>The official VHS cost that much?!?
I think it was 12,800 yen marked on the videotape.
But in those days you had to factor in the Books Nippan markup (They were the only game in town)
This rich/spoiled kid showed it off in animation class in High School circa 1985/86
He had went to world con and got:
1. Macross the movie Japanese VHS
2. Macross the movie deluxe (Gold book)
3. A bootleg cassette tape of the BGM from the TV series.
4. A bootleg of Macross Mech Grafitti
5. A bunch of flyers for the "Macross Fan club"
Not sure if he had any attention from the ladies after that, But he had mine ~_^