Dang, they had to rent the whole VCR in Calvin's household?
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We did as well.
Yeah, it was pretty common at the time. Before China was used for all manufacturing, everything but especially especially electronics were expensive to buy.
I think we got our vcr in 89 and it was a hand me down from my grandparents.
In Scandinavia, in the 80s, I remember we had the moviebox, a little VCR in "suitcase" you could rent.
From what I remember it only had an RF output, and the picture quality was less than stellar, even for VHS.
Imagining a plane where foxes in stewardess clothes start eating other foxes
Yeah, sounds very educational.
We never rented a VCR, but we did rent a Sega Genesis from the blockbuster several times.