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Headline: Nostalgic Movie Fan Turns His Basement Into A 90s Video Store

Caption: A nostalgic movie fan has transformed his basement into a 90s video rental store. Nick Collins spent two months putting the room together which includes shelves of thousands of films on VHS tapes. There's even boxes of movie-sized sweets at the end of the aisles. Nick enlisted the help of his uncle to create the room, which cost around $1,200 in total to make. ‘I spent pretty much each day and night cutting, sanding, measuring, and painting until the sun came up.’ says Nick. Nick actually began expanding the basement four years ago but the idea to turn it into Blockbuster came a bit later. ‘It all started coming together once I got into collecting VHS tapes with my brother,’ explained Nick. ‘We had this small closet-like space that was about half the size of the room you see today.’ ‘As we got more and more tapes, we ran out of the room, and I thought it about potential ideas for an expansion.’ While the basement transformation is not a location open to the public to visit/shop at, Nick does offer VHS tapes on his online store Nostalgia Video as well as other relics of the 80s and 90s. ‘People are absolutely nostalgic for things like VHS tapes and retro video games,’ he added. ‘Nostalgia is in right now for sure!’

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