Fry's grand opening ad from May 17, 1985

[Wingznut]

 

[techs]

Candy bars 5/1.00?
Count me in.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Candy bars 5/1.00?
Count me in.

that's what caught my attention too

 

[ultimatebob]

Barbasol for 83 cents? Awesome!

 

[Phanuel]

Barbasol for 83 cents? Awesome!

Think of how many dinosaur genome sequences we can fit inside of those cans...

 

[SheHateMe]

$379 for a VCR..

 

[mmntech]

Candy bars 5/1.00?
Count me in.

Lol. They're $1.50 in the vending machine at work now. Just went up 25 cents. Ah, inflation is idiotic.

Also lol that they're all hygiene products except the chocolate and alka seltzer. What does that say about the geeks of the time?

 

[Slew Foot]

HOLY SHIT!!!
Pump Toothpaste!

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Candy bars 5/1.00?
Count me in.

all i care about in that ad

 

[Drako]

I think I still have a Quasar VCR somewhere out in the garage.

 

[GoSharks]

I've actually been to Fry's at that location. Barely remember it though.. I'm half a month younger than this ad.

 

[IronWing]

$278 was an extremely good deal on Lotus 123.

 

[Doppel]

Chocholate has gone up in price, toothpaste not that much, tvs way down!

 

[Dirigible]

$379 for a VCR..

VCRs were big money. And that one's worth it. It has a WIRELESS remote. I'm jelly. Our remote for the VCR was wired.

 

[Anonemous]

Wow TDK VHS tapes for 3.88!

 

[Drako]

I've actually been to Fry's at that location. Barely remember it though.. I'm half a month younger than this ad.

I was at the opening day festivities in that location! They moved to the other side of Lawrence Expressway a couple years later, and then moved to Arques were it is now.

 

[thegimp03]

Heh, I was wondering why I recognized Lakeside Drive. I have a bunch of friends who use to live at the Avalon there...

 

[CrackRabbit]

$1.69 Jergens Lotion, for the Silicon Valley professional.:awe:

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Barbasol for 83 cents? Awesome!

Not so much, you can still get Barbasol for .99 cents on sale. Candy bars 5 for $1 rocks!

 

[PottedMeat]

lol @ 20 1N4004 diodes for a dollar (they're about 10/$1 today) and 8-bit ADCs with advertised linearity

they didn't change the ad format all that much though

 

[IronWing]

HOLY SHIT!!!
Pump Toothpaste!

It was an astonishing amount of packaging for plain old toothpaste.

 

[lupi]

5 and a quarters, lol.

 

[Mixolydian]

fuck that shit, i want a Macintosh.

 

[techs]

Hardware store or computer store or drug store.
I guess they figured they would see what sold best.

 

[rudder]

Who needs jergens lotion for $1.69?.... it was hella slow downloading porn at 2400 baud.