Jeff Krispow
Stunt Coordinator
- Joined
- Sep 5, 2001
- Messages
- 231
Hi Everyone!
I writing to the folks here at the HTF because I need your help. Due to an accident beyond my control, I lost the covers of a slew of snappers and I need some help trying to find replacements. There is also another thread here talking about damaged covers, but please note that is someone elses thread and not mine (just a coincidence that we're both talking about the same thing).
But first, some backstory is necessary:
My wife and I have been slowly packing up stuff because we're moving to a new house soon, and we have some items stored away in our garage. About a week or so ago, the hot water hose going into the washing machine literally exploded, and there were inches of water on the floor in no time. We heard what sounded like an explosion and ran out to see what happened, and then scrambled to get the DVDs out of there (none of the other stuff mattered...dishs, clothes, etc...all washable). What really sucks is that I'm disabled and can barely walk, so trying to move the DVDs quickly was almost impossible, and we'd have lost more stuff if my wife didn't get most of it out of there.
Anyway, the boxes on the bottom of the stack were filled with my Image DVD collection, and I very literally lost 105 snapper covers. Because of the deluge of water, they all turned completely to mush and are gone forever. It wasnÕt possible to save a single one. As IÕm sure you folks can imagine, I completely freaked out over this (especially since I spent lots of time recently finding snapper cases so I could put these covers on my discs). Luckily I knew some people in the right places and I got 70 of these snappers replaced. While IÕm grateful to have those other covers, IÕm still missing covers for 35 titles.
It all sounds like some kind of bad dream and I really wish it was. But please know that I'm definitely not making any of this up. Paula and I are thoroughly ticked off at this whole, and it was not anything we ever expected to happed. (Just as an FYI, if any of youhave washing machine that use regular thick rubber tubing as water lines, replace them immediately with steel-coated tubing. This way when the rubber becomes degraded, you don't suffer something similar to what happened to us. When that rubber tubing goes, it literally explodes and the water comes out of it with the force of a fire hose. I shudder just thinking about the again... :eek
My big question to you folks out there in HTF land is this: by any slim chance do any of you have replacement covers for the titles IÕve listed below that you can either send me or sell to me for a nominal price? As an alternative, IÕm also looking for hi-resolution scans of the full covers for these snappers -- these would include the fronts, backs and the insides(i.e. chapter listings + ny info on the fold-out snapper covers). If I can at least find some scans, I can resize them and print them out to fit keep cases, so I can have a new home for my discs.
IÕve tried looking elsewhere for hi-res scans of these covers, but have been completely unsuccessful. For example, ImageÕs site does have scans of the front and back covers (but no scans of the inside covers), but they are all very low-res and unsuitable for printing. IÕve also tried various cover sites without success, since these titles I have are not mainstream Òblockbusters.Ó
If any of you would be able to provide replacements that would be great. But if any of you out there can make high-res scans of the full covers for these titles -- at the full height and width -- and email them to me, IÕd be extremely grateful (my email address is [email protected]). My understanding of my email server is that it will only accept email attachments between 5mb and 7mb in size. So any scans made should be under that size. Alternatively, if you have your own website where you can place larger scans, I do have a DSL line and can download them quuickly.
Many, many thanks in advance for anyone who can help me out. I know this is somewhat of a big undertaking and a big thing to ask of you folks, but please know that I do very much appreciate any help you can provide, and that there are not enough words I can say to show that appreciation.
Again, many thanks.
Jeff
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List of damaged snapper covers:
5 Dolls for an August Moon (Mario Bava Collection)
Adult Version of Jekyl and Hide, The
Andy Warhol
Art of Fighting (animated)
Blithe Spirit (1945)
Blobermouth
Bride of the Monster
Brute Man, The (1946)
ChaplinÕs Essanay Comedies: Volume 1
Fist of the North Star (1986, animated)
Forever and a Day
Go West (Buster Keaton)
Heat (1972, Andy Warhol flick)
Hubley Collection, The: Everybody Rides the Carousel
In the Navy (Abbott & Costello)
Jail Bait (1954)
JamminÕ with the Blues Greats
Joni Mitchell: Painting with Words and Music (DTS version)
Laurel and Hardy and Friends: Volume 10
Legal Eagles
Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo (animated)
Mahler
Mississippi Burning (Image version, not new MGM version)
Operavox
Our Hospitality (Buster Keaton)
Pretty as a Picture
Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka
Quantum Leap
Roujin Z (animated)
Secrets of Wars: Intelligence
Shivers
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (Buster Keaton)
Tiger Bay
Unknown Island
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Jeff Krispow
Retired Reviewer
http://www.laserrot.com
[email protected]
I writing to the folks here at the HTF because I need your help. Due to an accident beyond my control, I lost the covers of a slew of snappers and I need some help trying to find replacements. There is also another thread here talking about damaged covers, but please note that is someone elses thread and not mine (just a coincidence that we're both talking about the same thing).
