Star Trek Merchandise

[davidl28]

Hello--at the annual Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas this weekend; during the CBS Consumer Products presentation..one could not help but notice/consider..


a) How are we going to re-energize the fan base with new/younger fans ?

Separately at the San Diego Comic Con--I saw many young kids--clamoring around the Hasbro booth and Mattel booth and the Lego booth looking eagerly at new Star Wars toys...and then when I look at new Star Trek merchandise-- I see Star Trek Salt and Pepper shakers, Wall Clock, Doggie bag dispensers, mugs, and expensive costume/prop replicas..while some of those items are neat,

Not sure kids can really play/want that kind of stuff...

What's amazing is that Star Wars has far fewer hours of content than Star Trek; but much more appealing consumer goods/products than Star Trek and keeps a vibrant fan base growing with cool toys/things that still fly off the shelf.

I recommend that CBS & Paramount: really consider a new Star Trek cartoon series and coming up with a strategy to incl. merchandising to resurrect a younger set of fans.

Comments ? Who else agrees ?

thanks
Dave

 

[Commishsleer]

Didn't I just comment on this thread?
deja vu

 

[1001001]

I recommend that CBS & Paramount: really consider a new Star Trek cartoon series and coming up with a strategy to incl. merchandising to resurrect a younger set of fans.

You already posted this same thread, and I moved it to Future of Trek where it rightfully belongs. I'm not sure why you started it again here, but I am closing this. Here is a link to the ongoing discussion: http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=251011



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