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Movie Posters => Posters By Size => Topic started by: erik1925 on October 15, 2015, 10:42:34 PM
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Are posters that are referred to as "subway" posters (and that also measure approx. the same as bus shelters- 45x60), basically the same critter, but just done in the horizontal format?
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Are posters that are referred to as "subway" posters (and that also measure approx. the same as bus shelters- 45x60), basically the same critter, but just done in the horizontal format?
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Im trying to discern what the real question is here ;)
By the same do you mean...
Artwork, this is sometimes similar.
Sizes, I don't think Ive ever seen one that could literally be flipped and fit perfectly in to one of my vertical BS frames.
Material, I think that depends on the types you're looking at. Most of the "subway" posters like Id see from brooklyn on ebay are actually thick vinyl stickers. I also have a LARGE UK horizontal BS that is just a thick vinyl material, harder and more dense than the thread reinforced banners, but still very pliable. Older subways are just like standard posters that came in multiple sheets.
Most of my experience is almost all modern baby .. so if youre questions was directed as mostly older titles my rants may be a bit off base. :)
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I was meaning the size format, as i mentioned in my first post. Not meaning the same art, tho i know many will have the same or similar artwork as that used on the OS.
Arent subway posters always (or almost always done in the horizontal, landscape format? And I wasn't meaning they are exactly the same size either.
More just the overall idea, that bus shelters are done in the portrait format and was inquiring, in general. I know they are not the same animal, totally.
I like the landscape format.. they almost remind me of a quad on steroids! thumbsup.gif
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The newer subways are usually between 45"x58" and 46"x60", in the portrait format. As FA said, many are basically a big sticker. The print quality is not as good as bus shelters and one sheets, and personally, I don't like the sticker type vinyl material.
The older, half subways are cool, IMO. They're usually about 29-30"x45", in the vertical format, from the same or similar stock to one sheets of their time, and much rarer than one sheets. They are like one sheets on steroids, and there are many from the time just after the NSS closed shop. In a sense, they are similar to the old 40x60s, and current bus shelters, as they feature the same artwork, just in a larger size than one sheets.
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The newer subways are usually between 45"x58" and 46"x60", in the portrait format. As FA said, many are basically a big sticker. The print quality is not as good as bus shelters and one sheets, and personally, I don't like the sticker type vinyl material.
The older, half subways are cool, IMO. They're usually about 29-30"x45", in the vertical format, from the same or similar stock to one sheets of their time, and much rarer than one sheets. They are like one sheets on steroids, and there are many from the time just after the NSS closed shop. In a sense, they are similar to the old 40x60s, and current bus shelters, as they feature the same artwork, just in a larger size than one sheets.
Thanks, Brandon.
I happened to see and snag a subway last night, that wont be here for a number of days yet. But it's from 1992, and measures 45x60 inches. It's on thicker paper stock, and is definitely not a sticker or made of vinyl material. It's also not in the portrait (vertical) format but is horizontal, (landscape) which, when i first saw it listed, made me think it was a quad, until i clicked on the full description and read what it was and its size.
TBC....
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Cool.
The older style subways are nice. The vinyl sticker type started around 2000.
Looking forward to seeing your new acquisition when it arrives.
pcorn
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Thanks Brandon.
Plus, it's all rendered art. No photos whatsoever. That's what drew me to it, too.
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The newer subways are usually between 45"x58" and 46"x60", in the horizontal aka landscape format. As FA said, many are basically a big sticker. The print quality is not as good as bus shelters and one sheets, and personally, I don't like the sticker type vinyl material.
The older, half subways are cool, IMO. They're usually about 29-30"x45", in the vertical format, from the same or similar stock to one sheets of their time, and much rarer than one sheets. They are like one sheets on steroids, and there are many from the time just after the NSS closed shop. In a sense, they are similar to the old 40x60s, and current bus shelters, as they feature the same artwork, just in a larger size than one sheets.
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Older subway, 59x45":
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l7fwBZtaWmY/StXO32WZIRI/AAAAAAAAHN4/RoxrdZHuMPo/s800-Ic42/LOTR%252520subway.jpg)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xNCO1Mt6ks8/ViQPY1Lu4YI/AAAAAAAAHe8/dUvsf52iQH4/s800-Ic42/gf2.jpg)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FS60GlRGHoo/UUff9IAaziI/AAAAAAAAGvY/3pT8RynUiRM/s800-Ic42/Robocop%2525202%252520Subway.jpg)
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Very cool, Schan.
That Godfather II is fantastic!!
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Cool.
