Comment on Netflix to open branded retail stores for some reason

StereoTrespasser@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Never met consumer whores? Not that I can talk, smack a pokemon on just about anything and I want to buy it.

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  • Nevermore9197@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m not sure that makes you a whore… more of a slut…

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    • Aleric@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And there’s nothing wrong with being a Pokeslut. When a hunky Pokemon trainer throws their balls my way, I’m always up for a little Squirtle in my Caterpie.

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  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And how!

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• I_Has_A_Hat@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You can’t? Look at Disney World or Universal Studios. Sure they have rides, but a lot of it is the experiences involving people’s favorite movies/shows.

  I can definitely see people interested if they get that part right.

  Imagine getting a drink in a tavern from The Witcher. Or a fancy dinner in a palace setting from The Crown or the mansion from Umbrella Academy. Imagine going through a haunted house based around Hill House. Running an obstacle course from Squid Game. Themed escape rooms or live action shows based off Stranger Things or Black Mirror.

  That’s not even getting into merchandising. Sure, people are probably not going to flock to buy a Queen’s Gambit chess set. But Castlevania or Arcane collectibles? Dragon Prince plushies? Literally anything from Netflix’s sizable anime collection?

  There’s a lot of ways they could do it wrong. In fact it’s more likely they get it wrong than right. But I’m not going to dismiss the idea right out the gate, I do see the possibilities.

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• bstix@feddit.dk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If they sell cosplay customes based on popular shows, you know people will be queuing up to throw money at those made-in-china products.

  Having the rights to ship out the offical crap could be a gold mine for them.

  Just take Squid Game. It’s a regular training suit and they already exist as costumes and they’re easy to copy, but you can’t find the real one because of all the copies.

  Same idea as the Universal Studios parks. Just without the park, because the income is all in the souvenir shop anyway.

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• loutr@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  During the holidays I saw lots of teenagers (and a couple adults) with stranger things, casa de papel, squid games and Wednesday merch.

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• PeleSpirit@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Who runs the Stranger Things experience? I bet it’s them under a different name or maybe sold the rights? Regardless of who owns it, it was super popular here in Seattle.

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• zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Have to place them strategically. There’s a stranger things store in Vegas, so it’s a tourist activity

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• Ado@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sell their souls? 😂 you live in a completely different world than most people, hsrdly anyone views it that way, they view it as paying $18/month or whatever it is now

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