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Dan Goodsell and His Mr. Toast Character Finds a New Friend in Vincent the VHS Tape and Celebrates Our Favorite Format with some Plush Love!

Comic creator Dan Goodsell has been at it for just about 20 years with his character Mr. Toast, and along the way he’s created a host of other fun and super-cute characters to join Mr. Toast on his illustrated expeditions. But most recently, Goodsell has put together a brand new buddy to join in on the fun: a VHS tape named Vincent! And how groovy he is! Greg has a Kickstarter up right now, and it’s just a few bones away from being completed. At the rate it's going, it'll be done by the time I post this! Read on,...

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Guy Stone and Starlight Cinema Helps Keep the Analog Dream Alive for Videovores in The Great White North!

Guy Stone is a Canadian born and bred tapehead with a persistent appreciation for the Father of all home formats: the almighty VHS! He’s owned and operated two video stores in the Great White North over the years and while his original shrine of cinema lending has closed its doors, his new spot Starlight Cinema is churning out movie madness like never before. Guy supplies his movie-craving customers with every modern viewing option available, but those sturdy chunks of black plastic pleasure still populate his shelves should his clientele want to groove on back to the roots of home entertainment...

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Experience the Analog Awesomeness of the Imperial Entertainment 3D Light-Up Release of METAMORPHOSIS! Arguably one of the Grooviest VHS Gimmicks of All-Time! UPDATED: Now with More Gimmicky Video Glory!

Recently, while bumping around on the world weird web, I came across a little video that just set my analog heart aflame. It captures a rarity in the VHS collector world, something that I’ve never seen in person and have always yearned to experience. That something, my fellow cravers of video delight, is a fully functional Imperial Home Entertainment release of METMORPHOSIS with touch-button light up eyes! The three 3D covers from Imperial. DIG IT. Imperial also did two other 3D boxes (pictured above), but only DEAD PIT and METAMORPHOSIS had the light-up function. Man, if only BLACK ROSES would...

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VHS Label Postmortem: V/H/S aka Video Horror Show is Exhumed, Examined and Preserved with Artist Justin Miller aka HauntLove!

The video mix-tape has been a staple in the VHS collector underground since the dawn of the culture, and analog-crazed entities like KING OF THE WITCHES and HORROR BOOBS VIDEO are currently keeping the anti-digital mix-tape march in step. But with the often transient nature of the archetypal DIY basement label, there are bound to be ephemeral entities that produce amazing analog artifacts and then expire, leaving a ghostly imprint with their limited slabs of video vindication. One such remnant is Justin Miller’s (aka HauntLove) now defunct VHS label V/H/S AKA Video Horror Show. With an acute attention to aesthetics...

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Groovy Analog Era Gadgets Unearthed: The RABBIT VCR MULTIPLYING SYSTEM!

The analog era produced a plethora of video accompaniments and gadgets to supplement the multitude of VCRs that had invaded homes across the land. Groovy rewinders to keep your machine mean, souped-up controls to simplify recording and cleaning contraptions galore flooded the market in all shapes and sizes, bringing even more video excess to the seemingly insatiable consumer. Got this bad boy on deck for when my 57 Chevy Bel-Air retires. Puttin' a lot of miles on 'er most everday, my frands. But VCRs were inarguably the essential piece of gear, and to that end were the high-priced, top-shelf items...

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