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  @zurieldaher777911 сағат бұрын

  Channel surfing

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  @staceyl.thienel149914 сағат бұрын

  In HS, our Blockbuster was right next to a 7-11!! (88-). When candy was reasonable $$ (lollll!!!) and a Slurpee $1- it was perfect!! My cousin rented Ghostbusters so much that I thought she should BUY it!! I wanted to work at Blockbuster in HS: I loved their uniforms and didn't like working with food one bit (I'm OK with packaged snacks) You have super content!!!

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  @RetroDaze13 сағат бұрын

  @@staceyl.thienel1499 Thank you Stacey! Those are fun memories. Thank you for sharing them. Probably the biggest downside to working there would have been dealing with the people trying to get out of paying the late fees.

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  @staceyl.thienel149913 сағат бұрын

  @@RetroDaze or weren't kind enough to rewind and arguing about that fee

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  @AnthonyJRapino13 сағат бұрын

  @@staceyl.thienel1499 My girlfriend in college worked at the local mom and pop video rental shop, and she'd always bring the newest movies back to the dorm to watch the day before they were set to go on the shelf. A pretty cool perk, I thought. I do wish we'd taken more advantage of getting standees or posters from the place though.

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  @theotakux595917 сағат бұрын

  I've still never seen Innerspace, but Little Shop of Horrors has been my favorite movie since I was younger than I can remember, and I watched the VHS so much I wore it out, so the Innerspace TRAILER is burned into my mind.

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  @RetroDaze16 сағат бұрын

  @@theotakux5959 Maybe it’s time to wear out a new tape!

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  @rightwired10 сағат бұрын

  40 years ago, when i was 10, i got into a huge fight with my mom over "Little Shop of Horrors". she refused to let me see it. "i don't care what it's rated, you are not seeing it!" we argued and yelled. all day long. i threw the paper across the room. she picked it up, looked and said "OH. Little Shop of HOR_RORS Not WHORES. I thought you said "Whores". HOR_OR. Sure you can see that." We both busted down laughing, apologizing. I'm still haven see it. It makes the story funnier.

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  @mattm168617 сағат бұрын

  growing up in the 80's and 90's ROCKED!

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  @RetroDaze16 сағат бұрын

  @@mattm1686 It absolutely did!!!

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  @Rob-rx3jwКүн бұрын

  My mom and pop shop was Moon Video. Great selection and it being only two blocks away was awesome. Spend plenty of quarters playing TMNT Arcade game.

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  @RetroDaze22 сағат бұрын

  Awesome memories! Thanks for sharing those Rob.

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  @AnthonyJRapino13 сағат бұрын

  Nice! Yeah, my video place was right across the street, with two others in walking distance (Brooklyn, so yeah).

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  @douge.6935Күн бұрын

  Good video. Thanks.

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  @RetroDaze22 сағат бұрын

  Thank YOU Doug!

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  @manofaction1807Күн бұрын

  The toys were endless... 80's was 3 3/4 inch guys, that carried over from the 70's Mego figures, Star Wars, and Adventure People... IIRC, Mangalers was pulled pretty quick in the year from the shelves, because dumbass kids were eating them, and they were made out of some kind of Slime substitute. Two of the big toys of the time no one talks about were these little guys' called M.U.S. C.L.E.'s, and another line called "Battle Beasts". They were the little guys you brought to school, almost gambling with them as you fought your classmates guys and won and lost them in neighborhood, and recess battles.

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@manofaction1807 M.U.S.C.L.E. Seems to have had more staying power in our brains than most. Just look at all the later “knock-off” and “homage” toy lines that it spawned.

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  @ZMAN_420Күн бұрын

  I look forward to Saturday for a few reasons, mostly sometimes no work. Retro Daze is one of the reasons also! Renting "Faces Of Death videos could be tricky to rent if you're a kid.👍🏻🇺🇲

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@ZMAN_420 Faces of Death was that video you heard about and saw on the shelf that felt like some cursed treasure that you really wanted but could never have. Then, 40 years later, you learn the treasure was just a cardboard box with some pogs in it. 😆

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  @ZMAN_420Күн бұрын

  @@RetroDaze Exactly!😆😅🤣😂

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  @AnthonyJRapino13 сағат бұрын

  Thanks, Zman!

