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« on: March 17, 2018, 02:13:49 AM »

On a post i just made i referred to a movie called "frankenhooker" having a gimmick on it's VCR box. It was a little "push here" spot that if pressed triggeed a voice chip that recited a line from the movie, "Wanna date?"

A movie who's title escapes me had a monster on the cover of the vcr box that looked like a mummy/frankenstein combo with greed LED eyes. Push the press here spot and the eyes flashed green for a few seconds.

I don't think anyone ever put a sound chip on a vcr box of "Blazing saddles" that played an excerpt from the campfire scene but it's a pity they didn't.

I don't recall a dvd  with a gimmick case, so maybe gimmick video packaging is an art that had a brief shelf life. Too bad. Bluesad

I could see a dvd of star trek first contact who's case when opened played "resistance is futile, you will be assimilated." I don't think it ever happened.
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« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2018, 05:23:27 AM »

I recall Microwave Massacre (1983) and The Dead Pit (1989) VHS boxes having a push for glowing lights gimmick.

I liked the hanging/counter display of The Amityville Curse (1990) at one of my favorite rental places. It was a replica of the Amityville house with blinking lights inside. Funny thing is the actual Amityville house is not featured in The Amityville Curse   TeddyR
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« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2018, 09:52:16 AM »

I've got a VHS of Jurassic Park in a box made to look like an artefact from an archaeological dig.
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« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2018, 10:00:33 AM »

I don't recall a dvd  with a gimmick case

There was Anchor Bay's The Evil Dead (Book Of The Dead Limited Edition) DVD with a latex rubber casing resembling the book of the dead. This edition is notorious for the rubber starting to smell and shrivel after some years   Bluesad
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« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2018, 12:34:24 PM »

Well,  yeah,  special shaped packages are still around.  I remember the battle star galactica cylon head shaped dvd case.  I guess the little electronic gadget gimmick is over tho.
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« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2018, 04:35:40 PM »

i have the phantasm set that's inside the deathball, it's a PITA to get the discs out though.
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« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2018, 06:45:41 PM »

A few movies or TV shows are sold in metal tins. Saw a box set in an actual wooden box the other day.

Speed Racer Inc used to sell their DVDs with small extras. One came with a little car; another in a circular tin. They're gone now; the rights reverted to the show's creators who licensed it to Funimation, I think.
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« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2018, 06:04:07 AM »

I have The Blind Dead DVD set that comes in a coffin package:





I have the Land of the Giants set that comes in a cage package:





I have The Man from U.N.C.L.E. collection that comes in a briefcase:





And The Beyond tin box:






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« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2018, 07:15:41 PM »

The Wicker Man came in a limited edition wooden box with the theatricaland extended versions.  I lucked onto my copy on ebay at a really reasonable BIN price.

I'm too lazy to look for it, but I think I have a VHS copy of King Kong that I picked up at the thrift store where the cover actually roars when King Kong is pressed.
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« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2018, 11:51:42 PM »

I don't recall a dvd  with a gimmick case

There was Anchor Bay's The Evil Dead (Book Of The Dead Limited Edition) DVD with a latex rubber casing resembling the book of the dead. This edition is notorious for the rubber starting to smell and shrivel after some years   Bluesad
I have it and I can confirm that it doesn't hold up over time.  My has started to decay and fall apart. 

It's s shame too, because I really liked having a necronomicon. 
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« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2018, 08:37:59 PM »

How 'bout all them HOLOGRAM video covers?
Like Jack Frost-- tilt it one way, and he's a pleasant, smiling snowman.. tilt it another way, and he's EVIL!!!
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« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2018, 09:30:24 PM »

There was a King Kong VHS that roared when you pressed on it.

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« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2018, 07:30:48 AM »

There was a King Kong VHS that roared when you pressed on it.

http://youtu.be/Oz11AmEPkuA


My stomach roars when you press on it.

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« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2018, 01:22:04 PM »

How about these VHS tapes.

http://bloody-disgusting.com/home-video/3489593/custom-horror-movie-vhs-tapes-way-cool/
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« Reply #14 on: March 23, 2018, 06:21:22 AM »

There was a King Kong VHS that roared when you pressed on it.

http://youtu.be/Oz11AmEPkuA


I had that one. The roar feature finally wore out and it just went "Gnnnnn..".
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