The Extremely Rare VHS of Pixar’s Cars | Disney’s Final Tape

[@YungJunko]

Thank you faithful viewers for 50k subscribers! Been wanting to do this kind of video for a long time and it's been so gratifying to finally put this out and see all the love. Stay tuned for more junk!

[@zacpilled]

thank you yung junky

[@Mythical6255]

See you on May 30th when you should talk about Finding Nemo’s 20th anniversary

[@STICKOMEDIA]

It is well deserved dude, can't wait to see you get to 100k

[@jadedheartsz]

I was blown away when I found out that South Korea made VHS of theatrical releases all the way through 2009, I discovered that on Ebay when I was looking for a rare 2001 French film called "Gamer" on VHS and to my shock a VHS of the 2009 Gerard Butler film popped it and it wasn't a bootleg, it was an official release. Blew my mind that VHS releases of theatrical movies were still happening that late overseas(I know Japan's last VHS release was Ponyo but South Korea appears to have continued until like 2012 or so).

[@gracekim1998]

I’m glad you reached this first milestone.

[@KipsterMc]

What makes this even more interesting is that not only was Cars the final Pixar film on VHS, but it was also the first Pixar film to get a Blu-Ray release

[@lizzie3505]

good point!

[@bsanchez3563]

Oh oh oh buy it both formats for the panasonic blu ray vcr

[@jaccblacc8424]

It was the end of something and the beginning of something else.

[@sonicthehedgehog23145]

the end of an era and the beggining of another

[@agents5307]

Alongside Ratatouille

[@EckhartsLadder]

The Ratatouille and Wall-E reveals genuinely got a gasp out of me

[@BugsyFoga]

VHS’s that come out post 2001 just feels super jarring.

[@brudbrud9137]

I had one for attack of the clones I know what you mean it felt weird then lol

[@eugeneketaminekrebs3403]

I had surfs up on VHS. No joke. It was officially released over in Korea, and I had to use a buying agent to get it

[@neoPeake]

Really I grew up with vhs and dvd I remember having Spider-Man on vhs and I’m in my early 20s

[@ceneblock]

I think I'm too old for this channel..

[@pablocasas5906]

I remember renting the live-action Scooby-Doo movie on VHS and it came in a edition where it had a printed cardboard cover outside the tape itself. Super weird, like you got the cover on the box and then the same cover on the VHS itself. And if my memory serves me well, because of that you couldn't see the "film ribbon" on the VHS "windows"

[@evil1st]

If you have a VCR and a computer, you can literally record anything to VHS and live out your childhood again. Blank VHS tapes are still widely available in stores and online. Would be funny as hell to see a modern movie like Avatar 2 ported to VHS.

[@RaccoonCityPoliceDept]

You can even hook up a CRT to a computer and watch KZbin straight from the internet on a CRT

[@dragomilosevic4823]

@The SNES Manboth terrible films

[@dragomilosevic4823]

@The SNES Manbatman i will give a go. (didn't like the joker though) sorry cgi just looks trash, the avatar cartoon is more realistic

[@espurrthestupididiot2405]

@@dragomilosevic4823 joker is in it for 10 seconds though

[@johnnymeeks]

DVDs are better

[@nikerailfanningttm9046]

They way you got the lines synced to Chuck’s lips to say “WHAT AN ASSHOLE” is outstanding itself.

[@audiovisualcringe]

his name is NOT CHUCK yes that’s literally his name in the end credits too

[@NoahDaArk]

@@audiovisualcringe Chuck: My name is NOT CHUCK!!! *after viewing the credits* Chuck: …Huh

[@SMCwasTaken]

​@@audiovisualcringeFun Fact: His Spanish Dub name is Chicle

[@draineweYT]

9:22

[@PrincessShokora2002]

So is that just his name

[@emlyndewar]

It’s amazing how he managed to find the super rare police footage of the Mater/Thomas "incident".

[@MortexBerri]

Huh

[@Rorycampbell1]

That footage is worth more than cars on vhs

[@jojotoofor9eight766]

We actually had Cars on VHS when I was a kid, had no clue how rare it was.

[@Tzreoaor]

Sure you did. You’re probably confusing vhs for original dvd because it’s insanely rare.

[@Tzreoaor]

I’m sure your parents went on the website, joined the club, and then ordered the vhs of it

[@Sonic_lmaster]

Someone’s jealous

[@Marvin_Aethos]

@@Tzreoaor someone's jelly donut jealous

[@industrialholywater]

​@Luke right... like it's not that serious lol😭

[@400fetus]

The Materbater is the true pinnacle of rare Cars merch.

[@joshuabrien2970]

Mater does a tow job like nobody else

[@saulgzazueta]

Heimclich's got competition

[@thegamingprozone1941]

​@@joshuabrien2970 when I saw this guys comment I was thinking the same thing.

[@doofusdan_]

Insane props for showcasing these crazy VHS releases, the Lightning McQueen CRT really sells the scene. Never change Junko, never change.

[@johnnymeeks]

Maybe he should amp up his production quality, then we’ll see him reach his full potential

[@paperluigi6132]

I remember having a CRT with one giant wheel on each side.

