Does anyone know how rare the vintage MLP VHS tapes are?

[Ponyfan]

The original VHS versions of Rescue at Midnight Castle and Escape from Catrina?

Ponyfan

[ChipsteRJ]

Not sure, but I bought a bunch from the Delaneys a few months ago.  Paid $10 for about 10 videos.
I don't even have a way to play them. I can possibly find the box and see if either of these is among the 10 tapes  I bought. Would love to know anyone put them on DVD- I wanna watch them!

[lovesbabysquirmy]

As I understand, they are fairly hard to find, just because we all wore them out playing them! 

[Makaroni_the_pony]

As I understand, they are fairly hard to find, just because we all wore them out playing them! 

The early 2000s VHS cull didn't help their numbers either loll, I miss VHSes

[Ponyfan]

Thanks everyone. I do have an original VHS of Rescue at Midnight Castle so I just need Catrina uncut. I noticed there seem to be a lot less of them for sale then. there were just a few years ago. I'm sorry you don't have a way to play your VHS tapes ChipsteRJ.

Ponyfan

[Shatyr]

I actually have a setup that can put VHS recordings onto DVDs. No pony VHS to convert, sadly.

[Bekuno]

I doubt they're worth too much because of how easily they wear down. You'd have to find one that was never watched. I have The End of Flutter Valley on VHS.

[Taffeta]

I'm now wondering which versions we got on our VHS over here. I know Rescue at Midnight Castle was renamed Firefly's Adventure and resold on the pink tape with Firefly later - is that the alternate version or are there more than two? And how is Catrina cut?

[Shatyr]

Escape from Catrina is missing a song number after she attempts to freeze the ponies to take as her new slaves. It wasn't the greatest, but it gave a little more insight into the Rep/Catrina relationship.

[Makaroni_the_pony]

I always thought the song was kind of cute, lol, but yeah, mainly the uncut version keeps the song, and I think some really minor scenes that the shorter one removes

[Carrehz]

I'm now wondering which versions we got on our VHS over here. I know Rescue at Midnight Castle was renamed Firefly's Adventure and resold on the pink tape with Firefly later - is that the alternate version or are there more than two? And how is Catrina cut?

I've got a UK VHS of RaMC that's on the same tape as "Escape from Catrina" and is titled "My Little Pony in Dreamland", for whatever reason.. (the actual animation is still the same as any version though, the title only appears on the VHS box) Both of them are uncut. I could've *sworn* I had a photo of it but it looks like the only photo I do have is a bit of the blurb on the back:

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As for what was edited from "Catrina", they cut Catrina and Rep's song out (as well as some of the surrounding dialogue), Posey's line "Help! Help! We can't move!" (it's right at the end of part one - when the special is split into two parts - so it may have been cut out by accident? -shrug-), Megan's line "Why not?" when she's talking to Baby Moondancer (the "Baby Moondancer, where's your costume?"/"Don't have one" conversation), and the ending theme was cut out, like with RaMC. /ramble

[Kazzellin]

I've noticed the movie had a song cut too - "little piece of rainbow " isn't onthe DVD version. I have all three on VHS still, just no way to get them onto DVD, though I'd love to watch the childhood versions that way.

[Ponyfan]

The Firefly's Adventure  tape is uncut also  but I haven't seen it come up for sale as often as the original VHS version. I knew the song was missing from Catrina but didnt realize dialogue was missing as well. I just noticed yesterday that the two part version of Rescue at Midnight Castle is missing the few seconds of Glory licking the smashed apples off of Applejack after Firefly crashed in to the apple basket as well as the song.

Ponyfan

[Carrehz]

Something else I forgot to mention is that the DVD version of "Escape from Catrina" has a weird animation glitch halfway through the "Dressed Like A Dream" sequence - the animation of the baby ponies walking down the steps replays briefly, just before Catrina and Rep's part. You can see it in this video, about 49 seconds in. It's weird, I've seen TV recordings of the edited-for-time version and they don't have this error, so idk why the DVDs do o.o How odd.

And yeah, I've noticed that about RaMC too! They cut most of the opening theme out, and all of the ending theme. And the "Little Piece of Rainbow" song, of course. AFAIK it doesn't have any random dialogue edits like Catrina does, though.

[Taffeta]

Hm,, so interesting. We have the same vhs, dreamland. I remember the scenes you mention and I think that to be the only version I watched but may be wrong.

Revolt of PE also has some cut/repeat/something in the middle on the DVD I think...