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Good to see you posting and hanging in there!  Okie

Okie!!!  So good to see you here. Thanks for visiting. I’m glad there were things that caught your eye. Cheers, my friend!
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Wow very very impressive! Not only are they great posters but a lot of the films are favorites of mine.Excellent taste !

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Wow very very impressive! Not only are they great posters but a lot of the films are favorites of mine.Excellent taste !
How kind of you to visit the thread and how kind of you to say. I've been collecting for a lifetime. Your collection is amazing--and assembled in such a short period. I look forward to seeing yours grow over the years. CHEERS!
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Fleah Feast!! I love Veronica Lake! Her last film...Great pieces !!

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Wow very very impressive! Not only are they great posters but a lot of the films are favorites of mine.Excellent taste !

How did you… oh! I see. Thanks for looking. Yes, I’m super excited to have that one before ending my tenure in the hobby. THANK YOU for the note. Cheers!
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Yes I was browsing page 1! I go through a few at a time! I like to return to your stuff as it's a gold mine! We like a lot of the same things.

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Yes I was browsing page 1! I go through a few at a time! I like to return to your stuff as it's a gold mine! We like a lot of the same things.
Oh! The first page. I thought you had looked at my personal poster blog (on which, the most recent post—-leftover stuff that I’m not going to post here—I finally got a FLESH FEAST one sheet (instead of the half sheet shown that you saw). Thank you for looking at the early pages here.
I’m glad you like my stuff, too. I have a few BOWERY BOY titles, but not the early stuff like you have.
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Welcome back to the Shock-O-Rama Poster Show. This edition is a bit different. As you may know, with certain exceptions that may come my way, I've by and large stopped buying posters. This post isn't about new posters. Instead it is about my first experiencing linenbacking posters.
If you've read any of my posts before, you will know that I am NO FAN of linenbacked posters. However, as my collecting days were slowing/coming to an end, getting things on linen seemed to be the only way I'd be ever able to enjoy certain posters if I wanted them. I now have several linenbacked posters in my collection. I'm about to have four more...
I am still working through a move I made 2 years ago. I am trying to get  my poster collection organized in some sort of manner. I am still going through boxes and tubes, trying to frame them or add them to my flat file drawers (or set them aside for either auction or to donate to thrift stores). During one such effort to (stupidly) pull my GODZILLA VS MEGALON poster out from under a very large (and heavy) pile of rolled posters, it ripped almost all of the way across the cener fold. (The picture below does not show the full extent of the tear.) F@#*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Initially I was planning on just trying to repair it with some archival tape (which I ordered, but as I write this, has still yet to arrive). The archival tape seemed the perfect solution and it wouldn't be that expensive. However, the more I thought about it, the more I realized if I used the tape, I might not get the seam straight or something. Plus, well.. It was RIPPED regardless of any tape repair. ARGH!!! After years of resisiting having anything linenbacked (and I have several candidates that could use restoration or saving), I decided that I would bite the bullet because I needed to "rescue" this one.
For years, I've had posters with issues. The first copy of OLGA'S HOUSE OF SHAME that I got decades ago had a big rip on the top corner. The end was hanging on--but just barely. After the move, though...the corner had come off. UGH!
I had saved the corner--but... I never anticipated having the poster repaired. It was one I had recently come across again--so it went into the pile to have repaired.
The U.S. one sheet for the cult movie FORBIDDEN ZONE is a rarity. Except for the one I have, I have never seen another. Mine was water damaged before I bought it...and I was aware of it, but I bought it anyway. I like the poster and, despite the issues with it, I framed it.
However, the issues with it, while diminished behind the plexiglass, were still very visible.
The water damage was scattered throughout. Okay--this one went into the linenbacking pile.
There was also a stain in the top, center margin...which I belive is also from the water damage.
MALIBU HORROR STORY? What is that? This was a fairly recent flick--from 2022 or 2023. I'd never seen or heard of the movie when I saw the one sheet for sale...and had never seen other copies of it.  (I've looked on eBay recently--and there are several now. Hmm.) The seller had two copies, both in "very good condition." I ended up buying both. When they arrived, both had obvious handling crinkling. One had a two or three-inch tear on it. The other though had a huge rip more than half way up!
My finger points to where the rip ends. Grr! I was ripped off. However, even though this isn't worth much and is fairly new, I couldn't just trash it. I decided to send this off, too (even though I found a brand-new copy for far less than linenbacking this one will cost).
I jumped onto AllPosterForum.com to ask for help with finding a reliable linenbacker. The last two entries in the linenbacking thread were by users Crazy Vick and Big Mike. Both raved about BackingToTheFuture.com's work. However their pronouncements were a couple of years old. I asked the forum for updated recommendations. Big Mike got back to me and again praised BackingToTheFuture.com. Great! I contacted Dan at BackingToTheFuture and sent the posters off. Now I am just sitting and waiting. The upside is that they'll be repaired and it doesn't sound like they'll be very difficult to deal with. The downside is that BackingToTheFuture is located in Canada--which adds to the shipping costs, customs, etc. Oh well.

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I sent the posters off. The company acknowleged receiving my package on June 17th. I know companies get busy and I have no idea how long it takes to linenback/repair a poster. When I didn't hear anything after a month, I sent a note (on July 23). I heard back a couple of days later, saying they expected to have them done by the end of summer.
I later (July 30) received this note:
"We have started working on your posters... I noted Malibu Horror Story is a double-sided poster... if we try and linen back a double sided poster there is a risk it will disintegrate... do you want us to try and linen back it... or just use archival tape and fix the tear and replace some of the missing colour?"
I told them that I had scored another copy of the poster and to just trash it.