[@captaineli2461]

One of the common theories about the US VHS tapes for cars was what they only produced one copy for each order made on the Disney club website, that would explain why it’s so rare nowadays, because many people didn’t order the VHS copy since DVD’s already were in full swing. That would also explain why the vhs doesn’t have any previews and just starts the movie when it’s inserted into the VHS player.

[@tylerlarsen1842]

After watching the video, I just want to point out that Junko's copy isn't the US release, it's the CANADIAN release! It's hard to notice if you're not looking for it, but as someone who lives in Canada, I instantly noticed the Canadian Home Video Rating symbol, not just on the VHS copy but also on Junko's DVD copy. Unless I am mistaken, you would NEVER see a CHVR symbol on a US copy of a particular film.

[@jayden6538]

@@tylerlarsen1842 For some of the late VHS releases they just treated the US and Canada as the same region. The US version of spongebob squarepants lost in time is the same way

[@jamesjr5500]

I found a sealed copy of Cars on VHS at a garage sale last year paid like 50 cents for it. Sold it on eBay for $3,750.

[@aaronlane8276]

Good Job

[@WEIWD2169]

Bruh lucky find

[@McGee_YT]

I can't believe that my favorite KZbinr put me in a video as a cameo. I finally feel seen and heard. Thank you Junko for this opportunity

[@Paradoxical124]

What a waste of time for you to change your KZbin username and pfp to get some likes.

[@rubiks_20]

@@Paradoxical124 says the guy with the ElectroBOOM livestream thumbnail

[@Paradoxical124]

@@rubiks_20 I don’t comprehend what that has to do with what I’ve said. You clearly haven’t gone through high school grade English.

[@rubiks_20]

@@Paradoxical124 kzbin.infodG8xqgP4EHY?feature=share

[@McGee_YT]

@@Paradoxical124 hahaha little did you know it's always looked like this 😈

[@RandomizedEdits]

Something interesting I have noticed is that Cars was the final Disney/Pixar Movie to be THX certified on DVD. Which means it was the final movie to have the THX deep note logo (mainly being Tex 1 or 2). Every Disney/Pixar movie DVD release afterward (as far as I am aware of) isn't THX certified. So, for the most part, Cars kinda was the final point for Disney/Pixar releases before moving on from VHS and THX. Oh, and it was the final Disney/Pixar movie to be made before Disney bought Pixar, and the final movie to be made with the help of Joe Ranft before his death during production, and I think it was also the final film to use the blue background 3D Disney castle before they started using the more realistic castle logo we know today. Man, this movie really was the finale for some of the iconic moments from Disney/Pixar movies from 1995 to 2006 all things considered.

[@patrickst_ar]

it was also the first pixar movie released on blu ray

[@JoshTheNostalgic1405]

The last film to use the 1995-2007 Blue Walt Disney Pictures Logo (Pixar Variant) was Ratatouille.

[@brytilaar]

And the last film to say Walt Disney Pictures was Winnie the Pooh 2011.

[@JoshTheNostalgic1405]

@@brytilaar Thanks for informing that

[@FTChomp9980]

The VHS craze still in the early 2000s was so good! I have a couple of them for collecting purpose I love them so much.

[@RYMAN1321]

Same here. I still have : The first two Rugrat movies (I know the first was 1998 but still) Grinch 2000, Shrek, Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius A few SpongeBob tapes, Crocodile Hunter : Collision Course Wild Thornberry’s Movie Hey Arnold The Movie Finding Nemo (I used to have Spirit : Stallion of the Cimarron and TMNT City at War but they unfortunately got lost in a shuffle when I moved many years ago)

[@canadianfurrytrash906]

Since I was born right as VHS was beginning to fade away in North America, the movies I grew up with were naturally DVDs, especially Cars. I always find the thought of a contemporary movie like Cars being put onto a VHS being so fascinating and charming, because it felt like a neat little contrast between the relatively-modern content of the movie and the humble, old-school aesthetic of a VHS tape.

[@STICKOMEDIA]

I actually had a VHS of Cars, I unfortunately lost it, I might find it one day, it's really crazy that it exists but it's quite cool to see I still enjoy buying VHS copies of certain movies. There's a certain charm to seeing these films in their original home video formats

[@csharp3884]

Problem is, at least for me, a lot of VHS tapes are starting to seriously degrade in quality, and I kept them in good environmental conditions! Tapes just don’t last as long as the disc format, which is one reason VHS was replaced.

[@KipsterMc]

@@andrewburris4370 Seriously, those prices are ridiculous. I love Cars, but I'm not spending a couple grand on a single VHS tape

[@andrewburris4370]

@@KipsterMc Yeah me neither. Besides we have video footage of it online, so what's the point of spending 1-2 thousand dollars just to say, "Hey, I have the exceedingly rare vhs copy of cars."

[@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY]

2 disc VCDs sold in Asia.

[@parkergreen2704]

If you find it, how much would you take for it?

[@KyleMiko]

Fun fact, Cars is also the last movie to have a 16mm release

[@sadham2668]

source? I cant find anything on this.

