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Are there copies of these? Anybody?

posted 17 years ago by stevengielen
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I saw these episodes on Dutch TV when I was very young (1978/'79) and they made me a Tintin fan. Unfortunately were never commercially published on video or DVD's in Dutch or English. There do exist VHS Secam tapes in French, but those can't be played on Pal-system VCR's. Besides, my Frenh is not good enough.

Does anybody have some copies of these on DVD, or else on VHS?

The following stories were made (I might have some translations wrong):
-"The Crab with Golden Claws"
-"The Black Isle"
-"The Mysterious Star"
-"The Secret o/t Unicorn"
-"Red Rackham's Treasure"
-"The Calculus affair"
-"Destination Moon"

[–] AngelRedhead 15 years ago

You can buy it all at Play.com:

The Adventures Of Tintin: 75 Year Anniversary Box (10 Discs)

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/163423/The-Adventures-Of-Tintin-75-Year-Anniversary-Box/Product.html

"I cannot live without my life! I cannot die without my soul".... Heathcliff

[–] ty4000 12 years ago

That link to Play.com is actually the 1990's series, and not the original 1957 series unfortunately. :-(
This is the closest you can get to some of the 1957 series:
http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/719648/Herge-Adventures-Of-Tintin-Feature-Film-Box-Set/Product.html?searchtype=allproducts&searchsource=0&searchstring=tintin&urlrefer=search
However, this is only Region 2 DVD, so do note that.

[–] b-53858 7 years ago

If your library allows inter-library loans, you can check out 2 VHS tapes, The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's Treasure. Just make sure they're the ones from Sony, and were made in 1986. They play on any NTSC VHS player, and you can look them up on Worldcat.org. Hope this helps, fellow Tintin fan! :). Also, they are all available on YouTube in English from channel Sanctuary Avalon, but I don't know how long that'll last...