8mm Forum: 30 thousand seems a smidge on the high side

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Posted by Jason Patnode (Member # 5973) on July 06, 2018, 02:05 AM:

Ummmm...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Terminator-70mm-Feature-Film-Ride-T2-12-Minute-Movie-ULTRA-RARE/253066641327?hash=item3aebf27faf:g:XmUAAOSwMZJZenCm

Posted by Brian Fretwell (Member # 4302) on July 06, 2018, 02:16 AM:

Sold for people to cut up and use the individual frames to re-sell, or use in other projects it seems. I wonder how many of the "damaged" frames mentioned there are.
I quote the pitch for the sale and what they want people to think they can make from it :-
"The Back to the Future ride at Universal also used a 70mm film to produce the visual effects during the ride. There is a pair of BTTF 70mm frame cells (TWO CELLS/FRAMES) for sale (online) which is commanding $149.00 for just TWO CELLS as there were only a handful created."

Hoping for greedy a buy who thinks he can sell at that price?

[ July 06, 2018, 05:51 AM: Message edited by: Brian Fretwell ]

Posted by Melvin England (Member # 5270) on July 06, 2018, 04:04 AM:

12 Minutes x 60 seconds per minute x 24 frames per second = 17280

29995 divided by 17280 = $1.74 per frame ( $41.66 per second )

Make of that what you will.....

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