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[SPEC] Will there be any toys or models for the monster?

**Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:33 pm

Kitsuhime · Boot Joined: 09 Dec 2007 Posts: 56 Location: VA Beach

I definitely think they'll make some action figures, if not toys for the monster. However, with the super hush-hush factor, I'd assume that licensing for such objects would go to a super el cheapo third world company, and would probably not recieve commission until after the initial release.

I mean, come on. They make action figures for everything. And we know what crap they can be. Even if the monster is a giant turtle in a bunny suit, they'll still be replicas somewhere. I mean, look how many freakin' Slusho shirts we bought. I think the marketing peeps aren't going to be able to resist.

**Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:42 pm

tigerbaby · Veteran Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 124

i think since it is pg-13 and geared toward a more universal audience i thinbk it is likely there will be action figures (asuming we get to really SEE the monster in the movie)

**Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:42 pm

pegassissy · Unfettered Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 552

were not gonna see mr. grumpypants.

**Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:46 pm

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Slusho Addict · Entrenched Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 920

There will be models of the monster, there always are some, but I don't know if they'd be mass produced.

**Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:48 pm

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**Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:00 pm

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Lambo_Diablo_Svtt · Entrenched Joined: 18 Aug 2007 Posts: 914

Heck, I'd make one in Woodcarving class if I had too, depending on what the monster looks like, I definitely want a model of one. Very Happy

**Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:04 pm

OliMango · Entrenched Joined: 07 Oct 2007 Posts: 1189 Location: Vegas

**Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:04 pm

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**Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:22 pm

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**Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:24 pm

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Her · Decorated Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 160

I'm sure something will appear. There is a comic book store by me that stocks almost everything, in the form of ready made models, power rangers figures (the original ones), Batmans to Lady Death Snowglobes.

I bought an Angel puppet there last year (from the defunk Josh Wheaton show). I would bet that some form of the monster will show up there.

**Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:28 pm

OliMango · Entrenched Joined: 07 Oct 2007 Posts: 1189 Location: Vegas

**Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:32 pm

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**Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:45 pm

Teap · Veteran Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 79

He's already sold out with the PG-13 rating, so he'll sell out by letting us see the monster as many times as we please.

**Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:53 pm

brettoniasam · Unfettered Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Posts: 340

Yeah, the PG-13 rating is DEFINITELY a sellout, so I WOULDN'T be surprised to see Grumpypants Supaa-Kung-Fu Action!!! figures (Severed SOL(tm) Head(tm) Sold Separately) appear to complete the sellout.

SHOULD this movie have action figures or other merchandising...? HELL, no. This movie wasn't designed as a franchise; it was designed as an experiment in non-traditional marketing. So action figures and playsets and coffee mugs and bedsheets and lunchboxes (i.e., traditional marketing) would be an essay in hypocrisy on JJ's part.

I hope to god JJ doesn't sell out, but it looks like he is.

**Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:34 pm