Return of the Jedi Kenner Sales Promo Film

[samurainoir]

[Hedji]

I saw this on facebook the other day. And while it is really cool, part of me cringes at the blatant greed on the part of the merchandisers. They're practically shouting "We're gonna be rich! RICH! RICH! RICH! Mwuahahhaaahah!"

It's the behind the scenes we weren't privy to as kids, nor did we care.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Yay capitalism!

Seriously, that was a lot of fun. If the announcer got any more excited, I'm pretty sure his head would explode. I wonder if there is a Super Powers video like this out there?

Chris

[El Hombre Nuclear]

Oh, I love stuff like this. The most openly greedy thing back then had to be the industry insider advertising from the classic arcade/video game market. If you've ever seen the ads that the game manufacturers aimed at (possibly mafia affiliated) arcade operators, you'll know what I mean. They're all along the lines of "Hey guys, check out our exciting new games! They're guaranteed to bleed those little brats out of every last quarter, and keep them coming back until they're penniless, soulless zombies with no free will of their own! AVAILABLE NOW FROM FUNTRONICS!!!".

[Bruce Banner]

That was utterly awesome.

[UnderdogDJLSW]

And they didn't show any actual product.

[TheNewGiJoeWithKungFuGrip]