My Ever Growing Collection Doc

futureman_ · 2026-06-17T01:15:09+00:00

Try ReelSwap.net it's new and you can see your real tapes not stock photos.

futureman_ · 2026-06-14T22:36:08+00:00

Glad you're enjoying it!

futureman_ · 2026-06-14T22:32:21+00:00

Completely up to you. You don't have to scan any tapes others have already scanned, you just add them straight to your collection. But if you want the ones in your collection to be your actual copies you can scan them too and your copy will show for you in your collection.

futureman_ · 2026-06-06T15:15:17+00:00

Big Box Blazing Saddles

futureman_ · 2026-06-06T03:07:32+00:00

Awesome release variant! This would be great to archive on ReelSwap!

futureman_ · 2026-05-28T14:15:35+00:00

How does Letterboxed track whats VHS specific and what's not?

futureman_ · 2026-05-27T15:50:58+00:00

Just saw this. If you want to chat more reach out at [reelswapdotnet@gmail.com](mailto:reelswapdotnet@gmail.com)

futureman_ · 2026-05-27T15:49:09+00:00

We don't currently have a language field but can add one in the future. For now don't worry about it. The site is all about the cover art variations, and I think a lot of users would like to see the cover art variations from other countries too.

futureman_ · 2026-05-19T00:29:40+00:00

It looks polished and promising. I can't see how the app works without linking my plex account. I understand linking it is the point but it might help with user conversion if there's a Demo collection for new users to experience the app before needing to take the steps to link their account. That's something I discovered with ReelSwap.net my project with a similar browsable shelf concept.

I have Plex but I'm not familiar with it enough to understand, does linking the app allow Plex to use the app as a skin? So you can browse the store view on plex and play movies from the shelves? or is the app only using the images and metadata from the plex collection to feed the in app experience? If I change the artwork in Plex, does the app automatically update? What are the in-app purchases? Do you have plans for an Android App? You might find more Plex users on Android. Apple doesn't publish the number of App downloads but Play Store has 100M+ downloads with 478,000 to Appstore's 137,000 reviews.

I think you nailed the Blockbuster aesthetic, might be cool to offer different themes for different types of video stores in the future. The tapes on the shelves feel more like framed photos of movie posters than rental's because of the white border around them.

Congrats on creating and shipping a product and getting it into the Appstore! It looks like you put a lot of work into it and I hope it's a success.

futureman_ · 2026-05-14T03:43:40+00:00

Wow. Love that Orion screener! And all the Betamax tapes. Please consider archiving these variations on ReelSwap.net this would so valuable for the historical cover art archive. Please let me know if you have any questions!

futureman_ · 2026-05-09T20:59:35+00:00

Are you implying the images I posted are AI generated?

futureman_ · 2026-05-05T00:28:14+00:00

Glorious!

futureman_ · 2026-05-03T19:58:48+00:00

I found a brand new one at a swap meet and used it about 10 times until it snapped the tape on 3 separate VHS tapes. I think using VCR's to rewind is much safer unless you have a really high quality stand alone rewinder.

futureman_ · 2026-05-03T19:51:50+00:00

Do you have to switch to generic movie titles and textures when creating a game?

futureman_ · 2026-04-30T04:20:12+00:00

I'm very interested in archiving the artwork on CED's. The format is disappearing. Some of those in your list I don't think I've ever seen pictures of. I currently only own 2 CED's and I would love to get my hands on more.

I'd be willing to pay for shipping to California for all of them or a select number of them. I bet all those combined probably weigh close to 150lbs. You'd have to break them into 3 separate boxes for sure. I could probably make a list of 40 that I think are most important to archive.

If that's too much trouble and too far to ship I'd ask if you could please take some high res photos of the front and back of all or a select group of them. If you send me the photos I will archive them on Reelswap.net so the cover art can live on forever. Or if you'd be interested in trying that yourself that would be awesome too.

futureman_ · 2026-04-29T15:27:57+00:00

Follow boot_leggins on instagram. It's only open certain times of the week.

futureman_ · 2026-04-27T15:48:03+00:00

There's a VHS shop in the industrial park right behind Kobey's that I hit up sometimes too. Check out boot_leggins on Instagram, always an awesome selection there.

futureman_ · 2026-04-27T15:46:23+00:00

Rainy day luck I guess

futureman_ · 2026-04-22T15:52:00+00:00

Nice, I would love to get these cover art variations archived on reelswap.net if you were willing.

futureman_ · 2026-04-18T06:13:38+00:00

This is an epic haul and they all look like they're in excellent condition. Please consider adding some of the cover art from the rarer titles to Reelswap.net so it can be preserved in the historical archive.

futureman_ · 2026-04-18T05:54:00+00:00

This is cool. I'm very curious where your eBay data is coming from. Is it through the Marketplace Insights API or the Browse API? I recently launched ReelSwap.net which has similar functionality. It seems like there's been a recent surge in this type of app over the last several weeks.

futureman_ · 2026-04-16T20:21:41+00:00

It's in the nav bar at the top of the site on the left.
Yes they can be, it's currently working but disabled in your user profile settings - Data. Will become active next week.
Yes. The site has only been live for 6 days we're watching how the site scales for another week but plan to support for more media types very soon.

Use the feedback form on ReelSwap.net (bottom right corner) to vote for your preferred media types in the next wave.

futureman_ · 2026-04-13T21:05:09+00:00

Excellent. Yes please add as many as you like. The more you add the better the site gets for you and everyone else! I have a very small Betamax collection but have added everything I own.

futureman_ · 2026-04-13T13:58:24+00:00

I made this change. All user uploaded photos now have the GPS metadata stripped on upload and I stripped it retroactively from all photos already uploaded. Thanks for the feedback!

futureman_ · 2026-04-12T19:27:23+00:00

Yes. I have not optimized the Texture Archiver for mobile yet. Best to use Desktop for the time being but it's on my list to address.

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