What color were the boxes (e.g. the spine, the bottom of the front, and the dark stripes on the top of the back)? From various scans I've seen, it sometimes looks black or dark gray or bluish gray. Also, what color were the lighter stripes on the top of the back?
I'm working on making DVD case sleeves that look like those VHS boxes (I have the first one finished except for choosing the final colors). I know it has already been done before, probably more than once, but I don't think anyone has used the correct font along with the correct kerning before, because matching the kerning is extremely tedious, and most people wouldn't care about it anyway. However, simply typing out the text and calling it good has a "typed in Word" look to it that I don't care for.
In the old days professional typesetters layed out text manually with variable kerning with aesthetics in mind, and it has a certain look to it that you don't get by simply typing on a PC and leaving it at that.
For example, here is a picture of some of the new text (and some logos; I made the CBS/FOX logo because I couldn't find a good one already made) on top of the original text on a scan of the VHS box:
