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| 1365 | Article | NLogan | Hoju, good read. Got the old memory burners started. I never ever bought the overpriced candy at the check out desk. I had forgotten you could rent a system in a suitcase. I never did. We stuck with Nintendo we had and occasionally rented games. Incidentally in 1989 Nintendo sued Blockbuster to prevent them from renting out the games instead of people having to purchase them to play (first sale doctrine exception to copyright act). They had done the same thing in Japan and won and were trying to block game rentals in the U.S. too. Another reason was Nintendo didn't want the competition to be able to demo their games and pirate them which was unlikely at best. They brought the suit under the guise of their trademarked instruction manuals being copied and distributed with the game rentals. Nintendo lost and Blockbuster continued to rent out their games paving the way for all future game rentals and future used game buybacks and sales with Nintendo seeing nary a penny. Nintendo did get the consolation prize however that Blockbuster could not photocopy the game manuals to include with the rentals as they were doing because the manuals were under copyright for purchase only and could not be redistributed, so the main thrust of their suit was successful even if they couldn't prevent rentals outright. I seem to remember some contest in the early 90s maybe 1990, 1991, or 1992 where you got a redemption code various ways on different products like under the caps of soda pop bottles or candy bar wrappers etc. You took the code to a scanner at the blockbuster video and did an in store redemption for free rentals, free Coca Colas, candy, shirts, hats, mugs, water bottles, etc. The adult (wasn't a kid) started yelling at my dad first, but all I remember was standing there wishing that awkward moment would pass. My dad's temper was legendary. They were both in the wrong he easily could have sorted it out without yelling and acting like kids. My dad received a bill in the mail for it and came unglued. He promptly went down to have it out with the manager. He was pissed that he was being charged late fees when he had in fact turned it in but their employee had not entered it. The actual cost of the video had been subtracted because they had "found it". When the manager looked up his rental history they tried to win him back by dropping all the fees and giving him free rentals but my dad is a principal of the thing kind of guy and we rented from various other places before Hollywood video opened up a store near us. My mom and dad were divorced and we stayed with him every other weekend it was standard operating procedure, go food shopping, rent videos, get dinner somewhere, rinse , repeat. Or as my dad would always say, "Let's go rent a pizza, and buy a couple of movies." Purposely said that way to annoy me. They lost out on a ton of money from my old man. | Oct 02, 2014 |  | |
| 2537 | Article | comic_book_fan | hoju sounds like a good Saturday to me. i used to catch livewire and what ever wcw was calling there show that week. | A Mid-90's Saturday With c_b_f | Aug 17, 2015 | |
| 3803 | Article | shakin steak | Hoju Koolander! Thanks for reply. I know what you mean about giving up dreams... there was a song in grade school chorus that was really inspirational. I tried to realistically figure out how I could get enough money to accomplish my dream of obtaining enough money ($90) to buy a Gameboy... I gave up on that pretty quick, lol | Halftone Wonders | Mar 26, 2017 | |
| 1509 | Article | comic_book_fan | Hoju Koolander yeah we all lived in a small house and she knew i was going to see it when my older siblings watched it and she knew they would keep me in check because they liked the show too. we all watched married with children together along with the simpson and x-files my family related alot to the bundys lol that is my favorite sitcom of all time. | When Wrestling Rocked | Nov 17, 2014 | |
| 4214 | Article | comic_book_fan | Hoju Koolander yeah i remember the ultraforce cartoon it was cool | SUNDAY Morning Cartoons | Nov 29, 2017 | |
| 1757 | Article | Hoju Koolander | Hoju Koolander Posted on Jan 03, 2015 at 04:19 AM @pikachulover Sky was appropriately named, she had good reach in The Wall and Hang Tough. I did actually catch an episode of Gladiators 2000, but the educational element took away the fun for me. GUTS on Nickelodeon was more my style, but came at the end of my Nick watching phase so I only saw it a few times. Thanks for mentioning it and the Hulk Hogan hosted reboot. @vaporman87 "Rowsdower!" oh, I own The Final Sacrifice on DVD, but I never made the Csonka Connection. It's funny how the brain can miss things like that. I had a hard time finding an attractive female Gladiator to crush on, but I always thought Lace was okay, since she was just fit and not ripped. My favorite male Gladiator was actually Hawk from the later seasons, he had a lot of energy and a little touch of crazy that made him extra cool. | American Gladiators | Jan 03, 2015 | |
| 1247 | Article | NLogan | Hoju Koolander I love the personal pictures. To me that is what Halloween is all about. Can't beat the nostalgia level of some of those old Ben Cooper and Collegeville costumes. As you know my brother was also Yoda back in the day. Long live cellophane windowed boxes, rubber bands that broke on your sweaty face mask, and vinyl smocks... well the memories of them anyways. | Halloween Hallelujah! | Sep 16, 2014 | |
| 2076 | Article | Mr Magic | Hogan was a heel you just loved to hate. I mean he was a heel in the early 80s, but it was nothing compared to his NWO persona. | Wrestling with the 90's | Mar 13, 2015 | |
| 3454 | Article | Mr Magic | Hogan and Warrior is definitely a key match. One for the ages. Good call. The excitement for WM has died now. It's been treated like some common event. It really bothers me. | My Favorite WrestleMania Matches of All Time | Mar 16, 2016 | |
| 2684 | Video | Vaporman87 | Hmmm. Yeah, you're right. People had likely forgotten about that happy go lucky persona... seeing him instead as a scruffy pervert. So the serious tone makes more sense knowing that. | Crack is Whack | Sep 21, 2015 | |
