caruso (Member # 11) on June 24, 2016, 06:16 PM:

This started at a sensible $9.98 - Naturally, certain titles will cause escalation - Shorty

Posted by Melvin England (Member # 5270) on June 24, 2016, 06:22 PM:

Exactly my point,Joe. Sometime a film will just take off from humble starting prices. Lucky seller!

Posted by Paul Suchy (Member # 80) on June 24, 2016, 07:03 PM:

The fact that it's sealed probably has a lot to do with the high bids. I only hope the buyer will crack it open and enjoy the print.

Posted by Douglas Warren (Member # 1047) on June 24, 2016, 09:17 PM:

That's insane but obviously the winning bidder really wanted that print. I used to own the silent version of that print but was disappointed that the Metaluna alien did not make an appearance in the digest!

Posted by Clinton Hunt (Member # 2072) on June 25, 2016, 12:27 AM:

And being a Black & White print it won't suffer from colour fade!
Still , that was a lot of money for what looks like a 200ft film.
Oh and imagine if it was faulty in some way but not discovered because it was still sealed!
But that's just being negative :-)
P.S. I love Sci-fi so I think if I had lots of money I would bid high too :-)

Posted by Joe Taffis (Member # 4) on June 25, 2016, 07:26 AM:

Douglas, thanks for that info. A B&W digest of a beautiful color film wouldn't suit me at all, especially without the metaluna mutant [Big Grin]

Too bad all the U8 400 footers of This Island Earth that I've seen have faded to red [Embarrassed]

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