[@keybyss98]

I remember hearing and seeing pics of this back in the late 2000’s and thinking it was one of those fake VHS tapes from those weird VHS opening groups online (like those DeviantArt accounts that’d make VHS covers of nonexistent movies, or even those channels that’d have videos titled something like “Great Mouse Detective 1987 VHS opening”, only to have early 2000’s DVD ads for Max Keeble or SpongeBob, lol). Very weird when it turned out to be confirmed as the real deal.

[@jadedheartsz]

i've known it was real for several years now and i'm surprised it took this long for someone to make a detailed video on it.

[@Ninja_4561]

Opening to My Little Pony: The Movie 2: Summertime Snoopycation 2018 DVD (2021 Reprint) (Paramount Version)

[@pkkingcrimsonrequiem1332]

I hate how I know exactly what you're talking about

[@FlamingoRadio_]

My grandma used to record HBO and other luxury channels onto blank VHS tapes and give them to us when we saw her. I had so many taped movies on VHS as a kid. Some I can think of off the top of my head are Sky High, The Wild, Meet The Robinsons, Ratatouille, and etc. I kept only a handful I still had fondness for on a shelf, but I’m unsure if I still own the lot. Watching videos like this really bring a strong sense of nostalgia along side with some curiosity of a specific topic. Fantastic video, Mr. Junko.

[@jennyfox2612]

Can't believe a video on Cars VHS goes so hard! The Movie Club exclusive tapes have definitely a point of interest for me and I'm just glad someone's actually talked about them. I also really appreciate how you delved into late release vhs stuff in general including the Korean Ratatouille and Wall.E tapes that I didn't even know existed! Those wrapped around with Thomas the Train were absolutely golden btw! Though, overall, seems like I won the algorithm lottery with this gem of a vid!

[@S-Video]

When I search up “Opening to Ratatouille 2007 Korean VHS,” one of the videos shows Chef Skinner throwing plates down stairs.

[@SoyLuciano]

@@S-Video I've even reported that video to KZbin for clickbaiting.

[@Musicradio77Network]

What about “Cars” on Betamax?

[@getnaenaed99]

That Lightning McQueen TV used to scare the shit out of me when I was a kid. Not only was the screensaver of his eyes darting around the room creepy as hell, but the screen would glow in the dark (as a lot of CRT's do), so when i turned the lights off I was greeted by a glowing abyss with a sadistic smile

[@ztl2505]

This is giving me good memories back to that weird and brief period when you could buy VHS tapes and Blu-Rays right across from each other at the store.

[@williamnimbach6419]

12:54 lol the ratatouille voice was awesome!! I love that movie

[@Anon_Spartan]

Blockbuster: "Sorry, we're phasing out VHS because they're not popular anymore." In the business, this is known as foreshadowing.

[@reviewskingdom8779]

If memory serves me correctly, all these tapes released internationally as well,chicken little, the wild and cars released in Japan and Korea

[@Alejandroigarabide]

Back in the day I bought a Cars VHS for my little sister. She still has it. It was in the bargain bin on a local Blockbuster in Montevideo, Uruguay (hence, in spanish, our native language). And here, the VHS not only was just as advertised as the DVD, but also it was in a clamshell box instead of a cartboard box shown in this video.

[@cameleopard42]

Montevideo would have been a good name for a movie rental store.

[@Alejandroigarabide]

@@cameleopard42 How come I never noticed????

[@00playboii]

Damn, I didn't know a place with a name that translates to Mount Video existed. Pretty neat.

[@Alejandroigarabide]

@@00playboii Yep. Maybe in a couple hundred years a sequel city called MonteDVD will be founded.

[@orangesherbet7030]

​​@@Alejandroigarabide we can only wish

[@MeesterTweester]

I remember the "own it on DVD and VHS" days. It was already on its way out by the time I was growing up though.

[@RYMAN1321]

I remember that, and then eventually when it only said “own it on DVD” Even as a kid I knew the VHS era was over when I didn’t hear it mentioned anymore :(

[@lando8190]

Thomas saying “I have to stay on track” deserves an Oscar

[@ZANTHERA]

Fun fact, to make this release and the 4:3 version of the DVD, they actually rendered Cars at 1920 x 1080, the full 16:9 or 1.77:1 aspect ratio Blu-ray was capable of when released. We only ever see 1920 x 803 with the widescreen version because it's at a 2.39:1 aspect ratio. They chose a specific section of the picture to show with the widescreen release so the action remained centred, moving the picture vertically only, we still see the full width. It was likely known that the vertical resolution was higher since there is more vertical picture on the VHS and fullscreen DVD, but it was fully proven in the Cars 3 bonus features. They show sections of the first film as the full 1920 x 1080 version, and it looks amazing. I really wish that version could be added to Disney+ like they have added other versions of films where different aspect ratios are available.

[@JebMotorsport]

I have never once watched a VHS tape or been interested in old video formats whatsoever, but this video had me hooked up until the end. The writing, the clear passion, even the little jokes and skits were absolutely fantastic. Top-notch content, thanks for improving my Thursday afternoon!

[@joshuabrien2970]

In like 2010 to 2012 era my family didn't have cable but my grandma did so she would record tv shows we liked on blank vhs tapes so we had stuff to watch it was sweet and cars form disney channel was on one of those tapes ironically

[@lushfawn]

seeing how excited you get over VHS collecting is very admirable! you have great dedication. i am a collector myself for something else, and it’s always satisfying to bring home more to add to my ever-growing collection.

