Originally posted by: BadAssKeith
I thought it was more of the case of LFL distributing their products to retailers everywhere because they wanted to take every possible opportunity to make money and take retailers to the cleaners. Retailers would’ve had to pay a hefty price to buy and sell products from LFL.
Originally posted by: 20th Century Mark
Dude, it's been 7 years. Get over it. Personally, I don't think that Lucas can be fully to blame. When it was anounced that a new Star Wars film was coming out, every company in the world wanted to capitalize on it. Retailers over invested in it thinking they will clean up. However, most of the stuff produced was crap. It's like there was no quality control. "Just smack the Star Wars logo on it and it will sell". Well, people are smarter than that. I also agree that all the hype, in a sense, hurt the movie.
Dude, it's been 7 years. Get over it. Personally, I don't think that Lucas can be fully to blame. When it was anounced that a new Star Wars film was coming out, every company in the world wanted to capitalize on it. Retailers over invested in it thinking they will clean up. However, most of the stuff produced was crap. It's like there was no quality control. "Just smack the Star Wars logo on it and it will sell". Well, people are smarter than that. I also agree that all the hype, in a sense, hurt the movie.
I thought it was more of the case of LFL distributing their products to retailers everywhere because they wanted to take every possible opportunity to make money and take retailers to the cleaners. Retailers would’ve had to pay a hefty price to buy and sell products from LFL.
Yeah, LFL just mailed a bunch of Star Wars cups to Taco Bell without telling them... I heard there was a Post-It note on the box that said: "Put your soft drinks in these OR ELSE!"
Taco Bell, fearing the wrath of the Dark Side, agreed without question.
News of the "Taco Bell Soft Drink Threat" spread through the retail grapevine like wildfire, causing Frito Lay to Google images of Jar Jar Binks for use on their packaging and Toy R Us to stock their shelves with these new "Star Wars" toys nobody ever heard of.
LFL is like the Mafia.