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  @ZMAN_420Күн бұрын

  If you know about the "Video Rental Store" then you know! My childhood Video Store was "The House Of Video" family owned. Geat Content Retro Daze!🤘🏻👍🏻🇺🇲

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  Thank you as always Z Man! “The House of Video” is a stellar name for a video store! Always fun to learn of the myriad of fun video store names.

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  @danielkaiser8971Күн бұрын

  Sometimes when I would go to rent a movie, I would see a classmate from school there. It was a time to get to know that classmate better since we didn't really talk with each other much at school (it's kind of hard to talk if we sat on opposite sides of the same classroom). Also, if we didn't see the movie at the theater, we could always wait a short while and rent it from the video rental store. (lol) At least that way, I would know if the movie was good enough to watch. And when I was dating, talk about getting to know someone by the types of movies they wanted to see. "Please be kind, and REWIND!"

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@danielkaiser8971 We tend to forget the social aspect of the video store. It was conducive to socializing in so many ways!

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  @JAD-gp9kqКүн бұрын

  I was a movie gallery kid!

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@JAD-gp9kq They seemed to stick around for a while after the demise of Blockbuster. Gotta give them credit for that at least.

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  @JAD-gp9kqКүн бұрын

  @@RetroDaze yes and it was closer to the house. I miss those days!

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  @roygarcia4200Күн бұрын

  I miss Blockbuster & Hollywood Video

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@roygarcia4200 We miss them all.

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  @candacecherry2846Күн бұрын

  This was my weekend

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@candacecherry2846 It was definitely one of the top choices for weekend activities!

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  @darktetsuyaКүн бұрын

  'blockbuster was the wal-mart of video stores' yeah if that one doesn't hit the nail on the head! those mom and pop stores had kinda the same charm to me as the local non-chain restaurants, same kinda vibe as those, for sure. though I did rent a metric ton of games from the video stores BBV and otherwise... it's no wonder the game companies had to ratchet up the difficulty on most of those, don't want them finishing it in a weekend and not paying $60 bucks to own it! definitely some fun memories there, though.

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@darktetsuya It does make you wonder how the game rental model affected game developers. If they did indeed have to consider the practice of renting games when determining difficulty.

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  @bluejedi723Күн бұрын

  When is the video on choose your own adventure books going to be done?

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  @tedadamgreenКүн бұрын

  That was delightful!! Thanks Jon and Team Great memories

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@tedadamgreen It is our pleasure Ted! Thank you!

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  @Robalini1Күн бұрын

  Believe it or not, I lived less than a block away from the original VCR store on Wilshire in the early 2000s...

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@Robalini1 Woah! That’s very cool!

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  @talir71Күн бұрын

  My sister and I rented a lot of movies and video games from the video section of Delchamp’s Supermarket. I avoided going to Blockbuster for as long as possible because they were more expensive. But eventually Blockbuster won out, at least until Netflix took off.

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@talir71 Boy that was a missed opportunity Blockbuster would have loved to have a redo of. 😆

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  @DorelaxenКүн бұрын

  Now I wanna watch Innerspace. When I was in my late teens, me and my friends would go to a few local places for movies, since our town didn't have a Blockbuster, but for our games, we'd always go to the same grocery store, as they always had the best selection and prices on rentals. After moving out on my own, going to Blockbuster was my Friday night ritual. There was a convenience store right next to it and a Wendy's, McDonald's, and Burger King all just right there as well, so we'd grab drinks and snacks and food all in one trip. Good times, man.

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@Dorelaxen This is so familiar to me (Tony G.) as I too would rent games from a local grocer and eventually move down the road to a town with a Blockbuster that had a Burger King, Wendy’s, and McDonald’s nearby! 😆

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  @jasonwomack4064Күн бұрын

  One thing I noticed about video stores was if it had an adult backroom, it always also had an amazing horror section.

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  That DID seem like there was a connection, didn’t it?

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  @joe4illinoisКүн бұрын

  In Chicago we still have the VIDEO STRIP. They have so many films as they have a larger selection than any streaming site. In fact many of the videos are not available on any site and they offer uncut versions of them. So why would someone go to one? Better selection, uncut, special features, true HD and 4k quality are just a few reasons.

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  Yes! A large physical media library will always be a better option. The Video Strip sounds amazing!

