Battle of the Disney Cover Art: Round 1

Eeyore · Post by **Eeyore** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 3:18 pm

catNC wrote:If you look at the spine of the case of a Black Diamond VHS, you will see at the top a Black Diamond with the words "The Classics" in it.

Please don't tell me these are rare and worth more. I sold a bunch of my older videos on ebay as I replaced them on dvd. I always include a scan, but there was no mention of black diamond in the text or titles to aid searching.

Cinderelly · Post by **Cinderelly** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 3:56 pm

I pick Cinderella for black diamond. Not because its my 2nd fav movie but because the cover is beautiful and magical like Jack said...

disneyfella · Post by **disneyfella** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 5:01 pm

once the dvd came out with a better quality, i think they went down in value. true disney collector's are the only ones interested in these now and basically it's just for the box art value not the film value. before the rerelease of dvd i think the black diamond films were worth more than some of the masterpiece films but i'm not quite sure if how far down in price they've gone. i wouldn't be too worried about a loss of money here.

catNC · Post by **catNC** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 5:06 pm

Eeyore wrote:
catNC wrote:If you look at the spine of the case of a Black Diamond VHS, you will see at the top a Black Diamond with the words "The Classics" in it.
Please don't tell me these are rare and worth more. I sold a bunch of my older videos on ebay as I replaced them on dvd. I always include a scan, but there was no mention of black diamond in the text or titles to aid searching.

Before the advent of DVD's they were more valuable. But as disneyfella says, I wouldn't be worried with it. Even before Disney started to release the animated classics on DVD, the most I saw Black Diamonds go for on E-bay was $35-40. And when you consider how much VHS tapes cost in the earlier days of VCR's, the monetary value really isn't that much different. I've checked on E-bay a few times over the past year or so, and the Black Diamonds I saw were much less than what I paid for them when I was collecting them, back before I knew anything about this silly DVD thing

Prince Adam · Post by **Prince Adam** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 5:18 pm

This is just my opinion, but I'm pretty sure that the VHS editions of movies will be worth a heck of a lot more than any DVD.

Don't believe me? Which is worth more: the reproductions of Disney storybooks found at any Chapters, or the original editions sold back in the '30s-'50's?

Maerj · Post by **Maerj** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 5:20 pm

Those are two totally different things. Videotape was poor quality to begin with and it only gets worse over time. DVDs are more archival. No one wants VHS anymore.

catNC · Post by **catNC** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 5:24 pm

Maerj wrote:Those are two totally different things. Videotape was poor quality to begin with and it only gets worse over time. DVDs are more archival. No one wants VHS anymore.

Exactly, you can't improve on the technology of a book so it is easier for those to really become collector's items. Nothing is fundamentally changing. The DVD releases offer so much more than their VHS counterparts, the only value would really be to true Disney memorabilia collectors, and I question if that would be that much. They would probably want the case for the art, more than they would want the tape inside.

Choco Bear · Post by **Choco Bear** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 6:01 pm

hmm im not to sure how long to run the rounds for if i ran it for a week it would be more acurate but it would take longer ne sugestions

jesus_brer · Post by **jesus_brer** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 6:49 pm

i say black diamond for:
the little mermaid
alice in wonderland
peter pan
the jungle book
lady and the tramp
bambi
sleeping beauty
the sword in the stone
cinderella
the rescuers

Post by **Luke** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 7:03 pm

My favorites of the Black Diamond covers:

Bambi
Fox and the Hound
Little Mermaid
The Jungle Book

If I have to vote for one...hmm...Little Mermaid, I guess. I like the symmetry.

Choco Bear · Post by **Choco Bear** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 8:02 pm

jesus_brer wrote:i say black diamond for:
the little mermaid
alice in wonderland
peter pan
the jungle book
lady and the tramp
bambi
sleeping beauty
the sword in the stone
cinderella
the rescuers

so i take that little mermaid is ur favorite cuz its on top

poco · Post by **poco** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 9:37 pm

I'd have to say Aladdian. No reason. Just am reading fun book about the time period....

Leonia · Post by **Leonia** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 9:46 pm

Black Diamond faves:

Sleeping Beauty (they should've used that for the DVD release! at least the bottom portion IMO)
Beauty and the Beast
Cinderella

Of those three...I guess I'd pick Sleeping Beauty

Disneykid · Post by **Disneykid** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 2:16 pm

I actually think the Black Diamond of Sleeping Beauty is one of the weakest of the Black Diamond covers; I think the Masterpiece Collection cover for Sleeping Beauty is the best SB cover out there though the widescreen cover is really nice, too.

Disneykid · Post by **Disneykid** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 2:32 pm

Votes so far:

Bambi-1
Cinderella-4
Lady and the Tramp-1
Sleeping Beauty-1
Robin Hood-1
The Little Mermaid-3
The Rescuers Down Under-1
Beauty and the Beast-1
Aladdin-1

MDA · Post by **MDA** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 2:49 pm

Sword in the Stone = my choice

Choco Bear · Post by **Choco Bear** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 4:08 pm

Disneykid wrote:Votes so far:

Bambi-1
Cinderella-4
Lady and the Tramp-1
Sleeping Beauty-1
Robin Hood-1
The Little Mermaid-3
The Rescuers Down Under-1
Beauty and the Beast-1
Aladdin-1

thanx disneykid for doing that

Disneykid · Post by **Disneykid** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 4:46 pm

No problem.

Choco Bear · Post by **Choco Bear** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 5:01 pm

hmmm i wathink either the first civer to 20 points(to high

to low

) wins the round or after lets say after 30(to high

to low

) votes in total the one with the most votes wins? which sounds more better or reasonable

also in case of a tie there will be mad hatter round(clever rnt i

) in which those two covers will compete in case of a tie

gwilly13 · Post by **gwilly13** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 9:45 am

I say Lady and the Tramp!

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