Well, I'm trying to save money, but I just put a couple of bids on Laserdiscs from Yahoo Japan Auctions (through a proxy service.)

The discs themselves are kinda cheap, but the shipping is what's going to kill me.

But one of them is going to be a gift, so that's my justification for the purchase.

That makes it okay, right?

Well, I keep putting off putting this one extra Laserdisc player I have on Ebay. I'm probably going to end up finally setting up the lot tonight, but is that really a good idea right now ( Read more... )

So I'm working today. Thankfully I don't work at a retail place so I didn't have to get up at some inane hour and deal with rabid shoppers fighting each other over a $3 whajamawhozit (which normally costs $8 ( Read more... )

Well, I'm never going to get any work done ever again thanks to The Laserdisc Database. You see they've opened up a forum on the site now, so I'm yammering back and forth with other Laserdisc collectors constantly.

One lucky SOB has all three Asian releases of Disney's "Never to be re-released again" Song of the South . . .

( images of the covers under here )

Want to hear what the Japanese dub voices for the pets in Homeward Bound sound like? Go to the 2 min mark of this vid . . .

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One of the Japanese LD releases of Beauty and the Beast has a Japanese dub soundtrack as well. Might have to get that just to hear what it's like!

The Digital Bits website made a joke site on April Fools that apparently, only longtime home theatre fans and/or LD enthusiasts like myself will get (and those who remember going to a video store to rent movies to some extent) . . .

The Analog BitsWith such amusing articles like the "Star Wars on SPECIAL EDITION Laserdisc Campaign" and " ( Read more... )

Sure it won't have the commentary we all love, but . . .


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I really need to stop looking at Laserdiscs that I want to buy . . .

( . . . especially when I'll have to import them from Japan like these )

Card Store Owner Pole Dances In Store

Is it sweeps week for the news? XD XD XD

In other news, this came in the mail yesterday . . .


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Sooooooooo . . . Beauty and the Beast was re-released today.

What do I think?

I think we'll never get a newer transfer of the original camera negative framing of this wonderful film.

( Explanation and pics under here )