The older style subways are nice. The vinyl sticker type started around 2000.
Looking forward to seeing your new acquisition when it arrives.
pcorn
Im very happy with it, Brandon. And it's quite the apropos image for this scary season, too. >:D
cheers
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This one is 45x60 inches. Printed on heavier paper stock.
Sleepwalkers (1992)
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/DSC03912_zps5m0cdcpf.jpg)
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A few of my 80s Subways...
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5747/22412230021_24988827f8_c.jpg)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/707/22213421620_989a6c6712_c.jpg)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/682/22213693148_0b4c0ffcbf_c.jpg)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5786/22401402005_eb78a2a756_c.jpg)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/666/22214572019_00603d3d7b_c.jpg)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/592/21780315713_5b0789de1f_c.jpg)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/653/22213697548_a58e7e1ce5_c.jpg)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5753/22375423746_c1ccb84727_c.jpg)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/719/22213907898_a63bb4dfb0_c.jpg)
T
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Awesome, T.
That ESB is great!
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Older subway, 59x45":
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l7fwBZtaWmY/StXO32WZIRI/AAAAAAAAHN4/RoxrdZHuMPo/s800-Ic42/LOTR%252520subway.jpg)
This is gorgeous!
bed1
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Older subway, 59x45":
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xNCO1Mt6ks8/ViQPY1Lu4YI/AAAAAAAAHe8/dUvsf52iQH4/s800-Ic42/gf2.jpg)
I like this one!
" Leave the gun. Take the cannoli"
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Day-glo inks too!
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A few recent subways.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1454/25152055450_bcded5c34c_c.jpg)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1585/25354721311_3f15296cbf_c.jpg)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1460/25080057909_2462dd59dd_c.jpg)
T
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Nice Gremlins 2 there, T.
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Yeah, it's a little crumbled at the bottom right, but it's hard enough to find that I will let it slide... until I find a better copy that is.
T
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(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1585/25354721311_3f15296cbf_c.jpg)
T
Have you ever seen one of these that wasn't folded? (Maybe the better question is - did they also come rolled?)
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Oh, I see.... I thought this was about sandwiches....
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Oh, I see.... I thought this was about sandwiches....
Are you one to go for the six inch or the footling, Paul? ;)
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Erik, I'm dredging up an old topic here but yes, all subway posters came from the printers rolled at one time. They were glued to the walls down in the subway rolled. But because of their size and because storing them rolled is a nightmare, folding them is the easiest way to store them. Trying to lift a roll of 50 is like trying to lift a small tree trunk. Today subway posters are printed not on paper, but some kind of plastic sheeting material that can be stuck to the wall by removing the backing, exposing the adhesive.
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Good interview with a "bill poster" in NYC. He's worked there for 17 years and has seen some of the changes over the years.
https://posterhouse.org/the-secret-life-of-billposters (https://posterhouse.org/the-secret-life-of-billposters)
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Very good interview! I once knew a man who worked at one of the printing plants that produced subway posters and he kept some of the nicer ones. I don't recall seeing very many recent subway posters come up for sale lately. The guys who put them up today could make a few extra dollars selling the leftovers.
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Erik, I'm dredging up an old topic here but yes, all subway posters came from the printers rolled at one time. They were glued to the walls down in the subway rolled. But because of their size and because storing them rolled is a nightmare, folding them is the easiest way to store them. Trying to lift a roll of 50 is like trying to lift a small tree trunk. Today subway posters are printed not on paper, but some kind of plastic sheeting material that can be stuck to the wall by removing the backing, exposing the adhesive.
So if all paper subway posters came rolled from the printer, then all of these that we see folded, were later "hand folded" by someone else, so they could be more easily stored? Or were some also printed and folded directly from the printer, too?
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All the posters I saw from the man who worked at the printer were rolled. Everything that went up in the subway were rolled. I was told that 1 or 2 copies of each printing job were folded and kept on file in the warehouse for several years, then tossed out. I used to have rolled copies of many titles that turn up folded today (Conan, Pale Rider, Batman, Dead Pool, etc.). So yes, I would say the copies that turn up today were folded by hand.
Also different studios used different printers. My source had the contracts for Paramount, Warner, Universal, and occasionally a smaller distributor. Universal and Warner almost always used the 2-sheet size. Paramount used the oversized 1-sheet size (Hunt For Red October, Beverly Hills Cop, Raiders R82, etc.) Sometimes they used the large 2-sheet size for high profile films like Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom. United Artists and 20th Century Fox used different printers so I never had subway posters for their films.
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Great info. Thanks, cabmangray.