But that was a full year after the film’s release—an eternity in the toy world. Tiger had a strategy. Home Alone 2 was released on VHS in the summer of 1993, which rekindled interest in the movie.

Grant Hardin, a convicted killer and ex-police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks," was captured in Arkansas after escaping prison nearly two weeks ago. Thieves cut the internet ...