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Subject: SHERLOCK HOUND Videotape Availability! (8/20/93)
Forked: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 22:51:00 PDT [split from another file]
Edited/Updated: Fri, 20 Aug 1993 16:17:28 EST [edited by Steven Feldman]
Original-Date: Sat, 15 May 1993 11:29:27 PDT [general information]
Original-Date: Sat, 15 May 1993 11:43:26 PDT [shipping charges added]
From: Hayao Miyazaki Discussion Group <NAUSICAA@BROWNVM.BITNET>
Really-From: Robert Plamondon <robert@DINO.WEITEK.COM>
Subject: SHERLOCK HOUND ON TAPE -- Full Info, this time
Contrary to popular rumor, the SHERLOCK HOUND video tapes (Miyazaki's
FAMOUS DETECTIVE HOLMES series competently dubbed into English) are
not defunct. Furthermore, the series is available on high-quality
tapes, not just the disgusting extended-play versions that people
have been saddled with.
Celebrity Home Entertainment still exists and is taking orders (there
were rumors that it was gone). Note that CHE's main business is a
line of porno(!) movies: their animated line is called "Just for Kids."
The product line has some other Japanese stuff in it: a Captain
Harlock movie (Vengence of the Space Pirate), the full set of Gamera
movies (a Godzilla-like flame-throwing turtle), and a bunch of
Japanese anime I don't recognize.
Just for Kids Home Video/Celebrity Home Entertainment
PO Box 4112
Woodland Hills CA 91365-4112
(818) 595-0666
FAX: (818) 716-0168
They sent me a catalog, a price list, and an order form, and each one had
a different address. The phone number's right, though.
1. There are TWO versions of each title -- the EP version for low-brow
home use, and the SP version for rental shops. The EP versions are
30-60 minutes and blurry; the SP versions are *120* minutes and clear!
I already have a partial set of the SP tapes, so I can vouch for their
(not bad) picture quality.
2. Similarly, there are two catalogs. The white catalog is the
consumer catalog. Ask for the other catalog (I don't have it yet).
3. The guy on the phone was pretty flexible on price: When I bought a
full set of 5, the price was $14.99 each. ($75 for the set -- less
than a single video from Japan!)
4. I ordered the tapes yesterday, so I don't have them yet. I will
give more reports if anything interesting happens.
The salesman was apologetic about the amazing amount of confusion using
the same titles for two different tapes caused -- they did it to skimp
on the number of different boxes they had to produce, and assumed their
two markets didn't overlap. They were wrong.
Here are the titles and part numbers for the SP versions. Make sure you
use the numbers, or explain very clearly you want the "rental versions"
when you order.
SHORT-PLAY TAPES, 2 HRS LONG
3080 Tales of Mystery
3087 The Dogs of Bowserville
3108 The White Cliffs of Rover
3143 Moriarity Unleashed
3164 Dr. Watson, I Presume
And here are the titles and part numbers for the EP (a/k/a SLP) versions,
for comparison's sake (and to make absolutely sure you don't wind up with
the wrong tapes).
EXTENDED-PLAY TAPES (Quality is quite poor. Not recommended.)
6044 *The Dogs of Bowerville, 60 minutes
6063 *The White Cliffs of Rover, 60 minutes
6095 *Moriarity Unleashed, 60 minutes
8017 White Silver Getaway, 30 minutes
8018 Disappearance of the Royal Horse, 30 minutes
* No relation to the SP tape of the same name -- just a cheap way of
using the same four-color box twice, by printing different part #s
over pre-printed boxes.
#3080, "Tales of Mystery" is the best tape -- it has the Blue
Carbuncle, the Air Post, and the Counterfeit Coin episodes (and
others, too). The others are all good, too (well, I don't have "Dr.
Watson" or "Moriarity Unleashed" yet, but the others are all good).
I would strongly recommend getting at least "Tales of Mystery."
(You'll pay more than $14.99 if you just buy one tape, unless you're
a good haggler.)
To quote the order form:
"CANADA: Money order in U.S. Dollars, VISA or MasterCard accepted.
Sorry, we cannot ship to other foreign countries.
SHIPPING Charges
US CANADA
$3.50, 1-2 1-3 tapes, $9.00
$4.00, 3-4 4-6 tapes, $13.50
$4.50, 5-6 7-9 tapes, $18.00
$5.00, 7 up 10-12 tapes, $21.00"
-- Robert
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