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I have a few questions about this movie.

posted 9 years ago by BogartDeniroScorsese
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1. How much merchandise was made for this movie? I know there was a movie storybook, a novelization and the soundtrack on both vinyl and cassette. Was there anything else? Trading cards, t-shirts, other books, video games, etc?

2. Did the fact that this was a Steven Spielberg-produced fantasy film mean that there would be lots of merchandise made to tie-in with the film? I know there was a lot of merchandise made for “Gremlins”, “The Goonies”, “Back To The Future”, and since this was another Spielberg-produced fantasy adventure, I wonder if that meant there would also be a lot of merchandise made?

3. What age group was this film marketed towards? Was it pitched as a family-friendly film? Was it considered too scary for younger children, and aimed more at teens and adults?

Any insight to these questions would be appreciated. Thank you.

[–] There_Is_No_Sayid 8 years ago

It was a kid movie/family movie. I don't know about any merchandising

[–] BoyScoutKevin 8 years ago

Interesting questions about merchandise. Though, the only merchandise I can remember from the film is the novelization of the film, and that is because I bought it, and I still have it, even though it is boxed up and in storage along with most of my other books bought over the years.

I do remember that the novelization does go into greater detail than the film on several points. Among which is the villains' motivation.

If one can still find a copy of the novelization after all these years, it might be still worth checking out.

[–] There_Is_No_Sayid 7 years ago

Yeah, honestly, I wasn't huge on movie merchandising at the time so I don't remember. But I know for sure that it wasn't like Star Wars or something where they'd have action figures.

Unless Alpert's covered in bacon grease, I don't think Hugo can track anything.

[–] thomas998 7 years ago

I think Willow had a lot more than YSH... probably because the studios didn't have a lot of faith in it to begin with so they didn't bother with trying to push it out the way they did on crap movies like Willow.