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The posters arrived on August 27th. When Dan told me that they were done, he said they'd been sent already...and included the invoice. Junkies! I was shocked they trusted me to pay with the posters in the mail. (I paid right away, of course.) For the three posters (and postage), it was a walloping $645. EEK! Of course, that is Canadian dollars. The total in U.S. dollars was $490.71.
Dan and company did a good job. There were some imperfections still--but I was LOOKING for them (and knew where to look). Still, I was pleased overall.
The poster I thought they did the best job on was FORBIDDEN ZONE. The fold lines were still somewhat visible (unlike other linen posters I have that were originally folded), but I was still happy with it and popped it into the frame I had ordered especially for it.
Interestingly there were these certificates included, showing that these titles were linenbacked from Backing To The Future. Is that a thing? This was my first-ever linenbacking--so I don't know. However, I never got one from other posters I'd gotten at auction before. Hmm.
I do have a few other posters I really need to consider linenbacking that are in worse shape than these. I just need to come across them first. NO-I'm not a fan of linenbacking. I do, however, understand the restorative and preservative nature of the process. While I am open to other poster restoration suggestions (especially in the US, where the shipping costs might be lower), I was pleased with this experience and will probably go back to them with my other restoration needs.
Thank you, Dan and company at Backing To the Future!



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Re: Monster A Go-Go's Shock-A-Rama Poster Show (in Blood-Curdling Freak-O-Vision!)
« Reply #1933 on: November 08, 2024, 07:26:12 AM »
Looks like they did a good job..Forbidden Zone is super cool poster!

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« Reply #1934 on: November 08, 2024, 08:49:11 AM »
Yes, I am very pleased!
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Re: Monster A Go-Go's Shock-A-Rama Poster Show (in Blood-Curdling Freak-O-Vision!)
« Reply #1935 on: November 08, 2024, 09:46:11 AM »
That's an informative post, MAG! Very interesting and I'm glad that you're happy with the results.

Godzilla v Megalon is a brilliant poster. I also admire their balance to fight atop the towers like that!

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« Reply #1936 on: November 08, 2024, 01:14:05 PM »
Sounds like a good experience with Backing to the Future.  I was a little surprised at the price, then I started looking at the places who have done work on my posters, and one is more than double what it was last time and the other doesn't even have pricing lists anymore.

On the one with the fold lines still there, is the poster creased/not flat completely?
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« Reply #1937 on: November 08, 2024, 05:11:57 PM »
I don't know these movies (or posters) so I don't know if you could have waited for a better folded copy.  But if not, I must say, their work is top notch.  I have only used Mario and Dario for the few posters I have ever linenbacked.  I don't plan on ever trying someone else, but it seems like nice work.

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Re: Monster A Go-Go's Shock-A-Rama Poster Show (in Blood-Curdling Freak-O-Vision!)
« Reply #1938 on: November 09, 2024, 01:36:51 AM »
Hi Tob! Yes, I love the GODZILLA VS MEGALON. If that one hadn’t ripped (Grr!) , I’d not have done the linenbacking. I wish it was still unbacked, but… 
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« Reply #1939 on: November 09, 2024, 01:39:09 AM »
Neo: Ate you referring to FORBIDDEN ZONE? It does have a few fold remnants. It lays flat. I’m not sure. I like the job they did—it looks better than it did—- but I wish the folds were gone entirely.
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« Reply #1940 on: November 09, 2024, 01:43:32 AM »
Thierry,
Mario and Dario… I recall reading about them somewhere. What is their company? Perhaps I will give them a try if/when I do the linenbacking thing again. Thanks!
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« Reply #1941 on: November 10, 2024, 12:52:17 PM »
Neo: Ate you referring to FORBIDDEN ZONE? It does have a few fold remnants. It lays flat. I’m not sure. I like the job they did—it looks better than it did—- but I wish the folds were gone entirely.

Yeah when you said "The fold lines were still somewhat visible" I wasn't sure if the poster was completely flattened, as that's sometimes an issue.  With newer posters, especially modern glossies, it's basically impossible to completely touch up the wear left by fold lines.  Some folks do it better than others, and I see what you mean, how the work to touch up/restore those fold lines maybe could've been better color matched to the surrounding colors.  Still looks like pretty good work overall, though.

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« Reply #1942 on: November 10, 2024, 01:18:15 PM »
I am overall pleased with the results and I do have that poster hanging on a wall. As I said, this was my first lenenbacking experience. I was pleased with it….but wouldn’t be opposed to trying someone else if I do this again.
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« Reply #1943 on: November 10, 2024, 09:47:58 PM »
Yeah I've sent work to 4 companies.  Interesting to see how different they all were - in their work and customer service.

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« Reply #1944 on: November 10, 2024, 09:49:57 PM »
Which was your favorite? I’m always open for suggestions. Thank you.
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« Reply #1945 on: November 10, 2024, 10:07:49 PM »
With modern stuff - Poster Conservation in Connecticut and with gel backing - Poster Mountain.  If I had something like museum grade I'd look into paper backing from Poster Mountain.
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« Reply #1946 on: November 10, 2024, 10:32:35 PM »
Hmm. Gel backing. I’m not sure what that is, but thank you for the tips! Cheers!
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