fading Blue Box Rating

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Well I’m looking into buying another Halloween Blue Box Rating poster. the person selling it says this is a Blue Box. At first glance it did not look like one so I asked for a close up and this is the pic he sent me. No in this pic I can see the blue, but also white. it looks as tho the blue is fading off. I have never known the blue to fade like this. Would anyone have any insight on blue fading from the Blue box? I’m assuming it’s fake, but I don’t want to jump to that conclusion just yet. Thanks all.

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The whole box should be a bluish green box. Not just the border. Hope that helps

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that’s what I thought. As a previous owner of one I’ll have to agree with ya. But this is where the fading question comes into play tho.

thanks

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The Blue Ratings Box is a bunch of crap! James Warren brought this up a decade ago in his poster book but had NO PROOF! He also say’s that they made a teaser poster for the original Halloween, which is also false.

I’ve talked to the person at Consolidated Poster Service in 2000/01 who pressed these and he said the poster was not aligned properly…that’s all. That is why it looks faded. Blue Box, Green Box or White box, they are all the same.

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that clears up the fading issue for me. Thank you.

But the “The Blue Ratings Box is a bunch of crap” comment has got me a tad confused.

So I’m going to ask three questions in order…

  1. What does the Green box mean and what date were they produced?

  2. What does the Blue Box mean and what date were they produced?

  3. I’m sure I know what the white box means, but what was the date they were produced?

Now, in no way am I questioning you or saying I think your wrong. I would just like a better understanding on this. I have dished out a ton of cash on original posters, so I’d like to hear from you on this one. I have been lead to believe that the color of the rating symbolize the order of issue.

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What Billy is saying is that the whole “Blue box” being a first edition is all an urban myth…legend…fiction. Halloween was very, very popular after its release and the poster was printed several times. As with all printing, you get variations due to ink used, amounts used, machines, etc, etc. Not all are going to look the same. All are original prints, just some had blue boxes, some white. and so on. …Larry

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When I purchased the original Halloween transparency from Consolidated Poster Service back in 2002 I talked to a gentleman named Roy. Roy was actually in charge of the printing facility from 1975 and was with the company till they closed in 2002.

I asked him about the blue ratings box. (He heard about the distinction.) Roy told me it was an overlooked printing error possibly in the 1st and 2nd printing and nothing more than that; he said they printed that 1 sheet 3 times as the movie started getting a wider release. He said they made HUGE rolls of the 1 sheet and at the time of they’re closing…he still had the very same rolls left.

The rolled Halloween 1 sheet I got from Rose and Larry Stafford (Wolfs Head Collectibles) in the late 80’s is 100% real. It also has a more brown back ground and not the solid black background. On the original transparency that I have you can easily tell the background to the artwork is brown and goes to black near the edges. The artwork was a chalk, paint and airbrush mixed type of medium.

Also a little more trivia about the artwork; the hand holding the knife. You were supposed to see from the mid forearm and not starting at the wrist. You can see clearly that it was covered up by Bob Gleason.

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I own a Blue Rating (slightly greenish) poster as well and thought the story was true. Your comment earlier make sense and shines some light on what happened within the printing room when the posters were being made.

Sounds like you would be safe buying any original poster, but with the info below the blue/green rating box would at least let the owner know it was an early printing.

Thanks for the info.

Bobby


“I asked him about the blue ratings box. (He heard about the distinction.) Roy told me it was an overlooked printing error possibly in the 1st and 2nd printing and nothing more than that; he said they printed that 1 sheet 3 times as the movie started getting a wider release. He said they made HUGE rolls of the 1 sheet and at the time of they’re closing…he still had the very same rolls left.”

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Wow, this is a pretty big revelation, given the fact that the posters with the blue box fetch hundreds more than with the white. Thanks for the heads-up!!