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Elvira Mistress Of The Dark Video Collectors Box
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00:00I really hope I'm not going to have any unpleasant dreams with the lack of cool collectibles I find inside this case.
00:05Here's your spooky spot on the Elvira Mistress of the Dark VHS collector's case.
00:09Yes, yes, we are doing it again.
00:31I've picked up yet another of the VHS collector's case from my local Spirit Halloween.
00:36I think by now, every time I walk through the door, they must look over at me and think,
00:39here comes that sucker again who's buying those blasted VHS collector's tapes.
00:43I know right now the price of these are way too high for exactly what you're going to find inside.
00:48Yet, though, if you are one that likes to collect the VHS style of cases, which I just happen to have myself,
00:53what's the last few that I've actually looked at?
00:55I think the last one, in fact, we looked at was The Exorcist.
00:58I've also got myself the Terrify.
01:00I'm not going to bring them all in simply just because, again, we've looked at quite a lot of them here in this channel.
01:05That's also the trick-or-treat over there as well.
01:07So I figured it would be time to pick up yet another couple of these.
01:10And this year, I ended up picking up three.
01:13I'm just going to put these over off to the side for right now.
01:15It's something you can look at in the background.
01:18But I picked up this one, and I also picked up one other one as well.
01:21So I think we're happy just to kind of stick with the three VHS collector's cases for this year.
01:26And then I'm sure next year I'm going to be doing this again.
01:29This has, though, reversible package art, and it does contain six items inside for one great price.
01:35Again, it's sort of questionable whether you consider this to be a great price or not.
01:39This would, though, set you back $18.90.
01:42I don't know why I'm moving my fingers so much.
01:44$18.99.
01:45What's cool, though, about this is it does have an old vintage sticker that says,
01:49Don't be fined.
01:50Please rewind.
01:52And, of course, it does have Elvira herself.
01:54Looks like somebody's going to be setting things ablaze.
01:57And, unfortunately, though, Elvira is still tied to the post when they're doing that.
02:01Spirit collector's box does have six great items inside.
02:04And then on the back of the box, it does have a read-up.
02:06Elvira, the sultry and macabre television horror hostess,
02:11unexpectedly inherits a haunted mansion in a conservative small town.
02:15With her bewitching beauty, sharp wit, and perchant for dark and outrageous,
02:20the TV temptress shakes up the town's traditional values and sparks chaos
02:24as she attempts to uncover the secrets of her inheritance.
02:26Along the way, she battles judgmental town folk, supernatural forces,
02:31and uncovers her own hidden powers.
02:33This raucous and campy tale is a celebration of individuality and self-acceptance,
02:40wrapped in a delightful blend of horror and humor,
02:42with Elvira's unforgettable charisma at the forefront.
02:46Of the things that you'll find inside, you'll get a patch,
02:49you'll get two buttons, two decals, or stickers if you prefer,
02:53and one lanyard.
02:54There's Elvira down below.
02:55This is recommended, apparently, for 14 and up.
02:58Although, I'm sure, though, if somebody went in there at 11,
03:01I don't think the person behind the counter would say,
03:03Oh, no, no, no, hold on there, chap.
03:04Because they call everybody chap who's of a small size.
03:07Hold on there, chap.
03:08Hold on there, fella.
03:09You can't be buying this.
03:10I don't think you're 14 and up.
03:12One thing that's cool, though, also about these cases,
03:14is that you can flip around them.
03:16So, of course, on the inside, if you're familiar with these by now,
03:18you get yourself the VHS tape,
03:20but the VHS tape is all the things that are going to be stored inside.
03:22So, there's goodies all to be found inside.
03:25The old clamshell case does look like something you'd expect to see
03:28from the old 80s video store, Strip Plaza stores.
03:32I love, like, the old Video 99s.
03:33It would all be things I would go to as a kid and in high school.
03:37I used to rent tons of VHS tapes at my local Spirit 99.
03:42Video 99.
03:43One thing, too, again, if you don't like these obnoxious labels down below,
03:47to kind of give away the fact that this clearly isn't a VHS case,
03:51you can, though, slide these out.
03:53Although, sometimes I've noticed that they do get stuck inside,
03:56and you can flip it around.
03:58So, it does...
03:59Well, one thing I do like about the original one
04:01is that it has more age along the spine,
04:03and it looks a little bit more yellowed.
04:05It does also remove, unfortunately, the Don't Be Fined Please Rewind.
04:09It has everything...
04:10This side has everything I would want on it.
04:13Except for the six items at one great price.
04:16When you flip it around, you lose all of that.
04:18But, again, we're going to just kind of flip this around so you guys can see.
04:21If you would like to have this, though, on your shelf,
04:24it certainly does look a little bit more pleasing to the eye,
04:26and it doesn't look like something you just bought from Spirit Halloween.
04:29It looks like an old VHS case.
04:32Now, I have also tried these, in case you're curious, with VHS tapes,
04:35and they seem to also fit as well.