[@esp371]

what do you collect?

[@ianfink2751]

@@esp371 I collect 3ds games, I just spent $130 on The Louvre Guide

[@raptorfromthe6ix833]

@@esp371 he collects humans

[@mattwolf7698]

8:49 Wanting a new VHS in 2007 was weird though, I'm guessing he probably had one of those TV VCR combos in his room and his parents wouldn't buy him a DVD player.

[@The_NJG]

I had a Cars VHS tape. Mom got rid of them all when we switched to DVD's, then got rid of those when streaming got big. That's unfortunate, I really wish I still had it.

[@theotherjared9824]

My grandparents had a car vhs player. It was a regular vhs player with a flip-open screen that strapped to the car seats. We have a complete spongebob vhs collection up to 2005.

[@JamesLawner]

Even though it’s weird to see movies like Avatar and The Dark Knight on VHS, but like Bumblebee got a VHS release in the US (but it was probably a limited release).

[@f-bodygarage]

9:56 now that I think of it, when I was in Kindergarten in 07 we had the old school tube TV carts and they had Cars on VHS, your theory may not be far off

[@Art_kore]

Great video man! I do own and sell many of the mentioned Korean VHS. Been living in South Korea since 2006 and seen the demise of the medium in real time. The last Hollywood production ever released on tape here was Inception in late December 2010. But the format died officially in 2011 with a Korean film being the last movie released on VHS. It's actually cool that a channel with that many viewers like yours finally get to show that VHS were released outside of the u.s. way beyond 2006-2007! Btw, Ratatouille came out in Korea both in English and Korean dub. but the English version is quite rare. (same with Cars and many other animation titles)

[@AeroRain]

Man I still remember putting VHS tapes in my backpack for school so that the teacher can bring out the tv cart and play them during those rainy days. And this was around late(?) 2000s when they were still somewhat popular. I think older gen z were among the last to grow up with these until dvd format overtook them, and then everything eventually becoming online now. It has all changed so much in the past decade it's almost hard to believe

[@RYMAN1321]

Same here I was recording shows and films off of TV with blank VHS tapes until I moved and got a DVR in 2009.

[@JetWolfEX]

I still collect music on CD even though it's all digital now and Vinyl records are more popular for the physical "retro" crowd, so I get this. I had no idea they were still producing VHS that late, you have a really nice collection.

[@JetWolfEX]

@S L Yeah, they're kind of like nice posters that come with music, I have been tempted to get into records, but it takes up more space even more with a good player, which I don't have, maybe someday. They're definitely cool, no doubt about that.

[@robbiemcneish4459]

Fellow CD collector, I love Cassettes and Vinyl too though

[@OrangeYTT]

I can understand Vinyl & even tapes but why collect CDs? You could just find lossless flac 1:1 copies online. There's nothing interesting inside them...but to each their own i guess

[@JetWolfEX]

@@OrangeYTT I have several good reasons Some albums I own are not available or backed digitally, either because of scarcity/obscurity or because of DMCA takedowns. It's always an ongoing problem with copyrighted music. I think there are interesting things inside albums, many have exclusive artwork, composer interviews, and helpful tracklists that a digital player can't integrate as easily and those would have to be downloaded if they have been scanned by someone, and again those get taken down with copyright as well. I can connect a player to PC and have my own hi-res copies of album art or any other extras that might be included on the CD, some albums have images and extra content stored on them. CD players have more playback options than digital ones like live fast forward/rewind which doesn't seem to work on digital players I've used. Vinyl or tapes degrade faster from being used (all three formats will rot over time) and usually don't have as good sound quality. I can easily rip and back up any CD I find, tapes and records are more complicated or need to be recorded instead which loses sound quality. Less storage on either medium so they usually are incomplete albums. Record and tape players need more maintenance and cost more to fix. The rest is all preference, I download when there is no official option, Digital isn't a bad choice when it's an option.

[@jadedheartsz]

that's nothing compared to Japan and South Korea which released theatrical films onto VHS all the way until 2009, part of me is curious to own a VHS of something like Gamer or The International.

[@DigitalLogos]

It would be hilariously tragic if his VHS player ate such a rare tape

[@Robin0928]

My weird, obscure favorite physical media thing is Toy Story 10th Anniversary on UMD for the Playstation Portable. It's such a strange release because it's specifically branded as the 10th Anniversary version, like the DVD release, but it barely has any of the special features of its DVD counterpart since it needs to run on, you know, a PSP. It's also hilarious since it was Disney's one and only UMD release. The format flopped so hard that Toy Story 2 special edition, which released less than a year after 10th anniversary skipped out on a UMD release.

[@5roundsrapid263]

It wasn’t the only Disney release. I found Tron on UMD at GameStop back then, years before the sequel came out. It’s not rare now, but I still think it’s cool.

[@WaterMeLoan64]

Do you ever just randomly browse KZbin at night & find a video like this that is specifically tailored to your interests?

[@bachirimir0]

This and Fantastic Four are two tapes that always surprise me that they exist. I love making my own tapes of current movies, such a great little hobby.

