Gubaba Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 So, every issue of Starlog Magazine was posted on the Internet Archive recently, and I searched through the issues from Summer of '84 for this ad... This was when I first heard of Macross, and the Takani art totally fascinated me... I ended up cutting it out and pasting it on one of my school notebooks. (But man... FORTY BUCKS FOR THREE EPISODES...? And people complain about Japanese blu-ray prices...?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchizophrenicMC Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Man that description has me hyped for some Macross, I tell you what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubaba Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 Man that description has me hyped for some Macross, I tell you what. I know, right? "MIND-BOGGLING INTERSTELLAR ADVENTURES"!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerli Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) What's a BETA Format? Edited December 21, 2014 by Gerli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB0 Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 What's a BETA Format? I think it's a pre-release copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekko Basara Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 You're kidding, right? Sorry, it's the internet and sarcasm is tough to read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubaba Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 You're kidding, right? Sorry, it's the internet and sarcasm is tough to read! I'm 99.9% sure JB0 is being sarcastic, since he often is. Gerli, I'm not as confident about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB0 Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 I was definitely kidding. I ASSUMED Gerli was, and was playing off that presumed-fake confusion, dragging the ad further out of time into a modern interpretation where Beta is very much NOT a home video format. And now the joke is dead. I killed it with words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 "If you have to explain the joke, then there is no joke!" ---The Joker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry the lone wolf Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) I remember seeing the ad in Comico's Macross issue 1 on the very last page.. Not trying to steal your thunder Gubaba I just wanted to share this. I bought Elementals issue 2 back issue and I saw this on the final page.. Edited December 21, 2014 by terry the lone wolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubaba Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) I remember seeing the ad in Comico's Macross issue 1 on the very last page.. Not trying to steal your thunder Gubaba I just wanted to share this. I bought Elementals issue 2 back issue and I saw this on the final page.. Interesting that that ad calls it a "popular Japanese animated series," whereas the ad for the video tape makes no mention of its origins at all. Just like some of the Robotech promotional material obscures where it comes from (and that it was three series stitched together) but other material highlights that fact. Edited December 21, 2014 by Gubaba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerli Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 I was definitely kidding. I ASSUMED Gerli was, and was playing off that presumed-fake confusion, dragging the ad further out of time into a modern interpretation where Beta is very much NOT a home video format. And now the joke is dead. I killed it with words. Hahaha yes, I'm 35 years old so I know that (Never had one, only VHS) Just kidding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypher Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 I sent away for that video. Believe I still have it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Focker Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 $40 for a couple episodes was pretty average back then. VHS tapes of normal movie theater releases use to go for around $100 or so. Majority of people rented movies. It wasn't till later they figured out they could make more money by lowering the cost and sale directly to the renter. Anime tapes brought stateside remained at those prices for even longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoptimus Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I paid $40 for one OVA Episode of Bubblegum Crisis in 1993 so that was not bad. Anime did not get mass market cheap till right before DVD dropped and then it got real affordable till it bottomed out.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HannouHeiki Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I remember in the late 80s and 90s commercials would often quote videos as being "priced to own." When that eventually became the norm Blockbuster did its best to get DVDs as times exclusives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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