SEALED 1991 Walt Disney Black Diamond Classics Fantasia VHS, BGS VHSDNA 8.5 B+

Description: DESCRIPTION: For serious Disney fans, here is a scarce high-grade graded example of the first VHS release of the classic Fantasia (1940). Original sealed VHS, with black clamshell and cassette, released by Walt Disney Home Video (1991). Includes the "Final Release $24.99" sticker (meant to make viewers believe no VHS copies would be made again, to ensure turnout for theatrical releases) and the "Walt Disney Home Video" sticker seal across the bottom edge.DISNEY BLACK DIAMOND VHS: This title is one of the original 25 movies in the now-famous Disney Black Diamond "The Classics" collection released from 1984 to 1994, per the authoritative site disney.fandom.com. These titles have become highly collectible, especially in sealed high-grade form, because they are like first-edition books or rookie-card sports cards--they represent the first commercially available (home-video) products that fans could own and consume. Until these tapes were made, Disney adamantly restricted the release of these films to theaters and cinemas, forcing fans to wait and hope for years for the chance to watch them on a big screen. The line includes most of the greatest Disney films ever made up to that point, starting with Robin Hood and ending with Fox and the Hound. The line was later replaced by the "Masterpiece" collection, with completely different branding and packaging, and that line has since been replaced by many other contemporary collections and editions. Even among Black Diamond Classics titles, Fantasia holds a special place, setting purchase records upon its release. Per its wikipedia page: "Fantasia has received four home video releases. The first, featuring the 1990 restored theatrical version, was released on VHS, Betamax and LaserDisc on November 1, 1991, as part of the Walt Disney Classics line. . . . The release was limited to just 50 days, prompting 9.25 million advance orders for cassettes and a record 200,000 for discs, doubling the figure of the previous record. . . . In 1992, Fantasia became the biggest-selling sell-through cassette of all time in the US with 14.2 million copies being purchased. The record was surpassed later that year by Beauty and the Beast."VHSDNA GRADES:8.5: Overall GradeB+: Seal Grade 8.5: Corners Subgrade8.0: Edges Subgrade8.5: Interior Subgrade8.5: Gloss Subgrade Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE POPULATION REPORT: This may be the first example of this edition to be graded by VHSDNA and/or the highest-graded example, but the Beckett population report is still "coming soon," per their website. Beckett just recently acquired VHSDNA and brought in its founder Kohl Hitt, "the world's leading authority on VHS grading and certification," (per one article about the acquisition) to lead the new division.FAST SHIPPING: Shipped securely in bubble mailer/cardboard via USPS Priority. ** See all our recent graded VHS. **

Price: 139.99 USD

Location: Hamilton, Ohio

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