But first, some backstory is necessary:
My wife and I have been slowly packing up stuff because we're moving to a new house soon, and we have some items stored away in our garage. About a week or so ago, the hot water hose going into the washing machine literally exploded, and there were inches of water on the floor in no time. We heard what sounded like an explosion and ran out to see what happened, and then scrambled to get the DVDs out of there (none of the other stuff mattered...dishs, clothes, etc...all washable). What really sucks is that I'm disabled and can barely walk, so trying to move the DVDs quickly was almost impossible, and we'd have lost more stuff if my wife didn't get most of it out of there.
Anyway, the boxes on the bottom of the stack were filled with my Image DVD collection, and I very literally lost 105 snapper covers. Because of the deluge of water, they all turned completely to mush and are gone forever. It wasnÕt possible to save a single one. As IÕm sure you folks can imagine, I completely freaked out over this (especially since I spent lots of time recently finding snapper cases so I could put these covers on my discs). Luckily I knew some people in the right places and I got 70 of these snappers replaced. While IÕm grateful to have those other covers, IÕm still missing covers for 35 titles.
It all sounds like some kind of bad dream and I really wish it was. But please know that I'm definitely not making any of this up. Paula and I are thoroughly ticked off at this whole, and it was not anything we ever expected to happed. (Just as an FYI, if any of youhave washing machine that use regular thick rubber tubing as water lines, replace them immediately with steel-coated tubing. This way when the rubber becomes degraded, you don't suffer something similar to what happened to us. When that rubber tubing goes, it literally explodes and the water comes out of it with the force of a fire hose. I shudder just thinking about the again... :eek
My big question to you folks out there in HTF land is this: by any slim chance do any of you have replacement covers for the titles IÕve listed below that you can either send me or sell to me for a nominal price? As an alternative, IÕm also looking for hi-resolution scans of the full covers for these snappers -- these would include the fronts, backs and the insides(i.e. chapter listings + ny info on the fold-out snapper covers). If I can at least find some scans, I can resize them and print them out to fit keep cases, so I can have a new home for my discs.
IÕve tried looking elsewhere for hi-res scans of these covers, but have been completely unsuccessful. For example, ImageÕs site does have scans of the front and back covers (but no scans of the inside covers), but they are all very low-res and unsuitable for printing. IÕve also tried various cover sites without success, since these titles I have are not mainstream Òblockbusters.Ó
If any of you would be able to provide replacements that would be great. But if any of you out there can make high-res scans of the full covers for these titles -- at the full height and width -- and email them to me, IÕd be extremely grateful (my email address is [email protected]). My understanding of my email server is that it will only accept email attachments between 5mb and 7mb in size. So any scans made should be under that size. Alternatively, if you have your own website where you can place larger scans, I do have a DSL line and can download them quuickly.
Many, many thanks in advance for anyone who can help me out. I know this is somewhat of a big undertaking and a big thing to ask of you folks, but please know that I do very much appreciate any help you can provide, and that there are not enough words I can say to show that appreciation.
Again, many thanks.
Jeff
* * *
List of damaged snapper covers:
5 Dolls for an August Moon (Mario Bava Collection)
Adult Version of Jekyl and Hide, The
Andy Warhol
Art of Fighting (animated)
Blithe Spirit (1945)
Blobermouth
Bride of the Monster
Brute Man, The (1946)
ChaplinÕs Essanay Comedies: Volume 1
Fist of the North Star (1986, animated)
Forever and a Day
Go West (Buster Keaton)
Heat (1972, Andy Warhol flick)
Hubley Collection, The: Everybody Rides the Carousel
In the Navy (Abbott & Costello)
Jail Bait (1954)
JamminÕ with the Blues Greats
Joni Mitchell: Painting with Words and Music (DTS version)
Laurel and Hardy and Friends: Volume 10
Legal Eagles
Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo (animated)
Mahler
Mississippi Burning (Image version, not new MGM version)
Operavox
Our Hospitality (Buster Keaton)
Pretty as a Picture
Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka
Quantum Leap
Roujin Z (animated)
Secrets of Wars: Intelligence
Shivers
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (Buster Keaton)
Tiger Bay
Unknown Island
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Jeff Krispow
Retired Reviewer
http://www.laserrot.com
[email protected]
