Comment on Found these in a cabinet at work. Boss told me to make them disappear.

GCanuck@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Atomicbunnies@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  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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  • GCanuck@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    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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    • trolololol@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Why are people paying extra to work for Pepsi marketing department? It’s messed up.

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      • djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        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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    • Atomicbunnies@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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  • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If I understand right, that was the first ad subsidizing the cost of a vhs movie. “trouble with your refreshment system”

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    • Atomicbunnies@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Ahh yes that makes sense. I can see that copy being rare!

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      • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        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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• ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  How do you know? My thrift store has a tone

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