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Author Topic: New Technicolor reels? Erika Hellgren Expert Film Handler Posts: 168 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-01-1999 06:30 PM                     Did anybody else's prints this week come on a new type of reel? Two of my Technicolor prints were wound on a clearish plastic reel. They're still designed to come apart, but the way they fit together just looks a little more sturdy to me. I haven't had a chance to test their strength yet, but I'm curious if anyone else has gotten these, and what your opinions are about them.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 10-01-1999 07:46 PM                     Hmmmm. The first Technicolor reels (black) never held together in the first place. The second wave of them (gray) wobbles horribly on the spindle. How have these performed thus far? Perhaps we should start placing bets as to how long these will last.  |  IP: Logged Tom Ferreira Expert Film Handler Posts: 203 From: Conway, NH, USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-02-1999 12:19 AM                     Reels six and seven of my print of Mystery Alaska were shipped on these reels. They seem sturdy, but only have one drive hole. I have no idea why the whole print wasn't shipped on them. I believe Random Hearts is Sony, so we'll see if this trend towards new reels continues next week. This should also be a seven reel film, so maybe they're rolling them out gradually, replacing the worst of the worst. Fat chance, right? Of course, the point will be moot in about six months, when they fall apart as soon as you lift them out of the can. ------------------  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 10-02-1999 03:26 AM                        The new Technicolor reels are physically similar to the 20th Century Fox reels, except that they are clear with a few other design differences. It doesn't seem like the reel can crack and slice your hand open. But these are very new. We'll discover their flaws in fits of anger over the next few months, I'm sure. But we can always hope for the best, right??  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 11-24-2001 04:53 PM                     Another bunch of TES reels came through, the nice white ones with no key ways in the hubs. A cure out of anger was using a soldering pencil to make a key way. While I was accomplishing this quick fix, this evil thought came into my mind about using the hot soldering pencil to cauterize the hemorrhoids of some of the TES personnel who made those stupid decisions about those cheap faulty reels. Paul  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 11-25-2001 02:02 AM                     Paul, was there a keyway on the opposite side? I received several reels all with a keyway on only one side.  |  IP: Logged Jeffry L. Johnson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 809 From: Cleveland, Ohio, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 11-25-2001 08:17 AM                        Those reels with no keyway are defective. I just throw them away just like I throw away any broken or damaged reel. Call Technicolor and ask for replacement reels. Last time I did that, a Thursday night, Technicolor said I would receive reels by Monday. The reels actually arrived the following Thursday. If I do not have a spare reel to replace the broken/defective one that reel ships out on core in a plastic bag. Brad has a picture of the keywayless reel in another topic on this forum.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 11-25-2001 09:02 PM                     John, there were no key ways in the hub whatsoever.  |  IP: Logged

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