1983: Bought RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK on VHS the day it came out, for $39.99. Had a brief teaser for TEMPLE OF DOOM on it, but without any actual footage; just a clip of Indy from RAIDERS saying "trust me".
Didn't even have a VCR yet, when I bought RAIDERS! I was in the midst of saving up for it myself (at age 12), since my family didn't see the value in owning movies. Saved all my hard-earned lawn-mowing/leaf-raking/snow-shoveling money from August 'til Christmas '83, and finally bought a Sharp VCR on Christmas day. RAIDERS was my all-time favorite flick (and still is!), and the day it came out in November, I siphoned off a little of my VCR savings and snapped it up. That cassette worked well as a further incentive to keep on goin', lol. A really magical time; the idea of actually owning my favorite movie was such a huge novelty.
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