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bunnyman14 t1_iuhpk65 wrote

Reply to comment by xmsxms in Got this piece of Toy Story Film Strip for my birthday yesterday by RareSun_

What's with the quotations? The sentences are grammatically correct.
For some people, this is a nice present. Don't judge! :)

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xmsxms t1_iuhtgi9 wrote

"an" as opposed to "the".

There's a big difference between "this came from the actual movie reel" vs "this came from an actual movie reel"

Yes it's a nice present. But the seller is hyping it up a bit.

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bunnyman14 t1_iuhw01n wrote

If there were only one movie reel, then there'd only be one cinema able to play the movie at one single time. The most likely thing is that this was from one of the copy reels that are given to cinemas, while the original "master" reel is somewhere in a vault. If this were actually from the master reel, these few inches of film would be unaffordable to anyone who isn't a millionaire.

Since movie reels weren't exactly mass-produced endlessly, there is scarcity. Therefore, this product has value.

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beaushaw t1_iui4m3o wrote

> Since movie reels weren't exactly mass-produced endlessly, there is scarcity. Therefore, this product has value.

Toy Story is 81 minutes or 4,860 seconds long. Each second of movie is 24 frames so each print of Toy Story has 116,640 frames. This piece is 5 frames, so each print can make 23,328 if these.

I might be able to find out how many prints of Toy Story were made, but I can't be bothered, I am guessing around 7,000.

A rough estimate, this is a one of 163,296,000. Not that rare.

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bunnyman14 t1_iui9e3a wrote

First off, nobody said there'd be math!

Second, that's a number below infinity and is therefore, by definition, scarce. That's not enough for everyone on the planet. I wasn't saying that the copied frames were rare, I'm saying that strips like these from the master copy would be expensive, as there'd be only 23,328 of those in the world. If you're the kind of person who wants a specific frame or set of frames, then there's literally only 1 strip for you. That is, if someone doesn't already have it.

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beaushaw t1_iuie0ud wrote

By your definition nothing in the universe is scarce.

That said I think these are great for a couple bucks, they are also a great way to get rid of old prints. They made thousands of these prints and only need to save a handful for history. Cutting them up and selling them is brilliant.

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shrimpcest t1_iuhy63b wrote

Na, I don't really think the seller is over hyping this. It seems completely appropriate and fitting for a gift shop style item.

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