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Challenge 6 is to show off a fannish collection.

This photo of my largest fandom collection isn't very good, but I will have good pictures in a few weeks. Photographing this collection for Neocities and putting other info up is a project I've started working on.





This is most of my Buckaroo Banzai collection. I want to figure out how to photography my different copies of the film. I think I need black backdrop because they don't pop well on my floor:



Notable items include:
* A reproduction of Mrs. Johnson's shirt from the film

* A print of the art created for special edition re-release in Europe. I also have a print of the art with the text, but I display the textless version.

* A Laserdisc copy

* A VHS copy made for the rental market. Rental releases of films cost hundreds of dollars when new. I don't know how much this VHS cost new, the sales catalogues from that era weren't online last I went looking. There was no home video release for decades. Most copies of the film were recordings from those few rental copies. I bought mine from a video rental store's going out of business sale. The store was in California. I lived in New York. I sent a paper check and some weeks later the VHS copy appeared. I'd only had a 3rd generation copy of a pirate broadcast before that.

* A box. It's a ... box that claims to have a plastic model kit in it. It's empty. During a brief period when the film wasn't in rights hell someone released an official merch item that was an empty box that looks like it had a mode kit in it. I don't get it. I really don't. But it was official merch so I bought it?

* The film negatives are how promo images used to be sent to magazines.

* The envelopes are the original press releases.

Not pictured:

* A print out of production art from a failed TV project.

* The original movie poster. It's downstairs and in a have frame with glass. I wasn't going to carry it right now.

* A few odd and ends that I forgot.

Date: 2019-07-21 03:12 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] nonniemous
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That is an impressive collection! It's such a fun movie.

Date: 2019-07-21 08:16 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] dunmurderin
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Wow! I love Buckaroo Banzai! I remember reading/loving the novelization back in the day. Very impressive collection!

Date: 2019-07-22 12:37 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] dunmurderin
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Neat!!

Date: 2019-07-21 10:32 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] enemytosleep
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I don't know the series/film, but that poster is to die for. ♥

Buckaroo Banzai

Date: 2019-07-22 12:35 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] oldtoadwoman
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I do need to watch this movie again. I've forgotten all but little bits and pieces.

Date: 2019-07-22 02:18 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] mistressofmuses
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Nice!!

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