Editing RoboCop (section)

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=== Home media ===
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[[File:Nixon shaking hands with RoboCop 1987.png|thumb|alt=Newspaper photo of former US president Richard Nixon shaking hands with someone dressed as RoboCop|[[Richard Nixon]] shaking hands with a costumed actor as part of a paid effort to promote the film{{sfn|Billboard|1987|p=58}}]]

''RoboCop'' was released on [[VHS]] on January 28, 1988, priced at $89.98;<ref name="LATimesVHS"/><ref name="LATimesVHS5"/><ref name="NYTimesVHS"/> and had an estimated $24{{nbsp}}million in sales.<ref name="UproxxRetro"/>{{efn-lr|The 1988 [[VHS]] cost of $89.98 is equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US|90|1988}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}. The VHS sales generated an estimated $24{{nbsp}}million, equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US|24000000|1988}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}.}} Orion promoted the film by having former United States president [[Richard Nixon]] shake hands with a RoboCop-costumed actor. Nixon was paid $25,000, which he donated to the [[Boys & Girls Clubs of America|Boys Club of America]].<ref name="IndieWireCast"/>{{sfn|Billboard|1987|p=58}} ''RoboCop'' was a popular rental, peaking at number one in mid-March 1988.<ref name="LATimesVHS2"/><ref name="LATimesVHS3"/> Rental demand outstripped supply; estimates suggested that there was one VHS copy of a film per 100 households, making it difficult to find new releases such as ''[[Dirty Dancing]]'', ''Predator'' and ''Platoon''. The longest waiting list was for ''RoboCop''.<ref name="LATimesVHS4"/> The film was released in [[S-VHS]] in 1988, one of the earliest films to adopt the format, and was offered free of charge when buying branded S-[[VCR]] players.<ref name="LATimesVHS"/>

The extended violent content removed from the U.S. theatrical release was restored on a [[Criterion Collection]] [[LaserDisc]], which included [[audio commentary]] by Verhoeven, Neumeier and Davison.<ref name="UproxxRetro"/><ref name="IndieWireLaserdisc"/> The uncut version of the film has been made available on other home-media releases.<ref name="UproxxRetro"/> It was released on [[DVD-Video|DVD]] by Criterion in September 1998.<ref name="IGNHomeMedia2007"/><ref name="IGNHomeMedia2008"/> In June 2004, the DVD version was released in a trilogy box set with ''[[RoboCop 2]]'' (1990) and ''[[RoboCop 3]]'' (1993). This edition included featurettes about the making of the film and the RoboCop design.<ref name="IGNHomeMedia2007"/> A 20th-anniversary edition was released in August 2007 which included the film's theatrical and uncut versions, previous extras, and new featurettes on the special effects and villains.<ref name="IGNHomeMedia2007"/>

Its scheduled [[Blu-ray]] debut in 2006 by [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] was canceled days before release, with reviews indicating poor video quality. A new version was released in 2007 by [[20th Century Studios Home Entertainment|Fox Home Entertainment]] without extra features.<ref name="EngagetBluRay"/><ref name="HiDefDigestBluRay1"/><ref name="HiDefDigestBluRay2"/> Reviews indicated that the film's visual quality had improved, but images were still perceived as grainy or too dark.<ref name="HiDefDigestBluRay2"/><ref name="BluRay2007BReview2"/> The trilogy was released as a Blu-ray Disc box set in October 2010.<ref name="IGNHomeMediaBluRay"/><ref name="IGNHomeMediaBluRay2"/>

The film was [[film preservation|restored]] in [[4K resolution]] from the [[original camera negative]] in 2013.<ref name="2013Restoration"/> A two-disc [[Special edition|limited-edition]] Blu-ray set was released in 2019 by [[Arrow Video]] which included collectible items (a poster and cards), new commentaries by film historians and fans, deleted scenes, new featurettes with Allen and casting director Julie Selzer, and the theatrical, extended and television cuts of the film.<ref name="BloodyDisgustingBluRay"/><ref name="SlantBluRay"/> Arrow re-released the set on [[Ultra HD Blu-ray]] in 2022, which included the uncut scenes re-scanned from the negative to match the quality of the theatrical-cut scans.<ref name="BluRay2022Slate"/><ref name="BluRay2022Dread"/>

