snakescotland wrote:Interesting to know that 'wheel of misfortune' is a top seller.... I wonder what your top 5 sellers overall are?
I bet Gooey Girlies is up there near the top.... if not, it should be and I demand a recount....
It's a bit of an unfair battle as different titles have been distributed in different ways.
Pretty Clumsy Woman, Sammy-Jane on the Job and Sticky Buns were all available (briefly) in High St shops like HMV and Virgin as well as Amazon so they are by far the best sellers (they have sold several thousand copies apiece). But before you think I am a millionaire, we only got about 50p per copy and it took a while for them to sell.
If you just take mail order sales into account, Pretty Clumsy Woman would still be up there, probably followed by Sticky Buns, Messy Missies and Gooey Girlies. Suprisingly successful too has been Slime Suspect, easily the most popular of the Suspect/Gunge Hill/Messy Wedding trio. For real cheapy, Flanderella has sold well too considering it was only done cos somebody filmed the photo session for fun. Pie Eyed Wives has done okay too (better than Mucky Pups) though it missed the 'boom' in the mid-90s before the internet came in so hasn't done the numbers of, say, Sticky Buns.
All these have outsold the WSM titles and the Artscene/Aquantics ones (probably cos they are cheaper) though the latter are catching up thanks to being on DVD now and the same price as the newer Buff Films. Wheel of Misfortune is easily the best WSM seller. The best selling AA title is probably Slimewave, mainly through having a great cover.
Messy Fun titles did well at first as well and we have sold more WAMTEC videos than WAMTEC did themselves, though both those are tailing off now.
In short we need to go out and make more stuff cos whilst all the titles are classics, quality etc has improved (as has my editing!) and sales are not what they were ten years ago (not surprisingly).
Bill
PS All the above sounds rather egotistic. It isn't meant to be. You asked a question and I gave an answer. Of course if you asked, say, Messy Fun they would say their products outsell ours though I have no idea of their totals. They would be hard pressed to beat Pretty Clumsy Woman's overall sale (including shops).