8mm Forum: Collectors Club KING KONG Reels 1& 2

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Posted by Timothy Price (Member # 1832) on March 08, 2013, 03:24 PM:

If anybody's looking ... [Big Grin]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/KING-KONG-Super-8-8mm-Collectors-Club-Reels-One-Two-BEYOND-RARE-/251241620101?pt=US_Movie_Mixed_Lots_Other_Formats&hash=item3a7f2ae285

Thanks!

Posted by Winbert Hutahaean (Member # 58) on March 08, 2013, 04:18 PM:

Inotice from the screen short, the print is very dark and muddy too.

Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on March 08, 2013, 04:43 PM:

I find myself standing corrected. My apologies Tim, I didn't realize it was your print. [Embarrassed]

PatD

[ March 09, 2013, 04:29 PM: Message edited by: Pasquale DAlessio ]

Posted by Michael O'Regan (Member # 938) on March 08, 2013, 04:56 PM:

If you don't like the print, folks, don't bid. It's quite simple. It's mean-spirited to publicly criticise other members sales or auctions, in my opinion.

Posted by Winbert Hutahaean (Member # 58) on March 08, 2013, 05:04 PM:

So the seller is member of this forum?... [Confused]

We obviously don't remember each one of you at Ebay.

Better for next time to start the topic with "I put my films on Ebay...if anybody is looking ....".

I believe no one is going to jump with a nasty comment (include me).

Sorry Tim...! but still the print is very dark [Big Grin]

Posted by Timothy Price (Member # 1832) on March 08, 2013, 05:17 PM:

Auction even states film is dark.

Posted by Hugh Thompson Scott (Member # 2922) on March 08, 2013, 05:56 PM:

I remember years ago Tim having this very print, long before
Mountain released the feature. The print I thought was good and
I had mine striped and recorded the sound onto it from a tape
bought from the USA. It is an excellent edit and a real collectors item.Good luck with your sale.

Posted by Timothy Price (Member # 1832) on March 08, 2013, 06:17 PM:

Thanks Hugh! Do you know about what year Collector's Club released this? (King Kong on 2 reels) It seems very, very old to me. [Confused]

Posted by Adrian Winchester (Member # 248) on March 08, 2013, 06:19 PM:

I think it might be worth saying digest in the title. I know it's stated in the text but being a Collectors Club release, I firstly mistook it for the first two parts of a feature release as I didn't know that they ever produced edited versions.

Posted by Austin Holcomb (Member # 2507) on March 08, 2013, 06:21 PM:

I beleive there is a 4X400' release of the feature edited down slightly if i'm not mistaken. Good luck with the sale!
Austin

Posted by Timothy Price (Member # 1832) on March 08, 2013, 06:30 PM:

Good idea on listing it as a "digest" I'll fix that! I also dropped the starting bid. I have the Mountain releases (Battles The Monsters & Terrorizes NY) So I just don't need this.

BTW- I scored a bunch more German Japanese monster flicks I'll be listing on ebay as well!

If you guys are interested I have a FB page called "Collecting Super 8" It's NOT to compete with the forum here, just something I did for fun. [Big Grin]

Posted by Austin Holcomb (Member # 2507) on March 08, 2013, 06:34 PM:

Im curious to see what it sells for. [Smile]

Hopefully you get what you were looking for.
Austin

Posted by Hugh Thompson Scott (Member # 2922) on March 08, 2013, 06:51 PM:

Hi Tim, the first time I came across a 2 reel version of "King Kong"
was when I seen it advertised in issue #2 of FXRH Magazine back
in '71.It really is a great edit of the film, and I was very fond of
my copy.So for a film that's over 40 years old, it is in suprisingly
very good condition.

Posted by Laksmi Breathwaite (Member # 2320) on March 08, 2013, 09:08 PM:

Good Luck on your sale it is a real jem of a oldie. I have a real rare Ireland 3X 400 B/W sound version I love with the X rated Fay Ray and Kong strip part, and the natives getting smashed and eaten. It is very nice edit.

Posted by Hugh Thompson Scott (Member # 2922) on March 09, 2013, 09:28 AM:

i've never heard of any Irish prints Laksmi,are you sure it isn't
just the 3x400 edit of Mountains feature?

Posted by Lee Mannering (Member # 728) on March 09, 2013, 10:18 AM:

Hugh is right, and some of us kids then even went to the trouble of making a sound track on cassette tape. Happy days Hugh!

Tim Collectors Club used the double 8 run negative to make those prints and the 2 reel version does not become available all that often. Nice little collectable film you have there and much fun for someone I am sure.

Posted by Laksmi Breathwaite (Member # 2320) on March 09, 2013, 11:05 AM:

Yeah Hugh your right I bought it from some Leprechaun the 3x400 edit of Mountains feature. I ment that I got it in the land of the four leave clovers.

Posted by Hugh Thompson Scott (Member # 2922) on March 09, 2013, 02:38 PM:

Happy days indeed Lee & Laksmi.I REALLY loved that little film,
my soundtrack was one of many purchased from a chap in
Levittown, Penns. and enabled me to have a two reel Kong with
all the great scenes in sound.I wonder where it is now?

Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on March 09, 2013, 04:17 PM:

Hugh

It's on EBay!

PatD [Wink]

Posted by Hugh Thompson Scott (Member # 2922) on March 09, 2013, 04:40 PM:

Hi Pat, thanks, that's exactly why we're having this little sharing
of thoughts on a very humble release that Tim is now selling.
I think mine was in a box of Castle/Ken 200's that I gave to my
mate's young son when he got his first projector.

Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on March 09, 2013, 05:52 PM:

Hugh

Where's Cumbria? I will be in Kent April visiting family.

PatD

Posted by Hugh Thompson Scott (Member # 2922) on March 09, 2013, 07:02 PM:

Hi Pat, you'll enjoy Kent Pat, known as the "Garden of England".
Cumbria is at the other end of the country from Kent, just on the Border of Scotland, opposite the Isle of Man on the West Coast,
Lake District country and very cold this time of year.

Posted by Timothy Price (Member # 1832) on March 10, 2013, 03:42 PM:

If you happened to be following this auction don't despair! Decided to re-list Kong in a few weeks(I think!)when my next batch of Kaiju Super 8's arrive!

I'll be posting Son Of Godzilla, Godzilla VS. Megalon, Godzilla VS. Gigan and Reels 1,2 & 3 of King Kong VS. Godzilla. Less trips to the P.O. means less money spent on gas which means MORE movies! [Big Grin]

Tim

Posted by Timothy Price (Member # 1832) on March 16, 2013, 09:55 PM:

Kong has been re-Listed along with 2nd auction. ALL THREE 400ft reels of King Kong VS. Godzilla! [Big Grin]

Kong ...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251246336861?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

KK VS. G ...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251246354985?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

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