[@pokepress]

Destiny Deoxys is interesting because there’s a scene towards the end that is really hard on MPEG-2 compression (the Blu-ray version basically maxes out the bitrate in that scene), so that part might actually look better on VHS.

[@S-Video]

Oh, yeah! Those green cubes moving. I’ve watched Buena Vista’s Destiny Deoxys DVD on an SDTV and an HDTV - no compression artifacts noticed. I did turn on the bitrate meter when I watched the film and saw it rise when the green cubes go down an alley causing an old man to fall off a bridge. My HDTV sure does reveal compression artifacts on cramped DVDs like VeggieTales Jonah (movie on disc twice, low-budget encoder), but Buena Vista’s pan and scan Destiny Deoxys yielded none. The main feature alone on Buena Vista’s Destiny Deoxys DVD was six and a quarter gigabytes. The DVDs that came after Buena Vista were single layer and the whole image file totaled to three and three-quarters gigabytes. This means the post-Buena Vista copies might have compression artifacts, but I have not watched them to see if that’s the case. Your Blu-ray is post-Buena Vista, but since it’s Blu-ray, I’m sure it looks flawless even if it is single layer. I have the VHS but have not watched it. I didn’t notice compression artifacts on Buena Vista’s DVD, so I have no desire to check.

[@rainbowrunner1550]

With how obscenely rare Cars is on VHS, but the fact that it does exist makes me all the more disappointed that Revenge of the Sith never got one (at least in the US), even though it came out in 2005 compared to Cars in 2006.

[@RYMAN1321]

Add to the fact that the last major VHS release was “A History of Violence” which released theatrically in 2005 but the VHS was 2006. So they could’ve released Revenge of the Sith on VHS but I think VHS in general was pretty much on its deathbed by that point anyway.

[@raptorfromthe6ix833]

@@RYMAN1321 when did it really start dying cuz i still had it in the early 2000s

[@RYMAN1321]

@@raptorfromthe6ix833 VHS tapes were kind of waning by the early 2000’s, as home media had releases on both VHS and DVD albeit DVDs tended to be more expensive so VHS was still seen as the cheaper option. But by the mid 2000’s VHS was pretty much rendered obsolete, not to mention it can take longer to print and develop film. And then Blu Ray further killed VHS, and arguably may have started killing DVDs as well.

[@deebo927]

The thing that confused me the most about this whole video wasn't that a Cars VHS tape exists, or that it was the last Disney movie to receive a VHS run, or how absurdly expensive and rare the VHS tape was. The thing that confused me the most about this whole video was that a Lightning McQueen CRT television exists.

[@jockeyjeon9532]

As a South Korean, you earned a sub :) ahh the memories! At least in my town, same time around 2005, the owner guy began stocking the shelves with DVDs because he could charge more money(new tech) and slimmer = more DVDs. After all, that was the only reason why we upgraded into a LG DVD VHS combo. I had no idea even Avatar had a VHS because the rental place closed down before that movie came out. As for why we had VHS for so long... It could be simply explained as more demand. Need I remind you, Koreans in the 2000s weren’t as materialistic(as we do today); consumerism culture hadn’t been fully absorbed in people’s minds, especially in the provinces and smaller cities outside Seoul. As for the dubbed Ratatouille, I am 1000% sure a subbed version is also out there. It was pretty common to have a dubbed and subbed versions released simultaneously, especially for kids. My parents obviously would’ve got me the dubbed version because I need to listen to more English lol. Yea hit me up if you want one

[@Art_kore]

yeah, there was a subbed Ratatouille, but those subbed versions of anime are rather hard to find now. I'd usually find 10-15 Korean dubs for 1 English version!

[@cosmicmatt]

I think these were mainly made for the sake of in-car VHS players. A lot of families drove used SUVs/vans that had vhs players, and being able to put on the latest disney/pixar movie in the back of the car for your kids was huge for roadtrips.

[@cosmicmatt]

I remember watching a ton of movies on the car VHS player as a kid, and finding newer movies was always really exciting.

[@TheRedClass40]

15:22 R.I.P Lightning McQueen (2006-2023)

[@bradtheviewer]

As Cars is still somehow my favorite movie, I'd absolutely love to have it on VHS

[@carvahaunter122]

My grandma had the SpongeBob movie VHS and that’s how I saw it for a while before I got the DVD. It literally lost it’s color one day from use so it’s been long trashed, but as a 2003 baby that was my one childhood VHS.

[@CuboidPixel]

Thank the YT algorithm for recommending me this masterpiece of a video. Had a vague memory of possibly owning this VHS but that's probably only becuase I know we owned the original DVD release with the same box art on the front. Cars on VHS is tuly a gem of a movie

[@Arufi000]

13:00 vhs man t-posed as he got interrupted by broken vhs and falling off to the floor

[@SoyLuciano]

Fun fact: This was an anti-piracy ad that was used all the way back in the 90s on South Korean VHS tapes.

[@Arufi000]

@@SoyLuciano nice

[@devinbrice991]

This is my first time on this channel, but all-around great production value! One of the more interesting retrospective/ reviews ive seen in a long time.