04:37So, if you happen to have an old Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, maybe on VHS,
04:41you could use about the same size tape and put it inside the clamshell case.
04:46So, we'll put the case right there, and then we'll go ahead and open this all up.
04:50Now, this was rated PG-13 back in the day.
04:53I think PG-13, you could get away with a whole lot.
04:55I think you probably were allowed one swear word.
04:57Maybe it was one swear word in a movie to give you at least that PG-13 garnering.
05:02Anything after the fact, if you had more swear words,
05:04if you had other things in there as well, inappropriate for kids,
05:07then the PG-13 would be changed to, I guess, adult accompaniment,
05:11and then it would be restricted.
05:12That may be the other way around.
05:14But we've got Spirit Home Video.
05:16For best picture quality, adjust your tracking controls.
05:18I really do hope that that is correct, and that number is right.
05:28But what we're going to be more interested, though, to see is,
05:30we're going to open this up, and we're going to check the contents inside.
05:33Now, I actually saw Elvira long before I saw The Exorcist,
05:37which was the one I also picked up this year.
05:39I grabbed that one first, then I grabbed The Exorcist.
05:42I went back just recently, and I grabbed myself a third title.
05:45And I won't tell you what the title is.
05:46We're going to be looking at it in an upcoming video.
05:49Pulling the contents, though, all out,
05:51I guess the first thing we'll have a look at.
05:53What's the last thing in there?
05:54The last thing that's in there will be the first thing we have a look at.
05:57It's this pretty cool-looking patch.
05:59Looks like an old playing card where we have Elvira flipped around.
06:03Instead, of course, the Queen, we've got ourselves Elvira, the Mistress.
06:06Flip it around, and it looks the exact same image
06:09whether you flip it up or you flip it down.
06:11You flip it all around, and it's still going to be Elvira.
06:13This is just sewn on the back, so in order to do that,
06:16the embroidered threads are highly prone to melting.
06:20Do not apply an iron directly.
06:22Preheat the iron for five minutes on a high setting.
06:24Pre-iron your garment where you plan to place the patch.
06:27Then place the patch.
06:28Place a lightweight pressed cloth over the patch.
06:31Press firmly with the back-and-forth motion for 40-45 seconds.
06:35Turn the piece inside out.
06:37And with a back-and-forth motion,
06:38iron the backside of the patch for 45 seconds while pressing firmly.
06:43And then that will be attached to a jean jacket, a jean vest, jean pants.
06:47Anything that's denim I think would work the best.
06:49Some people would prefer leather.
06:51You can also go, ah, maybe leather's probably not a good idea.
06:53Stick with more fabrics.
06:55Do we want to see what it looks like inside?
06:57I mean, I know we kind of get the gist of this.
07:00Where is the opening of this?
07:01Oh, the opening's on the bottom.
07:02So we're just going to open it up.
07:05Pull the patch out just so you guys can see a better look of it.
07:08I mean, it looks good.
07:10It certainly would, though, stand out if you happen to have, like a denim vest,
07:14like I happen to have a denim vest.
07:15That would stand out rather nicely.
07:18To go along with that, you also get yourself some Elvira stickers.
07:22And the decals.
07:23It's funny, though, that they actually give instructions on the back for decals.
07:25Clean and dry the smooth surface.
07:27Put decal on the surface.
07:29Sticky side down.
07:30Ooh, I'm glad they told me that.
07:31I was actually going to put the sticky side on my face
07:34and then be surprised then that I can't get it stuck onto my binder.
07:38Removal.
07:38Lift a corner of the graphic and peel off the decal.
07:41Decals can be applied to many different surfaces and finishes.
07:46Porous, I think, would probably be the harder thing
07:48because it's not going to stick as well.
07:50And you also want to put it on something that you know you will want to be taking off.
07:53Like, don't be sticking this on the coffee table
07:56because you might change your mind down the road.
07:57We've got a full size.
07:59I say full size.
08:00That would be about the same size as Jenna Ortega.
08:03Oh, come on.
08:03With the short jokes?
08:04Really?
08:05But that's a good size.
08:07It's unfortunate, though, that there's a crease right around her middle.
08:10It's almost like as if it's been bent.
08:12And it does look like it may have had been bent somehow
08:15when it was putting in package.
08:17So, unfortunately, mine has got this obnoxious line.
08:20Right there.
08:21It sounds like a cat's got loose.
08:22It's right there.
08:24There's a little line.
08:25I've also got this one here that doesn't look like it's got a line.
08:29That could also be...
08:30Oh, I wonder if that's probably also where it gets separated.
08:35But unfortunately, though, where you peel the back is just...
08:38It's leaving that line right there.
08:39I'm going to keep looking at that, and that's going to bother me.
08:42So it doesn't bother me as much.
08:44I'm going to put it over here so I'm not looking at it as much.
08:46Then we've got Elvira, of course, with a coupe, her car.
08:49Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.
08:51Funny, though, enough...
08:52My phone also agreed.
08:54Funny, though, enough, it's the exact same image.
