Last Polaroids Sold Off at Urban Outfitters, Obvs

Polaroid dead? Not yet! Urban Outfitters has teamed up with The Impossible Project to sell "a limited edition 700 hand-numbered deadstock Polaroid camera kits," which will include the much sought after and nearly extinct Polaroid Instant Film, and the Polaroid ONE600 Classic. These are the last of what's left, and it all goes on sale tomorrow (price is still unknown). The Williamsburgsters are not happy about this. Vintage Polaroid is their thing, Urban Outfitters; you can't just co-opt hipster style and sell it off to the masses. Anyway, one poster says, "I do not think anyone will buy a Polaroid at UO and do anything meaningful with it. There, I said it." Alright, Polaroid is so over, everyone get Lomos now. FML!

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on August 20, 2009 4:08 PM

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NannyState

How hard would it be for someone in Taiwan or China to buy the license and make after-market Polaroid film? With a little re-equipping in Guangzhou, nothing ever really dies :)

Snoopy

Probably no prob at all, but would you like to be portrayed and remembered by a fading beige image going to totally "what am I looking at?"

The process made them money, it served it's time and fortunately the brainiacs at the corporation realized, "Hey you dumb fucks, it's over."

Fortunately for you, your image appears to be in the gray scale so you won't fade away in the slanted glowing light of the soon approaching autumnal illumination.

dd7

If you're too young to remember, you probably don't get it.

Polaroids were really fun. Digital has taken the fun out of everything. And no, a camera-phone is no substitute for the Polaroid experience.

Those were the days ...

Snoopy

I sure wish they came out with a really small eight track cassette player that I can wear while I'm jogging or working out at the gym or a bar.

Did I ever post my link to the ektachrome slides I took of my fishing trip to Branson, MO?

Spirit of 76

Somewhere in storage is an old Polaroid Spectra camera I bought right after it was introduced in 1986. Wonder if it's worth anything as a collector's item? Although I suspect the old folding SX-70 would be worth more.

Snoopy

Check ebay for specific models and what they are going for. I sold two SX-70's a few years back and they got about $25 a piece.

Clarice City

I'm still pissed that daguerreotypes went out of fashion.

Mr Mel

And the Stereopticons.

babyhitler

C'mon dudes, welcome to the new millenium. Here's iphone polaroid emulation for all you sentimentalists.

http://iphoneoverdose.com/2008/iphone-polaroid-effects-apps-roundup/

http://shakeitphoto.com/

ivyleaguecrew

A+ to Urban Outfitters for taking money from hipsters. Someone has to do it...

thefacts

Drat! No more instant naughty pictures?

woodendesigner

Um?....... Digital?

duckumu

i dont mean to be dramatic but i'd rather be shot in the face than have to read another williamsboard thread

emilydickinson

There's at least a few people that will re-load old Polaroid cartridges for you. I have a friend that actually buys the paper and loads his own. Granted he's a photographer, but said it isn't all that hard to do if you have some dark room experience. I know you can load your own for the Brownie, and some older models, but I'm not certain if it works with the newer ones.

The Edge

http://www.lomography.com/

[mis]inheritance

I've never heard of this company before, but the cameras look great!

Edwin

@the edge lomography doesn't sell polaroid film

iamdmg

pffft its all about the holga now anyway...

HOTCUP

is film really that hard to find? i feel like there's actually a surplus at the moment, but its a matter of it all expiring.

schadenfreudian mensch

It's like CD's now. After Tower Records, Virgin and some mom and pop store closed, finding the CD's you want is getting harder. Seems like everyone is either buying it off iTunes or Amazon. Practically no one carries CD's anymore.

felixthecat2

http://www.savepolaroid.com/filmtypes

Instant Film Types & Info

The following is a list of Polaroid and Fuji instant film that has been available in the last decade or so. All of the Polaroid films are now discontinued.

felixthecat2

I never used a Polaroid and where would I buy the film from if I buy it?

alysonwonderland

Amazon sells it. So does Adorama on W 18th. I stocked up this Spring to do a wedding scrap book.

But honestly, there's some neat photo-editing software and programs to "polaroid" your regular pics so you can have the same result, just without the "experience" of the instant print.

Edwin

polapremium.com sells polaroid film (they're the same folks behind The Impossible Project) http://polapremium.com/

foureyesmonster

My friend just bought some polaroid film on ebay but even on ebay its becoming less and less common.

I'm really hoping we discover an unknown warehouse very soon.

NannyState

Oh yeah. There are a lot of stashes and hoards of these supplies I know a guy that bought an entire inventory from a camera shop and is just sitting on it. I do wonder if that 'six foot' polaroid camera that artists used is still at their headquarters.