I bought it new at a video store - it's one of the first 3 videotapes I ever bought when I got my first VCR (the other 2 being SW and The Muppet Movie). I'll never forget- Star Wars was $80!!! Times have changed. That's back when you went into a video store, and the tapes were all in glass cases behind the counter. At those prices I understand why. ;-)
Was it Rowman who did the Japanese LD preservation?