[@johnnysweatshop150]

The idea of someone with a nick offerman profile pic combing obscure forums to illicitly buy a vhs of sky high because their parents said no is absolutely absurd. Like what age are they? And why would buying specifically a vhs copy be so important? Wouldn’t it be easier to get a dvd at the store? Im left with so many questions…

[@YungJunko]

I ended up cutting out some more insight into his situation for the sake of brevity but if you go on the thread, it's a really peculiar situation. Many ask him similar questions and he simply just thinks owning it on VHS is neat. The others suggest he go to a Suncoast Video store to place an order for Sky High on VHS but he says it's too far from him (93 miles away i think it was). And then he goes on to say that Disney Video's website will let him place an order for Sky High on VHS OVER THE PHONE but he can't do it because his parents won't let him so the thread his him begging anyone to place the order for him. It's really weird and makes no sense since he's asking strangers on the internet to help him. It just seems like his parents set weird rules for him, probably a young teenager? But honestly thank god for him for being a specific type of weird because if he wasn't, we probably wouldn't have much documented specifics about these VHS releases.

[@joevictor53]

Why is that so weird? We're not still in 2007. They've grown up since then. They definitely made that picture their profile pic years later. I was 15 back then and my parents felt weird about me buying stuff online at the time. I'd only just bought my first thing on eBay the year before and my mum was worried the whole time. We sent a cheque for it. I opened an Amazon account in 2007 to buy some textbooks for school and they were nervous about it at the time. My cousin's mum was even more strict and cautious and she would only allow him to get stuff off Amazon by having me buy it for them. Even just a few years later, we were all a lot more comfortable ordering stuff online on so many different websites

[@beyondobscure]

@@YungJunko That's kinda sad tbh, all he wanted was a copy of Sky High on VHS.

[@learn_with_gern]

"I know what I'm about, son."

[@Heep_Purple]

Didn't P&R come out in 2009?

[@CiccioImberlicchio]

What we learned from this video is to not mess with Thomas. Seriously though, I recently found your channel and I've been watching your videos while I do my stuff, I didn't even realized this video was just uploaded because I've been watching all your stuff in random order. Keep up the good work, man

[@NottJoeyOfficial]

I have a cool collection of a few 2006 tapes, but unless I get extremely lucky I don't think I'll get anything from 2007 lol. I did not think anyone else on this planet cared about getting kids media on VHS, those late releases are so cool and I want a lot of them. Things like the Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2 are super late releases and I want them so bad.

[@tjeerdtrekkie1030]

People who think Cars is "just okay", come fight me right now

[@LITTLE1994]

I know VHS tapes anywhere in the 2000s are tough to find, but I never knew Cars HAD such release. I'm aware of the CRT TV, though.

[@sanity000-x2r]

One thing I feel you should have brought up is that not all VHS releases of Cars are as expensive as the American one, since they were actually sold in retail. If I recall the Polish and Japanese versions of Cars on VHS goes for only a few hundred dollars and those are the other two I have heard of. I think PatMac went deep into it in his VHS video.

[@jadedheartsz]

that's because VHS lasted a lot longer over there, in South Korea they were getting VHS releases of theatrical movies all the way through 2009.

[@SoyLuciano]

@@jadedheartsz _Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs_ got a South Korean VHS release in 2010(!).

[@Thomallister]

The Polish one isn't actually that expensive but I've only seen it pop up on, you guessed it, Polish websites, a copy was sold in 2023 for just 5 dollars and there's actually an opening of it on KZbin and it has the One Man Band short, which makes it the only known Cars VHS with that short included. Meanwhile for the Japanese one, it isn't as expensive as the DMC-exclusive or maybe even the Korean one (paid 50 dollars for a copy on Yahoo Auctions), but it is incredibly difficult to come across by, iirc only 3 listings have appeared in the 2020's, one as part of a lot and the other two individually, I'm still feeling incredibly lucky that I managed to snag that latest listing.

[@EmployeeAMillion]

I remember this being the first video I ever saw from you, and it sold me on your channel and its creative sensibilities. I already liked the first 2 minutes and 20 seconds, and then went “Hooh, this is something special.”

[@varsityreviews707]

Holy shit my grandmas rich. She's got a Chicken Little VHS tape! Now I am VERY curious what Avatar on VHS would look like. Shame most of us probably will never find out

[@LouisSubearth]

It would be a two tape film like Titanic is.

[@brandonlyon730]

@@LouisSubearthI imagine a Avengers End Game VHS being least 3 tapes.

[@mrchips23711]

@@brandonlyon730 Probably not, as it's shorter than Titanic.

[@brandonlyon730]

@@mrchips23711I checked and I forgot Titanic was over 3 hours long. I always though it was a little less than that.

[@RYMAN1321]

Pearl Harbor from 2001 also had a double VHS

[@strawbrryblood]

wait, sky high on vhs is rare?? i got one at goodwill as a kid and thought nothing of it. watched the thing so much it practically exploded in the vcr one day, the film got so tangled it was irreparable. this happened to a lot of my favorite vhs tapes, sky high, blue's big musical, and spirit: stallion of the cimarron being the ones i actually cried over. this is really making me want to get back into my vhs collecting, i mostly focus on veggietales and other tapes that i can actually watch because they're so replaceable, but id love to get my hands on something like this.

