Re: [photo-3d] Cool collecting 3-D stuff

[Brian Reynolds <reynolds@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bob Wier wrote:
> >>also collected.  Take a guess who she is......
> >>
> >>Barbie!
> >
> 
> I've heard an interesting story about this - Apparently Lucas wanted
> to use Barbie in Toy Story I but Matel dummied up and wouldn't agree
> without an outrageous licensing fee. That seems to have been solved
> in Toy Story II :-)
> 

Pixar not Lucas.  Furrfu!  It's bad enough trying to get people to
realize that Toy Story and A Bug's Life weren't made by Disney
(they're just the money), mixing in Lucas will really confuse things.

The other ammusing Toy Story toy story involved Slinky Dog.  Pixar
couldn't find an original when they made the first movie so they based
the character on what they could remember.  No one really knew what
sort of reception Toy Story would get when it was released.  When it
was a huge hit Slinky wasn't prepared and didn't have the Slinky Dog
(which had been out of production for years) available at the toy
stores.  They lost out on all the sales the other toy companies were
getting.  They made sure they were ready for the second movie, and I
think they based it on the character, not the original.

> Same thing on E.T. - apparently the original thought was to use
> M & M's in the story, but no deal could be reached so Recees's 
> Pieces (sp?) were used instead. 
> 
> I'd be curious to know whom wouldn't pay the price to whom on these
> sorts of things. Right offhand I'd think it would be insane for
> a company not to get product placement in a Speilberg or Lucas
> film if it were offered...
> 

Someone at Mars (makers of M&Ms) thought that ET looked like a
horrifying monster and would scare little kids, so they didn't all
M&Ms to be used in the movie.  M&Ms were in the original book.  This
movie was what sent Reese's Pieces into the big time.

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