Merchandising

Stormy · Aug 23, 2012 9:52 PM

Again though, it's Activision (the publishers) making all the merchandise decisions, not the developers. The developers did make the toys that are required for the game, sure, but kids really like that. To people our age it seems like a stupid gimmick, but others look at it differently and really like it.

It's obvious marketing, yeah, but so is all merchandising, including the Spyro plushies and inflatables they made during the Insomniac era. They didn't make those just to make fans happy; they made them to advertise their brand and to make some extra money from it. Same thing here.

On a slightly related topic, I'm curious what you guys would think about stuff like those TLoS Wendy's toys a while back, or the ANB school supply sets that you could get through mail-in order from certain snacks. Good or bad marketing?

bane dragon · Aug 23, 2012 11:17 PM

If it's just spreading the name, I think it's fine. If it's "buy this or you can only play a certain amount of the game" it's bad. hmm In fact, it's horrible. I didn't like that kinda marketting ploy when I was younger, and I certainly don't like it now.

Stormy · Aug 23, 2012 11:43 PM

I definitely agree with that. I've never liked the idea of the Skylanders toys being required to play the game.

I was mostly talking about how people are taking offense at the Mega Blocks thing on the last page, and comparing it to the merchandise Universal made for the original games, but I guess I kind of got off-topic, heh.

SilverDragon7 · Aug 24, 2012 4:07 AM

Well i don't really care about the mega blocks thing so much. I just think that if you think it's bad it could always be worse. I don't like skylanders at all and i am currently infuriated with these people and Seria intertainment, and that has a little bit to do with it; mainly because they made Spyro look as ugly as sin IMO. I mean if your going to make spyro into a lego set at least make it actual legos and preferable use the older version of him or at least the version used in TLOS series, because at least then he won't be ugly (or at least not as ugly. it is quite offensive to my aesthetic sensibilities that they used the skylanders version)

Stormy · Aug 24, 2012 2:10 PM

Yeah, I really don't understand why they made him that ugly. Personally I think he still looks quite ugly in TLoS and I don't understand why they made that change, either. Unfortunately it wouldn't make much sense for them to use one of the older versions of Spyro in the merchandise since they're trying to promote the current series at the moment. I'd love it as much as anyone if they were still making merchandise for the old games, though. sad

SilverDragon7 · Aug 24, 2012 5:16 PM

they made him that ugly because they are evil. either that or they have a sick and twisted sense of humor.

Clock-la · Aug 24, 2012 7:55 PM

SilverDragon7 wrote:

they made him that ugly because they are evil. either that or they have a sick and twisted sense of humor.

I saw 2 posters of...it the other day, i swar it killed me inside.

SilverDragon7 · Aug 25, 2012 3:12 AM

I try to avoid looking at "it" since when i do see it a little part of my soul dies every time.

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