The James Bond Film Discussion Thread (With Bonus Lazenby!)

[DarrenTR1970]

Ahhh, the laser disc days. I don't remember how much I paid for Tron or Toy Story. (Thankfully the Star Wars Box was a gift!)

OTOH, I did get the deluxe Thunderball used on LD for $5. That was a great day.

From my understanding, there are a few Criterion laser discs that fetch triple digits on Ebay because of their scarcity, as well as some of their OP DVDs.

 

[HIjol]

Not trying to be a FunnyBoy, but perhaps size mattered???…

 

[cardinal biggles]

I must be fundamentally misunderstanding what is going on, here…

90 bucks, 120 bucks, 189.90 Aussie bucks…

WTF???

So back in the 80s and even into the early 90s, when movies came out on VHS, there would be an initial window where the tape would cost you $90-100. This was because the only people purchasing them at that point were the owners of video rental stores (and Rowdy Roddy McDowall ). If it's $5 to rent that movie overnight, they would make their money back after 18-20 rentals. Then, maybe 3-6 months after that, the price would be lowered to something more in the $25-30 range and become available to the general public.