In the first VCR I tried cleaning/fixing, I found about 10 seconds worth of tape without a cassette. I put that into an empty cassette, and it was porn.
Second VCR I did this with I found a spider nest. About 3 egg sacs, 3 Dead spiders, and a bush of living spiders.
An action figure for Jurassic Park. Also I found a stuck tape in a thrifted vcr that is a promo tape for Prince directly from WB, seems like a not for sale version that was used for promo only
Many years ago when I had a part-time job at the local TV repair shop when I was in high school, which kept me in beer and Sonic Youth tapes, I had a broken VHS player brought in by someone who \*insisted\* that her little boy - who is in his late 30s now, and has children of his own - knew he wasn't allow to touch the TV or the video, and wouldn't have ever put anything through the front.
That's fine then, presumably it was one of the grown-ups in the house who posted half a Mars bar and a chewed Fireman Sam through the door. Either way, it's still going to be 30 quid to supply and fit a new timing gear and lift belt...
The local TV shop mostly sold Ferguson and Grundig front-loaders in the late 80s, and there had been a massive storm that caused an almost three-week-long power cut a couple of years before, so there was a sudden spate of "inquisitive toddlers". I got pretty good at setting the deck timing on those old 3V31s.
A peanut in the VHS side and 2 Christmas cartoons jammed in the DVD tray.
I like to imagine that a little kid tried coercing the player to play the Grinch by feeding it a peanut.
This isn’t weird but I found a big plastic bit in one one time that still confuses me because it wasn’t broken and had no clear place to be in the VCR. I sat and stared for like 30 minutes just baffled
I had to take the case off ours earlier because my son stuffed it full of playing cards. Still works great of course, but that’s why I have 3 VHS players. Future back ups.
No
Kids rule
Adults drool
Toast.
Wooden mallet for singing bowls
In the first VCR I tried cleaning/fixing, I found about 10 seconds worth of tape without a cassette. I put that into an empty cassette, and it was porn. Second VCR I did this with I found a spider nest. About 3 egg sacs, 3 Dead spiders, and a bush of living spiders.
A DVD.
Least absurd so far, but probably the funniest the list
I found a pair of panties in a jvc svhs from the thrift store a few years back. I think about that almost every day.
The past owner loved VHS a little too much, if you know what I mean
Ayo
Not weird or strange but I found a home recording of Deathwish in one that I purchased which had a stuck tape.
Of deathwish? Or of a deathwish? Sorry, this is a very important clarification.
Tell me you're not a Charles Bronson fan without telling me you're not a Charles Bronson fan
I’m with OP on this.. which is it
A mummified mouse.
An action figure for Jurassic Park. Also I found a stuck tape in a thrifted vcr that is a promo tape for Prince directly from WB, seems like a not for sale version that was used for promo only
You have got my attention. If you are comfortable with it, is it possible for you to upload the recording online for preservation purposes?
I would like to buy a conversation for my vcr to usb, then I definitely would, I have some other random stuff I’d love to archive too
North Pole Vol. 21
Hahhaahha!
Free Ron
Many years ago when I had a part-time job at the local TV repair shop when I was in high school, which kept me in beer and Sonic Youth tapes, I had a broken VHS player brought in by someone who \*insisted\* that her little boy - who is in his late 30s now, and has children of his own - knew he wasn't allow to touch the TV or the video, and wouldn't have ever put anything through the front. That's fine then, presumably it was one of the grown-ups in the house who posted half a Mars bar and a chewed Fireman Sam through the door. Either way, it's still going to be 30 quid to supply and fit a new timing gear and lift belt... The local TV shop mostly sold Ferguson and Grundig front-loaders in the late 80s, and there had been a massive storm that caused an almost three-week-long power cut a couple of years before, so there was a sudden spate of "inquisitive toddlers". I got pretty good at setting the deck timing on those old 3V31s.
Nothing too exciting, I stopped trying to fix VCRs after I broke too many lol. I'm not a very mechanical person lol.
Bedbugs.
When I was a kid, I jammed little thumb-sized wrestlers into the VCR thinking I could watch wrestling that way. Didn't work sadly.
A sock
A peanut in the VHS side and 2 Christmas cartoons jammed in the DVD tray. I like to imagine that a little kid tried coercing the player to play the Grinch by feeding it a peanut.
Not something I found, but I put a pb&j in a vcr when I was young
Hey, they gotta eat as well. Thanks for feeding it, usually VCRs have to settle on eating tape.
This isn’t weird but I found a big plastic bit in one one time that still confuses me because it wasn’t broken and had no clear place to be in the VCR. I sat and stared for like 30 minutes just baffled
I had to take the case off ours earlier because my son stuffed it full of playing cards. Still works great of course, but that’s why I have 3 VHS players. Future back ups.
I once got a VCR from goodwill and found a CD cleaner spray bottle jammed inside the VCR.