Retsy Series 1 · Card 0155 · 80-TVV

Do Not Tape Over

Half a wedding. Half a cartoon. All family.

The family VHS labeled DO NOT TAPE OVER, which somebody always taped over with Saturday cartoons anyway.

Card no.: 0155 of 1,280
Set: 80s TV & Video · 80-TVV
Year: 1988
Type: Accidentally recorded-over home video
Found at: On top of the VCR
Cost back then: One $4.99 blank tape

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Nostalgia10/10

Hype4/10

Weirdness7/10

Trade value6/10

The story · 1988

The story of Do Not Tape Over

Every house had one tape with a masking-tape label in Mom's handwriting begging DO NOT TAPE OVER. Somebody always did. Press play and you got twelve minutes of a cousin's wedding, then a cereal commercial, then half a cartoon, then the wedding again, now with cake. Nobody ever admitted who recorded the cartoon.

Fun fact

Fast-forwarding through the static between recordings was the only time the whole family went quiet and leaned toward the screen.

Six finishes

187 copies of Do Not Tape Over exist

Do Not Tape Over comes in six finishes: 100 Base, 50 Holo, 25 Laser and 10 Gold copies, plus one Super Laser and one Misprint that exist exactly once. Every copy is minted to the wallet that rips it, with its own serial number.

Do Not Tape Over, Retsy card 0155 in the Base finish — **Base**100 copies · Common

Do Not Tape Over, Retsy card 0155 in the Holo finish — **Holo**50 copies · Uncommon

Do Not Tape Over, Retsy card 0155 in the Laser finish — **Laser**25 copies · Rare

Do Not Tape Over, Retsy card 0155 in the Gold finish — **Gold**10 copies · Very rare

Do Not Tape Over, Retsy card 0155 in the Super Laser finish — **Super Laser**1 copy · 1 of 1

Do Not Tape Over, Retsy card 0155 in the Misprint finish — **Misprint**1 copy · 1 of 1

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