Post by @ajroach42@retro.social

2026-10-26 19:51 UTC

I think, if I was to do it, I'd use a commercial duplication and packaging service rather than trying to do the duplication and packaging myself. I also think I'd probably do a quarterly drop, rather than a monthly one, at least to start. Based on my initial investigation, I'd need to charge around $20 - $25 per release, and I'd need at least ~20 people on board to make it cost effective (and really 50 - 100 would be the sweet spot.)

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@ajroach42@retro.social 2026-10-26 20:38

The economics of starting a VHS distribution label almost make sense, really, and I bet I know enough weirdos from the #monsterdon community and associated communities that I could find some folks who would be pretty damn excited about the obscure releases we could put out. Maybe offer a USB Video Disc option for people who don't want a VHS (and a como USB/VHS pack for people who want the tape but also want the good looking copy?) Between films that are unambiguously in the US public domain and films that are *probably* in the US public domain, but nobody has been able to prove it one way or the other, I could easily put together a few dozen obscure releases that most folks haven't seen. And that's without getting into the indie filmmakers I know who would probably want in.

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