LOL I just Googled it and found this (scroll down to 'controversy') https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rescuers#

It's metioned on LDDB too http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/18647/14793-AS/Rescuers-The

So elahrairrah, you managed to get the recalled version with the 'easter egg'?

HI ALL THE LAST LASERDISC I bought? WAS UNIVERSAL SOLDIER
i love this movie i had to add it to my collection
3 players i use are all pioneers and work a treat

they are models
CLD-1200 PAL ONLY ...
CLD-1950 NTSC/PAL
CLD-2850 NTSC/PAL

THEY ARE GREAT AND I LOVE THEM
HAVE LOADS MORE LD'S
WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A LIST
AS IT BIG I THOUGHT IT WAS 100 DISCS BUT CHECKING AGAIN IT LOOKS MORE
KEEP LIST IN A BOOK

Got Brainstorm (1983) [ML106609] today all the way from Denmark. Picked it up for around 12 USD or 9 GBP + shipping. Not too bad. Excellent movie, looking forward to watch it with AC-3.

Yeah, I got the recalled version--at least going by the catalog number. I haven't popped it in to check yet.

Then again I do have to wonder if this racy image in question is also viewable in the older CAV release too (which I have as well)? According to a story from E! Online way back in '99 . . .And that isn't completely true either about this recall being the "first of its kind for Disney." They recalled The Best of Roger Rabbit Laserdisc back in 1996 for a racy image they didn't catch previously, but can plainly see it on the LD since it's in CAV. Though, that wasn't the "official" reason why they Disney recalled that disc. Here's the story on that one from Entertainment Weekly (which I actually read about in the print version way back when!) . . .

''The Best of Roger Rabbit'' - Freezing a frame on the new video version might alter the film's G-rating

And I have that Laserdisc as well

My latest addition to my humble collection: Tenchi Muyo in Love 2 - limited edition. Its missing the film reel bonus, but other than that it's complete. There were only 15,000 copies of this edition.

Cool stuff, xellospl! Hopefully my box set will have the film reel bonus. Bought a huge lot with Tenchi Muyo a couple of weeks ago. Out on the seven seas, so probably won't see it in a while...

Oh, nice. So far I have all the movies (in Love 1 in two editions, regular and special), Mihoshi Special and Pretty Samy OVA + Samy Song Book.

This arrived during the week:



Part of an interesting little piece of Australian laserdisc history and one of my favorite 'good B-grade' flicks. There were a couple of attempts to more widely market LD's here. The first I remember was a push of PAL discs and players in the very early 90's, I was working in a Hi-Fi store at the time, it wasn't too successful and LD was always a tiny niche market here. Then of course 5.1 sound came along in the early 90's too.

We sold the equipment, but the only way to make use of it was via NTSC LD. Several Hi-Fi shops established their own LD video libraries of imported discs for their customers, something the local distributors were not happy with as they weren't getting their cut, all sorts of legal threats over copyright ensuing. Our customers were importing their own discs too and the local distributors to give some credit realised that rather than trying to stamp it out completely they should get in on the act and get their piece from local sales.

And so began the short era of 'authorised NTSC laserdisc imports'. Close up of the sticker on Starship Troopers:


Most of these (like my copy of Bulworth) were the US pressings with the local stickers added:

http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/09384/0051185/Bulworth

Starship Troopers seems to have been one of only a handful of NTSC movie titles specifically for Australia.
http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/43183/A002500VFE/Starship-Troopers
And we got different artwork too (pretty much every country seemed to with Starship Troopers) shared with the Hong Kong release, but in English.

The other nice things about this release is no rot, which apparently the US one is prone to; no censorship/edits like the Japanese one; AC3 sound which the European/PAL ones didn't; and it has a really nice PQ for LD, low noise and lots of detail. I'm going to stick my neck out and say the best version of Starship Troopers to own!!

Interesting! When did they start "officially" importing the NTSC LDs to Australia? I ask because I visited Sydney and Perth back in '97 and at an HMV they were selling Independence Day but it had a PAL sticker on it. So that kept me from buying it.

My memory isn't that specific on dates.....

