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Logo (1983?-1987?)

Visuals: On a black background, a small white cluster of light trails appears in the top right sector of the screen, scrolling along as they reveal more lights. 2 more appear in sync with the music, a smaller pink cluster in the bottom right, and a larger blue cluster in the bottom left. They all fade out as a even larger version of the cluster animation plays out in full colour, revealing that the trails are all in multiple colours. After the lights zoom out for a bit, a white frame fades in around them, followed by a large tilted "a" made up of many light blue panels surrounded by other coloured panels, several of which poke out of the frame, and the logo freeze-frames. After a few seconds, the tall thin text "AVATAR" flashes in below in white.

Variant: A still version exists where the logo is on a white background. The "a" is now white and the rest of the panels are washed out, there's no lights superimposed over the logo, and a grey box is seen below reading "C O M M U N I C A T I O N S" with a black outline.

Technique: Possible live-action model work with computer effects for the tinting, and backlit animation for the text.

Audio: 5 drumbeats are heard, with the 2nd and 4th beats delayed, as a shrill synth noise plays and quickly descends in pitch to play throughout the logo, and an echoing synth key is heard. Then, a 6-note synth "wah" theme plays with a drumbeat heard every odd note, and then 2 drumbeat/cymbal crash combos play out. An female voice whispers out "Avatar..." in an echo, and then everything becomes silent after a few seconds.

Availability: Appears on several UK and New Zealand tapes of B-movies and video nasties, like the 1987 release of Strike Commando, Screw Balls II: Loose Screws, Torchlight, Pieces, Big Time, Doorman, Street Trash, Scared To Death, Jailbirds, Motorhead, and Django Strikes Again, among other titles.

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-===1st Logo (Early 1980s)===
+===Logo (1983?-1987?)===
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+Avatar Communications, Animated.png
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+'''Visuals:''' On a black background, a small white cluster of light trails appears in the top right sector of the screen, scrolling along as they reveal more lights. 2 more appear in sync with the music, a smaller {{color|pink}} cluster in the bottom right, and a larger {{color|blue}} cluster in the bottom left. They all fade out as a even larger version of the cluster animation plays out in full colour, revealing that the trails are all in multiple colours. After the lights zoom out for a bit, a white frame fades in around them, followed by a large tilted "{{color|lightblue|{{font|Arial Black|'''a'''}}}}" made up of many {{color|lightblue|light blue}} panels surrounded by other coloured panels, several of which poke out of the frame, and the logo freeze-frames. After a few seconds, the tall thin text "{{big|AVATAR}}" flashes in below in white.
-'''Visuals:''' On a white background, there's a box consisting of a letter "a" formed out of white, grey and black stripes, with the title "AVATAR" underneath, and the word "COMMUNICATIONS" encased in a grey box.
-'''Technique:''' None.
-'''Audio:''' None.
-'''Availability:''' Unknown.{{AvailabilityExamples}}
-===2nd Logo (Mid-Late 1980s)===
-<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
-Avatar Communications, Animated.png
-</gallery>
-{{YouTube|id=LI9YgcXWUD8}}
+'''Variant:''' A still version exists where the logo is on a white background. The "{{font|Arial Black|'''a'''}}" is now white and the rest of the panels are washed out, there's no lights superimposed over the logo, and a {{color|grey}} box is seen below reading "{{font|Arial|C O M M U N I C A T I O N S}}" with a black outline.
-'''Visuals:''' On a black background, there are some animated white, red and blue light flares appearing briefly and fading out. Then they reappear gradually to form the letter "a". A white outlined box appears as the word "AVATAR" flashes in, in white.
-'''Technique:''' Computer animation.
+'''Technique:''' Possible live-action model work with computer effects for the tinting, and backlit animation for the text.
+'''Audio:''' 5 drumbeats are heard, with the 2nd and 4th beats delayed, as a shrill synth noise plays and quickly descends in pitch to play throughout the logo, and an echoing synth key is heard. Then, a 6-note synth "wah" theme plays with a drumbeat heard every odd note, and then 2 drumbeat/cymbal crash combos play out. An female voice whispers out "Avatar..." in an echo, and then everything becomes silent after a few seconds.
-'''Audio:''' A synth jingle ending with a person whispering "Avatar" as the title flashes in.
-'''Availability:''' Appears on the 1987 release of ''Strike Commando''.
+'''Availability:''' Appears on several UK and New Zealand tapes of B-movies and video nasties, like the 1987 release of ''Strike Commando'', ''Screw Balls II: Loose Screws'', ''Torchlight'', ''Pieces'', ''Big Time'', ''Doorman'', ''Street Trash'', ''Scared To Death'', ''Jailbirds'', ''Motorhead'', and ''Django Strikes Again'', among other titles.
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