27 minutes ago, YRfan23 said:

Depends on the disc....the max is 4-6....the most I payed is like $35-40....

 

Well, with 4 eps on a $10.00 disc, that comes out to $2.50 per episode, which I consider reasonable. The seller does have to do some work to assemble the disc, after all.

 

But if something long-thought-lost-forever popped up, like the debut of ATWT with Nancy Hughes saying, "Good morning dear!", I'd expect the seller to charge significantly more.

 

You know, I also love hunting down vintage soap opera magazines from the 1960s and 1970s, but even those can cost an arm and a leg on eBay.

 

Being a soap opera collector ain't cheap!

7 minutes ago, vetsoapfan said:

 

Well, with 4 eps on a $10.00 disc, that comes out to $2.50 per episode, which I consider reasonable. The seller does have to do some work to assemble the disc, after all.

 

But if something long-thought-lost-forever popped up, like the debut of ATWT with Nancy Hughes saying, "Good morning dear!", I'd expect the seller to charge significantly more.

 

You know, I also love hunting down vintage soap opera magazines from the 1960s and 1970s, but even those can cost an arm and a leg on eBay.

 

Being a soap opera collector ain't cheap!

Haha no it's not!  

Something I just thought of....I wonder if that person with the vintage collection had mostly Days and Y&R?? I don't remember what other soaps had full archives still in tact, but he couldn't have had any of early 70's ABC, cause save for a few kinescopes most of those first 10 years are wiped out...

12 minutes ago, YRfan23 said:

Haha no it's not!  

Something I just thought of....I wonder if that person with the vintage collection had mostly Days and Y&R?? I don't remember what other soaps had full archives still in tact, but he couldn't have had any of early 70's ABC, cause save for a few kinescopes most of those first 10 years are wiped out...

 

He did not list all 20 eps, just a sample, but there was more than just DAYS and Y&R. He also mentioned the 90-minute premiere of The Edge of Night on ABC and the premire of How to Survive a Marriage.. 

 

Really, I am sceptical because I've been ripped off before, but I suppose hope springs eternal, right?

18 minutes ago, vetsoapfan said:

 

He did not list all 20 eps, just a sample, but there was more than just DAYS and Y&R. He also mentioned the 90-minute premiere of The Edge of Night on ABC and the premire of How to Survive a Marriage.. 

 

Really, I am sceptical because I've been ripped off before, but I suppose hope springs eternal, right?

I'm just curious to see what Y&R he has....even though seeing that list would tempt me more  

 

Just now, YRfan23 said:

I'm just curious to see what Y&R he has....even though seeing that list would tempt me more  

 

 

Chris and Snapper's marriage from 1974 was the Y&R ep he mentioned.

Just now, vetsoapfan said:

 

Chris and Snapper's marriage from 1974 was the Y&R ep he mentioned.

I saw that episode at Paley Center! LOL, and their honeymoon episode when Chris had flashbacks of "Luke Spencer" raping her...

10 minutes ago, YRfan23 said:

I saw that episode at Paley Center! LOL, and their honeymoon episode when Chris had flashbacks of "Luke Spencer" raping her...

 

See, although I keep saying I am highly sceptical, a snippet of Chris and Snapper's wedding is even on youtube, so I can believe the entire ep could be out there. I have heard for many years that the 90-minute special TEON is in the hands of fans, who guard it like the crown jewels, too. 

 

Still, I'm not going to pay $1000.00 for anything. Well, okay, if I could verify that a seller had the complete first five years' worth of Y&R on DVD, I might consider buying THAT for $1000.00, LOL.

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19 hours ago, DeeeDee said:

There are plenty of those episodes around. You just have to know who to ask.

I sense you have knowledge of people who may have these LOL.

8 hours ago, vetsoapfan said:

 

See, although I keep saying I am highly sceptical, a snippet of Chris and Snapper's wedding is even on youtube, so I can believe the entire ep could be out there. I have heard for many years that the 90-minute special TEON is in the hands of fans, who guard it like the crown jewels, too. 

 

Still, I'm not going to pay $1000.00 for anything. Well, okay, if I could verify that a seller had the complete first five years' worth of Y&R on DVD, I might consider buying THAT for $1000.00, LOL.

 

I think that clip of Snapper and Chris wedding was taken from the Y&R 20th anniversary. I agree about $ 1,000.00 being outrageous and the risk of it being a scam. 

 

There are a lot of vintage soap episodes listed in the UCLA film archives, but they will probably never get around to transferring them to media for public viewing. They figure it's not important. 

Sony doesn't seem to realize they could easily be making money off starting a streaming service with classic Y&R episodes. They need only look at the prices sellers charge for videos. I'll never understand their constant copyright claims when they show no intention of profiting from the old episodes.

From what I've read of the weekly soap recaps of Y&R from 1980, Suzanne Lynch was still a part of the cast during the three 1980 episodes I'll be getting.

On 2/7/2018 at 5:21 AM, ltm1997 said:

I have some great news that I will soon be buying 3 episodes of Y&R from 1980!!!! The dates are April 14th, April 16th, and June 16th, and they surround the storyline of Nikki being in the cult. Bond Gideon, who I never personally saw play Jill Foster, played her from February-July of 1980. So there may even be a chance we get to see her as Jill; we also might get to see Derek Thurston, who I also have never personally seen act as Derek, not one single scene. So stay tuned!

@ltm1997here's a little glimpse of Derek - he came back for Victor and Nikki's wedding. At 10:35 and 25:25  

 

@yrfan1983 thank you!! I guess it had slipped my mind that he was in that episode haha!

2 hours ago, ltm1997 said:

@yrfan1983 thank you!! I guess it had slipped my mind that he was in that episode haha!

It will still be nice to see episodes of Derek (if he’s on those) when he was more of a main player.

12 hours ago, YRfan23 said:

It will still be nice to see episodes of Derek (if he’s on those) when he was more of a main player.

Definitely!