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Doesn’t smell quite right, but definitely felt like Blockbuster. Tons of older movies you’d never heard of, “new” releases that were six months to a year old, staff of young, bored, disinterested people. And a display of stuff from the 90s like a TV/VCR combo, Crystal Pepsi, and Gremlins on VHS.
I’ve never been to a Blockbuster with a grassy spot outside the building. They’ve always been in a shopping center parking lot. Was this always a Blockbuster location, or did they make it a Blockbuster out of some sense of nostalgia?
I’d feel better about the collapse of Blockbuster if Netflix hadn’t also killed its own DVD service.
Yo that’s where I live
Rufio Rufio Ru-fi-OOOoooohhh
Our Blockbuster closed in 2011. They didn’t take down the signs for at least 5 years, and the mural/decals on exterior walls are still there today.
It was used as a vaccination clinic last year, and a Spirit Halloween this year.
I’d be glad to go back to renting movies again. I miss the experience
There’s a doc on Netflix about this location called The Last Blockbuster.
I find it fascinating to think about how at one point the highest paid person at Blockbuster was the CEO worth millions and now it’s a guy making maybe 40k a year off of this place.
A guy robbed our Blockbuster and killed everyone in the store, one employee and two brothers who were customers.
That’s weird, it’s still there up to this point and time!…why?
I used to go here almost weekly. Lots of cringey memories of running into a crush and hiding from them in the aisles. Or taking a second loop past the R rated section. My dad brought home Buckaroo Bonzai from here and it became a staple in our family.
I remember when they started closing blockbusters around the time I was moving away for college and I chucked my membership card thinking, “why would I need to keep this?” At least I can still watch buckaroo bonzai whenever the mood strikes me.
With the increasing pricing of Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max, etc, this is starting to look more appealing. Also, other factors of getting rid of streaming service: removing content, sharing content between platforms, shittier resolution than what payed, being spied on, and more ads.
I once returned a movie with Steve Buscemi in it and walked outside and Steve Buscemi passed me. It was a pretty surreal coincidence.
A vestige of my younger days I intend upon visiting.
It has the aesthetic but doesn’t have that same rush I’d get when finding a movie behind the empty box xD. They still give out memberships btw! It’s run by a great lady
They should repurpose this building as a “90s pop culture museum”.
Hack the planet!
Went there a few years ago. There’s a great documentary about this store.
Why is there a new “last one” every two weeks?
I think it’s going to make a comeback.
Took some friends there just a few weeks ago, they were stoked to revisit this icon from when we were kids
Oh gee whiz, like there isn’t already 1000 posts about the Bend blockbuster.
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There’s a mattress store in a town nearby which used to be a blockbuster. Their sign is still shaped like the ticket stub, but with a fresh coat of paint and a new name.
The dream of the 90s …
Lol. Bend