This looked daunting at first, but as I worked on it more it got easier. I modeled the symbol, and animated the weird grey pieces coming together using regular transform animation. For the shiny end part, I used Spotlight lamps and a Sun lamp set to only Specular (for the shine), and then used ColorRamp and Blur nodes to make them shine the way they do in the original. The text was made using a Blend texture. Finally, I remastered the music in GarageBand. Some EQ and reverb is all. I do notice that I forgot the trademark symbol, but I've rendered this thing twice already and it's like 10PM. Overall, I'm proud of this remake. If you made it this far, comment a key and VHS emoji. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAViztfrGdg
This was actually way easier than I thought. I've learned a lot more about Blender since my last attempt like two years ago, so I knew how to make this interation a lot more accurate. I used blur nodes for the shine, and some other node gobbledegook for the text that I don't exactly know how to explain.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G0AG8vvCdE
This was the original version of PTLE 15, aired on the now basically off-air WTVL-TV Channel 12. You'll notice that in it I'm a douche!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVif1aRAXAc