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Background: Defunct video rental store Blockbuster used to issue some exclusive videocassettes throughout the mid-1990s.

1st (known) Logo (1990s)

Logo: On a grayish marble background, we see the Blockbuster Video "ticket" logo. The logo "shines".

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare. Seen only on Blockbuster Video VHS releases.

2nd Logo (2000)

Logo: We fade to a white-cream background. As the logo fades in the background "dissolves" to reveal a glowing Blockbuster logo against a sky blue background.

Technique: A dissolve effect.

Music/Sounds: A synthesized whoosh like noise.

Availability: Very rare. Only seen on the Blockbuster Customer Service instructional video.

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-'''Logo:''' On a grayish marble background, we see the Blockbuster Video "ticket" logo (the kind you see on their video/DVD rental storefronts and DVD covers). The logo "shines".
+'''Logo:''' On a grayish marble background, we see the Blockbuster Video "ticket" logo. The logo "shines".
-'''Technique:''' The shining of the ticket.
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
 '''Music/Sounds:''' None.
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 '''Logo:''' We fade to a white-cream background. As the logo fades in the background "dissolves" to reveal a glowing Blockbuster logo against a sky blue background.
-'''Technique:''' The background dissolving to reveal the Blockbuster logo.
+'''Technique:''' A dissolve effect.
 '''Music/Sounds:''' A synthesized whoosh like noise.