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Post by jeffwaynefan on Mar 24, 2005 17:56:16 GMT
Over at Dark Horse . . . www.darkhorse.com/products/upcoming.php. . . they have updated there 'Coming Soon' page with some of the 'new' merchandise for the album re-launch of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds. H_C |
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Post by David Faltskog on Mar 24, 2005 18:02:15 GMT
A War of the Worlds Yo-Yo  jeez just what i,ve always wanted.  Poor H.G.Wells. D.F. |
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Mar 24, 2005 18:09:15 GMT
Its for the kids, its for the kids!
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Post by David Faltskog on Mar 24, 2005 18:13:35 GMT
"It's all TAT TAT TAT"...Margo Ledbetter.
D.F.
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Post by djmatt82 on Mar 25, 2005 15:02:18 GMT
 ahem........did jeff get any say in that?! thats awfull! i dont know any kids who even know what a yo yo is! if it dont connect via a SCART socked, kids aint interested! |
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Post by Rob on Mar 25, 2005 15:04:26 GMT
now now, I saw a kid playing with a yo yo just yesterday.
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Post by Zoë on Mar 25, 2005 15:17:11 GMT
I love yo yo's, i think they're great.. me n my friends last summer all got yo yo's
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Post by djmatt82 on Mar 25, 2005 15:25:50 GMT
i stand corrected!!! i am just hoping they are going to do a "kiss" and slap a logo on anything and everything........did you know there is a Kiss Energy Drink now???! no more "I'll have a Vodka Redbull" its "Lets av a Vodka Kiss" ohhh dear.
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Mar 25, 2005 16:54:48 GMT
It would seem that all the new products will have the logo on.
Now what would make a yo-yo cool?, one that has a voice effect of 'Ulla' as its hurtles towards the ground to then zap you in the ankle with a mini Heat Ray. . . Now, thats cool!
H_C
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Post by WaltP on Mar 25, 2005 19:01:04 GMT
It would seem that all the new products will have the logo on. Now what would make a yo-yo cool?, one that has a voice effect of 'Ulla' as its hurtles towards the ground to then zap you in the ankle with a mini Heat Ray. . . Now, thats cool! H_C You're a sick man, H_C. I love it here!! |
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Post by krys666 on Mar 25, 2005 19:06:50 GMT
Wierd yes! Sick no!
On the yo-yo, it looks like there's something on the other side of it, is it possibly the Thunderchild picture?
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Post by David Faltskog on Mar 25, 2005 19:44:39 GMT
Nah i think it's a picture of Jeff Wayne rolling around in a wheelbarrow full of money.  What next..."Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds" toilet paper?, bog brush?, condoms?. Poor H.G.Wells.  D.F. |
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Post by FALLINGSTAR on Mar 25, 2005 20:26:02 GMT
A War of the Worlds Yo-Yo jeez just what i,ve always wanted. Poor H.G.Wells. D.F. Indeed! |
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Mar 25, 2005 20:40:08 GMT
Nah i think it's a picture of Jeff Wayne rolling around in a wheelbarrow full of money. What next..."Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds" toilet paper?, bog brush?, condoms?. Poor H.G.Wells. D.F. D.F - Im suprised at you!  Why 'poor H.G. Wells'? - royalties |
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Post by David Faltskog on Mar 25, 2005 20:57:13 GMT
I dunno, while i can understand the need for merchandising to help recoup the cost and not having a problem with Jeff making money, it's just i think a bit over the top esp the sheer amount of merchandise being released and the way it kinda tarnishes the memory of H.G.Wells classic novel. Oh and yep Speilburg will also flood the market with happy Martian meals so nothing new there then and yep i realise i don,t have to buy any of it...And aside from the box-set and whatever books, magazines that come out...I won't. Simple like me and just my opinion. D.F. |
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Mar 25, 2005 21:11:00 GMT
Ah, but what you got to remember is, someone out there will buy them. . . Quirky items. I have found that in the memorabilia buisness, you get the die hard fans (and no, not some guy in a white vest running around in a terrorist laden skyscraper  who are looking to spend that X amount of money on that hard to find or Ltd Ed item. Then you have the other collector who does not have that much in his/her back pocket who's wants something but at a resonable price. Saying that, I have seen people turn there nose up at a pen priced at £1. . . 'Nowt more funnier than folk' - as they say. Its mainly fueled by programmes about collecting and 'antiques of the future'. H_C |
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Post by FALLINGSTAR on Mar 25, 2005 21:17:19 GMT
I agree with D.F. there. Don't get wrong I like a bit of merchandise myself [ especially a diecast war machine etc ] but I think there should be some guarantee of the quality of merchandising like what P.Jackson did with LOTRINGS.
Nothing worse than walking in to your local Asda or Tescos and seeing JWaynes MVOTWOTW kids underwear or kids lunchboxes etc. I think it cheapens the whole thing.
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Mar 25, 2005 21:21:03 GMT
It's only a kids yo-yo at the end of the day. If it's not your cup of tea, pass it bye.
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Mar 26, 2005 18:57:38 GMT
Just found out that this is not this finished item, the same as the t-shirts and baseball cap you see on the site. . . Just a preview/rendering. H_C |
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Post by David Faltskog on Mar 26, 2005 20:45:43 GMT
A yo yo is a still a yo yo no matter how much you tart it up, what next i wonder? Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds Pooper Scoopers?, tea strainers?, nappies?...Ad nauseam. Forgive us H.G.Wells. D.F. |
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jeez just what i,ve always wanted. 
who are looking to spend that X amount of money on that hard to find or Ltd Ed item. Then you have the other collector who does not have that much in his/her back pocket who's wants something but at a resonable price. Saying that, I have seen people turn there nose up at a pen priced at £1. . . 'Nowt more funnier than folk' - as they say.