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A Blockbuster card and Kirkhope autograph for RadJunk in Arkansas

Sam's Retro Fest visit pairs rare rental games with a musical signature on her Donkey Kong 64 vinyl cover.

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We drove all the way to Arkansas just to feel something...

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0:00Sam races to price the booth's NES games before the convention opens.
2:57A recreated Blockbuster Video store offers Sam a laminated membership card.
7:44Custom Furby art and a restored Cyberamic animatronic head fill a vendor stop.
10:33The museum displays Dreamcast rental editions and a Game Boy-compatible sewing machine.
14:26Grant Kirkhope signs Sam's Donkey Kong 64 vinyl cover, adding musical notation.
17:36Back at the booth, Sam unpacks dolls, plushies and Australian souvenirs.

Pricing hundreds of NES games before the doors open is work. Getting a membership card at a recreated Blockbuster is the part of the convention trip that feels like time travel.

Sam finds both at Retro Fest Arkansas in "We drove all the way to Arkansas just to feel something...", RadJunk's most-watched new upload of the week, with about 43,000 views. The Florida game-store crew's trip moves from booth preparations to a traveling gaming museum, where Hollywood Video rental editions of Sonic Adventure and Power Stone share space with a Game Boy-compatible sewing machine. The vlog also includes a sponsored Uncommon Goods segment.

Then comes Grant Kirkhope, the composer behind Donkey Kong 64's music, signing Sam's vinyl cover and adding musical notation. It's a souvenir with a particularly appropriate flourish. Viewers are discussing that encounter, recalling their own video-rental jobs and naming games they bought from RadJunk's booth.

Three uploads made up the week. Alongside the convention vlog came a Zelda-edition Switch 2 giveaway announcement and "BEHOLD- a MEGA. MAN. #nintendo #retrogaming #videogames #nes #megaman #famicom". Those two newer uploads currently have the strongest daily momentum, with the Arkansas trip next.

Daily channel views are running at roughly three times their usual level, though the subscriber total was unchanged over the week. Nearby in size, RaidAway+ is also seeing an unusually busy daily audience, while MrWigglesworth is below its usual viewing level. For RadJunk, the week's most substantial outing ends back at the booth, unpacking troll dolls, plushies and souvenirs from Australia.

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What viewers say

The Blockbuster took me back to when I worked at Hollywood Video back in the early 2000s, the best ol' days
@MazelTAVOSee it on YouTube
Thank you all for being there, was able to pick up Gargoyles Quest 2 from your booth! That code red sign is awesome!
@derekwilson9829See it on YouTube
Awesome to see Grant Kirkhope.
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Joe and Sam, thank you for all your great content. It makes me happy to know that others care about the enjoyment we had as children.
@BradM-u2gSee it on YouTube
Such a sweet interaction between Sam and Mr. Kirkhope! Two legends!
@clarenceoveur9497See it on YouTube
Rick and co went gangbusters on the Blockbuster 🤩🤩 What an awesome exhibit 👏
@josephkarl2061See it on YouTube
Glad we met you guys there that 3DO I got from you guys is seating pretty in my game room we'll be coming next week hope to find something cooler🤝
@veteranoretrogamerSee it on YouTube
Thanks Sam, Joe and Lucie! Always appreciate a con tour and haul video!
@BluecollardanSee it on YouTube
Such a great time glad I went and got to meet you guys!
@sowerselvisSee it on YouTube
Sam is having a fun time at Retro Fest in Arkansas! So much stuff to see and to enjoy
@darrenwanamaker3326See it on YouTube