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| 1350 | Article | Vaporman87 | I can recall the hours upon hours I spent collecting the images for the VHS Covers section of the site from VHS Wasteland (with the owner's permission, mind you) and having to sort out the really gruesome images from those that could safely be viewed here. I purposefully left out the horror section because they were just so horrific, some of them. That is a testament to the effectiveness of the VHS cover. As you said, you had only a few ways to attract a customer outside of giant ad campaigns and being viewed on thousands of movie screens. The thing is, after so many times renting that eye-catching film with the great VHS cover and being sorely disappointed with the actual film, you start to catch on. But apparently that didn't stop others from making the same mistake, because the market was FLOODED with cheap direct to video movies for SO LONG! But I really feel like the VHS cover was an art form unto itself. A really great cover could be all the difference between losing your hat or scoring big. | Oct 01, 2014 |  | |
| 1352 | Article | Hoju Koolander | Pretty unique selections here. So are these box art examples from Greek releases? Is that why I've never seen this wrap-around style of VHS art before? I feel like trips to the video store would have been even cooler if the back of the box wasn't just text and 2-3 small photos, but part of a complete mural. | The Lost Art of VHS Boxes | Oct 01, 2014 | |
| 1353 | Article | Vaporman87 | Your right. The wrap around style is sweet. Not something you saw an awful lot of back in the day. | The Lost Art of VHS Boxes | Oct 01, 2014 | |
| 1354 | Article | jkatz | @Hoju Koolander I don't think the wraparound style was exclusively Greek. I can't think of any examples atm but I'm positive it's been done in the states too. Also, didn't know swearing was discouraged here. I'll try to tone it down next time. | The Lost Art of VHS Boxes | Oct 01, 2014 | |
| 1355 | Article | Vaporman87 | It's cool jkatz. I usually leave enough there so that it's obvious what the author wrote, but also keep it friendly to those who don't care for it. | The Lost Art of VHS Boxes | Oct 01, 2014 | |
| 1356 | Article | NLogan | Watching an episode of the Goldbergs a little bit ago I laughed as Adam and his dad had a run in with the proprietor of the video store. It was like he had stolen a page out of my life. Except instead of being banned for life because of the missing tape my dad banned himself but not before he got vindicated. We were told we owed nearly $300 bucks for a missing tape and late fees. My dad said he would just buy another copy at another store for $20 but they could not accept a non store copy. My dad blew up at the guy and demanded to know how many copies were in their inventory. "One", the clerk timidly replied. My dad then went to the shelves and found it on the rack and threw it at him. "If I never returned it then what the hell is that?" After that we always rented from the mom and pop stores and other seedy little dives with bead curtains and sun faded pictures on the rental tapes. | Timewarp: Blockbuster Video 1996 | Oct 02, 2014 | |
| 1357 | Article | Hoju Koolander | @NLogan That is an awesome story. I assume the clerk was being a punk to your Dad? If not, I feel bad for the kid that was just reporting what the computer said. Either way he learned a lesson in "common sense" that day. | Timewarp: Blockbuster Video 1996 | Oct 02, 2014 | |
| 1358 | Article | vkimo | My brother and I had a strict rule where we took turns renting games. And on the car ride home whoever got to the TV first and turned on the TV had control of the game. I wish I could remember the last game we ever rented. It was definitely for the N64 though. My dad was a simple man when it came to movie rentals. It had to have fire on the cover. He usually picked out Steven Segals latest flick. My mom trying to instill culture into her heathenish offspring would get obscure documentaries or Oscar ladden titles that usually ended up with everyone asleep, her included. | Timewarp: Blockbuster Video 1996 | Oct 02, 2014 | |
| 1359 | Article | Vaporman87 | I rented tapes and games almost exclusively under the assumption that it would be returned late, and it usually was. Then on my next trip to the rental shop, I paid last times fees and repeated the process. I was better at getting them back on time to the mom and pop shops, because I knew the people there better and didn't want to do them wrong. Great trip Dr Timewarp! Thanks for getting us back in one piece. | Timewarp: Blockbuster Video 1996 | Oct 02, 2014 | |
| 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. | Timewarp: Blockbuster Video 1996 | Oct 02, 2014 | |
