That one would most definitely count. 
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I mentioned this one upthread. I figured it might have been an existing mural/ad, but it would be interesting to find out if it was painted especially for the movie, or if it was discovered on a location scouting trip. They do pass it when wondering how they can locate the things they need: transparent aluminum and a Huey.
The guys doing the new ST IV DVD commentary specifically mention it as an example of product placement.
Do Talosian action figures in VOY count?
http://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/3x08/futuresend1_164.jpg
Um, that's pretty awesome.
My brother and I used to pretend that Old McCoy (from "Farpoint") was terrified of the Talosian. The Talosian would chase him around shooting brainwaves at him, which sounded like this: "Bwong, bwong."
McCoy was also terrified of the Benzite action figure, who we called The Jell-O Man, because he looked like he was made of Jell-O.
If I were to hazard a guess, the whole "let your fingers do the walkin'" bit probably came from the puckish humor of Nicholas Meyer, who wrote the San Francisco portions of the script. Sounds like the sort of thing he'd take a jab at. After all he gave us lines like, "Judging by the pollution content of the atmosphere, we have arrived at the late 20th century" and "Ah... the giants" (re: Harold Robbinson and Jacqueline Susann).
But did the placement come before the bit or the bit before the placement? The chicken or the egg.
The shooting script makes it look like that gag was always planned, but originally you'd have had Scotty, McCoy and Sulu seeing a billboard. Finding the building with the Pacific Bell ad painted on the side of it was probably just a stroke of luck on the part of the location scout.
That was perfect timing.
RobertScorpio
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But very interesting to read. I would love them to go back and re-do some interviews for the movies, and this time, talk about trival stuff like this which I find far more interesting than Nimoy's droaning on and on about how they filmed the puppet whales...
Rob
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