• GCanuck@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    If the top gun tape is the Pepsi promo it’s apparently worth $17500. If it’s not, it’s worth about $15.

    • Atomicbunnies@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      I’ll have to look at that. What makes the Pepsi promo worth that? Rarity? How can you tell if its that one? I just collect the tapes and watch them I don’t do much research.

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        Honestly I just searched “top gun vhs tape worth”. I know absolutely nothing about vhs collecting.

        Looks like the Pepsi promo one will be obvious. It’ll have a promo cover. I doubt you have it (sorry).

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            There’s just less of them, and it’s technically a piece of movie history, even if it’s a really shitty bit of history.

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          Aww man you got my hopes up 🤣🤣 I guess I’ll just watch my normal pleb one haha. Just kidding!

          Edit: I just want to say this has been a fun interaction. This is a great community!

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            Not saying it isn’t, but it was a home video release of a huge hit movie well into the adoption of VHS (some folks might have been still clinging to Beta players in 1986) that was made quite inexpensive by the addition of a diet pepsi ad. It should have sold like hotcakes. I’ve got a copy with the ad on it.

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    Wait, we posting VHS pics now? Is my hoarding about to pay off in sweet, sweet internet points?

    …no, because that would require me digging things out. >_>

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    Did you guys never get plastic cases for your VHS tapes? Were they always cardboard sleeves?

    Here in the UK, they were always in plastic cases.

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      It varied, really. A lot of the Disney films we owned were in the plastic cases (probably other ones, as well; just don’t remember anymore, at this point) and others had the cardboard sleeves.

      I don’t remember it leaning one way or the other, particularly.

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      Kids films came in plastic cases for some reason. cardboard sleeves were the most common for major film releases. Come to think of it, my bob the builder tapes came in plastic cases and that show is from the UK so that checks out.