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| Registered: June 21, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,621 |
| | Posted: | | | | My first suggestion would be take them to the store and have tehm unlock for you, but since all Hollywoods have closed, that won't work. I would guess you'll need to either rig up your own key, or have a friend help. Try getting a pen or pencil or something into all 4 holes at once and hope that lets it loose would be the next thing I try. Just looked closer at the drawing, you might have to get all something in all holes (dang that sounds dirty  ). Do you have an exacto blade? Maybe you could carefully cut the holder off with a super-sharp knife, or a dremmel drill and a study hand. Big chance of ruining the disc that way though. | | | | Last edited: by bigdaddyhorse |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 5,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | There is only one logical way to deal with a hostage situation: you must assume the hostages are dead. The hostage taker is presumed to have murdered them all, and treat him as a hostile murderer. Only if he surrenders the hostages unharmed can he hope to survive. Any other treatment puts the power to negotiate in his hands.
Take him out for any chance to save the hostages. But you must figure they are dead after being tortured. | | | If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting VibroCount: Quote:
There is only one logical way to deal with a hostage situation: you must assume the hostages are dead. The hostage taker is presumed to have murdered them all, and treat him as a hostile murderer. Only if he surrenders the hostages unharmed can he hope to survive. Any other treatment puts the power to negotiate in his hands.
Take him out for any chance to save the hostages. But you must figure they are dead after being tortured. How do you sleep at night  |
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| Registered: January 1, 2009 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 3,087 |
| | Posted: | | | | How about drilling a hole in the middle. First small, then bigger.
Try do do it with a calm hand. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,330 |
| | Posted: | | | | That is about the last thing I could think of doing. May be worth a try... but have to expect that the DVD may not come out of it intact.  | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 26, 2009 | | Posts: 1,387 |
| | Posted: | | | | Be Brave, you know what they say, you have to break a few eggs to make an omlet  |
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| Registered: June 3, 2007 | | Posts: 706 |
| | Posted: | | | | I would really like to see this lock.
Pics of it front and back.
My first thought is heavy making tape over the disk then using a ziss Wheel ( think over grown Dremel ) cut down the center of the "hub" forming an X - Have to watch heat and hot sparks depending on the materials. Then at that point break the V bits off or cut some more.
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 4,245 |
| | Posted: | | | | Perhaps instead of dealing with the lock itself it maybe easier to go around it.
What I mean is (if you don't care about the case) is go through the back of the case and snip away most of the case until you can see the bottom of the hub and/or lock. Perhaps by using an exacto knife or something sharp you can cut away on the bottom of the lock/hub and once that section is removed the lock will slide through the hole and off the front of the dvd. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,117 |
| | Posted: | | | | You can probably end your pain by simply buying another Campfire Tales DVD on eBay for under $10. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Doombear: Quote:
You can probably end your pain by simply buying another Campfire Tales DVD on eBay for under $10.  Just what I was thinking. It's Campfire Stories though, Campfire Tales is a different movie. Pete, you can order a used "near perfect condition" copy through Amazon for $3.93. It would probably be less painful. | | | | Corey |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,117 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Katatonia: Quote:
Quoting Doombear:
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You can probably end your pain by simply buying another Campfire Tales DVD on eBay for under $10.
Just what I was thinking. It's Campfire Stories though, Campfire Tales is a different movie.
Pete, you can order a used "near perfect condition" copy through Amazon for $3.93. It would probably be less painful. Hi. Ooops.... Thanks for the correction. I meant Campfire Stories but typed Tales. You can still get it for really cheap on eBay and Amazon. Buying a replacement magnetic opener key could cost a lot just to get one disc out. |
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| Registered: June 3, 2007 | | Posts: 706 |
| | Posted: | | | | Doombear - technically 2 DVD's  And what is the fun in that? Why do you think guys have tools ? :D -R |
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| Registered: May 20, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,934 |
| | Posted: | | | |  Is the one on the lower right the correct one? If so, a drill through the center, and pliers to collapse, may be the only option. The Key is like $80... Charlie |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Like I said before, you could easily fabricate your own key using a strong rare earth magnet but, a strong enough magnet to disengage the locking mechanism would cost more than just purchasing another copy of the film from eBay or Amazon as others have suggested. Drilling a hole in the Hub Cap will not work. The type of Denial of Benefit lock used on your DVD consists of a 2-piece cap and disc with your DVD sandwiched between them. Other than using a magnetic decoupler key, there is no way to remove the lock without damaging the DVD. Edit: I just read the reviews of "Campfire Stories" and I have one thing to say: Is all this trouble really worth it?  | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection | | | | Last edited: by Bad Father |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,330 |
| | Posted: | | | | Charlie...
Similar to the one in the lower right image... but a little different.
8ballMax...
No idea if it is worth it. I never seen either of the two movies I found locked so far. Still haven't been through all the discs yet. Hopefully there isn't any more of them locked. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: June 21, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,621 |
| | Posted: | | | | On the bright side, it doesn't look like those things cover any playing surface, so with the right computer drive, you could extract the disc without the whole center hub, and hope your computer drive doesn't hold the discs from the center. If it doesn't, you should have a fine playing surface and maybe could rip yourself a watching copy from the hubless real dvd.
This is a last resort theory, I've never tried it and assume most/all players use the hub to hold the discs inside when playing.
The movie isn't great, but it's fun enough to be worth a watch and me to own a copy of. | | | | Last edited: by bigdaddyhorse |
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