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Child of the 80's needs help! Humor me :)

posted 19 years ago by Lalalaura
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So, yes, I am yet another 24-year-old (I will not say loser, I am not a loser) who watched The Mysterious Cities of Gold religiously on Nickelodeon when it aired during the late 80's, and I'm doing that thing where I try to recapture my youth by collecting all the television I used to watch.

Thanks to some really amazing people I've "met" over the years, I have all the episodes of Mysterious Cities of Gold. I'm still missing a lot of stuff that would pay literally any amount of money for, and here's where we get to the help I need...

Anyone -- ANYONE -- who has (or has access to) any of the following (list below) on (American) VHS or DVD and would be willing to make me copies, I will buy you a pony. You will be my new best friend. Or, more accurately, I'd pay you, or happily trade "MCoG" episodes. It's silly, but there's something surreal about watching the things you watched when you were younger. No matter where you are or how adult you feel, the second you see that old Nickelodeon programming, you're 8 years old again.

Anyway, enough. I'm looking for the following stuff. Please, please, pretty please respond or send me a message if you can help me.

Belle and Sebastian - http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowMainServlet/showid-9546/ // http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283710/
Spartacus and the Sun Beneath the Sea - http://www.absoluteanime.com/spartakus/
Ulysses 31 - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131190/

(All of the above were TV shows that ran on Nick from 1986-ish to 1989-ish, in case you think I'm crazy or smoking something. I know Ulysses 31 is available on VHS and DVD... but I'm lazy and hoping somebody already has a complete set they could burn for me).

and, finally,

Zoom the White Dolphin - http://www.dealtime.com/xMDS-Zoom-the-White-Dolphin~PD-141897667456

(which is a 90-minute naturally animated unbelievably silly movie that aired during the same time).

That's my plea. Seriously, I will owe you forever if you can help me...

Cheers :)
Laura

[–] quitchy 19 years ago

Ulysses 31 has been released on DVD! I just bought my Region 2 copy from Play.com

[–] physusc 19 years ago

Where did you get ahold of MCoG? I am dying to get hold of a copy.

Thanks!
C.J. (a 30-year old loser!)

[–] Lalalaura 19 years ago

eBay. So sad, so true.

[–] Xyon 19 years ago

Mysterious City of Gold, Belle & Sebastian and Ulysses 31 are all available on Region 2 DVD with French track only.

City of Gold is also available in Canada on Region 1 but also with French track only.

~Xyon~
I'm not crazy, I just do what the voices inside my head tells me to do

[–] cosmic_quest 19 years ago

You can get a copy of the English version of 'Ulysses 31' on region 2 DVD. As for MCoG, there are copies of the entire series floating about on ebay, which is where I got my copy from.

[–] Iamb_180 19 years ago

I agree, MCoG really isn't that hard to find. I actually got my English copies from this place for a reasonable price: http://www.msu.edu/~skutt/mcog.html .
I purchased 2 sets (VCD and DVD) on two different occasions with no problems. From what I understand, many sellers on eBay purchased copies from this individual and are now selling them on auctions.

Now if I could find someone who has a complete set of Belle & Sebastian (in English), I'd be in heaven.