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  @jayme69Күн бұрын

  I loved our local independent video store. We also had a guy who drove around with a boot load of "Backup" VHS Movies. He used to come to the door on a Thursday night with a list of the films he had available, for example ET when it was still on at the cinema ;-) You could rent 3 films for £5 and he'd pick them back up on the Monday or Tuesday. If he didn't have anything we wanted, we'd go to the Rental Store on the Friday night and usually ended up getting Attack of the Killer Tomatoes because everything else was already gone. I'd hate to think how many times I've watched that movie :-) Keep up the awesome work!

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@jayme69 Thank you Jayme! What a great service that would have been! Home video delivery! We missed out on that here. It was nice to have one or two movies you always knew would be available at the rental store if nothing else tickled your fancy.

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  @kronvlatКүн бұрын

  soooo many arguments started from me begging my mom to take me to the video store, she dreaded it because she knew how long i was going take... I still see the building it was in and think about going in what it is now just to see if anything looked the same inside...

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@kronvlat It’s hard to pass by those old haunts. Always wondering if any semblance of what was still exists in there.

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  @NightSprinterКүн бұрын

  What's funny was that Blockbuster didn't come around until maybe 1990 (as I remember it was the first video store in Albany that actually had a Genesis and games to rent). Mostly I would go to Videos Unlimited, since they were the big chain before BB and Video Warehouse. Hell, even PhaRX-Mor had a video section. Hell of a great Weekend deal in the 90s. Three movies or any three games (NES, GameBoy, or Genesis. Yes, you could rent GameBoy games there!) for $0.99/each for the entire weekend. But I do have a lot of memories of going to Videos Unlimited, since they were the first in my hometown, and the only place I could rent those awesome Tengen NES ports. And speaking of arcade cabs, that was what the last Videos Unlimited store that opened by the corner of Jefferson St. and Philema Rd. had in the 90s. I remember they had that triple-hoop basketball cab (the kind that had the air pump to shoot basketball-shaped ping pong balls), an Area-51 cab, and Marvel Super Heroes. Also had the horror section upstairs. So yeah, I get ya in terms of why the locally-owned chains were a lot of times better than some of the national ones.

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@NightSprinter Yes! Precisely! While it was great to have the selection of a Blockbuster, it was equally great to experience the charm and warmth of a mom and pop outfit, or even the local grocery store or pharmacy. It was really convenient (and fun) to purchase your groceries, meds, AND rent a movie all together.

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  @AnthonyJRapinoКүн бұрын

  @@RetroDaze Ah, that reminds me that I had a whole section I had to cut out for time about all the other places you could rent videos, as @NightSprinter mentions in the comments. Could possibly be it's own video eventually too.

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  @NightSprinterКүн бұрын

  @@AnthonyJRapino EASILY. I mean hell, I'm sure you both remember places such as "Putt-Putt Golf and Games", as just weekend activities would be a multi-part video series all by its own. Don't even GET me started on summer vacations..

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  @elgato894Күн бұрын

  never cared for video home video games,dont know just never found them appealing to me

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  What about the arcades?

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  @elgato894Күн бұрын

  @@RetroDaze yes i would go space invaders,pac-man, etc etc but before them ,ypu had pong the 2 paddle game with puck,drifting all over your screen.air hockey, real game,puck floted on thin layer of air,if you had a good working table your puck or plastic disk would just glide with very little push.i could go on and on and on,i hope the young really cherrish there days,cause i sure in the hell did,GOD BLESS THE 1970S AND 80'S

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  @tyneishalewis9917Күн бұрын

  I remember there was a Hollywood Video, my Mom would drive to. My brother and I did a lot of the things you mentioned in this video. Looking at VHS tapes and covers to decide on our movies, looking at the snacks, and etc. It was such a fun experience! Unfortunately, I dont have my VHS player or tapes but I'm rebuilding my collection via DVDs & Bluray. This video is the first time I've heard of Inner Space, it looks like a fun movie to check out! My family and I still have our movie nights, with cool movies, snacks, and food. My brother and I was marathoning Miami Vice and had tacos!

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@tyneishalewis9917 That is awesome to hear you are rebuilding your physical media collection and still doing movie nights! It’s really becoming something of a lost activity these days.

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  @elgato894Күн бұрын

  WOW HAVE times changed,my first vid rental was the blues brothers.1 day rental,with that c thomas howell, movie when the russians invade the u.s.a.80's mid i think.

