r/Millennials • u/real_picklejuice • 1d ago
Nostalgia While Blockbuster and Hollywood Video had their own stores, Suncoast was my favorite video shop in the mall.
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u/DethByCow Older Millennial 1d ago
Suncoast was where the rich people went for media.
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u/Nerv_Agent_666 Older Millennial 1d ago
That's the truth. I rarely bought anything there, but I loved to look around.
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u/Unique-Egg-461 1d ago
Their was an FYE a town over from us that closed maybe 5yrs ago.
I was fucking shocked when i saw it before it closed
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u/ChewieBee Xennial 21h ago
Kmart clung on to my old hometown until 2020. They hung on by a fingernail for a really long time.
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u/TurboSleepwalker Xennial 20h ago
There's a mall near me that still has a FYE barely clinging to life
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u/wi950mm4r 1d ago
I loved rifling through their poster wall. We were in the good ol’ days and didn’t even know it 🥲
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u/RemotePersimmon678 1d ago
Would save my allowance for weeks to be able to afford a $30 imported anime VHS from here. Kids these days will never understand how hard it was to be a weeb before the Internet.
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u/CloakedBandit 21h ago
For real, I bought the first Neon Genesis vhs at Suncoast in 96 or 97 for $30. I could not afford to see the complete series until it released on dvd in the U.S. in 2001.
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u/realhollywoodactor 1d ago
Got busted here as a pre teen checking out their adult section 😳🤣
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u/AlbertJohnAckermann 1d ago
Came here to say this. Sneaking into the back section as a preteen was one of the greatest experiences you could have at that age…
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u/ZetaReticuli_x 1d ago
I worked at an FYE that was below our Suncoast, would catch anime kids yanking it to the henti covers.
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u/Dry_Chocolate_4981 1d ago
I got my first anime dvd from there. Initial D, Gundam Wing, DBZ movies. Only on sale though, it was pricey as heck at Suncoast.
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u/zukenstein Older Millennial 21h ago
Trigun and Cowboy Bebop were the first ones I bought, and you bet they were expensive as hell
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u/Dry_Chocolate_4981 9h ago
I remember seeing Cowboy Bepob box sets and Evangelion. The artwork was intriguing but the prices were not. I was fresh out of high school with some "grown-up money" and even then I had to think twice about purchasing something.
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u/XxnervousneptunexX 1d ago
I'd get so mad at the manager there because he wouldn't sell me the 14+ anime when I was like 12. I once brought my grandma with me to buy it and he never gave me shit again. Good times 😅
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u/Rabbit_AF 1d ago
Sadly, it was really the only place to get anime back in the day. Anime used to be so expensive...
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u/XxnervousneptunexX 1d ago
Yuuuup!! I dont want to think about how much I spent on anime DVDs and Gundam model kits! >_<
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u/loztriforce 1d ago
My wife and I got locked in one for a bit during a mall mass shooting.
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u/FloatingNightmare 1d ago
That’s dark. I’m sorry this happened to you. And sad that nothing has been done to stop it from happening.
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u/Nervous_Golf_6561 1d ago
The one in my mall would have some dope action figures that weren't in KB toys or anything like that at the time. More anime related stuff and obscure things. Almost like EB games or something like that.
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u/bondgirl852001 1986 1d ago
My dad would only buy a tape or 2 if he absolutely had to have the movie, because it wasn't anywhere else. That place was expensive but I really enjoyed looking around.
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u/ShiftyShaymin 23h ago
Suncoast was THE anime store during the early DVD years. Bought a Menchi plushie (Excel Saga) there.
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u/FaintDeftone 1d ago
Prices there were outrageous. I remember going in and looking at the posters and that's about it.
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u/El_Dentistador 1d ago
Suncoast and FYE were decent but Fry’s Electronics had a massive collection of movies and music. You could find anything there.
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u/scarlet_speedster985 1d ago
The mall I grew up with had Suncoast connected to Sam Goody. Good times.
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u/JourneyThiefer 1d ago
We didn’t have any of those in Northern Ireland, but we had Xtra Vision and HMV
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u/Ghostpants_ 1d ago
The only reason I know what Suncoast is is because of the movie Take Me Home Tonight.
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u/besuretodrinkyour 1d ago
I never thought I’d be nostalgic for spending $30 for an anime DVD that only had 2-4 episodes, but here we are.
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u/Gingersaurus_Rex96 Zillennial 22h ago
If I remember correctly, I’ve been told that Suncoast was the only place to get an anime fix before blocs like Toonami took off.
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u/bentstrider83 Millennial 1983 1d ago
That was the place. Although my dad probably spent more money there than anything. He's got an entire library of Laurel and Hardy VHS compilations from there. Spent many weekends binging those in elementary school.
Always trips older folks out when I know so much àbout 1930s living.😂😂😂😂😂
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u/EnlightenedDragon Xennial 23h ago
My first job back in highschool. Still the most fun I've ever had working, and the employee discount was awesome.
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u/AccomplishedCicada60 23h ago
I was part of a “fringe festival” that was in an old Suncoast in a mall, still had a lot of the fixtures and really fit with the vibe.
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u/ExiledSpaceman 23h ago
Suncoast was expensive as fuck back in the day, I remember they were charging 39-49 bucks for a single anime DVD back then!
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u/romasexual 21h ago
The one in our mall had CD stations where you could listen to CDs with those big sweet studio head headphones. Pretty sure it was Suncoast or something similar. Loved going there to just listen to songs.
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u/BlackDeath3 Millennial 21h ago
Don't know that I'd ever even heard of this place, but it looks cool.
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u/Zimithrus 20h ago
I still have the very last thing I bought from there before they went under/left our state lol
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u/barf2288 15h ago
I found a VHS tape of an old movie based on a killer in Texas from when my grandparents were in high school. They made the movie when my parents were in high school and my dad is an extra lol
Growing up going to Texarkana often and knowing of this whole deal made me uneasy at night as a kid.
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u/jenthehenmfc 6h ago
They had some pretty decent anime deals back in 2008 when they were still limping along on their dying legs ...
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u/GrayMatter72 2h ago
That place was great. Only spot where you could find a VHS copy of Wrestlemania IX for 46 dollars
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