Besides Ebay, any good places to buy film reels? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

gilligan fanatic · 09-23-2006, 10:38 PM

I am thinking of starting a collection, it could be a lot of fun. I would rather buy them from a company instead of a user. Anyone know a good site?

comedyfreak · 09-24-2006, 08:09 AM

You could try looking on iOffer.

lazygrae · 09-24-2006, 10:36 AM

Do you mean 16mm films of tv shows? Or something else?

gilligan fanatic · 09-24-2006, 10:39 AM

either or, but only 16mm because I know someone with a projector for that size film

lazygrae · 09-24-2006, 11:15 AM

Then eBay is your best bet so far as I know. ioffer does not really have much in that regard.

I recently got into this myself and my lving room floor is covered in films. I bought an Elmo Transvideo projector to convert them to dvd and it works really well. I have managed to find numerous rare titles that I would not ever have found in the regular dvd/vhs trading circles.

Aside from eBay, other places to try are:
http://www.efilmforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=16
http://www.babbesuniplex.com/16mm.htm
http://www.members.tripod.com/~Moviecraft/index-6.html
http://derannlists.co.uk/derann/16mmlist.php
http://16mmfilmtalk.com/index.php

But I do think eBay is the way to go, some of the above dealers charge 3-4X more set sale than what you would pay on eBay (from my experience).

Good luck, feel free to ask if you have any more questions.

gilligan fanatic · 09-24-2006, 07:23 PM

Wow, ebay is a lot less expensive. I am sure it is probbably just about the exact same thing too.

Thanks a lot for your help

, Ebay does sound like the best option, a lot more is there too

Lamont · 09-24-2006, 07:53 PM

u can also buy magazines like BIG REEL to find old films
HOWEVER they can be expensive and also costly to transfer

lazygrae · 09-24-2006, 08:06 PM

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HOWEVER they can be expensive

The My Living Doll episode that I posted on the thread pertaining to that series about 10 days ago ended up selling for over $1500. At that rate, a 4 episode tape would cost only $6000. Makes quinncy look cheap. Luckily, most shows are not nearly that expensive.

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costly to transfer

I can do this (16mm only) for anyone who is interested, and way, way, cheaper than any storefront operation would charge. Heck, I'd be happy to do it for free if I wanted the show myself.

tvfan0101 · 09-24-2006, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by lazygrae

The My Living Doll episode that I posted on the thread pertaining to that series about 10 days ago ended up selling for over $1500. At that rate, a 4 episode tape would cost only $6000. Makes quinncy look cheap. Luckily, most shows are not nearly that expensive.

Oddly enough, that auction is coming up as invalid when I try to view it.

lazygrae · 09-24-2006, 08:33 PM

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Oddly enough, that auction is coming up as invalid when I try to view it.

Yes, and I can't find it searching for past auction's either. Regardless, the auction did run it's course and ended up going for about $1575.

gilligan fanatic · 09-24-2006, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Lamont

u can also buy magazines like BIG REEL to find old films
HOWEVER they can be expensive and also costly to transfer

I went to that magazines website, and was suprised about how much that costs a year-lol 37 dollars for 12 issues

gilligan fanatic · 09-24-2006, 09:09 PM

On the subject of films, how do you gauge it on quality? My No Time For Sergenats episodes are transfered from film so obviosuly it isn't going to be a pristine picture, but to my knowlege it is the only option.

Lamont · 09-24-2006, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by gilligan fanatic

I went to that magazines website, and was suprised about how much that costs a year-lol 37 dollars for 12 issues

thats really not that much for a great magazine like that

ALSO i buy it from my sons subscription drives they do at school
and with that discount i pay $20 for a whole year!

gilligan fanatic · 09-24-2006, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Lamont

thats really not that much for a great magazine like that

ALSO i buy it from my sons subscription drives they do at school
and with that discount i pay $20 for a whole year!

Now that sounds like a fair price.

So is it a magazine with articles or is it more of a catalog like one of those used car magazines where it is a bunch of advertisements for places with used cars and nothing really more than that.

lazygrae · 09-25-2006, 08:04 PM

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how do you gauge it on quality?

Grade it the same way you would a tv broadcast. Film looks fantastic, some people say better than digital. The only thing is that older films can sometimes start to fade and/or turn red (lose the blue/green tones). The only thing you can really do is state so specifically.

A lot of the film-source discs out there were made from copy of copy of copy VHS tapes and look pretty bad. That might be the case with your No Time For Sergeants. If you had the actual film reels, unless they were ruined somehow, you could expect as pristine a picture as you'd get from other sources.

09-23-2006, 10:38 PM	#1
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09-24-2006, 07:53 PM	#7
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09-24-2006, 10:39 AM	#4
gilligan fanatic Born to Be Bad Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: down by the Lagoon Posts: 9,954	either or, but only 16mm because I know someone with a projector for that size film

09-24-2006, 11:15 AM	#5
lazygrae Archivist Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 30, 2003 Location: Canada, watching the grooviest gang of fuzz who ever wore a badge. Posts: 460	Then eBay is your best bet so far as I know. ioffer does not really have much in that regard. I recently got into this myself and my lving room floor is covered in films. I bought an Elmo Transvideo projector to convert them to dvd and it works really well. I have managed to find numerous rare titles that I would not ever have found in the regular dvd/vhs trading circles. Aside from eBay, other places to try are: http://www.efilmforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=16 http://www.babbesuniplex.com/16mm.htm http://www.members.tripod.com/~Moviecraft/index-6.html http://derannlists.co.uk/derann/16mmlist.php http://16mmfilmtalk.com/index.php But I do think eBay is the way to go, some of the above dealers charge 3-4X more set sale than what you would pay on eBay (from my experience). Good luck, feel free to ask if you have any more questions.

09-24-2006, 07:23 PM	#6
gilligan fanatic Born to Be Bad Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: down by the Lagoon Posts: 9,954	Wow, ebay is a lot less expensive. I am sure it is probbably just about the exact same thing too. Thanks a lot for your help , Ebay does sound like the best option, a lot more is there too

09-24-2006, 09:09 PM	#12
gilligan fanatic Born to Be Bad Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: down by the Lagoon Posts: 9,954	On the subject of films, how do you gauge it on quality? My No Time For Sergenats episodes are transfered from film so obviosuly it isn't going to be a pristine picture, but to my knowlege it is the only option.