Kmart CD-i Training Discs

My apologies then. I'm glad to hear it went well.

Robert Rothermel finally called me today. Unfortunately, he told me that the store doesn’t have any CD-i discs in its possession.

On the bright side, I received another email from that former Kmart associate in New Jersey. It’s a couple days old at this point (I don’t check my email frequently), but they seem to believe that the whole CD-i training program that Kmart tested was exclusive to the region of New England.

I assume the CD-i discs ended up outside of New England after the amount of Kmart stores in that region began to dwindle, but that’s just an unsubstantiated theory of mine.

To me, it’s highly likely that most of the CD-i discs produced were destroyed over time, but I’m still holding out hope that I can find a full set.

As for when (or if) I find them, I don’t know who I should actually give them to. I obviously don’t own a CD-i player, nor do I know who to trust. I’m far from familiar with these online communities.

Going back to that email sent from the former Kmart associate in New Jersey, they personally believe that the CD-i discs from the store they worked at likely ended up in a Kmart store within Middlesex County.

Their claim seems reasonable, but I’m going to try corroborating it with Robert Rothermel and see if he might be able to find the CD-i discs in Kmart’s inventory system. It’s worth trying, right?

I’ll call him tomorrow and will keep you folks updated as always.

It’d be great if you could test it out to see if it still works.

Also, what’s a full motion video cartridge? I’m not familiar with those, but maybe it’s my deteriorating memory at fault…

Too bad you didn't know about New Jersey when you were traveling to New York. Now you might have to go take a trip down that way again.

Folks, I know it’s been a month, but I think we’ve come across our biggest change at finding these Kmart CD-i Training Discs.

There’s a massive in-person auction being held at their corporate headquarters. From the images they’ve shown so far, just about everything is being sold off (Kmart memorabilia, Sears memorabilia, paper towel dispensers, etc).

There’s almost certainly going to be a large amount of lost media at this auction, so we have to act fast once it starts on the 19th and ends on the 21st. If any of you live in Illinois, I encourage you to go to the auction. I’m going to try going there myself.

Watch the YouTube videos listed down below for more information.

youtu.be/3BiaqvDdQWs
youtu.be/22Pk9weAZjU
youtu.be/8m3s5cgNnC8