08:56It's just...
08:56It's even smaller of a Jenna Ortega.
08:58It's even smaller of a size, but the exact same Elvira.
09:02Again, you just peel the backs off so you can stick that where you need to put it.
09:05Then you've got yourself a couple of pins.
09:07You've got Elvira now on video.
09:09I like the look of that one.
09:10You just basically have Cassandra Peterson's eyes and, of course, the top of her hair.
09:14And then you've also got this one here, which probably looks a lot better if we open it up.
09:20I can already hear the moans in the background.
09:22Everybody's like, oh, bro, seriously, you really keep wasting your money on these stupid VHS cases.
09:28I mean, come on.
09:28Who else in their right mind are buying these VHS cases?
09:31I'd like to hope that I'm not the only sucker that's buying these.
09:34So again, we've got Elvira now on video.
09:37And then we've got this one right here.
09:39Get a good look at this one.
09:40Again, Mistress of the Dark.
09:42Very, very cool looking pin.
09:44Simple enough pins, too.
09:46Do they have instructions for the pins?
09:48Do they?
09:49Where's the bag for this?
09:50There is.
09:50No, there's not.
09:51It just says warning sharp point.
09:53Well, at least they got the point across.
09:55I'm here all day.
09:56Actually, I'm really not here all day.
09:57I got other things I need to do as well.
09:59How these pins work in case you needed instructions, you basically just pop this down.
10:04You pin it onto something you need to pin.
10:06And then you just put the pin back where you left it.
10:08Put it back so it doesn't poke you in the chest or poke you in the arm or poke you wherever you're putting this pin.
10:13Sorry for spitting on everybody.
10:15Last thing that we have, though, is we have the lanyard.
10:19The lanyard also comes with an ID card.
10:21Or more of the case for the card.
10:23And again, we open this up.
10:26So we've got Elvira, Mistress of the Dark on one side.
10:29Elvira makes her big screen debut in a hot new comedy.
10:32On the back, seems to be the exact same.
10:35With that, though, we also got Elvira.
10:38That symbol motif.
10:39That looks kind of cool.
10:40Rubbery plastic, of course.
10:41And attaching everything together, we've got an Elvira lanyard, which I would have normally said I could wear to work.
10:50But I think under the circumstances of exactly what's on this necklace, I don't think I'd be able to wear this.
10:55Again, we've got a perfectly cut, unfortunately.
11:00But yeah, it's revealing a whole lot.
11:02As Elvira generally reveals quite a lot.
11:04And then there is the clip on the end.
11:06So you just attach the two, put this around your neck, clip it together.
11:09Or if you have a small enough neck or a small enough head, you probably don't even have to do that at all.
11:15Pretty cool, though.
11:16I mean, again, like you've got the lanyard that, you know, once you've really removed the card, you can put yourself your ID card in there as well.
11:21You know, again, wherever you end up working that ends up needing an ID card.
11:24We also got ourselves inside a patch.
11:27Patch looks pretty cool.
11:29A couple of pins.
11:30A couple of pins.
11:32And we also got ourselves some stickers.
11:34Now, if you take the tally of all of that, and you start to do the math, you maybe bring out the second hand, and maybe you have to start taking off your socks to do counting things on your toes as well.
11:43Maybe some could say that that is clearly not worth $18.99.
11:46I would probably tend to agree.
11:48If this was just, let's say, all in just a bag, and it just said Elvira, Mr. The Dark, and you just peeled open the bag, and you dumped out the contents, and was sold for the same price.
11:57I would probably have said, yeah, you know, I would agree.
12:00$18.99.
12:01$19 plus your tax is way too high for essentially what you're getting inside.
12:06The fact, though, that they also include it in a VHS box, and then they also include the clamshell case.
12:12I think the clamshell case is what kind of, for me, makes up for the fact that the prices of what the contents are is a little too steep.
12:19I do like the look of the box.
12:20This actually is one of those cases where I feel like the box insert looks better the other way around, because it looks a little more aged.
12:25This looks brand new and pristine, but again, if you have been collecting any of the VHS collector's cases, I've gotten quite a lot over the years.
12:33Again, I can now add another one to it.
12:35The Elvira, I don't think, was there last year.
12:37If it was, I certainly didn't see it, or they may have sold out by then.
12:41But this year, I was able to actually grab this.
12:43I grabbed it at the same time that I grabbed the recently looked at Exorcist VHS collector's case.
12:48Again, what do you guys think of these?
12:49Let me know down below in the comments section.
12:50Way too expensive?
12:51Too much waste of a money?
12:52Or do you think that these are actually cool and would like to get these yourself?
12:56Let me know what you guys think of these down below.
12:58If you guys did also enjoy this video, you can do it a solid throw to the like.
13:00You guys want to stick around for more?
13:01So, I hope so.
13:03Certainly going to be more spookerific reviews coming your way for the rest of Spottober, so I hope you guys are going to be coming back for that.
13:08As always, thanks for watching.
13:10See you guys next time.
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