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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 12:44 PM
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I thought it was interesting that every car in it was a GM except the one bad guy was a mustang.
It was quite the GM commercial.
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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by supercalvin
It was quite the GM commercial.
Loved the movie and the cars but some of the most blatant product placement I've ever seen...especially when you consider that Bumblebee from the original comic books / cartoons/ Hasbro toys is a GD Volkswagen Beetle! And Jazz (the Solstice that got torn in half by Megatron) is originally a Porsche 935. Artistic license I suppose...
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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Wuttin
Loved the movie and the cars but some of the most blatant product placement I've ever seen...especially when you consider that Bumblebee from the original comic books / cartoons/ Hasbro toys is a GD Volkswagen Beetle! And Jazz (the Solstice that got torn in half by Megatron) is originally a Porsche 935. Artistic license I suppose...
Volkswagon, and by extension Porche, refused to let them use their cars. Something about not wanting to see them used as weapons and causing destruction or some such.
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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Xakk
Volkswagon, and by extension Porche, refused to let them use their cars. Something about not wanting to see them used as weapons and causing destruction or some such.
Their loss for sure...pretty killer publicity for the Camaro
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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 04:41 PM
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I thought it was ironic how the VW bug was next to Bumble bee in the beginning of the movie and Bumble bee threw its door in to it haha.

They had the porsche and bug references in it, but ya GM had some serious advertising in there. Oh well, GM needs all the good publicity they can get.
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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Wuttin
Their loss for sure...pretty killer publicity for the Camaro
No Lie - The audience broke out in applause in the theater when Bumble Bee transformed from the ratty Camaro into the Camaro concept car.

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