Animated Videocassettes Ad (1985)

Cartoon Videocassettes Advertisement (1985)

This is a trade advertisement promoting seven new G.I. Joe (and Transformers) cartoon videocassettes for fall 1985. The videocassettes were released by Family Home Entertainment (F.H.E.) and initial releases were in Beta and VHS formats. Retail price for these videocassettes was now $14.95, which is significant as earliest releases had a retail price as high as $39.95.

This advertisement was published in the December 1985 edition of Home Viewer magazine.

Advertisement courtesy of Dan Moore.

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Cartoon Videocassettes Advertisement (1985)

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