===Other media===
{{See also|List of RoboCop video games|RoboCop (comics)|l1=List of ''RoboCop'' video games|l2=comic books}}
''RoboCop'' was considered easier to merchandise than other R-rated films and,<ref name="LATimesJuly21Marketing"/> despite its violent content, its merchandise was targeted at a younger audience. Merchandise included [[cap gun]]s and other toys, comic books,{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="IndieWireCast"/><ref name="LATimesVerhnMakesGood"/><ref name="IndieWire10Things"/><ref name="LATimesJuly21Marketing"/>}} theme-park rides, novels<ref name="IndieWire10Things"/> and RoboCop Ultra Police action figures, which were released with the 1988 animated series ''[[RoboCop (animated TV series)|RoboCop]]''.<ref name="DOGDiminishing"/> By the time of the film's release, [[Marvel Comics]] had published a black-and-white comic-book adaptation of the film without violence and adult language;<ref name="LATimesJuly21Marketing"/><ref name="DOGCOmics"/> a video game was in development, and negotiations were underway to release T-shirts, other video games and RoboCop dolls by Christmas. The film's poster, painted by Mike Bryan, was reportedly more popular than the ''[[Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue]]''<ref name="LATimesJuly21Marketing"/><ref name="PosterBryan"/> and its novelization, written by [[Ed Naha]], was in its second printing by July.<ref name="LATimesJuly21Marketing"/><ref name="NPRNaha"/> Since its release, ''RoboCop'' has continued to be merchandised with collectible action figures, clothing and crockery.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="IGNNECA"/><ref name="IGNHotToys"/><ref name="IGNSideShow"/><ref name="ScreenRangMerch"/>}} A 2014 book, ''RoboCop: The Definitive History'', details the ''RoboCop'' franchise.<ref name="ScreenRangMerch"/><ref name="BMDBook"/><ref name="SlashFilmBook"/>

The story of ''RoboCop'' has been continued in comics, initially by Marvel. The adaptation of the film was reprinted in color to promote a 23-issue series that ran between 1987 and 1992, when the rights were transferred to [[Dark Horse Comics]]. Dark Horse released a number of miniseries, including ''[[RoboCop Versus The Terminator (comics)|RoboCop Versus The Terminator]]'' (1992), which pitted RoboCop against [[Skynet (Terminator)|Skynet]] and its Terminators from ''The Terminator'' franchise.<ref name="IGNHistory"/><ref name="DOGCOmics"/> The story was well-received and was followed by other series, including ''Prime Suspect'' (1992), ''Roulette'' (1994) and ''Mortal Coils'' (1996).<ref name="IGNHistory"/> The ''RoboCop'' series was continued by [[Avatar Press]] (2003), [[Dynamite Entertainment]] (2010) and [[Boom! Studios]] (2013).<ref name="IGNHistory"/><ref name="DOGCOmics"/>

Several games based on, or inspired by, the film have been released. A [[RoboCop (1988 video game)|side-scroller of the same name]] was released for [[Arcade game|arcades]] in 1988, and was ported to other platforms such as the [[ZX Spectrum]] and [[Game Boy]].<ref name="DOGDiminishing"/><ref name="AVClubGameBoy"/> ''[[RoboCop Versus The Terminator]]'', an adaptation of the comic of the same name, was released in 1994. ''[[RoboCop (2003 video game)|RoboCop]]'', a 2003 [[first-person shooter]], was poorly received and resulted in the shuttering of developer [[Titus Interactive]].<ref name="IGNHistory"/> ''[[RoboCop: Rogue City]]'' (2023) continues the narrative of ''RoboCop'', being set between ''RoboCop 2'' and ''RoboCop 3''.<ref name="RogueCity"/>