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  Ahh yes! Was that other movie Red Dawn?

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  @elgato894Күн бұрын

  @@RetroDaze yes yes red dawn,had pals over,snacks of all sorts ,pop as was called in the days,like coke or pepsi etc etc ,double feature or sometimes triple,stayed up all nite,had a very COOL MOM AND DAD,WE WOULD SLEEP TO NOON OR sometimes later. ARE THE GOOD TIMES REALLY OVER FOR GOOD?

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  @MalcolmLittle-pw9dzКүн бұрын

  I was only into Judy Blume and The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes books

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  Great choices!

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  @MalcolmLittle-pw9dzКүн бұрын

  Our book fairs changed by mid 90’s. Instead of going to library to buy books and stuff you had to order from catalog so kids who didn’t have money didn’t feel left out when walking through and couldn’t buy anything.

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  While that is considerate of the school to do that, a better option would have been to provide one free book purchase to each student up to a certain amount, or from a pre-determined list. Not do away with the fair completely.

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  @cowboydiecastracingКүн бұрын

  I always liked Hollywood Video! Just liked the atmosphere it had! I’m an 80’s kid and would love for that experience to come back! Your right, it was exactly that an “experience “ that made going to the video rental store and picking out your favorite movie for movie night special! This generation will never understand that! I still have a VHS! That works well! I will seek out the old 80’s VHS movies and m on The VHS player for that nostalgic feel! Great Video!

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@cowboydiecastracing Thank you CDR! Exactly! That whole rental experience made you certain that whatever you rented was a must watch!

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  @cowboydiecastracingКүн бұрын

  @@RetroDaze You are welcome! Agreed!

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  @MalcolmLittle-pw9dzКүн бұрын

  The Garfield bicycle reflectors from the 80’s and the glow in the dark footsteps from the same time. I used to send of fir the Lego man and vehicle in the early 90’s

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@MalcolmLittle-pw9dz I (Tony G.) had forgotten ALL about those Garfield reflectors! Had one of those!

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  @1977-NES-OGКүн бұрын

  Remember Movie Gallery? Started as as a Mom n Pop in my hometown. Became 2nd largest behind Blockbuster before it was all said and done

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@1977-NES-OG Indeed Matt! In fact, Movie Gallery was the last surviving video store in my (Tony G.) area during the final days of movie renting.

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  @NightSprinterКүн бұрын

  Definitely. When I moved a few minutes west from Albany to Leesburg in the mid-90s, they were one of the four big chains in the area (along with Blockbuster as expected, but also local chains Video's Unlimited and Video Warehouse). Got to first experience two of my favorite SNES games in "Kirby Super Star" and "Chrono Trigger".

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  @AutisticPhantomOtakuКүн бұрын

  I miss the video rental store, Blockbuster especially. There used to be a Blockbuster near where I lived. I loved going in there with my mom. Picking out my favorite movies and TV shows on VHS tapes, and later DVD, checking out the latest video game rentals at the time, even begging my mom for snacks. Those certainly were of the days. Two of my favorite things to rent from Blockbuster were Rugrats videos and National Geographic's Really Wild Animals. And when Blockbuster was closing its doors, I was there to buy as many DVDs as I could afford. Now there's a mattress store and a hair Care store where Blockbuster one stood.😢 Boy, do I wish Blockbuster would come back. And since you brought up Hollywood Video, I do remember there being one near Tyrone square Mall they often pass by when I was younger. I've only been there once, and that was when they were closing their doors. I remember buying only two DVDs from there: a sports DVD and an anime DVD, the latter of which my mom forced me to return because it has a naked woman in it.

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@AutisticPhantomOtaku That’s awesome that this sparked so many great memories APO. It’s why we do this!

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  @christrojak9951Күн бұрын

  Your team that makes these nostalgia trips is absolutely incredible, thank you. Video stores were a sacred place in the 80s early 90s, for kids especially, full of magic and mystery, mom and pops were the best, shout outs to Showtime, Carousel and Vics Video Americain, the south east PA legends. I love that you mentioned the horror covers and the arcade games and candy, also those vending machines that sold gumballs and little plastic eggs of slime, a bug component of 80s kiddom thanks to You Cant Do That on Television and Double Dare

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@christrojak9951 Thank YOU for being a part of each of these journeys with us. It means a great deal. Video stores absolutely were sacred! And to receive that membership card and see it’s effects benefit us… made us feel soooo cool. Thank you mentioning the vending machines and games. We always loved those, no matter the business they were located in!

