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But he says there is one catch--and that is that they all want their car to be one of the good guys....every car company says, ‘We will fly out any car to show you so it can be in the movie.'
morphobots wrote:My question is what does this exposure really get them as far as the bottom line is concerned? Which vehicles have had a boost in sales besides the Camaro? Hummer was already on the way out at the time of the first movie. Pontiac is gone. The Top Kick was discontinued. The Volt was a flop. I'm just wondering if the expenditure to (basically) advertise in the movie is justified later. I find it strangely ironic that the original cartoon was criticized for being just a big commercial to sell toys, and yet now the movies are bigger commercials to sell bigger toys.
xyl360 wrote:I guess they didn't pay attention to how well the Mustang Saleen did after the first film. It was and still is my favorite of all the movie alt modes and I'm pretty sure that feeling would be different if Barricade wasn't a Decepticon.
Bad guys are 'cool' and bad cars are even cooler. I'd take a black and white sporty police car that says To punish and enslave (and will help me find my glasses if I lose them) over a yellow Camaro that speaks in 'radio' any day.
Shadowman wrote:I will put forth the theory that it was the internet itself trying to punch him in the face.
5150 Cruiser wrote:morphobots wrote:My question is what does this exposure really get them as far as the bottom line is concerned? Which vehicles have had a boost in sales besides the Camaro? Hummer was already on the way out at the time of the first movie. Pontiac is gone. The Top Kick was discontinued. The Volt was a flop. I'm just wondering if the expenditure to (basically) advertise in the movie is justified later. I find it strangely ironic that the original cartoon was criticized for being just a big commercial to sell toys, and yet now the movies are bigger commercials to sell bigger toys.
One must remember that its not just car sales, but royalties from toy sales and other merchandise. Manufactures get a cut of each toy. Not just the figures, but also anything that spawns the related alt mode. Even a table cloth or coffee mug with Bumble Bee on it can bring in royalties for GM. Same with Saleen, Oshkosh, peterbuilt, etc. I doubt that Rosenbauer will get any additional Fire Truck sales from Sentinel Prime dawning their rig as an alt mode, but i also bet that many here are more familar with that name than you were before the movie.![]()
5150 Cruiser wrote:One must remember that its not just car sales, but royalties from toy sales and other merchandise. Manufactures get a cut of each toy. Not just the figures, but also anything that spawns the related alt mode. Even a table cloth or coffee mug with Bumble Bee on it can bring in royalties for GM. Same with Saleen, Oshkosh, peterbuilt, etc. I doubt that Rosenbauer will get any additional Fire Truck sales from Sentinel Prime dawning their rig as an alt mode, but i also bet that many here are more familar with that name than you were before the movie.![]()
morphobots wrote:True, I hadn't considered that factor, and I do realize that a corporation the size of GM can turn around and write off a loss on its taxes. It all just seems like such an expensive gamble to myself, though, especially when I read about a million dollars being shoveled into one vehicle alone. Is that what would normally be devoted to development if said vehicle wasn't going to be attached to a movie?
Rodimus Prime wrote:5150 Cruiser wrote:One must remember that its not just car sales, but royalties from toy sales and other merchandise. Manufactures get a cut of each toy. Not just the figures, but also anything that spawns the related alt mode. Even a table cloth or coffee mug with Bumble Bee on it can bring in royalties for GM. Same with Saleen, Oshkosh, peterbuilt, etc. I doubt that Rosenbauer will get any additional Fire Truck sales from Sentinel Prime dawning their rig as an alt mode, but i also bet that many here are more familar with that name than you were before the movie.![]()
Didn't Peterbilt refuse to allow their symbol to be used on Prime? It's clear that he is a Peterbilt 379, but the company itself refused to allow the movie and Paramount to identify him as such, I believe. Wouldn't this disqualify them from any potential royalties? (If this is true, I wonder how badly they're kicking themselves, considering how well the movies have done, as well as how popular the leader class Optimus, from RoTF especially, became, with all its variations and even continuing onto DoTM.)
Shadowman wrote:I will put forth the theory that it was the internet itself trying to punch him in the face.
5150 Cruiser wrote:Sideways toy alt mode just says "sports car". (even through its clearly an Audi R8, just doesn't sport any Audi emblems).
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