>>Have you been to ebay lately?<<
Well, yes, there are always collectors of out of print stuff. I wonder what I could get for my "Pilot" GI Joe still in its olive green WOOD box that has been stored in a box in my attic since I got it, Christmas 1964?
That doesn't mean the old GI Joes are coming back. It is the RARITY that makes them valuable.
Likewise with laserdiscs. They're quaint - and dead - to all but so called "collectors" with some leftover disposable income.
Nobody seems to want to talk about "laser rot," btw...
There are posters I know on newsgroups like alt.video.laserdisc who make a ton of $$$ because they know how to repair the older machines. The OT of SW for one has actually caused a surge in the format.