Remember when McDonalds sold VHS tapes?

[wildojinx]

Wonder why they didnt try this when DVDs were big in the early-mid 2000s.

[Sephiroth]

By the 2000’s the days of fast food promotional tie ins where already past; happy meals ceased being the center of McDonald’s marketing, so the giveaways were no longer a key selling point.

[MiLB Fan]

I remember Burger King selling TMNT videos. I think I had all of them except for Sky Turtles.

[Timeless Hayterade]

Pizza Hut sold X-Men videos at one point. I still have them to this day.

[Paul]

The VHS tapes McDonald's sold were recorded at crappy Extended Play speed on cheap cassette tapes, but.. still $5.99 for a movie with your dinner is still a pretty great deal.

[thechase]

I remember Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue got in on the act with the world premiere VHS of Trakeena's Revenge at McDonalds'

[SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts]

Yes, that's how we got Back to the Future, Ghost, Land Before Time and American Tail:Fieval Goes West. I remember they had a Field of Dreams promotional poster hanging on the wall.

[Display Name]

Got Wayne’s World from there

[Ultimo Gallos]

Got Waynes World and Adams Family VHS that are from there.

Back when this promotion was going on I grabbed Waynes World. Lost that copy. But these were fairly easy to find at thrifts in the last 20 years.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

Mar 8, 2023 11:17:15 GMT -5 MiLB Fan said:

I remember Burger King selling TMNT videos. I think I had all of them except for Sky Turtles.

I had all of those. Probably still have them all in storage.

Mar 8, 2023 12:38:30 GMT -5 SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts said:

Yes, that's how we got Back to the Future, Ghost, Land Before Time and American Tail:Fieval Goes West. I remember they had a Field of Dreams promotional poster hanging on the wall.

I had Back to the Future and Field of Dreams.

I think a reason they didn't do them with DVDs is that DVDs were always pretty cheap, so a promotion wouldn't do much. Outside of a few movies (Disney, and huge movies like Star Wars and Jurassic Park), VHS was f***ing expensive, so the only way most could buy them was used from rental places or during promotions.

[edgestar]

We got Ghost, and I think Addams Family, there.

[Deleted]

I got a Bill and Teds Bogus Journey DVD at a pizza place in like 2004.

[DSR]

Mar 8, 2023 20:44:32 GMT -5 @therealoblivion said:

I got a Bill and Teds Bogus Journey DVD at a pizza place in like 2004.

I got Don Juan DeMarco and Weekend At Bernie's II from Papa John's around that time.

[saneiac]

I got Ghost and Addams Family from this. There were other movies sold as well. I'm 100% sure I got Dirty Rotten Scoundrels from McDonalds, and 80% sure I got the Indiana Jones trilogy there too.

[tuckerguy]

I got Fievel Goes West from there

[Hassan bin Sober]

This is how my dad got Raiders of The Lost Ark.

[Deleted]

Mar 8, 2023 21:07:39 GMT -5 DSR said:

Mar 8, 2023 20:44:32 GMT -5 @therealoblivion said:

I got a Bill and Teds Bogus Journey DVD at a pizza place in like 2004.

I got Don Juan DeMarco and Weekend At Bernie's II from Papa John's around that time.

Papa Johns!

Thanks couldn't remember the chain.

[Ultimo Gallos]

Bill and Ted 2,All Dogs goto Heaven,Mr Mom and that Nic Cage/Sara Jessica Parker rom com were all from Pizza Hut.

Was just the disc in a sleeve. I still got my Bill and Ted and Mr Mom copies somewhere.

[A Platypus Rave]

There also werent as many places to buy tapes when the fast food places started selling them.

By the time DVDs became popular you could buy them basically every where else.

[jason1980s]

I had Addams Family, Fievel, Field of Dreams and maybe one other.
I got Weekend at Bernie's I think II either in a cereal box or two send away for it. I think it simply came in a clear plastic seal. There was also a Keanue Reeves movie being offered too. Not sure how I got the first Weekend at Bernie's but feel like that was a cereal box offer later on.