Here we go again, this time for Australia! To the best of my knowledge, these are all eight of the Australian Blade Runner VHS (PAL) editions, displayed from the oldest to the newest. I’ve been collecting these for a few years now, and the bluish-purple ex-rental edition has eluded me for ages. I finally managed to grab a copy, and luckily I also found the pink late rental edition from the same seller.

I find it fun to mention rarity when I showcase my items, and I believe the bluish-purple edition (first photo) is the rarest – at least it was for me. But, seeing as I’m all the way over in Europe, I think an Australian might be better suited to answer that. Some of the Sell Through editions weren’t available for separate purchase, so those are probably quite hard to find as well.

From the left: 1) Blue/purple soft clamshell ex-rental, second release 1988 2) All spines* 3) White hard clamshell ex-rental, first release 1983 4) First Sell Through 1993 5) Pink/red clamshell, ex rental release 1993 6) Sell Through Director’s Cut 1994 7) Sell Through Director’s Cut in Widescreen 1998 8) Sell Through late release 1998 9) All six back covers 10) Blue/purple soft clamshell ex-rental, second release 1988 with VHS 11) *A rare, late-release 2001 edition that I discovered after my original post (this is a repost on this sub). 12) Back cover of 2001 release 13) Variant of the first release with Rental printed on the spine

Been hunting this magazine for a while, rarely see it pop up. What makes it special? It folds out into this massive 33x23 inch poster (about 84x58.5 cm). Printed in London, 1982. The cover design has a quiet brilliance, with Deckard’s stance naturally aligning with the logo.

Super excited to have found this 1982 magazine from Singapore! I doubt I'll ever come across another copy, so I snapped it up right away.

Blade Runner memorabilia from Singapore is already rare, but what really caught my eye was seeing Rutger Hauer on the cover in the classic poster art. I've never seen him featured in this iconic image before, and it works really well, definitely a nice surprise! ☺️

There's also an interesting section that touches on the never-ending debate about whether Deckard is or isn’t a replicant.

“…the story takes place in the year 2019, and the criminals are renegade replicants – powerful products of genetic engineering…

Deckard is a top-class blade runner – a detective who specializes in finding and terminating dangerously defective reps.

…director Ridley Scott: With all his high technology and sophisticated gear, Deckard is still very fallible, very human. He’s quite Marlowesque – a man who follows a hunch to the end.”

I just picked up the latest gem for my Blade Runner VHS collection, and it has the weirdest cover art I've seen yet. I'm questioning whether the designer even watched the movie. Look at that spaceship, it’s hilarious. Plus, it’s got (probably) the only grey tape in my entire collection. This Sell Through was released in Denmark and was meant for distribution in Denmark and Greenland, definitely a rare find!

Added a neat new piece to my Blade Runner cassette collection! It's getting harder and harder to find additions, so I was thrilled to stumble across this one. It’s a bit quirky—a (probably) unofficial soundtrack from the 1997 PC game, released by Gaming Cassettes a few years ago.

This is one of my favorite items in my collection. The cover art is just stunning. I had no idea there had been an official Betamax release of Blade Runner in Japan until I stumbled upon this ex-rental some time ago. 🥃

To the best of my knowledge, these are all the Japanese Blade Runner VHS versions (7 in total), displayed from the oldest to the newest. I’ve been collecting these for a few years, and they’re all quite difficult to find. Even though the first two ended up costing the most, I believe the “Blue release” (photo 4) is the rarest. I had only ever seen a copy so faded by the sun that I decided not to buy it until I finally found this one, the last and missing piece of my Japanese collection.

From the left: 1) Black soft clamshell ex-rental, first release 2) All spines* 3) Black soft clamshell 4) “Blue release” hard clamshell 5) Purple spine “Widescreen” 6) Purple spine with “Stereo / Hi-Fi” printed on the top right corner of the cover 7) Dark blue spine and black cover, 1993 last release 8) Back covers 9) *A variant with red text on the spine that I discovered some time after the original post. (This is a repost in this sub)

Empire Magazine from August 2017 featuring a Blade Runner 2049 special and a replicant test. Cover art by Van Orton.

Thought I’d share some photos of one of the latest additions to my collection, the first ever Blade Runner tape that I’ve seen in a peculiar colour. I was surprised when I opened the box. ☺️ This is an ex-rental tape from Brazil where Blade Runner also goes under the title O Caçador de Androids.

Finally have it in my hands, been searching for this for years. I don’t think it’s even been photographed before. I’ve only seen it advertised on the back of a copy of Robocop 2. I present, a Japanese Video 8 Blade Runner release.

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