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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Touchstone Home Entertainment''' (formerly "Touchstone Home Video") was the home entertainment arm of [[Touchstone Pictures]], established in 1984 to distribute all Touchstone releases on video. | '''Touchstone Home Entertainment''' (formerly "Touchstone Home Video") was the home entertainment arm of [[Touchstone Pictures]], established in 1984 to distribute all Touchstone releases on video. | ||
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|Touchstone-Home-Video-1985.jpg|1st Logo (August 1984-January 8, 1986) | |||
|Touchstone Home Video (1989).jpg|2nd Logo (September 23, 1986-November 1987, UK: 1986-1993) | |||
|Touchstone Home Video (1990).jpg|3rd Logo (April 18, 1989-August 5, 2003, September 13, 2005 [2011 on Thailand VCDs]) | |||
|89C210A9-D176-48BA-969F-BD17C6934F05.jpg|4th Logo (January 20, 2004-December 19, 2017, September 21, 2021) | |||
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===1st Logo (August 1984-January 8, 1986)=== | ===1st Logo (August 1984-January 8, 1986)=== | ||
[[File:Touchstone-Home-Video-1985.jpg|300px|center]] | [[File:Touchstone-Home-Video-1985.jpg|300px|center]] | ||
'''Logo:''' On a white background, we see the Touchstone thunderball logo. Below it is "{{color|blue|TOUCHSTONE}}", with "{{color|blue|HOME VIDEO}}" underneath. The logo fades out after 15 seconds. | '''Logo:''' On a white background, we see the Touchstone thunderball logo. Below it is "{{color|blue|TOUCHSTONE}}", with "{{color|blue|HOME VIDEO}}" underneath. The logo fades out after 15 seconds. | ||
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* Seen only on early video releases of the first Touchstone movies, such as ''Splash'' and ''My Science Project'', among others. These tapes were packaged in the same sealed clamshell boxes Disney used on their "Neon Mickey" releases. | * Seen only on early video releases of the first Touchstone movies, such as ''Splash'' and ''My Science Project'', among others. These tapes were packaged in the same sealed clamshell boxes Disney used on their "Neon Mickey" releases. | ||
* This logo is absent on the Touchstone VHS/Beta releases of ''Country'' and the TV series ''Wildside''. | * This logo is absent on the Touchstone VHS/Beta releases of ''Country'' and the TV series ''Wildside''. | ||
===2nd Logo (September 23, 1986-November 1987, UK: 1986-1993)=== | ===2nd Logo (September 23, 1986-November 1987, UK: 1986-1993)=== | ||
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'''Logo:''' At the bottom of the black screen is a {{color|blue}} circle beside the words "{{color|blue|'''TOUCHSTONE HOME VIDEO'''}}", looking just like the standard movie logo of the time but in '80s CGI. The text lights up section by section, like a flashlight, and when the "light" reaches the circle, the circle flashes and a {{color|gold}} thunderbolt appears on it. | '''Logo:''' At the bottom of the black screen is a {{color|blue}} circle beside the words "{{color|blue|'''TOUCHSTONE HOME VIDEO'''}}", looking just like the standard movie logo of the time but in '80s CGI. The text lights up section by section, like a flashlight, and when the "light" reaches the circle, the circle flashes and a {{color|gold}} thunderbolt appears on it. | ||
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{{YouTube|id=jlDuUibVgjU|id2=bql_HPNX2Is|id3=xjIzUEqCqrA}} | {{YouTube|id=jlDuUibVgjU|id2=bql_HPNX2Is|id3=xjIzUEqCqrA}} | ||
'''Logo:''' Same as the movie logo, only "{{color|blue|'''HOME VIDEO'''}}" replaces "{{color|blue|'''PICTURES'''}}". | '''Logo:''' Same as the movie logo, only "{{color|blue|'''HOME VIDEO'''}}" replaces "{{color|blue|'''PICTURES'''}}". | ||