[@joshuaW5621]

It’s crazy that my favourite childhood movie was released on VHS, this late in the format’s life. I never owned a VHS, I only watched those at preschool and my nana’s holiday house.

[@inkywright]

This is one of my favorite Pixar movies, and learning all about its rarity and celebratory spot as the final Disney tape is actually so awesome! Great video to explain it! Also, HOW THE HECK IS THERE A KOREAN TAPE FOR WALL-E I'M ASCENDING EEEEEEEEE

[@HydraSpectre1138]

Disney had two more last VHS tapes. One was a Dharma Initiative Orientation Videotape included with a collector’s edition Lost Blu-ray (forgot which season, probably Season 6). The other one is a Japan-only VHS tape of the Ghibli film Ponyo, which was codistributed by Disney, Pony Canyon and Toho in Japan.

[@IMEEntertainment]

Toho only handled theatrical distribution... Disney/Pony Canyon handled the VHS of the film... I think it was a rental-only release.

[@HydraSpectre1138]

@@IMEEntertainment No. They sold it in retail stores. But it did get a rental release too. It was also the first Ghibli film to get a Blu-ray release. So it simultaneously came out on VHS, DVD and Blu-ray.

[@IMEEntertainment]

@@HydraSpectre1138 It wasn't simultaneous. The Blu-Ray version was delayed until December 2009, while the DVD/VHS version was released in July 2009.

[@HydraSpectre1138]

@@IMEEntertainment But it was going to be simultaneous. And it was in some countries

[@IMEEntertainment]

@@HydraSpectre1138 Yes, it was, hence why I said it was delayed. Secondly, we're talking about the Japanese release... I know it had simultaneous releases in other regions like the US and UK...

[@Viperr101]

Junko continues to be KZbin's most underrated and underappreciated gem of quality content. Keep it up. The Thomas arc and filming were 👌

[@bigCNfan]

This is one of the best videos I have ever seen on this site. I may be biased because I am also obsessed with VHS tapes of children's media, but everything in this video works. The jokes, the delivery, the editing... Subbed. I cannot wait to see what you do next.

[@johnstone2029]

all junkos stuff is amazing he has a lot of great video game retro stuff he's next in line to boom and I can't wait to see his long deserved success

[@LikaLaruku]

My mom gave all my Black Diamond VHSs away to a family who lost everything in a fire. Sad to hear that they woudn't have been able to sell them for a lot once their daughter outgrew them.

[@RatzaChewy]

My family were late adopters of DVD over here in the UK. I think the lack of cheap DVD recorders was a massive deal over here, so it was only really when the Sky+ DVR became popular that VHS died.

[@MudaGameStudio]

God dude, the whole scene with the trashcan made me laugh out loud- there is so much effort put into this video and I’m gonna check out the rest for sure. Fantastic work and I can’t wait to see more!

[@lando8190]

I won’t stand for the slander of Cars. The sequels sure, but the original Cars is a literal masterpiece

[@Heartless_Media]

Wait, Herbie in VHS was rare? I had the exact one he flashed when I was super young. Wish I still had those

[@DarrenBane028]

11:00 same music from Incredibles Game.

[@viraticwars]

I love VHS tapes. I got a pretty good collection of tapes I still watch. I buy my collection from thrift stores from $1 to 10 cents.

[@justgrayyy105]

Seeing the quality of the movie from a VHS makes the 2000’s seem more nostalgic

[@beachballssideaccount]

Being born in '05, my Disney collection has always been made up of DVDs (Fast-Play and all) with maybe the odd VHS being stored away in a cupboard somewhere. Cars is sadly not one of them, so guess I'm not making bank on eBay today. But as someone who finds old media formats really interesting, I love learning about the end of Disney's VHS run, and its fizzling out in the mid-00s creating some rare finds. I love videos like this!

[@thetman0068]

People who were born after 2003 aren’t real.

[@glowingtrebstep7735]

9:22 PLANKTON?????

[@L.Jhauskins]

You not talking about how the lip sync went perfectly

[@meme_gangster]

0:11 why that intro 💀

[@connorbeith3232]

Honestly a bummer that Cars on VHS was such an afterthought that there aren't any previews or bonus features on it (and this film certainly had some on the DVD release), for years I thought the reason I couldn't find footage of it online was because the tape was so rare, but nope, it just didn't exist to begin with. Though I wonder if the South Korean version of Cars on VHS is different, which I guess so, since the tapes shown in this video had previews. Also the version of Cars I have on DVD is the Wal-Mart-exclusive version (which they advertised by giving the Wal-Mart truck it's own car-sona), which has a bonus DVD that has the behind-the-scenes of the music video of Rascal Flats' cover of Life Is A Highway.

[@TheFedzOohNoo]

there's just something so liminal about the opening logo just going straight to the movie that i just can't put into words

[@drummaster10]

The main reason why it didn't contain any previews was because it's a Disney Movie Club exclusive vhs. That's why

[@LouisSubearth]

Walmart still does their truck as a Cars toy to this day.

[@randomcommentog]

I’ve been searching for the mythical Cars VHS for years since I found this out. I actually found out that my best friend had a copy as a child since he didn’t have a DVD player and got from a neighbor unfortunately he lost it during one of this moves .

