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As an avid VHS collector, I wish this was legit.

It took months of planning and only a couple of hours to make.

I wanna do some more of these but I fear I might crush my own soul.

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One of the rare times I get my hands on a Disney Japanese VHS.

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Does anybody remember seeing this teaser on their Monster’s Inc DVD or VHS? Cause I sure do. ;w;

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The Black Cauldron movie standee at thrift. 😳 I can’t believe this cardboard has lasted for 21 years! 😲 this was from the 1998 VHS rerelease. A. Stound. Ding. beautiful really.

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My copy of the 1995 Japanese Dubbed release of The Lion King.

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My commissioned keychain based on the original VHS release of Sleeping Beauty.

For the record, Sleeping Beauty was released on VHS on October 14, 1986. This release marked itself as the first Disney title to be digitally processed and presented in Hi-Fi stereo. Sleeping Beauty sold one million units becoming a milestone in Disney's home video history.

The keychain was made by Instagram user vhskeychains. Where he made other vhs keychains based on other movies.

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Artist Whips Up More Custom Horror VHS Tapes

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This is the original VHS cover for the 1990 home video release of The Little Mermaid. It was released on May 18, 1990 and is the subject of countless “buzzfeed” articles and eBay listings suggesting it was “BANNED!1!1!1!”

Over the years since it’s initial release many people all over the internet have kept the long standing rumor that the tape cover was banned on the grounds of the fact someone claimed to see a “penis” in the castle.

The truth about this is that: The VHS cover was never banned.

Here are some pieces of information I was able to find from an article by snopes.com

Rumors started circulating shortly after the release of the videocassette edition of The Little Mermaid that the phallic object had been deliberately drawn as a last act of defiance by a disgruntled Disney artist who was miffed at being notified that he would be laid off at the conclusion of the project.

This was not the case at all.

The plain truth is that the resemblance between the castle spire and a penis was purely accidental, and it was drawn by an artist who was neither disgruntled nor about to be dismissed.

The truth of the matter was that this was drawn by an artist who did not work at Disney but was one of many artists commissioned by Disney to produce artwork for marketing purposes. What had happened was when Walt Disney Home Video had chose to actually start releasing the contemporary animated features after their theatrical run, they rush commissioned the artist to produce the VHS cover three months before the release. The artist (like most of us here) worked all day and all night on the cover art, going as far as designing the background at 4am.

The cover art itself was lifted directly from one of the theatrical posters.

Entertainment Weekly ran a story about the offending artwork in mid-1990, the rumor became widespread when Machelle Couch of Mesa, Arizona, complained to Disney and a Phoenix supermarket chain (Bashas’) about the phallus on the cover of The Little Mermaid. Bashas’ pulled the videos from their shelves (but returned them less than 24 hours later), and the story of the “penis” cover was soon widely disseminated by the media.

The artist was not aware of the situation until a member of his church youth group brought the news to him. Both the artist and Disney have gone on record that it was an honest and pure coincidence.

The 1990 laserdisc release was the only one with the altered artwork.

The Little Mermaid became the highest selling VHS release of 1990 selling over 10 million units. Not because of the rumor but because of it’s enormous successful run in theaters and being the first contemporary animated feature to be released on video shortly after its initial theatrical release.

The Little Mermaid went on moratorium aka “back in the Disney vault” in the spring of 1991 in the tradition of the Disney animated features before it. Since then people have used this as a justification to claim it was banned and took a long for them to put it back on video.

Like many of the previous animated features before it, The Little Mermaid followed the moratorium plan. The plan was to give it 4 to 10 years before reissuing it. The Little Mermaid was theatrically reissued on November 14, 1997 and was rereleased on video on March 31, 1998.

Thirty years later and this rumor is still being spread.

The rumor has been debunked so many times, it needs to die already.

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VHS Ocean Moonlight

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Hey guys it's @dalia1784 and I am reviving my VHS blog.

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Goodbye Tumblr, I’ll be back someday.

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My Disney Animated Film Collection (so far)

1937 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: 1994 Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection VHS (3, one missing case, one unopened), 1995 Mexican VHS, 1998 Brazillian VHS, 2001 Platinum Edition DVD, 2016 Signature Edition Combo Pack

 1940 - Pinocchio: 1985 Classics Edition (with trailer for The Black Cauldron), 1993 VHS (2/ one missing a case), 2009 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition DVD, 2017 Signature Edition Combo Pack (Best Buy Exclusive Lenticular Cover)

 1940 - Fantasia: 1991 VHS (2, one unopened), 1991 Deluxe Edition (two copies of the Behind-the-Scenes VHS), 1991 Laserdisc

 1941 - Dumbo: 1983 Betamax release, 1991 Classics Edition VHS (2, one missing a case), 2006 "Big-Top" Edition

 1942 - Bambi: 1989 VHS, 1997 55th Anniversary Edition VHS, 2005 Platinum Edition DVD

 1942 - Saludos Amigos: 2000 Gold Classics Edition VHS, 2008 "Classic Caballeros" Double Feature Edition

 1944 - The Three Caballeros: 1997 Masterpiece Collection VHS, 2008 "Classic Caballeros" Double Feature Edition

 1946 - Make Mine Music: 2000 Gold Classics Edition VHS (2, one unopened)

 1947 - Fun and Fancy Free: 1997 50th Anniversary VHS

 1949 - The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad: 1999 50th Anniversary VHS, 2000 Gold Classic Edition DVD (with limited edition Headless Horseman shiny slipcover)

 1950 - Cinderella: 1988 VHS, 1995 VHS (2, one missing case)

