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Post by James Fabiano on Feb 9, 2019 18:04:37 GMT -5
Not all of them obviously announced their winners. Think the MOTU Classics indirectly did so by referring to characters from the contest to create new He-Man characters. But which ones seemed to have NO answer?
For me, it's....
Quick...which DC characters debuted in 1982-83? It would knock me out if someone well known debuted and was the entry by the winner.
The Freddy Krueger Hotline contest for a role in "Nightmare on Elm Street 6" (soon to be renamed Freddy's Dead)
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Post by Paul on Feb 9, 2019 18:12:06 GMT -5
A lot of the times the people who win the "Win an appearance on show/movie" contests take the alternative cash prize or film a small scene as a background character and have their scene end up being cut anyway.
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Post by James Fabiano on Feb 9, 2019 18:40:42 GMT -5
OK I am thinking too much into this. I just found a list of DC characters to debut in 1983 (giving them some time to find the winner and publish the new villain's story) dc.fandom.com/wiki/Category:1983_Character_DebutsIt would blow my mind if some kid won this contest by creating LOBO, and DC covered up for it all this time. Wait...JASON TODD debuted in '83 too? The kid could have won by creating Evil Robin, but DC publishers mistook this for Douchey Robin and ran with it. They did get it right when they made him Red Hood, though. |
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Post by wildojinx on Feb 9, 2019 18:52:17 GMT -5
I'm thinking that DC Character contest was just for fun and they werent going to actually have him debut in a DC comic (way too much copyright and royalty issues to have them create a recurring character). Now HERE'S a contest I'd like to know more about:
A party with life size Transformers!
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Post by Paul on Feb 9, 2019 18:58:50 GMT -5
WWF Magazine had a "Win a lunch with a WWF Superstar" contest in the late 80's (I think) and I'm just imagining going to McDonald's with The Ultimate Warrior. heh.
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Post by wildojinx on Feb 9, 2019 19:01:47 GMT -5
WWF Magazine had a "Win a lunch with a WWF Superstar" contest in the late 80's (I think) and I'm just imagining going to McDonald's with The Ultimate Warrior. heh. They actually had a bunch of those. I even remember one around 96-97 where they did an ad implying you could have dinner with Sunny via this contest. |
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Feb 9, 2019 19:11:33 GMT -5
WWF Magazine had a "Win a lunch with a WWF Superstar" contest in the late 80's (I think) and I'm just imagining going to McDonald's with The Ultimate Warrior. heh. They actually had a bunch of those. I even remember one around 96-97 where they did an ad implying you could have dinner with Sunny via this contest. There was FOR SURE a "Have Thanksgiving Dinner with a Superstar of your choice!" contest tied into Survivor Series 1997. |
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Post by Spider2024 on Feb 9, 2019 19:27:35 GMT -5
Didn't Kool-Aid once offer one winner to make/create a Super Nintendo game? "Your very own story!" is what the commercial said. Did they only get to make the story, or did they also get to make some game design choices? Who won that, and was said game finished and released? (Or was there somehow no winner at all for one reason or another?)
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Feb 9, 2019 19:46:53 GMT -5
They actually had a bunch of those. I even remember one around 96-97 where they did an ad implying you could have dinner with Sunny via this contest. There was FOR SURE a "Have Thanksgiving Dinner with a Superstar of your choice!" contest tied into Survivor Series 1997. I would have loved to win and choose Bret. Imagine a lawsuit where Vince tries to make Bret fulfill his contractual obligation of having lunch with a fan. |
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Feb 9, 2019 19:51:54 GMT -5
There was FOR SURE a "Have Thanksgiving Dinner with a Superstar of your choice!" contest tied into Survivor Series 1997. I would have loved to win and choose Bret. Imagine a lawsuit where Vince tries to make Bret fulfill his contractual obligation of having lunch with a fan. Nah, man, if I knew then what I know now? The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust, JUST to freak my parents out. |
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Feb 9, 2019 20:02:39 GMT -5
I would have loved to win and choose Bret. Imagine a lawsuit where Vince tries to make Bret fulfill his contractual obligation of having lunch with a fan. Nah, man, if I knew then what I know now? The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust, JUST to freak my parents out. I’m sure Luna Vachon would have been the best dining partner for the whole family. |
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Post by Paul on Feb 9, 2019 20:06:24 GMT -5
Didn't Kool-Aid once offer one winner to make/create a Super Nintendo game? "Your very own story!" is what the commercial said. Did they only get to make the story, or did they also get to make some game design choices? Who won that, and was said game finished and released? (Or was there somehow no winner at all for one reason or another?) I bet there was either no winner, or the winner opted for a cash prize instead. |
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Post by Spider2024 on Feb 9, 2019 20:23:13 GMT -5
Nah, man, if I knew then what I know now? The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust, JUST to freak my parents out. I’m sure Luna Vachon would have been the best dining partner for the whole family. Would Bam Bam Bigelow & The Headshrinkers come with? They'd certainly bring plenty of roast turkeys. (Plus, Bastion Booger coming with the ice cream novelties.) |
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Post by Paul on Feb 9, 2019 20:34:11 GMT -5
I hated every single child who ever won the Nickelodeon Super Toy Run because they were not me.
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Post by Long A, Short A on Feb 9, 2019 21:52:10 GMT -5
I wanted to win the Hasbro toy contests so bad, but mom wouldn't let me call the number for the entry prize.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Feb 11, 2019 17:47:51 GMT -5
Think the MOTU Classics indirectly did so by referring to characters from the contest to create new He-Man characters. Here's how that went down:  In 1986, Mattel held a create-a-character contest, and the five finalists got a newspaper ad for kids to call in and vote  (I still have my clipping of this from that paper way back then). Anyway, the winner ended up being Fearless Photog, as announced in the bi-monthly He-Man magazine, with the winning prize being getting the 12-year old creator's figure made in the official line, a 5-day trip to DisneyLand and a massive $100,000 scholarship for college. The winner got the trip to DisneyLand and the scholarship, but Photog was the victim of bad timing, being announced as the winning entrant at the end of 1986, just before 1987 and the film killed the line. Fearless Photog wouldn't get made into a figure until 2011 as part of the Classics line. Eventually, the other finalist characters would be incorporated into the mini-comics and official bios that came with figures in the hopes they would be made figures eventually.  |
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Post by fw91 on Feb 11, 2019 19:49:15 GMT -5
I hated every single child who ever won the Nickelodeon Super Toy Run because they were not me. yep. this right here |
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Post by wildojinx on Feb 11, 2019 19:51:58 GMT -5
The toy store contests were actually a subplot on last night's ep of The Simpsons.
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Post by The Barber on Feb 12, 2019 7:40:37 GMT -5
Didn't Kool-Aid once offer one winner to make/create a Super Nintendo game? "Your very own story!" is what the commercial said. Did they only get to make the story, or did they also get to make some game design choices? Who won that, and was said game finished and released? (Or was there somehow no winner at all for one reason or another?)  |
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Post by Spider2024 on Feb 12, 2019 8:18:13 GMT -5
Didn't Kool-Aid once offer one winner to make/create a Super Nintendo game? "Your very own story!" is what the commercial said. Did they only get to make the story, or did they also get to make some game design choices? Who won that, and was said game finished and released? (Or was there somehow no winner at all for one reason or another?) Wait, really? Now I'm imagining Shaquille O'Neal as a really big Kool-Aid lover, buying a lot of it especially for the sake of winning a video game contest. |
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