[@runesofrude]

The most surprising thing in this video is the fact that Stuart Little 3 exists. I seriously thought they only made 2

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

No. There was a direct to dvd animated movie. They kept Michael J. Fox at least.

[@Stevocan2]

Best video I have watched in a while. I was captivated. Junko you’re my hero.

[@The_Mewtwo_Channel]

Hearing mater swearing literally made me laugh really hard

[@SolarFilms]

I switched to DVD really early.... at around the end of 1998 or early 1999 and bought my first bluray movie in 2008 so I wouldn't have had a chance of even thinking about getting this movie on VHS but it's nice to see that Disney kept making VHS tapes until the beginning of the Bluray era since a lot of people are a lot slower to move to newer formats, and still need these, I'm also not surprised that it came with no previews since even now a lot of DMC EXCLUSIVES still come completely bare bones, I wouldn't be surprised if this has always been the case for a lot of their exclusive releases, since the movie is what most people get these for .....

[@ItsYaGirlAvacado]

We used to have this family-owned local daycare in my town that I went to as a kid. Every day after lunch, they’d lay out mats on this large carpet, everyone would get out their blankets and pillows, and we would all watch a movie. They had a VHS player and a DVD player, so the corner where they kept all the movies had a HUGE stack that was a mix of DVDs and Tapes. I’m pretty sure they did happen to have Cars on VHS, and I certainly wouldn’t be surprised if they did keep it after the daycare shut down.

[@ShogunGin0]

As someone born in '89, who grew up with VHS, I find the recent fascination with the medium to be odd. Unless it's one of those that has exclusive content on it for whatever reason, I've always been glad to have been able to move away from them. Not that I disliked them when I was younger, but I pretty much never looked back once we got a DVD player. I don't really have nostalgia for watching the format again. If ever I do, it's only due to the other classic reason that it just reminds me of a simpler time three decades ago, not because the format is anything to write home about. And unless it has been well preserved, the sound or video is likely to be corrupted now due to the tape deteriorating, and that actually just makes me feel sad about them, like pieces of my childhood are aging and dying along with me.

[@5roundsrapid263]

I was born in ‘79, and agree with you. It’s weird to see VHS as a rare format! My son is fascinated by them, though.

[@purplefern6010]

Idk about this channel, but I've always liked VHS more because there's only so many dirty skipping DVDs little kid me could handle. Growing up, DVDs would always get dirty and annoying but I could always count on a VHS to work! Also I've heard off hand from the internet (so take that with a grain of salt) that VHS is preferred because analog audio just hits different, and in a way many people prefer. Something about how they record sound for a VHS rather than a DVD, so that leads people to prefer VHS.

[@theholylordpotato7005]

There are a few of these tapes (Cars, Herbie, Chicken Little and 2 others) at the school I work at in the old AV closet within the former media center. My guess for the school owning them was for it to be used with the in-school television network to show movies to the kids on the TV's that were used until around 2012-2015 during early dismissal day or holidays or the day before spring, summer, winter recess. Besides the VHS tapes there are a few Betamax tapes, Lazer Disc, a few real-to-real film reals of snow white and other Disney films. There are few film mediums I'm unfamiliar with such as a film cartridge that is the size of a Lazer Disc but looks like a VHS/Betamax hybrid. There is also a slideshow projector story book with stills from the movies and an accompanying audio tape with the audio track from the film (snow white and other story book films from the 70s and before).

[@XxMandoManxX]

3:32 this is the hardest I've laughed in a long time. I'm wheezing. W H E E Z E!

[@AndyV120]

😆😆😆

[@AndyV120]

XD

[@Big_Chef_Dawg]

Babe wake up, Yung Junko uploaded

[@animalmother9143]

Love seeing you in the feed, thanks for the hard work making these videos dude.

[@davidarnold1525]

Videos like this is why we love you, YungJunko. Subbed.

[@theunknowncommenter725]

You are the most underrated KZbinr and I want to see more content from you. Fantastic job on your research about the demise and final years of Disney VHS. My family started on DVD roughly in 2003, Blu-Rays in 2014, and we still have a working VCR and a few VHS tapes (primarily for nostalgic collecting). Now try to track down the rare VHS copy of Revenge of the Sith that was only sold in the UK!

[@coolbrotherf127]

I remember the tradition from VHS to DVD. I watched VHS tapes regularly until about 2008.

[@5roundsrapid263]

This is just like when 8-track tapes became obsolete. Albums normally only on CD, LP, and cassette had limited runs on 8-track for tape club subscribers, and are super rare now.

[@FredJensen4745]

VHS may be obsolete but it’s far from dead…

[@iconsumelead]

I remember seeing these at Toys R's Us and just being mesmerized by them. Always wanted one

[@HulluHapua]

I find it surprising that Cars 1 even came in VHS. Like a film from the era where VHS started being obsolete. You know what, I would be happy if there's anyone who would actually release a film in the modern day as a VHS.

[@wednesday122]

Scott the woz did, believe it or not

[@Dolus_Joli]

The crazy thing abt VHS release on pixar movies, is that the animators would go back and reformat the whole movie in house to 4:3 so that nothing would have been croped out in the process.