The PAL marketing push was in the very early 90's, then it was the multi-channel HT market and private importation that led to the situation with 'official' NTSC discs. I kind of recall it being several years after the 'PAL push' perhaps mid-early 90's. Both PAL and NTSC continued to be sold; and plenty of private importation of NTSC continued too.

Brought Braveheart (1995) (Uncut) [LV 33118-2WS]should be in the post on Monday and here late next week.

Just thought try and see if its listed on eBay, not a peep of it. Not that much in a hurry for it. Liked it when I first saw it on VHS rental in the 80's.

Got my self some more LDs today! Also got a VHD and VHS as well.

LDs:
Black Sunday (1977) [SF098-1063]
Brainstorm (1983) [ML106609]
Death Wish (1974) [LDT-10083]
Red Sun (1971) [PILF-2147]
Sudden Death (1995) [PILF-2320]
Tenchi Muyo in Love: The Movie (1996) [PILA-1393]
Y's II: vol.1 (1992) [KILA 50]
Y's II: vol.2 (1992) [KILA 51]
Y's II: vol.3 (1992) [KILA 52]
Y's II: vol.4 (1992) [KILA 53]

VHD:
Jaws 3D (1983) [V3D-101~2]

VHS:
Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS (1975) [148PH-1]

Picked up Blade in the Dark, A (Das Haus mit dem dunklen Keller) (1983) [EC1003-LD] today. Got lucky and managed to get it for a good price. My copy is number 405.

A bit interesting that it is a european release, but is NTSC. The distributor, which I've been in contact with, said it is because PAL sucks on laserdisc. The pressing was also done in Japan because it was better. Truly a "by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts" release.

Yeah, I've been trying to get all of those EC Entertainment LDs as they're quite an oddity--coming out near the end of Laserdisc's life and in NTSC despite being released in PAL land.

The only one I don't have is Mangiati Vivi/Eaten Alive though I do have the movie on LD under a different label which is also a Euro company who released NTSC LDs--Professional Cine Media.

I think that company also released Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust on LD, even though the label says "Cult Epics." As the packaging is far too similar to PCM's.

Yeah. The guy behind EC Entertainment still owns rights for 10 movies. They also released even more movies on DVD and VHS. Still a ton of those in stock, so I'll probably pick up the DVDs since it is more convenient.

Got my first few PAL Laserdiscs though I'm probably never going to get a PAL player. Yeah, makes no sense, but when you're a horror movie fan, you do stupid things like this. At least the cover/gatefold for Zombi 2 is cool:







And I couldn't believe how utterly basic the cover of the bootleg of The New York Ripper is:

Well, zombie is looking really nice. At least you bought something well worth displaying in a horror collection.

Got a few more laserdiscs today:

Drunken Master 2 (1994) [PILF-7328]
Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives (1986) [SF078-1309]

Battle Angel (Gunnm): vol.1 Rusty Angel (1993) [JSLA-22201]
Battle Angel (Gunnm): vol.2 Tears Sign (1993) [JSLA-22202]
Shamanic Princess: vol.1 Yorudo's Throne (1996) [BEAL-880]
Shamanic Princess: vol.2: Forest (1996) [BEAL-881]
Shamanic Princess: vol.3 Awakening (1997) [BEAL-882]
Shamanic Princess: vol.4 [BEAL-883]
Shamanic Princess: vol.5 Guardian World [BEAL-884]
Shamanic Princess: vol.6 [BEAL-885]
Silent Mobius: The Motion Picture: Special Collection (1991) [PILA-1160]

Also got some japanese VHS tapes:

Enter the Ninja
Revenge of the Ninja
Ninja III: The Domination
Funeral Home
I, Madman

I just received a copy of The Nightmare Before Christmas to add to my collection. It was shipped in a pizza box from PizzaHut. No achovies or extra cheese was included lol.

Got a copy of the Atari E.R.I.C. POP #1 promo disk, and 3M definitely didn’t have their s..tuff together in 1982 either, at least when the disk's almost 35 years old... Very poor SNR at the beginning of the (CAV) disk and speckling throughout.

And cool, a bootleg