Jedi Master Carr
Mar 21st, 2002, 05:53:24 PM
I read this on theforce.net last night
I just spoke to a good friend who is a Wal-Mart toy department manager, and she told me some interesting thisngs about the upcoming release of Episode 2 merchandise. First, she showed me her flip book that has pictures of what the major toy displays will be for the spring, including Star Wars. The items in the picture were small but I could make out the names of some of the vehicles and games that were on the bottom shelf. It was all stuff we saw in Toy Fair pictures anyway, but it is cool to see it all packaged and lining the shelves and pegs. She had also just received the floor decals that will lead shoppers to the Episode 2 section. I have no idea what they look like.
The real kicker is this. As a manager, she receives videos about upcoming toy promotions, and she watched one on the Episode 2 toys. On the video was the complete "Clone War" trailer! After that, the video presentation said that to entice fans to do their Star Wars shopping at Wal-Mart on April 23, Wal-Mart stores will be showing an exclusive Wal-Mart-only trailer for Attack of the Clones! It will be shown on April 23, presumably from the monitors that hang from the ceiling throughout the store. There was no word on what the trailer will show or if it will be shown only on the 23rd, but this is the first I've heard about any of this. The video said that managers will receive more information on March 26. Bug your Wal-Mart toy manager today!
This sounds very cool, especially the new trailer, I wonder if every Walmart will have it?
I just spoke to a good friend who is a Wal-Mart toy department manager, and she told me some interesting thisngs about the upcoming release of Episode 2 merchandise. First, she showed me her flip book that has pictures of what the major toy displays will be for the spring, including Star Wars. The items in the picture were small but I could make out the names of some of the vehicles and games that were on the bottom shelf. It was all stuff we saw in Toy Fair pictures anyway, but it is cool to see it all packaged and lining the shelves and pegs. She had also just received the floor decals that will lead shoppers to the Episode 2 section. I have no idea what they look like.
The real kicker is this. As a manager, she receives videos about upcoming toy promotions, and she watched one on the Episode 2 toys. On the video was the complete "Clone War" trailer! After that, the video presentation said that to entice fans to do their Star Wars shopping at Wal-Mart on April 23, Wal-Mart stores will be showing an exclusive Wal-Mart-only trailer for Attack of the Clones! It will be shown on April 23, presumably from the monitors that hang from the ceiling throughout the store. There was no word on what the trailer will show or if it will be shown only on the 23rd, but this is the first I've heard about any of this. The video said that managers will receive more information on March 26. Bug your Wal-Mart toy manager today!
This sounds very cool, especially the new trailer, I wonder if every Walmart will have it?