Talk:Camelot Enterprises

Who on earth was Ronald J. Goldsmith? Was he employed at any other home media suppliers prior to the foundation of Goldstar Video?

Also, "In either 1992 or 1993, the company also taught lessons for children, like how to clean your bedroom, how to get through in the dark at night, how to say no to strangers, and how to get along with your new friend." - did they ACTUALLY release any videotapes of this type? 69.85.235.235 18:20, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

• I believe they did, with their Berenstain Bears tapes. And here's a quick look at Goldsmith's resume on LinkedIn, for what he did after Goldstar's collapse. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 22:08, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

…and after finding out that Strand Home Video was Goldstar’s final sub-licensor in 1993, Sony Wonder becoming the sales agent for Random House's video division in April 1995 is beginning to remind me of Strand Home Video having been sold by its original parent in December 1993, becoming a division of Video Treasures (which already had divisions such as Burbank Video and MNTEX Entertainment since 1991). Video Treasures, at least in my opinion, was one of the better-known independent video suppliers (even if their tapes were sometimes in EP/SLP). 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:83F:B0FA:45DC:A594 00:17, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

New Generation Video and the "054342" Prefix

So as I was looking through an eBay listing of a public-domain-based Raggedy Ann tape from a company called New Generation Video, I saw the "054342" prefix on the back case. Here is the link to the listing of the said tape: https://www.ebay.com/itm/155668150773

I don't know if NGV was formed by Goldstar or a different distributor, as the former was based in Santa Monica, California while the latter was based in the East Coast.

47.17.104.107 05:05, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

I suspect that either the UPCs with that prefix originally belonged to NGV, and were eventually sold to Goldstar, or that Raggedy Ann tape must be a Goldstar reprint that recycled its artwork from the NGV release, only with Goldstar slapping their printed UPC into it. 69.85.235.235 14:54, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Or it could actually be that the "054342" code originally belonged to Goldstar, and was sold to NGV in 1994, after the former started using the "785476" codes after merging with Camelot Corporation, as demonstrated on a 1994 Strawberry Shortcake release sub-licensed by LIVE Home Video's Family Home Entertainment division. 47.17.104.107 17:49, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

Bizarrely enough, to this day, the verification page of GS1's website still claims the "054342" prefix as belonging to Goldstar, and does not even say that the GTIN record for it is no longer active. Yet, it says that the record for the "785476" one is no longer active. 69.85.235.235 18:14, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

AND it looks like NGV always used the same "054342000303" codes on all of their releases… here are some more eBay listings of NGV tapes…

https://www.ebay.com/itm/335683815170

https://www.ebay.com/itm/334967147347

https://www.ebay.com/itm/185550118875

47.17.104.107 20:00, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Goldrix Entertainment

I don't know why every single tape from Goldrix Entertainment (a joint venture between Goldstar Video and Matrix Video) always used the exact same UPCs (054342999997) on the back of their PD releases no matter what titular character is featured on the case/tape (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, etc.) 47.17.104.107 01:15, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Well, I kind of wouldn't be surprised if the fact that they all use the same exact UPC number was part of why the latter sued the former later in the year. 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:7801:BD51:76D6:8A34 01:23, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Silver Star Video

I've seen some eBay listings of tapes from a company called Silver Star Video, and apparently, SSV did not appear to be related to Goldstar Video at all, due to using different face label styles and different UPC codes rather than the well-known "054342" codes. Here is a link to one of these tapes:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/195916685527

47.17.104.107 16:50, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

Years ago, I've heard of a similar-sounding entity with almost the same name - Silver Screen Video. And given that the sleeves/covers for some releases from both entities look similar (if not exactly the same), I kind of wonder if both entities were owned / operated by a single team of employees and employers. I even heard before that some of their 50 Cartoons tapes were actually sold through home-shopping networks, notably QVC. 69.85.235.229 19:29, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

And, in the case where the artwork and face labels from both entities look similar, I'm starting to think Silver Screen Video was later known as Silver Star Video. 47.17.104.107 04:20, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Happy Face Home Video

I do remember ThePreviewsGuy VHSOpenings (on YouTube, his old channel that got terminated last year) having a Happy Face 1988 (1993 reprint) pressing of Holiday Classics Volume 1 (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948), Somewhere in Dreamland (1936) and Santa's Surprise (1947)) that actually had Goldstar's Little Red Schoolhouse logo at the beginning (preceding the Happy Face Home Video logo) and at the end. I remember it having shuffling color bars/color static at the end. I also know Camelot released The Little Drummer Boy, which I think might also use the Happy Face master as well, albeit with the Little Red Schoolhouse logo added at the start and end.

47.17.104.107 01:44, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

I honestly didn’t think Goldstar's LRS sub-label ever had an on-screen logo. And I guess that 21st Genesis, which Happy Face was the children's subsidiary of, might have been bought out by Goldstar at some point. 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:A8AF:A3DA:E062:FD10 02:03, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

• Maybe not. They may have stolen HF's masters on purpose, because they didn't mention the company, nor LRS on the case nor face label. They only mentioned Camelot and its 1993 copyright. 47.17.104.107 22:15, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

Check out the on-screen LRS logo I mentioned here. Both the opening and closing variants are used. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmnj1Tzff64 47.17.104.107 06:22, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Goldstar Video v. Matrix Video

Can I see proof about this lawsuit? 47.17.104.107 00:46, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

Goldstar, what the hell was wrong with you?

Look at the back of the cassette for this tape. 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:14A0:19B3:7D68:30A8 03:54, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

I think I remember TheVideoLover having this type of copy of The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Friends, as I saw on one of his November 2023 update videos on YouTube. 24.188.138.223 07:02, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

I just found the video you're talking about (the one from the 17th to be exact). Much like the Sesame Street Start-to-Read tape in the link I provided, the mfg. date (which I believe might be the cassette parts pre-mfg. date) is a February 1994 one. One difference is that the SSSTR tape was mfd. days later.

Seriously, someone at either Camelot or Goldstar must have had mush for brains back in the first half of 1994. 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:4839:9DC9:4039:CCAF 07:37, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Yes, that's the Global Zero cassette shell. --IlCattivo25 (talk) 11:45, 16 February 2026 (UTC)