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Xenia Stathakopoulou

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An obscure dvd company called ha ! is bringing classic 80s tv commercials to dvd this june !Among the many classics on this 3 disc set are Michael J. Fox jumping literally all over town to get a diet pepsi for a girl.Also included will be the classic im a toys r us kid commercial.APRIL FOOLS EVERYONE !!!:D :D :D :D :D :D :D
 

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Lol ! Even though im the one that made this joke, i truly believe that someday there will actually be a release like this. Id buy it too, im an 80s freak !:)
 

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Although I'd probably buy them, they're probably redundant in my case. I found a WHOLE bunch of VHS tapes I recorded in the mid to late 80's. One DVD burner laterm, and TADA! Three hours of pure 80's goodness.

I guess it would be against forum rules to sell my homemade DVDs, wouldnt it. :)
 

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It would have to include all the Ronald Mcdonald commercials with Grimace, The Hamburglar and the Mcnugget Triplets... all the classic cereal commercials... Smurf Berry & Donkey Kong Crunch, Cookie Crisp, Snap crackle pop Rice Crispies!, Nintendo cereal, Crispix, I'm cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs!, Ghostbusters, Honey Nut Cheerios bee, California Raisins cereal, Circus Fun, Capn Crunch, Pop Tarts, Fruity/Cocoa Pebbles, Count Chocula & Frankenberry, Crispy Critters, Frosted Mini Wheats, E.T., Rainbow Brite cereal, Golden Grahams, Corn Pops, Tucan Sam follow your nose Fruit Loops, Lucky Charms magically delicious!, Mr. T, Post Alpha Bits, Wheaties, etc... all the M&M commercials and Chef Boyardee with the flying animated spoon which takes the kids to Boyardee land... Micro Machines psycho prozac guy with the moustache... all the classic NES (Now youre playing with power!) & Atari console commercials along with the game ads... classic bubble gum Juicy Fruit it's gonna move you, Bubble Yum, Bubble Tape commercials, Big Leagure Chew, etc... classic Hot Wheels commercials, Demolition Derbies, Lego maniac, Kinex, Domino Rally and Milton Bradley and other obscure board games - Sorry, Trouble, pop goes Perfection, Connect Four, Operation (water in the knee operation!), Pizza Party, Dont Tip The Waiter, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Candyland, Mouse Trap, etc... all the classic action figure commercials - TMNT sewer house (reach out and touch somebody!), Ghostbusters, Transformers, He-Man MOTU, Wrestlemania action figures and Wrestling Buddies, C.O.P.S., Dino-Riders, Silverhawks, Thundercats, Visionaries, Voltron, Centurions, Gi Joe, etc... the sissy commercials like Barbie's Ice Cream Parlor, EZ Bake, Pound Puppies, Baby Alive, Mr. Potato Head, My Pet Monster, Momnster In My Pocket, Moondreamers, Care Bears, Lite Brite, Glofriends, Popples, My Little Ponies, Purrtenders, etc... all the kickass action toys like Nerf, Big Wheels, Pogo Ball, Crcocdile Mile, Slip N Slide, Yo Yo Balls, etc... Garbage Pail Kids trading cards and all those cool Play Doh contraptions, etc... all those strange and obscure marketing ads like Slime and that kit where you could make bugs and spiders to scrae your little sister, etc... all the talking dolls like Pewee Herman, Alf, Teddy Ruxpin, etc... all the oldschool snack commercials like Hi-C, Oreos, Fruit By The Fuit, Kool Aid, Ninja Turtle Pizza Snacks, Fruit Roll Ups, Star Burst, Life Savers, Sunbkist Fruit Dinosaurs, Keebler elf commercials, Hershey's syrup, Twizzlers with the claymation mouth (oooh yeah!), Teddy Grahams, Jello Pudding Packs, Pringles, etc... and all those classic cartoon bumpers and network promos inbetween Saturday morning programming like the classic ABC "after these message we'll be riiiight back!!" with the three people who switch hairdops and the fir hydren and dog and all those Funshine festival USA cartoon Express bympers with Pewee Herman, etc. and the classic Toys R US, Harvey's & Wendy's with Uncle Dave and Maytag man commercials too and also the D.A.R.E. to keep kids off drugs with the Ninja Turtles, etc. and McGruff the crime dog! Id buy that in a heartbeat!!!!
 

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What? No Transformers?

- The only problem I can see with this is the liscencing headache. See, Madacy can get away with it for it's Classic Commercials 2-pack because they're all from the 50's thru the 70's. They've all fallen into the public domain.

Stuff from the 80's? That's probably too new for that to happen. I imagine that Kenner will go nuts with the lawers if someone tried to pull that.
 

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Transformers is up there...

I also agree that there would be way too many royalties to pay, but honestly, how much would these commercials be worth to their licensing corporation today? I just don't see what value 20 year old toy commercials or restaurant / food advertisements would hold today... other than their commercial viability through a medium as such that would be able to offer them to the public for nothing more than the nostalgia factor associated. It's not like these could or would be used again in today's corporate market. I would just hate to see these forgotten and neglected, only to be issued 50 years down the line once they've fallen into the public domain themselves and the prints are deteriorated and second rate. I personally think there'd be a significant profit to be made in this venture, it'd just be an issue of sorting and paying royalties, etc. I'll keep my fingers crossed though...
 

Xenia Stathakopoulou

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Marco, you really brought back some great memories.The sad thing is if a collection like that ever came out, it would probably only include a fraction of those commercials.:frowning:
 

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I HATE April Fools. I was so excited at the thought of seeing 80s commercials again. Sigh.
 

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So I know it's not the same thing as a DVD of these clasic greats, but there's quite a bit of 80's TV goodness over on
X-Entertainment. Some of them are pretty crappy quality, but they're all pretty memorable.
 

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