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  @AnthonyJRapinoКүн бұрын

  Thanks so much! Ah, yes, the sticker machines and 25 cent machines. We may have to do a standalone video on that topic. 🙂

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  @staceyl.thienel149914 сағат бұрын

  I lived in the 13:01 the only "local" place to walk was mom and pop place. $1.50 for two old movies (i.e., Grease, etc- no hits) but it was still fun to also ride bikes there

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  @AnthonyJRapino13 сағат бұрын

  @@staceyl.thienel1499 Killer deal though!

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  @MalcolmLittle-pw9dzКүн бұрын

  My grandfather always had a Betamax since 70’s but I remember it from 80’s since I was born in 1981 but we had a VCR since like 1985 so we always had some type of movies to watch. Mostly horror. But I remember watching Die Hard, Robo Cop, Predator and Lethal Weapon as new releases. I trained renting Blu Rays and DVDs from 2009-2015 but it wasn’t the same. Most times I’d return movies without watching any. I miss the moms and pops video store on the corner of my grandparents street. Every weekend was a treat in late 80’s to early 90’s. Now I have a Firestick and get most movies free but still rarely watch anything new. I love the older movies because it brings back memories and nostalgia

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@MalcolmLittle-pw9dz Well said. Thanks for sharing those memories. The fact is, back then when we forked over the hard earned cash for a movie or game, you better believe it was getting watched or played! No matter how awful it turned out to be! 😆

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  @ctbinary42Күн бұрын

  Direct to Video movies at the store introduced me to so many crappy films that are so good to watch. My favorites were from Full Moon video like the Puppet Master series. So bad they were good

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@ctbinary42 Yes! The Puppet Master series, and Full Moon films in general, are a product of rental stores. We may NEVER have had them, or thousands of other lower budget flicks, without video stores!

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  @soundgear5Күн бұрын

  I remember looking at the Garfield books and asking why they didn't have any Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (my parents where hippies). Probably the weirdest conversation my parents ever had with the principal.

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@soundgear5 😂 What? It wasn’t in the school library? 😝

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  @NITE_SHIFTINGКүн бұрын

  As a kid going to the local ma and pa video store with my best friend, Faces Of Death was SO taboo. So we would just end up renting A Nightmare On Elm Street to satisfy our horror addiction. Also, a time later on at that same local video store they had a Pulp Fiction cardboard stand up (about 4' tall). I ended up asking them if I could have it when they were done with it and they actually gave it to me. I still have it.... somewhere. They would also sell the movie promo posters too when they were done with the promotions. Usually for like a dollar.... AWESOME times.

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@NITE_SHIFTING Yes! That is a facet of video stores we didn’t get to cover much, but the promotional signage, posters, and standees were soooo fun! After a while, it became a race to be the first to ask for the latest promo stuff when the store was done with it!

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  @elgato894Күн бұрын

  i would go from movie theater to movie theater buying there movie posters, back in the early 7o's very Early 70's, they are worth big big big cash today.all in mint condition

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  @JohnPaulC27Күн бұрын

  That first guy with the Kriss Kross Bugs and Taz. That's the 90s. Troll, House, ghoulies, all made me take the wide way around. Chopping mall too.

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  @AnthonyJRapinoКүн бұрын

  Chopping Mall! That's another one I used to stare at all the time, but forgot to mention it in the script. That was also another one I didn't actually see until I was much older.

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@JohnPaulC27 Noticed there was no mention of Troll 2 there. 😂

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  @JohnPaulC27Күн бұрын

  @@RetroDaze that was my holy grail and I went to (for me as a 12 year old) extreme lengths to finally see it once i discovered its existence in TV guide….

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  @geylekinfraire8596Күн бұрын

  Your Shirt 👕 Hat & Background just took me bk to the Rad & Awesome 80's !! Thank you for these vids i totally relate hee hee :)

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  @RetroDazeКүн бұрын

  @@geylekinfraire8596 Thank YOU! We’re not sure yet where Jon gets his wonderful apparel. He is very secretive about his source. But we have his landline tapped, so we figure it’s just a matter of time. 😎