If you couldn't tell from the other books I recently shared and my "Dr. Coppelius" post (the soundtrack sync-up with that movie is just freaky), I'm in "Gremlins" mode! So here's something I've been asked about a handful of times over the years....
When "Gremlins" was first released way back in 1984, the fast-food chain Hardee's offered tie-in storybook and record sets which told the tale of the film. For five weeks, patrons could get a different book with purchase of food. Manufactured and distributed by Buena Vista Records (i.e. Disney), the books are pretty faithful to the movie, they've got some phenomenal artwork, good audio production values, and Zach Galligan reprised his role of Billy Peltzer. A few years after they were first released, the sets found their way on to shelves in toy stores -- probably overstock, as there's no way to differentiate the Hardees sets from those found in stores. Here's a vintage commercial for the Hardee's offer:
So today I've got all the complete set of books and records! Each zip includes the records in mp3 format as well of scans of all of the books, in your choice of PDF or CBR format.
Gremlin Adventures Hardee's Storybook & Record Set
DOWNLOAD LINKS:
MegaUpload: PDF, CBR
Mediafire: PDF, CBR
Rapidshare: PDF, CBR
Hotfile: PDF, CBR
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Okay, I remember tons of Gremlins merchandise, but I absolutely do not remember the Gremlins candy bars cited in this Venture ad from June 1984.__________________________
5 comments:
yay! yay! yay! thank you!
You, sir, are an international treasure!
erm.. great release, i got a few of the old books like this you might be intrested in scans of but that's can be talked about later.. Hate to say it, but in the PDF version (atlest), page 21 is wrong.. what shows is page 1 from the Second story, then it has the cover and the inside cover.. just a tiny small mistake there but i though worth commenting on ^_^ other then that, great release.
Hey Vinnie , thnks a lot for sharing this , i wish u the best! ...
I have all 5 books WITH! Records from Hardee's in great shape.
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