 1951 - Alice in Wonderland: 1982 "Neon Mickey" VHS, 1992 Classics Edition, 1995 Masterpiece Edition

 1953 - Peter Pan: 1990 Classics Edition VHS, 1998 45th Anniversary VHS

 1955 - Lady and the Tramp: 1987 Classics Edition VHS, 1998 Masterpiece Edition (2)

 1959 - Sleeping Beauty: 1986 Classics Edition VHS, 1997 Masterpiece Edition, 1997 Limited Edition Widescreen VHS

 1961 - One Hundred and One Dalmatians: 1992 VHS Release (3, one missing case and has rare editing error on tape), 1999 Masterpiece Edition (with white sticker label), 2008 Platinum Edition

 1963 - The Sword in the Stone: 1991 Classics Edition VHS

 1967 - The Jungle Book: 1991 Classics Edition VHS, 1993 UK VHS, 1997 30th Anniversary Edition VHS, 2007 Platinum Edition DVD, 2014 Diamond Edition Combo

 1970 - The Aristocats: 1996 Masterpiece Edition

 1973 - Robin Hood: 1984 Classics Edition (with "Walt Disney and You" promo, 1985 Classics Edition VHS (no case with promo), 1986 Classics Edition (white case with non-removable art), 1991 Classics Edition VHS, 1995 Masterpiece Collection VHS

 1977 - The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: 1996 Masterpiece Edition

 1977 - The Rescuers: 1992 Classics Edition VHS, 1999 Masterpiece VHS (with controversial frames), 2012 2-Movie Collection w/ The Rescuers Down Under

 1981 - The Fox and the Hound: 1994 Classics Edition (no Return of Jafar trailer)

 1985 - The Black Cauldron: 1998 Masterpiece Edition VHS

 1986 - The Great Mouse Detective: 1992 VHS (former Hollywood Video Rental)

 1988 - Oliver & Company: 1996 Masterpiece Edition VHS

 1989 - The Little Mermaid: 1990 Classics Edition VHS, 1998 Masterpiece Edition VHS (no case)

 1990 - The Rescuers Down Under: 1990 VHS (2, one damaged from malfunctioning VCR), 2012 2-Movie Collection w/ The Rescuers

 1991 - Beauty and the Beast: 1992 Classics Edition VHS (2, one without a case), 1994 American Spanish VHS, 2002 Platinum Edition VHS, 2016 25th Anniversary Signature Edition Combo Pack

 1992 - Aladdin: 1993 Classics Edition VHS (2, one with notable playback issues), 1994 Mexican VHS, 2015 Diamond Edition Combo Pack

 1994 - The Lion King: 1995 VHS (2, one missing case with notable playback damage, one with alternate trailer for Angels in the Outfield), 1994 Bootleg (recorded from a 1994 screening)

 1995 - Pocahontas: 1996 Masterpiece Edition VHS

 1996 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame: 1997 Masterpiece Edition, 2013 2-Movie Collection Combo Pack w/ terrible sequel

 1997 - Hercules: 1998 Masterpiece Edition VHS

 1998 - Mulan: 1999 Masterpiece Edition VHS

 1999 - Tarzan: 2000 VHS, 2000 2-disc Collector's Edition DVD

 2000 - Fantasia 2000: 2000 VHS

 2000 - The Emperor's New Groove: 2001 VHS

 2001 - Atlantis: The Lost Empire: 2002 VHS

 2002 - Lilo & Stitch: 2002 VHS

 2002 - Treasure Planet: 2002 VHS

 2003 - Brother Bear: 2003 VHS

 2004 - Home on the Range: 2004 VHS

 2012 - Wreck-It Ralph: 2013 Combo Pack

 2014 - Big Hero 6: 2015 Combo Pack

 2016 - Zootopia: 2016 DVD

 2016 - Moana: 2017 Combo Pack (preordered)

PIXAR:

1995 - Toy Story: 1996 VHS

1998 - A Bug’s Life: 1999 “Heimlich” Variation Cover

1999 - Toy Story 2: 2000 VHS

2001 - Monster’s INC.: 2002 VHS (with all the inserts)

2015 - Inside Out: Bluray combo

DisneyToons Studios (Theatrical Releases):

1990 - DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp - 1991 VHS and 2014 DVD Release

1995 - A Goofy Movie: 1995 VHS (with vertical sticker label) and 2000 Gold Classic Edition VHS (Former Library Rental)

2000 -The Tigger Movie: 2003 VHS

2003 - The Jungle Book II: 2014 Bluray Combo

All Titles Unlisted Indicates I Do Not Have Copies Of These Yet.

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Before Disney decided to finally and fully release their animated classics on video in 1984 they released other animated films that had aired on Disney Channel including The Twelve Tasks of Asterix, a 1976 animated feature based on the very popular French comic and I Go Pogo, a 1980 stop-motion animated feature based on the comics by Walt Kelly.

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Before Walt Disney Home Video was fully established, the Walt Disney Company had made a deal with MCA to release several titles on the DiscoVision Format which would later be Laserdisc. A majority of the titles were selected episodes of Walt Disney's Wonderful of Color and the first feature released was the 1960 film Kidnapped.

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Another example: Honey I Shrunk The Kids 1990 Preview Sales/ Full Screener VHS.

Retail and demo tapes were a way for movie studios to convince video stores or any store selling videocassettes to heavily promote and sell certain titles.

A non-Disney example of a sales tape would be the 1994 sales tape of Jurassic Park from MCA/Universal Studios Home Entertainment: 

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