Yes, I was one of the mindless drones that ventured out and partook (sic?) in the madness of Black Friday this year, and ended up walking away with some more Fleischer Bros. Superman releases in the process....
Below was found at Wal-mart for .96 cents, thought the price was exactly right for the cheap packaging involved:
But, then found something neat at K-mart for 5 bucks....Echo Bridge's Superman lunch box gift set...
Not bad for a Fleischer animated era style Superman tin-lunch box (something I probably would've killed for as a kid), and a DVD release I didn't already own
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Super Powers Collection (Warner Home Video 1985/1996)
Not neccessarily Fleischer Bros. Superman related, but Superman and animation related, and I felt the need to update the blog...
When I was a kid, I can remember seeing ads that ran for these VHS releases in various DC Comics in 1985, and boy, did I want 'em.
Warner Bros. Home Video did two releases of them over the years, originally in 1985 as a promotional tie with the then-current Kenner Super Powers action figure line, and again in 1996 with slightly different box art. I absolutely adore the Kenner toyline, and am always looking for oddball promo tie-ins to it.
Over the years, I've run across a couple of copies of these four releases...prior to tonight's purchase of this complete set of all four of these gems (three of which, the Superboy, Batman, and Aquaman are of '96 vintage, while the Superman is from the '85 release), I had acquired copies of the '85 release of the Aquaman and Superman cassettes, and a '96 Batman....Superboy always remained elusive to my hunt. Hell, until tonight, I was under the assumption that the only one of these to get a re-release in '96 was the Batman cassette...
Interesting side note about the material contained on these VHS: This is the only time that the Filmation 1966 Bat-Man and Superboy animated segments have ever been given any kind of home video release. Warner Bros. did DVD releases of all the other Filmation '66 stuff, but no Superboy (possibly due to the long-running courtcase over ownership of the property) and oddly no Batman...though the Batman segments were released through I-Tunes (I believe) around 2007 as downloadables.
Here's the Superman 1985 release...as you can tell, there are subtle box art differences, like the older WB logo and a color border around the box art on the back, as well as the copyright info in the indicia...
The logos differ on the two Superboy and Batman releases, the '85 featuring an older character logo design, as you'll notice from the pic of the print ad above...
All in all, a cool find at Goodwill for .99 cents apiece.
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Superman: Magnetic Telescope (RSVP)
Title: Superman in "Magnetic Telescope"
Manufacturer: RSVP Cartoon Greats (Royal Sound Video)
Date: 198?
This release contains the following titles:
Magnetic Telescope
Flop Goes the Weasel (non-Superman)
Pigs In a Polka (non- Superman)
The Mummy Strikes
VHSRip Needed
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Superman to the Rescue (1994 Unicorn Video)
Title: Superman to the Rescue
Manufacturer: Unicorn Video
Part #: 70025
Date: 1994
This release contains the following titles:
The Mad Scientist
Magnetic Telescope
Japotuers
VHSRip Needed
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Max Fleischer Cartoons of Superman (1985 Goodtimes)
Title: Max Fleischer Cartoons of Superman
Manufacturer: Goodtimes Home Video
Part #: VGT-5099
Date: 1986
This release contains the following titles:
VHSRip COMING SOON
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Yet Another DVD....
Stopped by local Goodwill today and picked up the above DVD release that I didn't already own for a whopping 49 cents. One of these days I'll actually own every VHS and DVD release of the Fleischer Bros. shorts...though I don't forsee that day coming anytime soon...LOL.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
In Search Of...
recently, while shopping around online for more cassettes to add to my collection and work towards preserving in digital format her at the Metropolis Video Store, I came across these pics of a copy of the first VHS release I ever owned. I purchased my copy during the summer of 1988 and had it for years....but sadly, I have no clue whatever's happened to it.
Anyone out there with a copy they'd like to part with can feel free to contact me here at:
metropolisvideo@live.com
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Superman (Kids Klassics)
Title: Superman (Kids Klassics)
Manufacturer: Goodtimes Home Video
Part #: 1516
Date: 1992
This release contains the following titles:
Mechanical Monsters
Terror on the Midway
Bulleteers
The Mummy Strikes
Volcano
The Mad Scientist
Japoteurs
Magnetic Telescope
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Superman Vol. 2 Featuring Jungle Drums (1993)
Title: Superman Vol. 2 Featuring Jungle Drums (1993)
Manufacturer: United American Video Corporation
Part #: 2013
Date: 1993
This release contains the following titles:
Jungle Drums
Magnetic Telescope
Plus, bonus cartoon "Gold Rush Daze"
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Superman Vol. 1 Featuring Mechanical Monsters
Some of the last UAV Fleischer Bros. Superman releases, distributed exclusively through Dollar General Stores in the early 1990s
Title: Superman Vol. 1 Featuring Mechanical Monsters
Manufacturer: United American Video Corporation
Part #: 2012
Date: 1993
This release contains the following titles:
Mechanical Monsters
Volcano
Plus, bonus Tom Thumb cartoon "Mite Makes Right"
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The Adventures of Superman the Man of Steel Vol. 2
Title: The Adventures of Superman the Man of Steel Vol. 2
Manufacturer: United American Video Corporation
Part #: 2013
Date: 1987
This release contains the following titles:
Magnetic Telescope
Jungle Drums
Superman
Mummy Strikes
VHSRip Needed
Superman (Parents Approved Video PA-1020, 1986)
Title: Superman (and Great Adventures) Vol.2
Manufacturer: Parents Approved Video
Part #: PA-1020
Date: 1986
This release contains the following titles:
The Mummy Strikes
Volcano
Bulleteers
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Superman and Great Adventures Vol. 1
An earlier box art version of the Parents Approved release...
Title: Superman and Great Adventures Vol. 1
Manufacturer: Parents Approved Video
Part #: PA-1019
Date: 1986
This release contains the following titles:
The Mad Scientist
Underground World
Terror on the Midway
VHSRip Needed
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