| MST3K Tape Trading! Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Trade |
| What the ratings mean: A-Excellent quality, first generation taped on SP. Might have minor blink-and-you-miss-them tracking blips. B-Picture may be slightly grainy, slight tracking problems C-Grainy picture, running colors, slight audio hiss or static. Last level of watchability. D-Picture is indiscernible, colors "bleed", severe tracking problems. Not worth trading. Unless otherwise noted, all episodes are taped on SP, aren't missing anything, and include commercials. Personal favorites are highlighted in blue; tapes or not yet reviewed are green. Those issued by Rhino or Info Club are red. |
| First Generation 422 - Manos: The Hands of Fate 810 - Giant Spider Invasion (A) 811 - Parts: The Clonus Horror (A) 816 - Prince of Space (A) 819 - Invasion of the Neptune Men (A) 820 - Space Mutiny (A) 821 - Time Chasers (A) 822 - Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (A) 902 - Phantom Planet (A) 907 - Hobgoblins (A) 908 - The Touch of Satan 910 - The Final Sacrifice (A) 911 - Devil Fish (A) 912 - The Screaming Skull w/short Robot Rumpus (ooh, Gumby; A) 913 - Quest of the Delta Knights (A) 1001 - Soultaker (A) 1002 - Girl in Gold Boots 1003 - Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders (A) 1004 - Future War (A) 1006 - Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues 1007 - Track of the Moon Beast (A) 1008 - Final Justice (A) 1009 - Hamlet 1011 - The Horrors of Spider Island (A) 1012 - Squirm w/short A Case of Spring Fever (A) 1013 - Danger: Diabolik (A) Second Generation 401 - Space Travellers 402 - The Giant Gila Monster (D; C+ Picture, but tracking is seriously messed in parts) 406 - Attack of the Giant Leeches w/short "Undersea Kingdom"--Episode 1 (B-; No commercials) 412 - Hercules and the Captive Women (B-) 417 - Crash of the Moons 501 - The Warrior of the Lost World (B+) 702 - The Brute Man w/short Chicken of Tomorrow (A-) 703 - Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell (B; No commercials) 704 - The Incredible Melting Man (C+; no commercials) 705 - Escape 2000 706 - Laserblast (C; No commercials) 812 - The Incredibly Strange Creatures who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (B) 818 - Devil Doll (B+; No commercials) 903 - Puma Man (B; audio is a bit iffy in spots) 909 - Gorgo (B+) With such a diminuitive collection, I am in no position to be making demands, so I'll pretty much take what I can get. All I ask is that it is watchable, as in C grade or better, it is whole, and it's in SP mode, as I've had mostly bad experiences with copies made from an SLP tape. Also, I'd prefer to leave commercials in copies that have them, as my VCR is not great at cutting them out. |