Originally Posted By fastpassholder I just wanted to mention that my wife and I saw the Kellogg's "Pirates of the Caribbean" breakfast cereal today at our local grocery store. The front of the box has a picture of Johnny Depp at the helm with a blue background and there is an activity to do on the back. There are no currently no prizes inside. Does anyone else think that this a sign of over-marketing? In fact, I feel (imho) that marketing is the only reason why the Pirates attractions at Disneyland and WDW Magic Kingdom are being 'plused'. That is really unfortunate. Rather than being able to see the true inspiration behind the soon-to-be Trilogy, people can now see an auto-animatronic infomerical for it. Anyway, I apologize for my brief rant. There should be a lot more movie tie-in items hitting the market in the next few months, "keep a weather eye open".
Originally Posted By poohbear14 Johnny's picture can also be found on Kellog's Fruit Snacks in pirate shapes.
Originally Posted By KachinaBear I always thought the worst over-marketing occurred when they came out with "Ghostbusters 2" cereal. Not just Ghostbusters, but Ghostbusters 2! It seems like everything winds up in cereal form sooner or later.
Originally Posted By FoxHound I saw this cereal about a week ago. Kellogg's has been doing this kind of tie-in for a while now----the cereal could just be a limited-release item (even "Atlantis" briefly had a Kellogg's cereal). Look for a big push for Pirates 2 this summer: lots of merchandise, and lots of cool figures. Disney is hoping this will be a huge franchise for them.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <Does anyone else think that this a sign of over-marketing?< I don;t think so....in fact maybe a little over the top will make up for the fact that the ricket scientists that were running publicity for the first potc movie were totally asleep at the switch and missed HUGE opportunities for toys and collectibles because they themselves obviously had little faith in the project. I can live with the ceral ( but geez put a premium in it) -- As far as Potc at fast food outlets -- McDonalds ( with whom they were still exclusive for most stuff at the time) - doesn't do PG-13 movies so they missed the boat also -- ( BK would have done this in a heartbeat) - So if they go a little overboard this time ( and I've yet to really see that) - so be it in my opinion
Originally Posted By disneyfreaksk Don't knock it till you try it. The cereal is good. I bought it along with the fruit snacks. So marketing works! I'm hoping they come out with alot more merchandise on POTC2.
Originally Posted By smeeeko what sort of cereal is it?? another Mud n Bugs choco marshmallow thing?? or is actually something different (I haven't seen it).
Originally Posted By Rebekah what type of cereal is it? Out here all the sugary Disney cereals have disappeared from shelves... this was shortly after an article appeared stating that Disney was going to start putting the characters on "healthy" food items. Rebekah.
Originally Posted By smeeeko ^^Rebekah we noticed too! We haven't been going to the big chain store near us so we went last week and they didn't have ANY Disney cereal at all. It was really odd. The only thing we found (and it was an older one as we'd seen it before a few months back) was a Corn Flakes box with Cinderella. We have the one with Beauty and the Beast so experience tells us it's not a good idea to get a box THAT big. I still can't eat Corn Flakes after trying to finish the BatB one. So does that mean the PotC one will be semi-healthy?? Hm.... I was really hoping for something like Super Super Smacks or something. *rats*
Originally Posted By OrionLive It's Cocoa Puffs with marshmallows added. VERY small box, but currently on sale at Vons on the west coast for $2.00.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad I would bet that its a time release and will disappear soon after the movies release and then come back for part 3. There are acutally a LOT of these temp flavors around. *Sigh* They come and go. Its all about marketing.
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire And it WORKS! So whats the problem? I bought the fruit snacks for the fact that it had Jack Sparrow on the cover, (and they can actually be used for snacks in my lil sisters lunch.) This Pirates cereal is apparently doing well. Its something the kids like to eat, and the moms like to look at lol
Originally Posted By Dznygrl I used to love Mickey's Magix and that Buzz Lightyear cereal, but I'd only get the Pirates cereal if there was a prize inside! Or perhaps a "Send away for your very own live Jack Sparrow!" mail-in offer.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Yeah, I wish all the Disney cereals had some sort of prize or promotion going on.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Speaking of cereals though, has anybody noticed the "berry" trend right now? They've got berry Lucky Charms, Berry Rice Krispies, and Strawberry frosted Mini-Wheats. I'm sure there's more, but those are the three I bought to test out. I like the Lucky Charms, it's very subtle...and actually tastes the way I remember FrankenBerry tasted. I had FrankenBerry last year around Halloween, and it's changed a lot...for the worse! The Berry Krispies are good too, but the Strawberry Mini-Wheats taste too fakey for me. I like the Maple & Brown Sugar flavor the best so far!
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